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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Hitoshi Kamoda, Kanagawa, JP;

Manabu Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;

Iwao Ushinohama, Kanagawa, JP;

Soichi Kuwahara, Kanagawa, JP;

Shigeyoshi Hirashima, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hitoshi Kamoda, Kanagawa, JP;

Manabu Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;

Iwao Ushinohama, Kanagawa, JP;

Soichi Kuwahara, Kanagawa, JP;

Shigeyoshi Hirashima, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A droplet discharge head includes: a liquid reservoir which holds a liquid; a channel through which the liquid is guided to the liquid reservoir; and a driving element which changes the pressure in the liquid reservoir so as to discharge droplets of the liquid contained in the liquid reservoir through a nozzle, in which wall surfaces of the liquid reservoir and of the nozzle are arranged in a continuous line at a side opposite the channel with respect to the center of the nozzle as seen in a cross-sectional view through a central axis of the nozzle.


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