Abstract: An ink jet head for a recording apparatus comprises: a nozzle-formed member having a plurality of nozzle orifices; a heating member for heating ink which is solid at ambient temperature to liquefy the ink; a piezoelectric converter spaced apart from the nozzle-formed member for causing the liquefied ink to be loaded between the piezoelectric converter and the nozzle-formed member and for jetting the liquefied ink loaded therebetween through the nozzle-formed member; and a member for relatively displaceably positioning the nozzle-formed member.

Abstract: An on-demand type ink jet print head including a drive assembly formed from a vibrating plate formed of a piezoelectric layer with an electrode layer on one surface and an electrically conductive, physically resilient layer on the opposite surface of the piezoelectric layer. The vibrating plate is secured to a base and has two opposing edges defining a free space therebetween. The vibrating plate is slit into a plurality of strips and these strips are cross-slit in the widthwise direction to form a row of reed pieces secured to each opposing edge of the base in a cantilever configuration and extending into the free space from each edge toward the reed pieces extending from the opposite edge with a space therebetween. The reed pieces are electrically and mechanically independent of each other and have negligible electrical and mechanical interference with each other.