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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Katsuaki Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Makita, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuaki Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Makita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta IJ Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/19 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inkjet head, comprises an ink jetting chamber unit in which a plurality of ink jetting chambers to jet ink from respective nozzles is arranged along at least one array; a manifold to distribute ink to the plurality of ink jetting chambers; a first ink flow path to supply ink from the outside to the manifold; an air chamber structured to form an air-liquid interface at which air contacts with ink in the air chamber; and a second ink flow path branched from the first ink flow path and connected to the air chamber.