Title:
INK CARRIER FOR TRANSFER PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5857992
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To form images with uniform density by keeping at a constant thickness of a film of ink by filling a thermally dissolved ink into an ink carrier constructed of meshed substance.
CONSTITUTION: An endless belt type ink carrier 1 is constructed of a meshed substance threaded with stainless steel fiber 1a, and these meshes are formed into a film of a thermally dissolved ink by its own surface tension or filling up, and the film is controlled to a required thickness determined according to the diameter of the stainless steel fiber 1a. When this is applied to an electric printing method, a heat-resistance insulating film such as teflon is provided on the surface of the stainless steel fiere 1a.
Inventors:
ISOBE HIROMASA
AKUTSU HIDEKAZU
NAKAMURA MASAHIRO
AKUTSU HIDEKAZU
NAKAMURA MASAHIRO
Application Number:
JP15711881A
Publication Date:
April 06, 1983
Filing Date:
October 02, 1981
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RICOH KK
International Classes:
B41M5/392; B41J2/325; B41J31/00; B41J31/16; B41M5/42; (IPC1-7): B41J3/20; B41M5/26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Keiji Nishikawa