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Patent No.:

US 8870346 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2013
Applicant:

Yuu Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Yuu Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1433 (2013.01); B41J 2/14274 (2013.01); B41J 2/1606 (2013.01); B41J 2/1612 (2013.01); B41J 2/1603 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles formed therein from which droplets are ejectable. The nozzle plate includes a nozzle substrate in which a plurality of nozzle holes each constituting a nozzle is formed, and a liquid-repellent film formed on a surface of the nozzle substrate on a droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate and on an inner wall of the nozzle on at least the droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate. A number of liquid-repellent groups per unit area in the liquid-repellent film formed on the inner wall of the nozzle decreases continuously from the droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate to a side opposite the droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate.


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