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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toru Yakushiji, Niigata, JP;
Tadashi Mizoguchi, Niigata, JP;
Junichi Suetsucu, Niigata, JP;
Hitoshi Minemoto, Niigata, JP;
Hitoshi Takemoto, Niigata, JP;
Kazuo Shima, Niigata, JP;
Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Niigata, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/06 ;
Abstract
An inkjet device ensuring reliable and stable ink ejection is disclosed. A plurality of ejection electrodes are arranged in a housing having an ink chamber containing ink including toner particles and a gate electrode plate is placed at a predetermined distance from the ejection electrodes. The gate electrode plate has a slit formed such that the ejection electrodes are directed to the slit and an ink drain coupled to the slit for draining ink from the slit.