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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1997
Fumihiko Ogasawara, Ebina, JP;
Toshinobu Hamazaki, Ebina, JP;
Masaki Kataoka, Ebina, JP;
Ichiro Tomikawa, Ebina, JP;
Naoki Morita, Ebina, JP;
Katsuhide Ogawa, Ebina, JP;
Mitsuhide Soga, Ebina, JP;
Kouji Ikegami, Ebina, JP;
Jun Isozaki, Ebina, JP;
Harumi Tamura, Ebina, JP;
Jun Takagi, Ebina, JP;
Yoshihiko Fujimura, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet printer which causes ink to fly to a recording medium to form an image, comprising: plural nozzles functioning as ink ejection ports; plural individual flow paths which are disposed with respectively corresponding to the nozzles, the individual flow paths respectively having driving elements which eject internal ink through the nozzles; a common liquid chamber which communicates with the individual flow paths, the common liquid chamber having an opening portion through which ink is supplied into the chamber; an ink supply path which has a sectional area smaller than a sectional area of the opening portion of the common liquid chamber, the ink supply path being connected to the opening portion to guide ink to the common liquid chamber; and an ink supply source for supplying ink through the ink supply path.