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Thermal recording stylus

US4325071A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1980
Grant dateApr 13, 1982
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D15/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A thermal recording stylus comprised of a ceramic tip with two passages from openings near a frustum-shaped end to openings at the rear, an electrical heating element wrapped around the frustum-shaped end from one opening thereof to the other, and electrical power leads extending from the ends of the heating element through the passages. The leads and heating element are secured with cement in the passages, and the entire assembly is secured in a sleeve with cement and a ring wedged between a conical section of the ceramic tip and the sleeve.

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