Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.

Takuji Toru

Kenichi Kugai

Nobuhiro Noto

Yoshitaka Akiyama

Yasuo Takano

Nobuhiro Kurosawa

Takao Matsuoka

Kazuaki Akimoto

An on-demand ink jet head includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements in alignment with one another with one end of each facing in the same direction. The end of each piezoelectric element is bonded by an adhesive material to a diaphragm which, together with a nozzle plate, forms a pressurizing chamber. To confine the fluid state adhesive material expelled out of the endmost piezoelectric elements, a dummy piezoelectric element is disposed outside each endmost piezoelectric element. The adhesive material, when dried, serves as a damper of the piezoelectric element for damping unwanted vibrations of the piezoelectric elements. By the provision of the dummy piezoelectric elements, the distribution of the adhesive material becomes substantially even between the piezoelectric elements, resulting in uniform operations of the piezoelectric elements.

Multi-nozzle ink jet head with dummy piezoelectric elements at both ends of a piezoelectric element array for controlling the flow of adhesive about the piezoelectric element array

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Hitachinaka, Japan

Takuji Toru