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Method of fabricating thermal printing head

Assignee: Noritake Co Ltd
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Filing: 1973-12-10
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Granted: 1976-04-13
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Expires: 1993-12-10
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Abstract

Abstract A method of fabricating a thermal printing head by printing a circuit pattern of resistive elements and electric conductors on one surface of a flat paper sheet, covering the circuit pattern and surface of the flat paper sheet with a carrier layer of a substantially transparent methacrylic acid resin, peeling off the flat paper sheet, placing the remaining carrier layer carrying the circuit pattern over a surface of a pre-shaped insulating substrate with the circuit pattern being laid downward, and heating the carrier layer placed on the substrate to cause the carrier layer to be burned off and cause the circuit pattern to adhere to the surface of the substrate.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shoichi Muramoto
  • 👤 Ichiro Fukunaga
  • 👤 Haruyuki Ikeda

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 08:36
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/315; B41J2/32; B41J2/345; H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/10; H05K3/20; H05K3/207; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/03; H05K1/0306; H05K1/16; H05K1/167; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/02; H05K2201/0275; H05K2201/0284; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/05; H05K2203/0502; H05K2203/0531; H05K3/40; H05K3/403; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/901

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 152 words
A method of fabricating a thermal printing head comprising the steps of printing a circuit pattern of resistive elements and electric conductors on one surface of a flat paper sheet, covering said circuit pattern and said one surface of said paper sheet with a carrier layer of a substantially transparent compound formed of a methacrylic acid resin capable of being burned off by heat baking at a temperature above about 500°C. without forming residual carbonides, peeling off said flat paper sheet, placing the remaining carrier layer carrying said circuit pattern over the surface of a preshaped insulating substrate with said circuit pattern being interposed between said carrier and said substrate and lying on said substrate, and thereafter baking said carrier layer substrate and circuit pattern at a temperature above about 500°C. to cause the carrier layer to be cleanly burned off and to cause the circuit pattern to adhere to said substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 152 words
A method of fabricating a thermal printing head comprising the steps of printing a circuit pattern of resistive elements and electric conductors on one surface of a flat paper sheet, covering said circuit pattern and said one surface of said paper sheet with a carrier layer of a substantially transparent compound formed of a methacrylic acid resin capable of being burned off by heat baking at a temperature above about 500°C. without forming residual carbonides, peeling off said flat paper sheet, placing the remaining carrier layer carrying said circuit pattern over the surface of a preshaped insulating substrate with said circuit pattern being interposed between said carrier and said substrate and lying on said substrate, and thereafter baking said carrier layer substrate and circuit pattern at a temperature above about 500°C. to cause the carrier layer to be cleanly burned off and to cause the circuit pattern to adhere to said substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 34 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said flat paper sheet has water absorbability and is sufficiently strong to be peeled off said circuit pattern and said carrier layer after being soaked in water.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 34 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive layer is applied over one surface of said paper sheet and then said circuit pattern is printed on the upper surface of said adhesive layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein said adhesive prevailingly contains water soluble adhesives, and said paper sheet is peeled off from the printed circuit pattern by soaking at least the paper sheet in water to solve the adhesives.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 14 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said preshaped insulating substrate is of ceramic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
A method according to claim 5, wherein said insulating substrate is of a material selected from the group consisting of fosterite, steatite and alumina.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 28 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said carrier layer placed on the substrate is burned off at about 500°C to 800°C for about 60 to 150 minutes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 16 words
A method according to claim 7, wherein said carrier layer is burned off at about 800°C.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1979-04-13 1979-10-13 1980-04-13 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1983-04-13 1983-10-13 1984-04-13 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1987-04-13 1987-10-13 1988-04-13 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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