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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Hidehiro Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Kazuki Fukada, Osaka, JP;
Keisei Yamamuro, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink-jet apparatus includes an ink supply flow path, an ink discharge flow path, and an ink flow path connecting them, in which piezoelectric elements are provided in the ink flow path having at least one turn part, the piezoelectric elements are arranged to be opposed to the ink flow path and are provided upstream of the turn part in the ink flow path and downstream of the turn part in the ink flow path, and a nozzle is provided between the piezoelectric element and the turn part in the ink flow path.