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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:
Mar. 10, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hayami Sugiyama, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
Shinko Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G01D / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ;
Abstract
A thermal head for use in thermal printing including: a substrate having an upper face; an electrically insulating layer, coated over the upper face of the substrate; heating means, coated over the insulating layer, for providing heat for printing a dot of a picture; a protection layer, coated over the heating means; and dot area control means, formed above the heating means to receive sufficient heat for the printing, for transferring the heat from the heating means upwards for the printing of the dot and for controlling an area of the dot.