Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080199235 | Method of producing a double-sided printed material and double-sided printing apparatus - When first print information is input, a print length thereof is calculated so as to calculate a length of a double-sided printed material | 08-21-2008 |
20090090703 | Heating resistance element component and thermal printer - Provided is a heating resistance element component, including: a supporting substrate; an insulating film laminated on the supporting substrate; a plurality of heating resistors arranged at intervals on the insulating film; a common wire connected to one end of each of the plurality of heating resistors; and individual wires each connected to another end of the each of the plurality of heating resistors, in which a surface of the supporting substrate is formed with a first concave portion and a second concave portion, the first concave portion being arranged in a region opposed to heating portions of the plurality of heating resistors, the second concave portion being arranged at an interval in a vicinity of the first concave portion. Accordingly, heating efficiency of the heating resistors can be increased to reduce power consumption, and a strength of the substrate under the heating resistors can be increased. | 04-09-2009 |
20090102891 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a heating resistor element ( | 04-23-2009 |
20090102911 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a heating resistor element including: an insulating substrate including a glass material; a heat accumulating layer bonded to the insulating substrate through heating to temperature ranging from an annealing point to a softening point in a state of being adhered to a surface of the insulating substrate, and including the same material as the glass material of the insulating substrate; and a heating resistor provided on the heat accumulating layer, in which, on at least one of bonded surfaces between the insulating substrate and the heat accumulating layer, at least one of the insulating substrate and the heat accumulating layer is provided with a concave portion in a region opposed to the heating resistor to form a hollow portion. Accordingly, deformation caused by a difference in coefficient of thermal expansion is suppressed to improve printing quality. | 04-23-2009 |
20090102912 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a heating resistor element, including: an insulating substrate ( | 04-23-2009 |
20090231408 | Heating resistor element component, thermal printer, and manufacturing method for a heating resistor element component - To reduce a plate thickness of an insulating film, a heating resistor element component is provided, which includes: a supporting substrate; an insulating film disposed on a surface of the supporting substrate; a plurality of heating resistors arranged at intervals on the insulating film; a common wire connected to one end of each of the plurality of heating resistors; and individual wires each connected to another end of each of the plurality of heating resistors, in which: the surface of the supporting substrate is provided with a concave portion in a region thereof, the region being opposed to heating portions of the plurality of heating resistors; and when the insulating film is superimposed on the supporting substrate, the insulating film includes a heterogeneous phase formed through irradiation of a phemtosecond laser at least in a region thereof, the region being opposed to the concave portion. | 09-17-2009 |
20090262176 | Heating resistance element component and printer - Provided is a heating resistance element component, including: a supporting substrate; an insulating film laminated on the supporting substrate; a plurality of heating resistors formed on the insulating film, the plurality of heating resistors being arranged in a zigzag shape along a main scanning direction and having a substantially square shape; a common wire connected to one end of each of the plurality of heating resistors; individual wires each connected to another end of the each of the plurality of heating resistors; and concave portions formed in regions which are opposed to the plurality of heating resistors and are located on a surface of the supporting substrate, in which an arrangement pitch of the plurality of heating resistors in a sub-scanning direction is larger than an arrangement pitch of the plurality of heating resistors in a main scanning direction. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265919 | Manufacturing method for a heating resistor element component - In order to provide a manufacturing method for a heating resistor element component, with which an insulating film (undercoat) can be easily handled, damage caused in the insulating film can be reduced, and a high yield can be ensured, the manufacturing method comprises the steps of: processing, on a surface of a supporting substrate ( | 10-29-2009 |
20100071414 | Manufacturing method for a thermal head - Provided is a manufacturing method for a thermal head, which includes: a concave portion forming step of forming a plurality of concave portions on a surface of a collective substrate; a bonding step of thermally fusion bonding an insulating film to the surface of the collective substrate including the plurality of concave portions formed thereon in the concave portion forming step; and a heating resistor forming step of forming a plurality of heating resistors on the insulating film so as to be opposed to the plurality of concave portions, in which the concave portion forming step includes setting any one of the plurality of concave portions as a reference, and setting sizes of the plurality of concave portions other than the any one of the plurality of concave portions so as to become larger as a distance from the any one thereof increases. | 03-25-2010 |
