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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2010
Applicants:

Yuuji Tamaru, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Kawasaki, JP;

Koichi Omata, Kawasaki, JP;

Hideo Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;

Takaaki Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;

Kousuke Kubo, Kawasaki, JP;

Ryoji Oohashi, Yokohama, JP;

Toshio Negishi, Yokohama, JP;

Tatsuo Furukawa, Zama, JP;

Nobuyuki Hirayama, Fujisawa, JP;

Ryo Kasai, Tokyo, JP;

Tomoko Kudo, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Yuuji Tamaru, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Kawasaki, JP;

Koichi Omata, Kawasaki, JP;

Hideo Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;

Takaaki Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;

Kousuke Kubo, Kawasaki, JP;

Ryoji Oohashi, Yokohama, JP;

Toshio Negishi, Yokohama, JP;

Tatsuo Furukawa, Zama, JP;

Nobuyuki Hirayama, Fujisawa, JP;

Ryo Kasai, Tokyo, JP;

Tomoko Kudo, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/05 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0458 (2013.01); B41J 2/04543 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14387 (2013.01); B41J 2/04541 (2013.01); B41J 2/0455 (2013.01); B41J 2/14088 (2013.01); B41J 2/04563 (2013.01);
Abstract

A print head is provided that well preserves ink characteristics upon printing by way of performing effective ink preliminary heating. The print head has heaters and ejection openings formed at locations corresponding to the heaters. Viewed from the side from which ink is ejected, a sub-heater is established in the print head between the ink supply port and the print elements so as to surround the ink supply port.


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