EP2272673A3 - Ink jet head and its manufacture method - Google Patents

Ink jet head and its manufacture method Download PDF

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EP2272673A3
EP2272673A3 EP10185490.9A EP10185490A EP2272673A3 EP 2272673 A3 EP2272673 A3 EP 2272673A3 EP 10185490 A EP10185490 A EP 10185490A EP 2272673 A3 EP2272673 A3 EP 2272673A3
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ink jet
jet head
manufacture method
silane compound
nozzle surface
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French (fr)
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EP2272673B1 (en
EP2272673A2 (en
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Norio Ohkuma
Akihiko Shimomura
Etsuko Hino
Hikaru Ueda
Helmut Schmidt
Peter Müller
Steffen Pilotek
Carsten Becker-Willinger
Pamela Kalmes
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Canon Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1601—Production of bubble jet print heads
    • B41J2/1603—Production of bubble jet print heads of the front shooter type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1623—Manufacturing processes bonding and adhesion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1626—Manufacturing processes etching
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1631—Manufacturing processes photolithography
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/1632—Manufacturing processes machining
    • B41J2/1634—Manufacturing processes machining laser machining
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/16—Production of nozzles
    • B41J2/1621—Manufacturing processes
    • B41J2/164—Manufacturing processes thin film formation
    • B41J2/1645—Manufacturing processes thin film formation thin film formation by spincoating

Abstract

An ink jet head is formed with a nozzle surface having a liquid repellent characteristic. The nozzle surface comprises a condensation product made from a hydrolyzable silane compound having a fluorine containing group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a cationic polymerizable group.
EP10185490.9A 2003-07-22 2003-07-22 Ink jet head and its manufacture method Expired - Lifetime EP2272673B1 (en)

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EP10185490.9A EP2272673B1 (en) 2003-07-22 2003-07-22 Ink jet head and its manufacture method

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EP09170192A EP2163389B1 (en) 2003-07-22 2003-07-22 Ink jet head and its manufacture method
EP03817537A EP1646504B1 (en) 2003-07-22 2003-07-22 Ink jet head and its manufacture method
EP10185490.9A EP2272673B1 (en) 2003-07-22 2003-07-22 Ink jet head and its manufacture method

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Citations (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0539947A2 (en) * 1991-10-29 1993-05-05 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head and ink jet apparatus equipped with the head
EP0942024A2 (en) * 1998-03-10 1999-09-15 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Fluorine-containing epoxy resin composition, and surface modification process, ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus making use of the same
JP2000117902A (en) * 1998-10-12 2000-04-25 Toray Ind Inc Sheet or film
US20020001016A1 (en) * 1997-12-01 2002-01-03 Kenji Aono Method for producing ink jet recording head, and ink jet recording head produced by the same method
US20020196311A1 (en) * 1992-08-09 2002-12-26 Akihiko Shimomura Elements substrate having connecting wiring between heat generating resistor elements and ink jet recording apparatus
US20030081063A1 (en) * 2001-10-31 2003-05-01 Stanton Donald S. Method of coating an ejector of an ink jet printhead

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0539947A2 (en) * 1991-10-29 1993-05-05 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ink jet head and ink jet apparatus equipped with the head
US20020196311A1 (en) * 1992-08-09 2002-12-26 Akihiko Shimomura Elements substrate having connecting wiring between heat generating resistor elements and ink jet recording apparatus
US20020001016A1 (en) * 1997-12-01 2002-01-03 Kenji Aono Method for producing ink jet recording head, and ink jet recording head produced by the same method
EP0942024A2 (en) * 1998-03-10 1999-09-15 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Fluorine-containing epoxy resin composition, and surface modification process, ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus making use of the same
JP2000117902A (en) * 1998-10-12 2000-04-25 Toray Ind Inc Sheet or film
US20030081063A1 (en) * 2001-10-31 2003-05-01 Stanton Donald S. Method of coating an ejector of an ink jet printhead

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 7 29 September 2000 (2000-09-29) *

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