Patent ID: 7575304
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid-droplet jetting apparatus comprising: a channel unit which includes a plurality of plates and in which a liquid channel is formed; and a nozzle plate which includes a nozzle communicating with the liquid channel, and a liquid repellent film formed on a liquid jetting surface in which an ejecting port of the nozzle is arranged, the nozzle plate having a joining portion which is joined to the channel unit and a non-joining portion which is not joined to the channel unit, a projection higher than an area around the nozzle being formed on the liquid jetting surface in the non-joining portion of the nozzle plate, wherein a space into which a fluid, for forming the projection by curving the non-joining portion toward a side opposite to the channel unit, is to be supplied is formed between the non-joining portion of the nozzle plate and the channel unit.