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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Ryoichi Imai, Amimachi, JP;
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thick film type thermal head for thermally perforating a stencil material in an imagewise pattern to make a stencil is moved along the stencil material in a sub-scanning direction while energizing a plurality of heater elements arranged in an array extending in a main scanning direction. The thermal head includes an electric heater strip extending in the main scanning direction direction, and a plurality of first and second electrodes which are alternately disposed spaced from each other in the main scanning direction and extend across the heater strip in contact with the electrodes. The parts of the heater strip between adjacent first and second electrodes form the heater elements. An electrical insulating layer is disposed between the first and second electrodes and the heater strip at least on one side of the heater strip so that the width of the electrical contact area between the first and second electrodes and the heater strip becomes smaller than the width of the heater strip.