Patent ID: 7004566

Claim:
An inkjet printhead chip that comprises a substrate that defines a plurality of ink inlet channels; a drive circuitry layer on the substrate; and a plurality of nozzle arrangements on the substrate, each nozzle arrangement comprising nozzle chamber walls and a roof on the substrate to define a nozzle chamber opening into a respective ink inlet channel, with the roof defining an ink ejection port opening into the nozzle chamber; an ink ejection member in the nozzle chamber, the ink ejection member being displaceable with respect to the substrate to eject ink from the ink ejection port; an actuator connected to the drive circuitry layer, the actuator being reciprocally displaceable upon receipt of an electrical signal from the drive circuitry layer; and a lever mechanism that interconnects the ink ejection member and the actuator, the lever mechanism comprising an effort end, a load end and a fulcrum, the effort end being substantially free of the substrate and operatively connected to the actuator, the load end being operatively connected to the ink ejection member, the lever mechanism being pivotal with respect to the substrate about said fulcrum, said fulcrum being disposed between the effort end and the lever end such that movement of the effort end due to said actuator imparts reciprocal movement to the load end, which reciprocal movement is imparted to the ink ejection member.