| 摘要 |
<p>A head (10) for an ink-jet printer includes a plurality of ink chambers (18a+b) arranged in parallel on a plane, a plurality of nozzles (19a+b) communicated with each of the chambers (18a+b), and a piezoelectric element (13). The piezoelectric element (13) has a laminated structure in which at least one piezoelectric layer and at least two electrode layers sandwiching the piezoelectric layer are laminated, and is attached to the chambers (18a+b) so as to overlie the chambers (18a+b) with the layers being in parallel to the plane of arrangement of the chambers (18a+b). The piezoelectric element (13) includes a plurality of pressure portions (17a+b) and a plurality of slits (16a-d). The slits (16a-d) face the chambers (18a+b) and deepen in a direction perpendicular to the plane of arrangement of the chamber (18a+b) so as to divide the pressure portions (17a+b) from other portion of the piezoelectric element (13) such that each of the pressure portions (17a+b) attaches to each of the chambers (18a+b) at an area defined by the slits (16a-d) and that each of the pressure portions (17a+b) includes the laminated structure. Each of the pressure portion (17a+b) presses each of the chambers (18a+b) at the attaching area by an expansion due to a piezoelectric effect when an electric voltage is applied across the electrode layers in each of the pressure portions (17a+b).</p> |
