Title:
ELECTROSTATIC SUCTION TYPE FLUID JETTINT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/028812
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An electrostatic suction type fluid jetting device, comprising a nozzle (4) formed in a shape corresponding to a meniscus equal to a tailor cone-shaped tip part formed in a conventional electrostatic suction process of ink (2) as a fluid, wherein the diameter of the ink discharge hole (4b) of the nozzle (4) is set to a diameter generally equal to the diameter of the tip part of the meniscus (14) immediately before the jetting of the ink and equal to or lower than the diameter of the droplet of the ink (2) immediately after the jetting, whereby both an increase in resolution and safety can be assured and a highly versatile recording device can be commercialized.
Inventors:
HIGUCHI KAORU (JP)
NISHI YASUO (JP)
MURATA KAZUHIRO (JP)
YOKOYAMA HIROSHI (JP)
NISHI YASUO (JP)
MURATA KAZUHIRO (JP)
YOKOYAMA HIROSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2003/012047
Publication Date:
April 08, 2004
Filing Date:
September 22, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SHARP KK (JP)
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS INC (JP)
NAT INST OF ADVANCED IND SCIEN (JP)
HIGUCHI KAORU (JP)
NISHI YASUO (JP)
MURATA KAZUHIRO (JP)
YOKOYAMA HIROSHI (JP)
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS INC (JP)
NAT INST OF ADVANCED IND SCIEN (JP)
HIGUCHI KAORU (JP)
NISHI YASUO (JP)
MURATA KAZUHIRO (JP)
YOKOYAMA HIROSHI (JP)
International Classes:
B41J2/06; (IPC1-7): B41J2/06
Foreign References:
| JP2002172787A | 2002-06-18 | |||
| JPH0459255A | 1992-02-26 | |||
| JPH06198891A | 1994-07-19 | |||
| US6382771B1 | 2002-05-07 | |||
| JPH08238774A | 1996-09-17 | |||
| JP2000127410A | 2000-05-09 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1550553A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hara, Kenzo (Daiwa Minamimorimachi Building 2-6,
Tenjinbashi 2-chome Kita, Kita-k, Osaka-shi Osaka, JP)
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