20100115760 | Manufacturing method for a thermal head - Provided is a manufacturing method for a thermal head, which enables to manufacture a thermal head having high heating efficiency and stable quality. The manufacturing method for a thermal head includes: a concave portion forming step of forming a hollow concave portion and a marking concave portion having a depth larger than a depth of the hollow concave portion on one surface of a thin plate glass; a bonding step of bonding a supporting plate onto the one surface of the thin plate glass, in which the hollow concave portion and the marking concave portion are formed in the concave portion forming step; a thinning step of thinning the thin plate glass onto which the supporting plate is bonded in the bonding step until the marking concave portion extends through the substrate from a side of a back surface opposite to the one surface; and a heating resistor forming step of forming a heating resistor on the back surface of the thin plate glass thinned in the thinning step so as to be opposed to the hollow concave portion. | 05-13-2010 |
20100118105 | Thermal head manufacturing method, thermal head, and printer - To provide a thermal head and a printer which realize improved heating efficiency and improved strength, and to manufacture the thermal head stably, provided is a thermal head manufacturing method including: a concave portion forming step of forming a concave portion on one surface of a supporting substrate; a bonding step of bonding a thin plate glass shaped like a substantially flat board, to the one surface of the supporting substrate where the concave portion has been formed in the concave portion forming step, in a manner that hermetically seals the concave portion and forms a hollow portion; a heating step of heating the supporting substrate and the thin plate glass which have been bonded together in the bonding step, to thereby soften the thin plate glass and expand gas trapped inside the hollow portion; and a heating resistor forming step of forming a heating resistor on the thin plate glass so as to be opposed to the hollow portion, wherein the heating step concavely curves a surface of the thin plate glass that is on the hollow portion side. | 05-13-2010 |
20100122979 | Heating resistor element component - To improve heating efficiency and printing quality, a heating resistor element component ( | 05-20-2010 |
20100134581 | THERMAL HEAD, THERMAL PRINTER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THERMAL HEAD - To improve printing quality and reduce manufacturing cost, a plurality of heating resistors ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100134582 | THERMAL HEAD, THERMAL PRINTER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THERMAL HEAD - To improve heat generating efficiency and printing quality, a plurality of heating resistors ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100140215 | Thermal head manufacturing method - To keep printing quality uniform and to improve productivity, while maintaining a heating efficiency and a strength against an external load, provided is a thermal head manufacturing method including: a concave portion forming step of forming a concave portion on one face of a supporting substrate; an upper substrate forming step of forming an upper substrate in which an etching layer and a non-etching layer are arranged in layers in a substrate thickness direction, the etching layer being etched at a predetermined etching rate, the non-etching layer being lower in etching rate than the etching layer; a bonding step of bonding the one face of the supporting substrate in which the concave portion has been formed in the concave portion forming step to a surface on a side of the non-etching layer of the upper substrate; a thinning step of etching the etching layer of the upper substrate which has been bonded to the supporting substrate in the bonding step; and a heating resistor forming step of forming a heating resistor across from the concave portion of the supporting substrate on the upper substrate which has been thinned in the thinning step. | 06-10-2010 |
20100183995 | Adhesive label manufacturing device and adhesive label manufacturing method - A heat-sensitive adhesive label manufacturing device includes: a thermal head ( | 07-22-2010 |
20110018952 | THERMAL HEAD, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND PRINTER - There are provided a method of manufacturing a thermal head having a hollow portion at a position opposing a heating resistor, the manufacturing method assuring a sufficient strength to an upper plate substrate of the thermal head. The manufacturing method includes: processing a top surface of the upper plate substrate bonded to a support substrate to thin the upper plate substrate to a thickness T; wherein the processing comprises processing the top surface of the upper plate substrate so that a roughness Ra of the top surface of the upper plate substrate satisfies the following expression:: Ra≦log | 01-27-2011 |
