Multi-needle recording head and method of manufacturing the same

Abstract

A multi-needle recording head has retaining members within an electrode support block, each retaining member serving to retain a recording electrode wire. The retaining members can not only lessen a stress generated by the hardening and contracting of a resin, but also prevent generation of defects such as cracks in the vicinity of recording electrodes on a head surface. Further, such multi-needle recording head is obtained by retaining the recording electrode wires by the retaining members, each retaining member having a pressure sensitive adhesive agent or an adhesive arranged at least on a surface thereof contacting the recording electrode wire, with the recording electrode wires wound around the winding jig before the recording electrode wires are cast into the electrode support block made of the electrically insulating resin. The retaining members within the electrode support block contribute to shortening the recording electrode wire supporting pitch, which not only prevents the recording electrode wires from being displaced or slackened due to the charging of the resin, but also prevents the recording electrode wires from being displaced or slackened by controlling the intimate contact between the recording electrode wires due to surface tension of the resin in the vicinity of the head surface or due to linear expansion caused by the heat of the resin to a small degree. Therefore, recording electrodes linearly arranged at a predetermined pitch can be formed.