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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154575 | Heating resistor element, manufacturing method for the same, thermal head, and printer Provided is a heating resistor element, including: an insulating substrate (9); a heat accumulating layer (10) bonded to a surface of the insulating substrate (9); and a heating resistor (11) provided on the heat accumulating layer (10... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149256 | Techniques for changing temperature of a platen Techniques for changing temperature of a platen are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for changing temperature of a platen comprising a platen and one or more movable thermal pads comprising one or more... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8063926 | Thermal head and thermal printer The present invention has an object to reduce a thickness of a protecting film having a small thermal conductivity. A thermal head includes: a plurality of heat generating resistors formed via an insulating layer; a driver circuit unit for driving the plurality of h... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7224376 | Photo-thermographic recording apparatus A photo-thermographic recording apparatus, comprises a film loading device capable of loading a sheet type photo-thermographic film, a conveyance device for conveying the photo-thermographic film from the film loading device, an exposing device for forming a latent ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7038705 | Thermal head A layer of thermal insulator is disposed on at least one of an electrically insulating substrate, an adhesive layer and a heat dissipating plate downstream to heating elements on the substrate in a supply direction of a color thermal recording sheet when executing t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038394 | Ramp voltage generating apparatus and active matrix drive-type display apparatus A ramp voltage generating apparatus according to the present invention includes a ramp voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of ramp voltages out of phase with each other from one ramp voltage, and a control circuit. The ramp voltage generating circu... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6822665 | Thermal head and controller for controlling the same A thermal head includes a metal substrate; an insulating layer formed on the surface of the metal substrate; a plurality of heating elements disposed on the surface of the insulating layer, the heating elements being arranged with a predetermined pitch along a plura... | 11/23/2004 |
| 5946024 | Illuminating apparatus and device manufacturing method A laser beam from an excimer laser is split into three beams along a first plane by a pair of prisms and the three beams are caused to intersect each other at the position of the object side focal point of a first cylindrical lens and be incident upon the... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5652611 | Optical scanning system and image forming apparatus employing same for electrophoto graphically forming images An optical scanning system includes a first lens for receiving a light beam from a light source and allowing the light beam to pass therethrough, and a polygon mirror having at least one reflection surface for deflecting the light beam from the first lens... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5550571 | Method of and apparatus for thermally recording images A thermal recording apparatus includes a laser beam generator for emitting a laser beam to record an image or the like on a thermosensitive recording medium, a preheating device for preheating the thermosensitive recording medium to a temperature lower th... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5357271 | Thermal printhead with enhanced laterla heat conduction A thermal printhead incorporating an elongated heat conduction chamber which is oriented in alignment with an array of printhead heating elements and used to transfer heat along the array to equalize heat distribution. The chamber contains a heat transfer... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5157414 | Thick film type thermal head and thermal recording device A thick film type thermal head produced by consecutively forming, on an insulator substrate, a heat-resistant layer, an electrode, a heating resistor and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer comprises an electrically insulating protective laye... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5148189 | Thermal print head A thermal print head includes a plurality of selective electrodes formed on a substrate, a common electrode formed on the substrate at a distance from the selective electrodes, and a fiber mounted on the substrate at a position between the common electrod... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5095318 | Thermal head with dot size control means A thermal head for use in thermal printing including: a substrate having an upper face; an electrically insulating layer, coated over the upper face of the substrate; heating means, coated over the insulating layer, for providing heat for printing a dot o... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5021806 | Thermal head A thermal head for use in thermal printing including: a substrate having an upper face; an electrically insulating layer, coated over the upper face of the substrate; heating means, coated over the insulating layer, for providing heat for printing a dot o... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4855757 | Thermal printhead with static electricity discharge capability A thermal printhead for dissipating accumulated static electric charge. An electrically conducting outer layer is deposited over the surface of a thermal printhead that receives static charge from the passing print media or ribbon media. The layer, which ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4845339 | Thermal head containing an insulating, heat conductive layer A thermal head in which a glazed layer, an undercoat layer, an electric power supply conductor layer and a protection layer are successively laminated on the surface of an insulating substrate, wherein an insulating heat conductive layer with a good elect... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4737799 | Thermal head Disclosed is a thermal head including a heat-generating resistor layer, a power supply conductor layer, an anti-oxidation layer, and a wear-proof layer formed on an electrically insulating substrate, the wear-proof layer being made of a porous film of alu... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4587399 | Thermal head A thermal head is provided with a heat accumulating member disposed on a substrate, a plurality of heating resistors juxtaposed on the heat accumulating member in a manner to be spaced from each other, electrodes for supplying electric power to the heatin... | 05/06/1986 |
