Thermal print head
US4707708A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 1986 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/3357
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermal trasfer printer including a thermal head, and a platen positioned against the thermal head through a printing sheet. The thermal head has a substrate formed of heat insulating material, at least one glaze layer on a top surface of the substrate extending longitudinally thereof, a plurality of heat generating elements on the glaze layer, a plurality of electrodes each connected to the heat generating elements in a manner to form an opening for the heat generating elements and a protective layer for preventing the electrodes and heat generating elements from contacting the printing sheet to avoid their wear. A portion of the protective layer for protectng the heat generating elements has a height which is greater by more than 5 .mu.m than the height of a portion of the protective layer for protecting the electrodes. The width of the glaze layer transversely of the substrate is less than 200 .mu.m at a location which is 10 .mu.m below a top surface of the portion of the protective layer for protecting the heat generating elements in a vertical direction. The platen is a flat platen and its deflection caused to occur by a biasing force exerted on the thermal is more than 0.02…
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