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US4456392A
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Heat transfer printer
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1981-11-09
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Granted: 1984-06-26
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Expires: 2001-11-09
Abstract
Abstract A heat transfer printer prints information while sequentially driving dots of a thermal head to urge them against a platen through a printing paper sheet and a transfer ink ribbon. The printer has a pulse motor or the like which carries the transfer ink ribbon at a speed relative to the stationary printing paper sheet for performing heat transfer printing with the thermal head.
Inventors
- 👤 Mineo Nozaki
- 👤 Osamu Asakura
- 👤 Masasumi Nagashima
- 👤 Sadao Iwakura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:40
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J17/00; B41J17/38; B41J2/00; B41J2/315; B41J2/32; B41J2/35; B41J2/355; B41J2/36; B41J33/00; B41J33/14; B41J33/24; B41J33/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A heat transfer printer, comprising: a thermal head for receiving a drive signal for transferring ink onto a printing paper sheet, which thermal head presses a heat transfer ink ribbon against the printing paper sheet with a predetermined force; means for continuously and relatively sliding said thermal head and the printing paper sheet so as to cause a first relative speed between said thermal head and said printing paper sheet while said thermal head presses the heat transfer ink ribbon against the printing paper sheet with the predetermined force; and feeding means for feeding the heat transfer ink ribbon by providing a force greater than the friction force caused by the press of said thermal head against the printing paper sheet, to cause a second relative speed between the heat transfer ink ribbon and the printing paper sheet and a third relative speed between the heat transfer ink ribbon and the thermal head which are pressed against each other, said second relative speed and said third relative speed being smaller than said first relative speed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A heat transfer printer, comprising: a thermal head for receiving a drive signal for transferring ink onto a printing paper sheet, which thermal head presses a heat transfer ink ribbon against the printing paper sheet with a predetermined force; means for continuously and relatively sliding said thermal head and the printing paper sheet so as to cause a first relative speed between said thermal head and said printing paper sheet while said thermal head presses the heat transfer ink ribbon against the printing paper sheet with the predetermined force; and feeding means for feeding the heat transfer ink ribbon by providing a force greater than the friction force caused by the press of said thermal head against the printing paper sheet, to cause a second relative speed between the heat transfer ink ribbon and the printing paper sheet and a third relative speed between the heat transfer ink ribbon and the thermal head which are pressed against each other, said second relative speed and said third relative speed being smaller than said first relative speed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A printer according to claim 1, wherein said feeding means includes, as a drive source, a pulse motor which is driven by a drive signal generated at a timing which is different from a timing of a drive signal applied to said "thermal head".
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
103 words
A heat transfer printer, comprising: a thermal head for receiving a drive signal for transferring ink onto a printing paper sheet, which thermal head presses a heat transfer ink ribbon against the printing paper sheet; thermal head carrying means for carrying said thermal head along the printing paper sheet; and feeding means for feeding the heat transfer ink ribbon at a predetermined feeding speed that is 30 to 90% of said thermal head carrying speed and in a direction opposite to the carrying direction of said thermal head while said thermal head presses the heat transfer ink ribbon against the printing paper sheet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
103 words
A heat transfer printer, comprising: a thermal head for receiving a drive signal for transferring ink onto a printing paper sheet, which thermal head presses a heat transfer ink ribbon against the printing paper sheet; thermal head carrying means for carrying said thermal head along the printing paper sheet; and feeding means for feeding the heat transfer ink ribbon at a predetermined feeding speed that is 30 to 90% of said thermal head carrying speed and in a direction opposite to the carrying direction of said thermal head while said thermal head presses the heat transfer ink ribbon against the printing paper sheet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
115 words
A heat transfer printer, comprising: an ink bearing member having a base material with hot-melt ink thereon; a recording head having a surface with a heat-generating body thereon for recording data on a recording medium in a predetermined direction and for pressing said ink bearing member against a recording medium, said heat-generating body melting the hot-melt ink of said ink bearing member; and means for sliding said ink bearing member relative to the recording medium in said predetermined direction so that the hot-melt ink of said ink bearing member melted by said heat-generating body is pressed against the recording medium to separate completely the melted ink from the base material of said ink bearing member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
115 words
A heat transfer printer, comprising: an ink bearing member having a base material with hot-melt ink thereon; a recording head having a surface with a heat-generating body thereon for recording data on a recording medium in a predetermined direction and for pressing said ink bearing member against a recording medium, said heat-generating body melting the hot-melt ink of said ink bearing member; and means for sliding said ink bearing member relative to the recording medium in said predetermined direction so that the hot-melt ink of said ink bearing member melted by said heat-generating body is pressed against the recording medium to separate completely the melted ink from the base material of said ink bearing member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
93 words
A heat transfer printer, comprising: a platen for holding a printing paper sheet on a surface thereof; a carriage, movable along said platen, for supporting a heat transfer ink ribbon and a thermal head for transferring ink from said heat transfer ink ribbon to the printing paper sheet such that said heat transfer ink ribbon is urged against the printing paper sheet; means for displacing said carriage at a predetermined speed; and means for feeding the heat transfer ink ribbon at a speed which is different than the predetermined speed of said carriage.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
93 words
A heat transfer printer, comprising: a platen for holding a printing paper sheet on a surface thereof; a carriage, movable along said platen, for supporting a heat transfer ink ribbon and a thermal head for transferring ink from said heat transfer ink ribbon to the printing paper sheet such that said heat transfer ink ribbon is urged against the printing paper sheet; means for displacing said carriage at a predetermined speed; and means for feeding the heat transfer ink ribbon at a speed which is different than the predetermined speed of said carriage.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
A printer according to claim 5, wherein said feeding means feeds the transfer ink ribbon at a speed smaller than the displacing speed of said carriage, in a direction opposite to a displacement of said carriage.
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