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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2005
Masanori Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Norimitsu Sanbongi, Chiba, JP;
Minoru Hoshino, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Obuchi, Chiba, JP;
Masanori Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Norimitsu Sanbongi, Chiba, JP;
Minoru Hoshino, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Obuchi, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A thermal activation apparatus includes a thermal head for thermal activation, a platen roller for thermal activation pressed against the thermal head, and an air cooling mechanism. The air cooling mechanism includes partitions for separating the thermal activation apparatus from the outside, an air outlet in a lower part thereof, first and second air inlets in an upper part thereof, and a fan for exhausting air through the air outlet. While a heat-sensitive adhesive agent layer of the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet is heated by the platen roller and the thermal head to be thermally activated during transporting the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet, the fan is actuated to generate airflow from the first and second air inlets and around the platen roller, the thermal head, and a heat sink, in this order, to be discharged to the outside from the air outlet.