20110025808 | Thermal head and printer - Provided is a thermal head in which, even when an upper plate substrate and a lower plate substrate are in a bonded state, a thickness of the upper plate substrate is adjusted to an appropriate value to allow an improvement in thermal efficiency. Adopted is a thermal head including: a support substrate; an upper plate substrate having a back surface thereof bonded to a top surface of the support substrate; a heating resistor provided on the upper plate substrate; a concave portion formed in a region of at least one of the top surface of the support substrate and the back surface of the upper plate substrate, which opposes the heating resistor; and a through portion formed in the upper plate substrate, which passes through the upper plate substrate from a top surface of the upper plate substrate to the top surface of the support substrate in a plate thickness direction. | 02-03-2011 |
20110031212 | Manufacturing method for a thermal head - Provided is a manufacturing method for a thermal head, including: bonding a flat upper substrate in a stacked state onto a flat supporting substrate including a heat-insulating concave portion open to one surface thereof so that the heat-insulating concave portion is closed (bonding step (SA | 02-10-2011 |
20110032320 | Thermal head and manufacturing method for the thermal head - Provided is a thermal head ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110063396 | Thermal head and printer - Provided are a thermal head that has a cavity portion at a position corresponding to heating resistors and is capable of improving thermal efficiency while ensuring strength of the cavity portion, and a printer including the thermal head. The thermal head ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110074902 | Thermal head and printer - To achieve improvements in heat generation efficiency and strength against external load, provided is a thermal head ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110074907 | Thermal head, printer, and manufacturing method for thermal head - To achieve improvements in heating efficiency and strength against external load, provided is a thermal head ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110128340 | Thermal head, manufacturing method therefor, and printer - Provided is a thermal head with enhanced strength and improved thermal efficiency including a cavity portion formed therein at a position corresponding to a heating resistor. Employed is a thermal head ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110141214 | Thermal head and printer - Provided is a thermal head including an intermediate layer between a support substrate and an upper substrate, which is capable of suppressing heat dissipation toward the support substrate while maintaining printing quality. Employed is a thermal head ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110141216 | Thermal head and printer - Provided is a thermal head capable of making good contact to a thermal recording medium or the like to increase heat transfer efficiency while maintaining the number of manufacturing steps and manufacturing cost. Provided is a thermal head ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110149008 | Thermal head and printer - Provided is a thermal head capable of enhancing heat-insulating performance while maintaining mechanical strength of an upper substrate. A thermal head ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110216147 | Thermal head, printer, and manufacturing method for the thermal head - Provided is a thermal head that is high in durability and reliability with increased printing efficiency as well as increased manufacturing yields. The thermal head ( | 09-08-2011 |
20110318477 | Apparatus and method for producing a sheet material - Provided is an apparatus for producing a sheet material including: an RFID reader ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120069123 | Adhesive label and apparatus for producing the same - An adhesive agent label includes an adhesive agent layer which is made of an adhesive agent and is formed on one surface of a support. A non-adhesive heat-reactive layer is positioned above the adhesive agent layer and has openings formed by heating at a predetermined temperature or higher. An intermediate layer is positioned between the heat-reactive layer and the adhesive agent layer. The intermediate layer and the heat-reactive layer are formed thinner than the adhesive agent layer. The intermediate layer facilitates the formation of the openings in the heat-reactive layer with good heat energy efficiency and allows the intermediate layer or adhesive agent layer to be exposed through the openings. | 03-22-2012 |
20120069124 | Head unit, printer, and method of manufacturing head unit - In order to secure printing quality, provided is a head unit ( | 03-22-2012 |
20120073122 | Method of manufacturing thermal head - A method of manufacturing a thermal head, comprising: forming a concave portion opened in one surface of at least one of a support substrate and an upper substrate to be disposed on the support substrate in a stacked state, the support substrate and the upper substrate each being of a plate shape; measuring a width dimension of the concave portion; bonding the support substrate and the upper substrate to each other in the stacked state so as to close an opening of the concave portion; forming a heating resistor on a surface of the upper substrate bonded onto the support substrate, in a region opposed to the concave portion; and forming a protective film for covering and protecting the heating resistor on the upper substrate, at a thickness which is set based on the width dimension of the concave portion and a thickness dimension of the upper substrate. | 03-29-2012 |
