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Nozzle arrangement using unevenly heated thermal actuators

  • US 7,931,353 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2009
  • Issued: 04/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer, the nozzle arrangement comprising:

  • a wafer defining an ink supply channel and a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with the ink supply channel;

    a drive circuitry layer positioned on the wafer;

    a plurality of actuator devices positioned on the wafer and the drive circuitry layer to cover the nozzle chamber, each actuator device comprising an internal serpentine conductive core surrounded by a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) layer; and

    an ink ejection port in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber, whereinthe plurality of actuator devices are radially positioned around the ink ejection port and adapted to bend into the nozzle chamber, andthe internal serpentine conductive core is disposed within the PTFE layer to heat the PTFE layer unevenly.

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