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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Tochigi, JP;
Mikio Horie, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Orita, Saitama, JP;
Masahiko Sasaki, Chiba, JP;
Takemi Iwayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink transfer printer has an electrically-insulated base plate. An array of electric heater elements, aligned with each other, is provided on a surface of the base plate, the heater elements being selectively and electrically energized in accordance with a series of digital image-pixel signals. A frame member, having an opening, is securely provided on the base plate such that the array of elements is encompassed by the opening of the frame member. A sheet of film covers the frame member such that the opening of the frame member is defined as an ink space fillable with ink, and the film sheet has a plurality of fine pores arranged along the array, with at least one of the plurality of fine pores being allocated to each of the heater elements. A heat dissipating conductor is formed of a thermal conductive material, and is associated with the film sheet such that thermal energy, locally generated by an electrical energization of at least one of the electric heater elements, is promptly dissipated.