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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:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuhiko Miyoshi, Amagasaki, JP;
Eiji Yamakawa, Sanda, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/36 ; B41M 5/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/36 ; B41M 5/36 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herewith is an image recording apparatus for recording an image on a reversible thermal recording medium that has a thermal recording layer containing a cholesteric liquid crystal compound having medium molecular weight. The image recording apparatus comprises: a recording head for heating the reversible thermal recording medium; a sensor for detecting a kind of the reversible recording medium; and a speed control unit which is capable of changing, based on the detected kind of the reversible image recording medium, a relative print feeding speed of the recording head and the reversible thermal recording medium.