Patent ID: 7093924

Claim:
A discharge device comprising: a plurality of discharge means each comprising a liquid drop discharge head provided with a plurality of nozzles which discharge a liquid mass having a certain flowability onto an object onto which liquid drops are to be discharged, a mounting board on which said liquid drop discharge head is mounted, and a connector arranged on said mounting board; a holding means on which said plurality of discharge means are arranged; and a shifting means for relatively shifting at least one of said holding means and the object onto which liquid drops are to be discharged while said liquid drop discharge head is directed along a surface of the object onto which liquid drops are to be discharged, wherein said plurality of discharge means are aligned so that arrangement directions of said plurality of nozzles are approximately parallel, so that the portion of each discharge means in which said connector is arranged on said mounting board does not interfere with other of said plurality of discharge means, and so as to orientate a plane, on which said plurality of nozzles of said liquid drop discharge heads are arranged, so as to face a surface of the object onto which liquid drops are to be discharged at a predetermined distance.