20120073123 | Method of manufacturing thermal head - A method of manufacturing a thermal head, comprising: forming a concave portion opened in one surface of a support substrate and an upper substrate to be disposed on the support substrate in a stacked state, the support substrate and the upper substrate each being of a plate shape; a step of measuring a width dimension of the concave portion formed in the concave portion forming step; bonding the support substrate and the upper substrate to each other in the stacked state so as to close an opening of the concave portion; thinning the upper substrate bonded onto the support substrate in the bonding, to a thickness set based on the width dimension of the concave portion measured in the measuring; and forming a heating resistor on a surface of the thinned upper substrate in a region opposed to the concave portion. | 03-29-2012 |
20120082821 | Adhesive label and method of producing the same - An adhesive label ( | 04-05-2012 |
20120094064 | Adhesive label, method of producing the same, and apparatus for producing the same - To obtain large adhesive strength by forming openings with a sufficient size and high precision in a non-adhesive layer of an adhesive label, and exposing an adhesive agent layer through the openings, heat or a physical force is applied to a non-adhesive layer formed on an adhesive agent layer, which is made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive agent and provided on one surface of a support of an adhesive label, to form openings with respect to slits formed in the non-adhesive layer, and the adhesive agent layer is exposed through the openings. | 04-19-2012 |
20120098916 | Printing apparatus - In order to shorten an overall printing time without shortening a life of a heating resistance element of a thermal head, provided is a printing apparatus, including: a printing unit for performing printing by pressing a thermal head onto heat sensitive paper to heat the heat sensitive paper; a battery for supplying a voltage to the thermal head; a battery voltage detecting unit for detecting the voltage; and a printing control unit for changing, according to the detected voltage, a power-off time in which power supply from the battery to the thermal head is stopped. | 04-26-2012 |
20120144659 | HEATING RESISTOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, THERMAL HEAD, AND PRINTER - A manufacturing method for a heating resistor element includes a concave portion forming step, a bonding step and a resistor forming step. The concave portion forming step includes forming a concave portion on at least one of bonded surfaces between an insulating substrate and a heat accumulating layer. The bonding step causes the bonded surfaces between the insulating substrate and the heat accumulating layer to adhere to each other to bond the insulating substrate and the heat accumulating layer. The resistor forming step includes forming a heating resistor at a position on the heat accumulating layer. The position is opposed to the concave portion. The concave portion forming step further includes processing an inner surface of the concave portion on a side of the insulating substrate to have surface roughness Ra of 0.2 μm or more. | 06-14-2012 |
20120212557 | THERMAL HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PRINTER - Adopted is a thermal head, including: a support substrate including a concave portion formed in a front surface thereof; an upper substrate, which is bonded in a stacked state to the front surface of the support substrate and includes a convex portion formed at a position corresponding to the concave portion; a heating resistor provided on a front surface of the upper substrate at a position straddling the convex portion; and a pair of electrodes provided on both sides of the heating resistor, in which at least one of the pair of electrodes include: a thin portion, which is connected to the heating resistor at a distal end surface of the convex portion in a region corresponding to the concave portion; and a thick portion, which is connected to the heating resistor and is formed thicker than the thin portion. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212558 | THERMAL HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PRINTER - Adopted is a thermal head, including: a support substrate including a concave portion formed in a front surface thereof; an upper substrate, which is bonded in a stacked state to the front surface of the support substrate and includes a convex portion formed at a position corresponding to the concave portion; a heating resistor provided on a front surface of the upper substrate at a position straddling the convex portion; and a pair of electrodes provided on both sides of the heating resistor, in which at least one of the pair of electrodes include: a thin portion, which is connected to the heating resistor in a region corresponding to the concave portion; and a thick portion, which is connected to the heating resistor and is formed thicker than the thin portion. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224015 | THERMAL HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Adopted is a thermal head, including: a heating resistor provided on a support substrate; a pair of electrode formed on the heating resistor so as to be spaced apart in a direction along a surface of the heating resistor, the pair of electrodes respectively having inclined surfaces which are spaced apart from each other as a distance from the support substrate increases; a burying film for burying a region between the pair of electrodes; and a protective film formed on the region buried by the burying film and on the pair of electrodes. | 09-06-2012 |
