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Image recording apparatus

US6118468A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1997
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J15/16
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An image recording apparatus for preparing a printing master film for textile printing includes an image recording unit including at least one thermal head for recording images on a recording material; a recording material transportation unit for transporting the recording material, including a platen roller for bringing the recording material into contact with the thermal head so as to for images or the recording material, and a back-up roller which is in pressure contact with the platen roller at an opposite position to the position where the recording material is brought into contact with the thermal heads by the platen roller; and a disk brake for controlling the rotation of the back-up roller, connected to the back-up roller.

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