Patent ID: 8398215

Claim:
A liquid ejecting head, comprising: a liquid passage including a liquid conducting path, a common liquid chamber, a plurality of individual supply paths, a plurality of pressure chambers, and nozzles, wherein liquid from a liquid supply source is supplied to the common liquid chamber through the liquid conducting path, the liquid in the common liquid chamber is distributed to the plurality of pressure chambers through the plurality of individual supply paths, pressure fluctuation is caused in the liquid in the pressure chambers by driving a pressure generation unit, and the liquid is ejected from the nozzles, wherein the liquid passage includes an intermediate liquid chamber that is provided between the liquid conducting path and the common liquid chamber and communicates with the liquid conducting path and the common liquid chamber, and has a conducting opening which communicates with the liquid conducting path and a discharge opening which is opened to the common liquid chamber, wherein a partition wall separates the common liquid chamber and the intermediate liquid chamber and wherein the discharge opening is positioned adjacent the partition wall, and wherein the discharge opening is formed along a pressure chamber arrangement direction.