Liquid jet head with nonlinear liquid passages having a diverging portion

摘要

A liquid jet head includes a heat generating element for producing a bubble to eject liquid from the head, a heat acting zone in which heat generated by the heat generating element produces a bubble in the liquid, a liquid supply passage adjacent the heat acting zone and having a liquid supply opening, with a center, for supplying liquid to the heat acting zone, and a liquid ejection passage adjacent the heat acting zone and having an orifice, with a center, through which the liquid is ejected, the liquid ejection passage including a diverging portion extending in a direction from the heat acting zone toward the orifice. A first plane that includes a first center line passing through the center of the orifice and along a direction of liquid ejection through the orifice, and a second plane that includes a second center line passing through the center of the liquid supply opening and along a direction of the supply of liquid from the liquid supply passage to the heat acting zone, cross in the diverging portion of the liquid ejection passage. At least a portion of the liquid supply passage and at least a portion of the diverging portion have a common, collinear surface substantially parallel to the second center line.