Recorders – Thermal recording
Patent
1985-04-15
1987-06-09
Evans, Arthur G.
Recorders
Thermal recording
346139C, 400120, G01D 1510
Patent
active
046723919
ABSTRACT:
A thermal head for use in a dot-matrix printer is disclosed in which a plurality of heating elements for printing dots on recording paper are arranged in a line oblique with respect the moving direction of the thermal head, the dimension of the heating surface of each heating element in a direction parallel to the moving direction of the thermal head is made smaller than the dimension of the heating surface in a direction perpendicular to the above moving direction, each of wiring conductor pairs for supplying a current to the heating elements is extended from both ends of the heating surface in the lengthwise direction thereof, in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the thermal head, one wiring conductor of each wiring conductor pair is connected to a common wiring conductor, and the other wiring conductor of each wiring conductor pair is connected directly to a drive circuit.
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Hakoyama Akiyoshi
Saitoh Shouji
Sasaki Akira
Evans Arthur G.
Hitachi , Ltd.
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