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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1987

Filed:

Jun. 18, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masaaki Mori, Kawasaki, JP;

Chiharu Okada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400120 ;
Abstract

A thermal recording system includes a thermal print head provided with a plurality of electrical resistors arranged in the form of a single row and selectively activated when an activation pulse is supplied, a brute supply for supplying a power supply voltage to the resistors and a pulse generator for controlling the duration of the activation pulse in accordance with the level of the power supply voltage actually applied to the resistors. The pulse generator controls the pulse width of the activation pulse so as to maintain substantially constant the activation energy defined as a product of (power supply voltage actually applied).sup.2 and (pulse width of activation pulse).


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