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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiko Namba, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Tomita, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Ogura, Settsu, JP;
Osamu Kawasaki, Kyotanabe, JP;
Masato Sugimoto, Moriguchi, JP;
Katsumi Imada, Katano, JP;
Atsushi Komatsu, Katano, JP;
Kazuo Eda, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-Fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 ;
Abstract
A liquid jetting apparatus has a concave casing having an opened flat face, and a piezoelectric drive element for at least partly sealing the opened flat face to form a liquid reservoir to store a liquid, such as ink. The reservoir has a liquid injection port for injecting a liquid and a liquid jet port for jetting the stored liquid. The piezoelectric drive element is directly bonded to the open flat face.