Patent ID: 7070265
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet print head assembly for a page width ink jet print head, the print head assembly comprising at least one elongate ink jet print head chip that is the product of an integrated circuit fabrication technique; at least one corresponding ink jet print head chip carrier that defines an elongate recess having a pair of opposed side walls, the, or each, print head chip being received in one respective recess, the, or each, ink jet print head chip and said respective recess being dimensioned so that a gap is defined between the, or each, ink jet print head chip and each side wall; and a resiliently deformable material positioned in each gap to fill each gap and to retain the, or each, print head chip in position in said respective recess, the resiliently deformable material being selected to accommodate relative a movement of the at least one print head chip and the at least one print head chip carrier during normal handling of the print head assembly.