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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Takashi Kinokuni, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kinokuni, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A head module includes a base including a plurality of openings, and a plurality of heads inserted into the plurality of openings, respectively, to be mounted on the base. The plurality of heads includes a nozzle plate including a nozzle, an individual channel member disposed on the nozzle plate and including an individual chamber communicating with the nozzle, and a frame fixed to the individual channel member. Coefficients of linear expansion of the nozzle plate and the individual channel member are substantially identical to a coefficient of linear expansion of the base, and one of the nozzle plate and the individual channel member is bonded to the base.