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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 70 ; 347 94 ;
Abstract
In an ink-jet recording head using piezoelectric members, unwanted ejection of an ink material due to cross-talk is prevented. A head 10 comprises a channel plate 16 provided with a plurality of nozzles 28 and ink cavities 26, respectively, a diaphragm 18 adapted to cover the ink cavities, a vibration plate 20 with a plurality of piezoelectric members opposed to respective ink cavities through the diaphragm and a base plate 22 for supporting the piezoelectric members. The base plate 22 is formed such that a value of the elastic modulus multiplied by the thickness thereof is about 9.0.times.10.sup.3 (kgf/mm) or more.