Electric heating – Heating devices – Combined with container – enclosure – or support for material...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-25
2009-08-25
Pelham, Joseph M (Department: 3742)
Electric heating
Heating devices
Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material...
C219S486000, C156S320000, C156S345520, C156S384000, C156S499000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07579573
ABSTRACT:
A thermal head has heating elements that can be selectively driven independently from one another during a driving operation to directly heat, and thereby thermally activate, regions of a heat-sensitive adhesive layer of a heat-sensitive adhesive sheet while the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet is moved relative to the thermal head with the heating elements disposed in opposing relation to the respective regions of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer. All but at least one of the heating elements are selectively driven so that (a) a preselected region of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer disposed in opposing relation to each non-driven heating element is not directly heated, and thereby not directly thermally activated, by the non-driven heating element, (b) the regions of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer disposed in opposing relation to the respective driven heating elements are directly heated, and thereby directly thermally activated, by the respective driven heating elements, and (c) each preselected region of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer opposed to a non-driven heating element is thermally activated with heat transmitted from surrounding directly heated regions of the heat-sensitive adhesive layer of the heat-sensitive adhesive sheet.
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Hoshino Minoru
Kohira Hiroyuki
Obuchi Tatsuya
Sato Yoshinori
Takahashi Masanori
Adams & Wilks
Pelham Joseph M
Seiko Instruments Inc.
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