20120231950 | ADHESIVE LABEL AND LABEL ISSUING DEVICE - Provided is an adhesive label that does not use release paper, is excellent in environmental resistance from the viewpoint of saving resources, is capable of controlling the position and area of an adhesive layer to be exposed with high precision so that adhesive strength is adjustable with ease depending upon the properties of an adherend. An adhesive label includes a support, an adhesive layer placed on the support, and a non-adhesive porous layer placed on the adhesive layer. The porous layer has a heat capacity smaller than that of the same material that is not porous, and hence, is opened with low heat energy, which is preferred for a portable label issuing device. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237710 | ADHESIVE LABEL AND LABEL ISSUING DEVICE - An adhesive label ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120249713 | ADHESIVE LABEL ISSUING DEVICE AND PRINTER - A printer includes: a cutter unit for cutting a label sheet to obtain an adhesive label with a desired length by allowing the label sheet to pass through the cutter unit; an adhesive strength exhibiting unit for allowing the adhesive label to exhibit adhesive strength by heating the adhesive label; a sheet loosening unit placed on a downstream side of the cutter unit and an upstream side of the adhesive strength exhibiting unit in a sheet transporting direction; and a sheet-passage direction changing unit for changing the sheet-passage direction in the upstream sheet-passage part by changing a direction of the upstream sheet-passage part from a reference position at which a sheet-passage direction in the upstream sheet-passage part is placed on the same line as a sheet-passage direction in the downstream sheet-passage part to an inclined position at which the direction is inclined from the reference position. | 10-04-2012 |
20130050383 | THERMAL HEAD, METHOD OF PRODUCING THERMAL HEAD, AND THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal head for expressing pressure-sensitive adhesive strength includes a heat-generating element on a principal plane of a substrate and heats a thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive label. A thermally active component adhesion preventing layer that comes into sliding contact with the thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on the principal plane of the substrate on an upstream side and a downstream side of the heat-generating element in a conveyance direction of the thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive label, and a surface of the thermally active component adhesion preventing layer is formed along an outer circumferential surface of a second platen roller. | 02-28-2013 |
20130088557 | THERMAL HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND THERMAL PRINTER - The thermal head includes a support substrate, a glaze layer, heating resistors provided on the surface of the glaze layer, and a pair of electrode portions formed on the surface of the heating resistor. Each of the pair of electrode portions includes a thick electrode portion and a thin electrode portion. The thick electrode portion includes a flat surface having a thickness h | 04-11-2013 |
20130141507 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMAL HEAD, AND THERMAL PRINTER - A method of manufacturing a thermal head, comprising the steps of: bonding a support substrate and an upper substrate, which have a flat shape, together in a laminated state, the support substrate and the upper substrate having opposed surfaces, at least one of which includes a concave portion; thinning the upper substrate bonded onto the support substrate; a measurement step of measuring a thickness of the thinned upper substrate; determining a target resistance value of a heating resistor from the following expression based on the measured thickness of the upper substrate; and forming the heating resistor having the target resistance value at a position opposed to the concave portion, Rh=R | 06-06-2013 |
20130141508 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMAL HEAD, AND THERMAL PRINTER AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a thermal head, comprising the steps of: bonding a support substrate and an upper substrate, which have a flat shape, together in a laminated state, the support substrate and the upper substrate having opposed surfaces, at least one of which includes a heat-insulating concave portion; thinning the upper substrate bonded onto the support substrate in the bonding step; measuring a thickness of the upper substrate thinned in the thinning step; forming an identifying resistor having a resistance value varied in accordance with the thickness of the upper substrate measured in the measurement step, the identifying resistor including one end grounded; and forming a heating resistor on a surface of the upper substrate thinned in the thinning step at a position opposed to the heat-insulating concave portion. | 06-06-2013 |
20130169729 | THERMAL HEAD, PRINTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head including: a laminated substrate including a support substrate and an upper substrate at least one of which has a recess formed in a surface thereof; a heat generating resistor formed on a surface of the upper substrate in the laminated substrate at a position opposed to the recess; and a pair of electrode portions connected to each of both ends of a heat generating resistor, wherein the laminated substrate further includes: an intermediate metal layer sandwiched between the support substrate and the upper substrate and bonded thereto in a laminated state; and a surrounding metal layer formed of a metal material, the surrounding metal layer provided in contact with the intermediate metal layer and formed from a surface of the support substrate extending in a thickness direction thereof to a surface thereof opposite to a portion bonded to the upper substrate. | 07-04-2013 |