摘要:
To improve printing quality and reduce manufacturing cost, a plurality of heating resistors (14) are arranged with spaces therebetween on a heat storage layer (13) laminated on a surface of a supporting substrate (11) via an adhesive layer (12) made of an elastic material. A cavity portion (19) is formed at a region between the supporting substrate (11) and the heat storage layer (13), the region being opposed to a heat generating portion of each of the plurality of heating resistors (14). The adhesive layer (12) includes a first adhesive layer (12a) laminated on the surface of the supporting substrate (11) and a second adhesive layer (12b) laminated on a surface of the heat storage layer (13). The elastic material constituting the second adhesive layer (12b) is arranged so that the elastic material is in a bonded state with respect to at least a part of the surface of the heat storage layer (13) opposed to the cavity portion (19).
摘要:
A thermal head has a heat storage layer bonded onto a surface of the substrate, a heating resistor provided on the heat storage layer, and a pair of electrode portions connected to the heating resistor. The heating resistor has a heating portion which does not overlap the pair of electrode portions. A hollow portion is provided in a region of at least one of the surface of the substrate and a surface of the heat storage layer, the region being opposed to the heating resistor. A center line of the hollow portion is shifted with respect to a center line of a heating portion of the heating resistor.
摘要:
To achieve improvements in heating efficiency and strength against external load, provided is a thermal head (1), comprising: a supporting substrate (3) having a surface in which a concave portion (2) is formed; a heat storage layer (5) bonded onto the surface of the supporting substrate (3); a heating resistor provided in a region, which is opposed to the concave portion (2) of the supporting substrate (3), on the heat storage layer (5); and a protruding portion (2A), which is provided inside a hollow portion formed between the supporting substrate (3) and the heat storage layer (5) by the concave portion (2), and comes into contact with the heat storage layer (5) and limits deflection of the heat storage layer (5) when the heating resistor is pressurized by predetermined load or more.
摘要:
To improve heating efficiency and printing quality, a heating resistor element component (4) includes a plurality of heating resistors (14) arranged with intervals on a heat storage layer (13) laminated on a supporting substrate (11) through an intermediation of an adhesive layer (12), in which: the adhesive layer (12) includes an adhesive (12a) for bonding one surface of the supporting substrate (11) and another surface of the heat storage layer (13), and a plurality of gap members (12b) kneaded in the adhesive (12a), for keeping a distance between the one surface of the supporting substrate (11) and the another surface of the heat storage layer (13) constant; and a cavity portion (19) is formed in a region of the adhesive layer (12), the region being opposed to a heating portion of the heating resistor (14).
摘要:
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.
摘要:
A thermal head comprises a first substrate having a concave portion, a second substrate mounted on the first substrate and covering the concave portion to form with the first substrate a cavity portion, a heating resistor provided on a surface of the second substrate, and a pair of electrodes connected to the heating resistor for supplying power to the heating resistor. At least one of the pair of electrodes has a low thermal conductivity portion in a region opposed to the cavity portion. The low thermal conductivity portion is made of a material having a thermal conductivity lower than a thermal conductivity in other regions of the pair of electrodes and having an electrical resistance lower than an electrical resistance of the heating resistor.
摘要:
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 (SA2)); thinning the upper substrate bonded onto the supporting substrate by the bonding step (SA2) (plate thinning step (SA3)); measuring a thickness of the upper substrate thinned by the plate thinning step (SA3) (measurement step (SA4)); deciding a target resistance value of heating resistors based on the thickness of the upper substrate, which is measured by the measurement step (SA4) (decision step (SA5)); and forming, at positions of a surface of the upper substrate thinned by the plate thinning step (SA3), the heating resistors having the target resistance value determined by the decision step (SA5), the positions being opposed to the heat-insulating concave portion (resistor forming step (SA6)). Thus, a high-efficiency thermal head capable of accurately outputting a target heating amount obtained by estimating an amount of heat wasted without being used is easily manufactured without using a special apparatus.
摘要:
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 (1) includes: a supporting substrate (3) including a concave portion (2) in a surface thereof; an upper substrate (5) bonded in a stacked state to the surface of the supporting substrate (3); and a heating resistor (7) provided at a position, which corresponds to the concave portion (2), of a surface of the upper substrate (5), in which a centerline average roughness of at least a region of a back surface of the upper substrate (5) is set to be less than 5 nm, the region being opposed to the concave portion (2).
摘要:
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.
摘要:
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.