Patent ID: 6955427

Claim:
An ink jet head comprising: an actuator formed with a plurality of ink channels and a plurality of nozzles through which ink droplets are ejected, each of the nozzles being fluidly connected to a corresponding one of the ink channels, the plurality of ink channels defining a channel row extending in a first direction; a manifold attached to the actuator, the manifold being formed with a supply channel; and a plurality of guides each having at least two opposing surfaces that define a guide channel fluidly connecting the supply channel to a corresponding one of the ink channels, the opposing surfaces facilitating a flow of an air bubble from the supply channel into the ink channel by deforming an outer shape of the air bubble, wherein each guide channel has an ink channel side and a supply channel side opposite from the ink channel side, and the guide channel has a width in the first direction, the width decreasing with proximity to the ink channel side.