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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1993
Fumihito Masubuchi, Mishima, JP;
Yoshihiko Hotta, Mishima, JP;
Kunichika Morohoshi, Numazu, JP;
Tetsuya Amano, Numazu, JP;
Atsushi Kutami, Numazu, JP;
Makoto Kawaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording method of recording information in and erasing recorded information from a display medium which contains a reversible thermosensitive recording material capable of writing information therein and erasing recorded information therefrom by the application of heat thereto, by use of a heat application member with a flat portion by bringing the flat portion into contact with the display medium provided on a supporting base, at least one of the display medium or the flat portion of the heat application member having an elastically deformable portion through which one of the display medium or the flat portion of the heat application member performs elastic deformation and the display medium is capable of coming into close contact with the heat application member.