Patent ID: 6979078

Claim:
An ink-jet head comprising: a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink; a plurality of pressure chambers provided correspondingly to the respective nozzles and connected to the nozzles; a common ink chamber for distributing and supplying ink to the pressure chambers; a supply passage for supplying the ink to the common ink chamber; a plurality of connection passages provided correspondingly to the respective pressure chambers, one ends of which are connected to the common ink chamber and the other ends of which are connected to the respective pressure chambers; a first member forming the common ink chamber; and a second member connected to the first member and having openings of the connection passages formed to be aligned in a surface at a side of the first member, wherein an opening among the openings, which is positioned at a most downstream end of the common ink chamber in a flowing direction of the ink through the supply passage, straddles a contour of the common ink chamber of the first member at the most downstream end of the common ink chamber, such that the first member projects over the opening.