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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideki Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Kohno, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 46 ; 347 56 ; 347 61 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are a recording method and a recording apparatus which are superior in transfer performance such as transfer sensitivity and transfer speed. When causing ink held in a transfer section to fly upon heating by a heater to be transferred onto a transfer target member placed opposite to the transfer section, a surface tension gradient and/or an interface tension gradient is developed in the surface of the ink under the heating, and the ink is forced to fly in the form of a mist by utilizing the Marangoni flow of the ink caused by the surface tension gradient and/or the interface tension gradient.