Hitachi, Ltd.

Kunio Tajima

Seiichi Hayashi

Touhei Kawakami

Akira Sasaki

Masafumi Suzaki

Katsumasa Mikami

Tomoji Kitagishi

Yoosuke Nagano

A thermal transfer printer wherein the carriage is equipped with the ribbon cassette and the thermal head and has a take-up shaft engageable with the take-up core of the ribbon cassette, and clutch means is provided between the motion converting means and the take-up shaft of the carriage, rotational force is transmitted from said motion converting means to the clutch means, and the clutch means cuts off the transmission of the rotational force to the take-up shaft. The rubbing transfer phenomenon does not occur, since, the ink ribbon starts to travel before the thermal head contacts the platen or after the thermal head separates the platen. It is possible to effect control such that no rubbing transfer occurs even when the thermal head is pressed against the platen to effect printing while the carriage is moving transversely at high speed.

Thermal transfer printer

In an apparatus for electrographically recording information on a microfilm, a monitor light source is additionally provided to allow the checking of the recorded state while the film is held at the recording position, and an arrangement for the modification or addition of information is provided if necessary.

Information recording apparatus

A sintered body obtained by sintering a mixture of lead monoxide, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide and lanthanum oxide under a certain condition, is used as transfer master. The transfer master is subjected to electric polarization in accordance with the original picture to be copied so that a plurality of electrophotographic copies are swiftly produced.

Electrophotographic copying apparatus

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Hitachi, Japan

Kunio Tajima