Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and manufacturing method

• US 10,022,979 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2016
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Okushima, Shingo, Aoki, Takatsuna, Karita, Seiichiro, Nagai, Noriyasu, Sato, Tamaki, Ishikawa, Tetsushi, Tominaga, Yasuaki, Otsuka, Manabu, Iwanaga, Shuzo, Mori, Tatsurou, Yamada, Kazuhiro, Yamamoto, Akira, Tamenaga, Zentaro, Saito, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): JACKSON, JUANITA DIONNE
• Application Number:
  US15/388,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20170197439A1
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14024 Assembling head parts
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1404 Geometrical characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14072 Electrical connections, e.g. details on electrodes, connecting the chip to the outside...
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14145 Structure of the manifold
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1603 of the front shooter type
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1623 bonding and adhesion
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1628 dry etching
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1631 photolithography
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1632 machining
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1634 laser machining
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1635 dividing the wafer into individual chips
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/1645 thin film formation by spincoating
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/175 Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17563 Ink filters
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/18 Ink recirculation systems
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/185 Ink-collectors; Ink-catchers
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14467 Multiple feed channels per ink chamber
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/12 with ink circulating through the whole print head
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/20 Modules
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2202/21 Line printing

Abstract

A liquid ejection head capable of suppressing a change in pressure of a pressure chamber, a liquid ejection apparatus, and a manufacturing method are provided. For that reason, a lid member is formed on a wafer-shaped element board and the element board is cut into chips to manufacture a print element board.

Claims

1. A liquid ejection head comprising:

an element board which includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, an element provided corresponding to the ejection opening and generating energy used to eject the liquid from the ejection opening, and a pressure chamber having the element provided therein; and

a resin film which is provided at a rear face provided with the ejection opening in the element board and which includes a supply opening supplying the liquid to the pressure chamber,

wherein a supply path for supplying the liquid supplied from the supply opening to the pressure chamber is formed between the rear face of the element board and the resin film, and

wherein an outer shape of the resin film is partially smaller than an outer shape of the element board so as not to protrude from the outer shape of the element board.

2. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein the rear face of the element board is provided with a part of a liquid path which is formed by the resin film and a collection path which collects a liquid of the pressure chamber, and

wherein the resin film is provided with a collection opening communicating with the collection path.

3. The liquid ejection head according to claim 2,

wherein the supply path and the collection path are provided to correspond to a length of an ejection opening row in a first direction serving as an extension direction of the ejection opening row having a plurality of ejection openings arranged therein.

4. The liquid ejection head according to claim 3,

wherein the supply path and the collection path are alternately disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

5. The liquid ejection head according to claim 2,

wherein the element board is provided with a plurality of supply openings which supply the liquid of the supply path to the pressure chamber and a plurality of collection openings which collect the liquid of the pressure chamber to the collection path.

6. The liquid ejection head according to claim 5,

wherein the supply openings and the collection openings define a liquid path having a longitudinal direction in the thickness direction of the element board.

7. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein a thickness of the resin film is smaller than 25 μ

m.

8. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein an adhesive is not interposed between the element board and the resin film.

9. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein an outer shape of the element board is formed in a parallelogram shape.

10. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein a support member supporting the element board with the resin film interposed therebetween is provided and an adhesive is provided between the support member and the resin film.

11. The liquid ejection head according to claim 10,

wherein the support member supports a plurality of element boards,

wherein a groove is provided at an adjacent portion in which the element boards are adjacent to each other in the support member, a width of the groove is larger than a width of a gap between the element boards, and a bonded portion between the resin film and the support member at the adjacent portion enters from an outer edge of the element board.

12. The liquid ejection head according to claim 10,

wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the support member is smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the resin film.

13. The liquid ejection head according to claim 10,

wherein a plurality of support members each supporting the element board are provided, and

wherein a bonded portion between the support member and the resin film enters from an outer edge of the element board at an adjacent portion in which the element boards are adjacent to each other.

14. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein a plurality of the supply openings are provided to communicate with one supply path.

15. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein the liquid ejection head includes a plurality of element boards, the resin film is disposed on each element board, and adjacent element boards are disposed to partially overlap each other in a longitudinal direction of the liquid ejection head.

16. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein the liquid ejection head is a page wide type liquid ejection head in which a plurality of element boards are linearly arranged.

17. The liquid ejection head according to claim 1,

wherein the liquid inside the pressure chamber is circulated to the outside of the pressure chamber.

18. A liquid ejection head ejecting a liquid, comprising:

an element board which includes an ejection opening ejecting the liquid, an element provided corresponding to the ejection opening and generating energy used to eject the liquid from the ejection opening, and a pressure chamber having the element provided therein; and

a resin film which is provided at a rear face of a face provided with the ejection opening in the element board and includes a supply opening supplying the liquid to the pressure chamber and a collection opening collecting the liquid from the pressure chamber,

wherein the rear face of the element board is provided with a supply path supplying the liquid supplied from the supply opening to the pressure chamber and a collection path collecting the liquid collected from the pressure chamber to the collection opening, and

wherein a part of the supply path and the collection path are formed by the resin film.

19. The liquid ejection head according to claim 18,

wherein an outer shape of the element board is a parallelogram shape and at least one of the supply opening and the collection opening has a parallelogram shape.

20. The liquid ejection head according to claim 18,

wherein the supply opening and the collection opening are alternately disposed in the first direction serving as an extension direction of an ejection opening row having a plurality of ejection openings arranged therein.

21. The liquid ejection head according to claim 18,

wherein an outer shape of the resin film is smaller than an outer shape of the element board so as not to protrude from the outer shape of the element board.

22. A liquid ejection apparatus with a liquid ejection head including an element board which includes an ejection opening ejecting a liquid, an element provided corresponding to the ejection opening and generating energy used to eject the liquid from the ejection opening, and a pressure chamber having the element provided therein, and a resin film which is provided at a rear face of a face provided with the ejection opening in the element board and includes a supply opening supplying the liquid to the pressure chamber and a collection opening collecting the liquid from the pressure chamber,

wherein the rear face of the element board is provided with a supply path supplying the liquid supplied from the supply opening to the pressure chamber and a collection path collecting the liquid collected from the pressure chamber to the collection opening, and

wherein a part of the supply path and the collection path are formed by the resin film.