Patent ID: 9623657
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B05B,B41J

Claim:
1. A fluid dispenser, comprising: a member including a first surface and a second surface, a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber, and a first orifice and a second orifice, the first orifice being in fluid communication with the first fluid chamber, the second orifice being in fluid communication with the second fluid chamber, the first orifice and the second orifice configured to eject fluid; a planar film layer including a first surface and a second surface and further including an opening having a cross-sectional width, the first surface of the film layer being coupled to the second surface of the member such that the opening is in fluid communication with the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber; a first actuator positioned on the first surface of the film layer and positioned in the first fluid chamber; a second actuator positioned on the first surface of the film layer and positioned in the second fluid chamber; a substrate including a first surface and a second surface and further including a slot, the first surface of the substrate being coupled to the second surface of the film layer such that the slot is in fluid communication with the opening of the film layer, the slot having a first cross-sectional width along the first surface of the substrate and a second cross-sectional width along the second surface of the substrate; a manifold including a first surface and a second surface and further including a fluid passageway, the first surface of the manifold being coupled to the second surface of the substrate such that the fluid passageway is in fluid communication with the slot, the fluid passageway having a first cross-sectional width along the first surface of the manifold and a second cross-sectional width along the second surface of the manifold; and a fluid container coupled to the manifold such that the fluid container is in fluid communication with the fluid passageway, the fluid container configured to store fluid; wherein the second cross-sectional width of the slot is greater than the first cross-sectional width of the slot, the first cross-sectional width of the fluid passageway is greater than the second cross-sectional width of the slot, and the second cross-sectional width of the fluid passageway is greater than the first cross-sectional width of the fluid passageway, such that bubbles formed in respective ones of the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber are conducted through the opening, through the slot, through the fluid passageway, and to the fluid container.