Patent ID: 7207654

Claim:
A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead, the nozzle arrangement including: (a) a nozzle chamber for holding ink; (b) an actuator in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber, the actuator being moveable with respect to the nozzle chamber upon actuation by passing an electric current through a portion of the actuator to cause differential thermal expansion in the actuator; (c) a fluid ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber for allowing ejection of ink upon movement of an operative portion of the actuator relative to the nozzle chamber during actuation, the fluid ejection port defining an ejection axis generally perpendicular to a plane within which the fluid ejection port is disposed; and (d) an inlet channel in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber for supplying ink thereto from an ink supply; wherein the inlet channel is positioned for supplying ink to refill the nozzle chamber at a position radially displaced from the ejection axis.