Liquid Ejecting Head Unit and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus

• US 20140232787A1
• Filed: 01/23/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Owaki, Hiroshige
• Granted Patent: US 9,022,524 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/40
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/055 Devices for absorbing or preventing back-pressure
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/14233 of film type, deformed by bending and disposed on a diaphragm
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/155 for line printing
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14241 having a cover around the piezoelectric thin film element
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2002/14419 Manifold

Abstract

A liquid ejecting head unit includes a first nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles, a second nozzle group including another plurality of nozzles, a first flow path substrate including a first pressure chamber group including a plurality of first pressure chambers that eject a liquid from the nozzles of the first nozzle group upon being subjected to a pressure, a second flow path substrate including a second pressure chamber group including a plurality of second pressure chambers that eject a liquid from the nozzles of the second nozzle group upon being subjected to a pressure, and a supply substrate including a first liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the first pressure chamber group, and a second liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the second pressure chamber group.

Claims

1. A liquid ejecting head unit comprising:

a first nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles;

a second nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles different from the nozzles of the first nozzle group;

a first flow path substrate including a first pressure chamber group including a plurality of first pressure chambers that eject a liquid from the nozzles of the first nozzle group upon being subjected to a pressure;

a second flow path substrate including a second pressure chamber group including a plurality of second pressure chambers that eject a liquid from the nozzles of the second nozzle group upon being subjected to a pressure, the second flow path substrate being different from the first flow path substrate; and

a supply substrate including a first liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the first pressure chamber group, and a second liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the second pressure chamber group, the supply substrate being stacked on the first flow path substrate and the second flow path substrate, on the side of the nozzles.

2. The liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 1,

wherein the supply substrate includes a plurality of openings each communicating with one of the first and the second liquid supply path and formed in the supply substrate on a surface thereof oriented to the flow path substrate,

the liquid ejecting head unit further comprising a housing including a plurality of cavities each communicating with one of the first and the second liquid supply path via the opening, the housing being mounted on the supply substrate on the side of the flow path substrate.

3. The liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 2,

wherein each of the nozzle groups includes a plurality of nozzle rows each including the nozzles aligned in one direction, and

the housing includes a plurality of cavities respectively corresponding to the nozzle rows.

4. The liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 2,

wherein each of the nozzle groups includes a plurality of nozzle rows each including the nozzles aligned in one direction, and

the housing includes a cavity corresponding to the plurality of nozzle rows.

5. The liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 3,

wherein the cavity constitutes a part of a manifold.

6. The liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 1,

wherein at least the first flow path substrate is provided on the supply substrate between a pair of the housings,

a nozzle plate including the nozzle group is provided on the supply substrate at a position opposing the first flow path substrate, and

the supply substrate includes the liquid supply path connecting between the cavity of the housing and the pressure chamber, and another liquid flow path connecting between the pressure chamber and the nozzle in the nozzle plate.

7. The liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 1, further comprising:

a nozzle plate including the first nozzle group; and

a nozzle plate including the second nozzle group.

8. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising the liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 1.

9. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising the liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 2.

10. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising the liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 3.

11. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising the liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 4.

12. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising the liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 5.

13. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising the liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 6.

14. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising the liquid ejecting head unit according to claim 7.