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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Telford, GB;
Norimasa Sohgawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Telford, GB;
Norimasa Sohgawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate including a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid, a plurality of individual chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, a supply-side channel communicating with the plurality of individual chambers, and a collection-side channel communicating with the plurality of individual chambers. The collection-side channel includes a first channel arranged in a first direction along a surface of the nozzle plate, a second channel communicating with the first channel, the second channel arranged in a second direction across the surface of the nozzle plate, and a branch channel branched from the first channel and connected to the second channel, the branch channel arranged in a third direction across the surface of the nozzle plate.