Patent attributes
An ink-jet head to jet ink from a front side thereof includes an actuator in which a plurality of parallel channels for generating pressure change to be applied to ink are formed and having a nozzle surface on which a plurality of nozzle holes are formed to jet ink from a corresponding ink channel, and a front plate located at the front side of the nozzle surface so as to protect the nozzle surface and having a recessed section on a front surface of the front plate, wherein the recessed section has an opening in which the nozzle surface of the actuator is inserted in such a way that the nozzle surface is located between the front surface of the front plate and the bottom surface of the recessed section.