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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2005
Masanori Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Minoru Hoshino, Chiba, JP;
Yoshinori Sato, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A thermal activation device has a thermal head and a platen roller that is in contact with an upwardly inclined surface of the thermal head and that is rotationally driven to convey a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet along the upwardly inclined surface between the thermal head and the platen roller while the thermal head thermally activates a heat-sensitive adhesive layer of the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet. A discharge roller is positioned downstream of the platen roller with a part of an outer circumference of the discharge roller above the level at which the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet exits from between the thermal head and the platen roller. The discharge roller is rotationally driven to convey the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet on the outer circumference of the discharge roller to a discharge port. A discharge guide is positioned above the discharge roller, and spaced from the discharge roller a distance larger than a thickness of the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet, to guide the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet onto the discharge roller. The discharge roller is configured such that a part of the roller outer circumference thereof is offset by 0.3 mm or more to the platen roller side from a reference plane obtained by extending a head surface of the thermal head.