Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Brother Kodyo Kabushiki Kaisya

Yasuo Kimura

Osamu Takagi

Yumio Matsumoto

Takemi Yamamoto

Shigeyuki Hayashi

Takatoshi Takemoto

Takashi Nakata

Koshiro Yamaguchi

Hiroshi Taira

Makoto Suzuki

Kazunari Taki

Jun Sakai

Ichiro Sasaki

Yuji Asano

Kazuo Sangyoji

Takamine Hokazono

Takashi Tomizawa

Kazunori Tanabe

Masanari Kobayashi

Takakuni Sonoda

Takaaki Kato

Yousuke Ito

Yoshinori Maeda

Hiroshi Miyashita

Masao Ito

A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch 2Pp, at a plurality of portions, a feeding roller driving shaft that feeds the base tape supplied from the first roll attached to the cartridge holder a print head that makes a predetermined print on the base tape or a cover film to be bonded thereto, and a mark sensor that detects the identification mark on the base tape, and controls the feeding roller driving shaft and the print head in coordination with each other in accordance with the detection result of the identification mark by the mark sensor.

Label tape, label tape cartridge, and label producing apparatus

To realize smooth manufacturing of tag tape and RFID labels. The RFID tag label producing apparatuscomprises a tag inserterfor inserting at predetermined intervals RFID tags Tg between an adhesive layerAa of a first tapeA fed out from a first tape rolland an adhesive layerBa of a second tapeB fed out from a second tape roll, and a base tape rollfor taking up a base tapeproduced by bonding of the first tapeA and the second tapeB and attachment of the RFID tags Tg by the tag inserter, and making this a tag tape roll. The REID tag comprises RFID circuit elements To provided with an IC circuit partfor storing information and an tag antennaconnected to the IC circuit partfor performing transmission and reception of information.

Tape processing apparatus, tag label producing apparatus, tag assembly, and tape processing method

A support roller disposed on a side of a case main body of a facsimile apparatus is supported by a pair of right and left end holding members with associated coil springs for urging the support roller upward in an elevatable and oscillatable manner. A nose portion of a curl eliminating plate fixed to the lower surface of an upper cover member, which may be opened and closed, is disposed close to the circumferential surface of the support roller when the upper cover member is closed. When the upper cover member is closed, the support roller is inhibited from moving in either direction with respect to a feed path by restricting members projected downward from the upper cover member. The combination of the support roller and the nose portion of a curl eliminating plate define an S-shaped path through which the paper is fed to eliminate curl.

Device for eliminating curl of recording paper for use in image forming

An image recording apparatus having an exposure unit, a pressure developing unit and a thermal fixing unit. The apparatus employs a separate type image recording mediums including a microcapsule sheet and a separate developer sheet. The thermal fixing unit applies heat to the developer sheet carrying an output image thereon. A heat application means of the thermal fixing unit is positioned spaced away from the imaging surface of the developer sheet for avoding direct contact therewith.

Image recording apparatus

A thermal fixing unit provided with gas purification means for use in an image recording medium. The gas purification means traps gaseous component released from a developer sheet upon heating thereof. The purification means includes a duct body disposed to surround a main frame of the thermal fixing unit, a support body having one end connected to the duct body, a fluid passage being defined between the main frame and the duct body, and the fluid passage being connected between the one end of the support body and sheet inlet and sheet outlet of the thermal fixing unit, the gas venting fan rotatably provided at the support body for sucking fluid in the main frame through the sheet inlet, the sheet outlet and the fluid passage, and a filter member disposed in the support body for trapping the gaseous component released from the developer sheet.

Thermal fixing unit having gas purification means

A thermal fixing device for an image forming apparatus is disclosed which comprises a heater for heating a piece of developer sheet to thermally fix and accelerate coloring of the image on the developer sheet, a sheet delivery path along which the developer sheet is delivered, a cover casing for substantially covering the heater, and a suction/discharge unit for sucking/discharging a gas generated from the developer sheet by the heater. The suction/discharge unit is connected to the cover casing.

Thermal fixing device for image recording apparatus

A color copying machine has a sheet heating device for heating a color developer sheet while the sheet is being fed. The sheet heating device includes a sheet feed path along which the sheet is fed, a heater unit spaced from the sheet feed path, and a sheet protective member of an insulating material disposed between the sheet feed path and the heater unit. The sheet protective member has a plurality of holes defined therein for passing radiant heat from the heater unit toward the sheet feed path. The sheet protective member may comprise a mesh screen of intersecting filaments or a punched iron sheet.

Sheet heating device

In a sheet heating device for heat-fixing an image on a sheet comprising a sheet guide plate for guiding a sheet therethrough, a pair of sheet feed rollers provided at the upstream of the sheet guide plate for supplying the sheet to the sheet guide plate, a pair of sheet discharge rollers provided at the downstream of the sheet guide plate for discharging the sheet to an outside, and a cover case including a heater for heating air and heating the sheet with the heated air and a blower fan for circulating the heated air through the inner portion of the cover case and the sheet guide plate, plural capillary projections having a lower thermal conductivity than the sheet guide plate are provided at least on the front surface of the sheet guide plate to thereby prevent the sheet from directly contacting the sheet guide plate, or an arcuate member is provided in the cover case to homogeneously guide the heated air over the sheet guide plate to thereby homogeneously heat-fix an image on the sheet.

A sheet heating device having heat insulators for preventing at least one of sheet feeding roller and sheet discharge roller from being overheated. The sheet heating device includes a delivery unit for delivering a piece of sheet, a heating unit for heating the sheet on a delivery path of the sheet, a cover member for covering the heating unit and opening on a feed side and a discharge side of the sheet, respectively, and two pairs of rollers adapted to close respective openings of the cover member. The pair of rollers serve as heat insulators for avoiding overheating to the sheet feeding and discharging rollers. Shutter members are also available for heat insulation. The shutter members also serve to confine hot air within an interior of the heating device.

A sheet heating device for heating a developer sheet to fix an output image formed thereon. The sheet heating device includes a guide plate and a cover member to define an internal space therebetween. Within the space, a heater and a fan is provided. The fan generate circulating hot air stream which is directed in a traveling direction of the developer sheet. The hot air has a transversal width substantially the same as a transverse length of the developer sheet.

A picture image recording apparatus includes an image-forming device for forming a light-shielding image on a light-transmissive sheet, an exposure device for exposing a photosensitive recording medium to light through the light-transmissive sheet to form a latent image corresponding to the light-shielding image on the photosensitive recording medium, and either a control device for controlling the image-forming means to form a light-shielding image on a next light-transmissive sheet area to be exposed, during exposure operation by the exposure means, or a standby device for holding the light-transmissive sheet with the image formed thereon in a standby condition. While the photosensitive recording medium is being exposed to light through the light-transmissive sheet, a next light-shielding image to be exposed can successively be formed on the light-transmissive sheet. Therefore, the time required to record picture images can be shortened.

A plurality of pattern electrodes which are disposed in correspondence with the printing dots are provided on one surface of a substrate biased in one direction. An anisotropic electroconductive element is supported to enable its release on the substrate which has a first turn-on surface contacting the pattern electrodes on its substrate, and a second turn-on surface contacting the electroconductive transfer sheet and exhibiting excellent conductivity between only its first and second turn-on surfaces. In the printing action, electric conduction is achieved on a transfer sheet depending on the printing pattern from the pattern electrodes through the anisotropic element, so that the resistance layer of the sheet may emit heat, thereby the ink contained within the ink layer of the sheet is melted for printing.

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Ichinomiya, Japan

Yasuo Kimura