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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Katsuji Arakawa, Chino, JP;
Inventor:
Katsuji Arakawa, Chino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/135 (2006.01); B32B 38/10 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nozzle plate includes: a nozzle plate main body made of metal, the nozzle plate main body having nozzle rows formed of nozzles arranged in parallel and penetrating the nozzle plate main body in a thickness direction, wherein at the outer edge of the nozzles on a droplet discharge surface of the nozzle plate main body, a water-repellent film is provided, and primer treatment is performed on at least part of the periphery of the droplet discharge surface of the nozzle plate main body, the periphery outside the water-repellent film.