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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott A Brownstein, Rochester, NY (US);
Holden Caine, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 219216 ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A continuous tone thermal printer having a print head with a plurality of heating elements is disclosed. Each heating element is energized during first and second halves of a line print time interval to more uniformly distribute heat during such interval.