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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2016
Applicants:
Tomohiro Tamai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiroh Tokuno, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Tamai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiroh Tokuno, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/1433 (2013.01); B41J 2/14274 (2013.01); B41J 2/162 (2013.01); B41J 2/1606 (2013.01); B41J 2/1612 (2013.01); B41J 2/1623 (2013.01); B41J 2/1625 (2013.01); B41J 2/1632 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharging head includes a nozzle plate including a nozzle substrate having a plurality of nozzle holes to discharge a liquid therethrough and a plurality of dimples on the discharging surface of the nozzle substrate to hold a liquid repellent material inside the plurality of dimples in a flowable manner and a liquid repellency film formed by the liquid repellent material on the discharging surface of the nozzle substrate.