Recording apparatus, liquid droplet discharging head, and liquid droplet discharging head circuit board with improved wiring pattern

Information

  • Patent Application
  • 20070176975
  • Publication Number
    20070176975
  • Date Filed
    February 02, 2007
    17 years ago
  • Date Published
    August 02, 2007
    17 years ago
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a liquid droplet discharging head and a tank. The liquid droplet discharging head discharges a liquid droplet. The tank supplies a liquid to the liquid droplet discharging head. The liquid droplet discharging head includes a liquid droplet discharging head circuit board including a board substrate and a writing pattern. The wiring pattern is located on the board substrate to supply power and includes a plurality of divided wiring patterns formed by dividing at least a part of the wiring pattern in a width direction of the wiring pattern.
Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A more complete appreciation of the disclosure and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:



FIG. 1 is a plane view of a related art liquid droplet discharging head circuit board;



FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 1, taken along line A1-A1 of FIG. 1;



FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a recording apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;



FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a printing mechanism of the recording apparatus shown in FIG. 3;



FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a liquid cartridge of the printing mechanism shown in FIG. 4;



FIG. 6 is a plane view of a liquid droplet discharging head circuit board of the liquid cartridge shown in FIG. 5;



FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 6, taken along line B1-B1 of FIG. 6;



FIG. 8 is a plane view of a liquid droplet discharging head circuit board of the liquid cartridge shown in FIG. 5, according to another exemplary embodiment;



FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 8, taken along line B2-B2 of FIG. 8;



FIG. 10 is a graph illustrating a relationship between an allowable electric current per unit wiring width and a wiring width of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 8;



FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 7;



FIG. 12 is another enlarged view of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 7;



FIG. 13 is a graph illustrating a relationship between a distance between divided wiring patterns and a thickness of a first protective layer between divided wiring patterns of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 12;



FIG. 14 is a plane view of a liquid droplet discharging head circuit board of the liquid cartridge shown in FIG. 5, according to yet another exemplary embodiment;



FIG. 15 is a sectional view of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 14 taken on line B3-B3 of FIG. 14;



FIG. 16 is a plane view of an example of the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board shown in FIG. 14;



FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a liquid droplet discharging head of the liquid cartridge shown in FIG. 5; and



FIG. 18 is a sectional view of the liquid droplet discharging head shown in FIG. 17.


Claims
  • 1. A recording apparatus, comprising: a liquid droplet discharging head configured to discharge a liquid droplet and including a liquid droplet discharging head circuit board configured to cause said liquid droplet discharging head to discharge said liquid droplet, and includinga board substrate, anda wiring pattern located on the board substrate to supply power and including a plurality of divided wiring patterns formed by dividing at least a part of the wiring pattern in a width direction of the wiring pattern; anda tank configured to supply a liquid to the liquid droplet discharging head.
  • 2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a liquid cartridge including the liquid droplet discharging head and the tank,wherein the liquid droplet discharging head is integrated with the tank in said liquid cartridge.
  • 3. The recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the liquid droplet discharging head discharges said liquid droplet without moving in a main scanning direction.
  • 4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the liquid droplet discharging head circuit board further includes a discharging energy generating element configured to generate heat, thereby causing the liquid droplet discharging head to discharge said liquid droplet, andwherein the wiring pattern is connected to the discharging energy generating element to supply said power to the discharging energy generating element.
  • 5. The recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the discharging energy generating element includes a plurality of divided discharging energy generating elements formed by dividing the discharging energy generating element in a width direction of the discharging energy generating element, andwherein each of the plurality of divided discharging energy generating elements is connected to the plurality of divided wiring patterns.
  • 6. The recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein at least a part of the wiring pattern connected to the discharging energy generating element includes a mesh wiring pattern in which a plurality of narrow wiring patterns are crossed each other.
  • 7. The recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein at least a part of the wiring pattern connected to the plurality of divided discharging energy generating elements includes a mesh wiring pattern in which a plurality of narrow wiring patterns are crossed each other.
  • 8. The recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the discharging energy generating element includes an electricity-heat conversion element.
  • 9. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of divided wiring patterns has a width such that an allowable electric current per unit wiring width increases.
  • 10. The recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of narrow wiring patterns has a width such that an allowable electric current per unit wiring width increases.
  • 11. The recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the width of each of the plurality of divided wiring patterns is not greater than about 4μm.
  • 12. The recording apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the width of each of the plurality of narrow wiring patterns is not greater than about 4 μm.
  • 13. The recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of divided wiring patterns are separated from each other at intervals of at least about 1 μm.
  • 14. The recording apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of narrow wiring patterns are separated from each other at intervals of at least about 1 μm.
  • 15. A liquid droplet discharging head for discharging a liquid droplet, comprising: a liquid droplet outlet through which a liquid droplet is discharged; anda liquid droplet discharging head circuit board configured to cause said liquid droplet to be discharged through said liquid droplet outlet, includinga board substrate, anda wiring pattern located on the board substrate to supply power and including a plurality of divided wiring patterns formed by dividing at least a part of the wiring pattern in a width direction of the wiring pattern.
  • 16. A liquid droplet discharging head circuit board configured to cause a liquid droplet discharging head to discharge a liquid droplet, comprising: a board substrate; anda wiring pattern located on the board substrate to supply power and including a plurality of divided wiring patterns formed by dividing at least a part of the wiring pattern in a width direction of the wiring pattern.
  • 17. The liquid droplet discharging head circuit board according to claim 16, further comprising: a discharging energy generating element configured to generate heat,wherein the wiring pattern is connected to the discharging energy generating element to supply said power to the discharging energy generating element.
  • 18. The liquid droplet discharging head circuit board according to claim 17, wherein the discharging energy generating element includes a plurality of divided discharging energy generating elements formed by dividing the discharging energy generating element in a width direction of the discharging energy generating element, andwherein each of the plurality of divided discharging energy generating elements is connected to the plurality of divided wiring patterns.
  • 19. The liquid droplet discharging head circuit board according to claim 17, wherein at least a part of the wiring pattern connected to the discharging energy generating element includes a mesh wiring pattern in which a plurality of narrow wiring patterns are crossed each other.
  • 20. The liquid droplet discharging head circuit board according to claim 18, wherein at least a part of the wiring pattern connected to the plurality of divided discharging energy generating elements includes a mesh wiring pattern in which a plurality of narrow wiring patterns are crossed each other.
Priority Claims (2)
Number Date Country Kind
2006-026413 Feb 2006 JP national
2006-280752 Oct 2006 JP national