Patent ID: 6238040
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B41J,B82Y,G06K,G11C,H04N

Abstract:
An ink jet nozzle arrangement for an ejection of ink from a nozzle chamber, the arrangement comprising:said nozzle chamber having a slotted sidewall and an ink ejection port arranged in a plane transverse to the sidewall;an ink supply channel in communication with said nozzle chamber for the supply of ink to said nozzle chamber;a moveable vane located within said nozzle chamber and being moveable in a plane at right angles to a direction of ink ejection to cause the ejection of ink from said port of said nozzle chamber; andan actuator located outside said nozzle chamber to operate in ambient atmosphere and being connected to said moveable vane through said slotted sidewall, the actuator being a thermal actuator arranged in spaced relationship relative to a substrate carrying the actuator.