公开(公告)号：US5519429A

公开(公告)日：1996-05-21

申请号：US161254

申请日：1993-12-02

申请人： Jan Zwijsen ,  Paul Leys

发明人： Jan Zwijsen ,  Paul Leys

IPC分类号： B41J29/12 ,  B41J29/377 ,  B41J2/32

CPC分类号： B41J29/377

摘要： A thermal image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium has a housing and mounted within the housing a subhousing containing a thermal print head formed of a thermal printing circuit, including an array of individual activatable heating elements, and a heat sink in conductive contact with such elements for cooling the same, a blower for creating a stream of cooling air and air guides for guiding the air stream into contact with the heat sink and thence to the outside of the housing. A platen roller is in the housing for supporting the recording medium in a recording position and the subhousing is pivotally mounted in the housing to bring the print heat into and out of an operative position with the heating elements proximate to the recording medium. The subhousing has an opening in its bottom wall through which the heating elements project in exposed relation to the recording medium while the heat sink extends into the subhousing interior. The blower is situated within the subhousing and communicates via air intake and exhaust openings in another wall of the subhousing directly with the atmosphere outside the housing without significant communication with the housing interior to thereby avoid heating of the housing interior.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在记录介质上记录图像的热图像记录装置具有壳体并且在壳体内安装包含由热敏打印电路形成的热打印头的子壳体，该热敏打印头包括单个可激活加热元件的阵列，以及导电的散热器 与这些元件接触以对其进行冷却，用于产生冷却空气流的鼓风机和用于引导空气流与散热器接触并且从而引导到壳体外部的空气引导件。 压板辊位于壳体中，用于将记录介质支撑在记录位置，并且副轴可枢转地安装在壳体中，以使打印热量进入和离开加热元件靠近记录介质的操作位置。 底座在其底壁中具有开口，通过该开口，加热元件以暴露的关系突出于记录介质，而散热片延伸到底座内部。 鼓风机位于底座内，并且通过外壳的另一壁中的进气和排气开口与壳体外部的大气直接连通，而与壳体内部没有显着的连通，从而避免了壳体内部的加热。

公开(公告)号：US5520471A

公开(公告)日：1996-05-28

申请号：US161314

申请日：1993-12-02

申请人： Paul Leys ,  Bernard Schollaert

发明人： Paul Leys ,  Bernard Schollaert

IPC分类号： B41J2/32 ,  B41J25/304 ,  B41J25/34

CPC分类号： B41J25/34

摘要： A thermal image recording apparatus has a thermal print head removably supported on a supporting wall and held in place by a releasable latch arrangement which can take the form of at least one movable detent engageable with a rib provided for that purpose on the print head, e.g. on a cooling fin on the rear side of the print head. The detent can be a lever arm having at one end a hook for engaging the rib, the arm being pivotable to dis-engage the hook from the rib and release the print head for removal. The arm is preferably spring-biased to normally engage the rib and both rib and hook can have inclined surfaces allowing for snap-engagement thereof when the print head is mounted on the supporting wall. Preferably, a rib and associated detent is provided at opposite ends of the print head. Alternatively, the latch can be rotated in a plane parallel to the supporting wall to and from a latching position engaging the rib to release position disengaged therefrom. Either kind of latch can be connected to an actuating lever accessible from the exterior of the apparatus.

摘要翻译： 热图像记录装置具有可拆卸地支撑在支撑壁上并通过可释放的闩锁装置保持在适当位置的热敏打印头，该可释放的闩锁装置可以采取与在打印头上为此目的而设置的肋接合的至少一个可动棘爪的形式。 在打印头后侧的冷却片上。 棘爪可以是杠杆臂，其一端具有用于接合肋的钩，该臂可枢转以使钩与肋不接合并释放打印头以便移除。 臂优选地被弹簧偏置以正常地接合肋，并且当打印头安装在支撑壁上时，肋和钩可以具有允许其卡扣接合的倾斜表面。 优选地，在打印头的相对端处设置肋和相关联的棘爪。 或者，闩锁可以在平行于支撑壁的平面中旋转，并且从与肋接合的闩锁位置旋转到与其分离的释放位置。 任何一种闩锁可以连接到从设备外部可接近的致动杆。

公开(公告)号：US5806996A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-15

申请号：US851942

申请日：1997-05-06

申请人： Paul Leys ,  Danny Verbeek

发明人： Paul Leys ,  Danny Verbeek

IPC分类号： B41J25/304 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J2/325 ,  B41J25/312 ,  B41J2/315

CPC分类号： B41J25/312

摘要： Thermal printer with a thermal head including an array of juxtaposed heating elements for line-wise heating a sheet to produce an image, and a rotatable printing drum for conveying the sheet past the thermal head while the thermal head is biased towards the printing drum, which is provided with a rotatable cam and a reference face for adjusting the position of the thermal head with respect to the printing drum.

摘要翻译： 具有热头的热敏打印机，其包括并列加热元件的阵列，用于线性加热片材以产生图像;以及可旋转印刷鼓，用于在热敏头朝向印刷鼓偏压时将片材传送通过热敏头， 设置有可旋转凸轮和用于调节热敏头相对于印版滚筒的位置的基准面。

公开(公告)号：US5954440A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-21

申请号：US977995

申请日：1997-11-25

申请人： Paul Leys ,  Daniel Verbeek

发明人： Paul Leys ,  Daniel Verbeek

IPC分类号： B41J2/32 ,  B41J11/00 ,  B41J13/03 ,  B41J25/312 ,  B41J13/10

CPC分类号： B41J13/03 ,  B41J11/008 ,  B41J2/32 ,  B41J25/312

摘要： Thermal printer with a thermal head (16) for image-wise heating a heat-sensitive sheet (38) according to an elongate printing zone, transverse with respect to the sheet, and a rotatable print drum (15) for conveying such sheet past such thermal head while the head is urged towards the drum, which is provided with a pressure roller (17) for urging a sheet section, downstream of the printing zone, onto the print drum in order to establish a contact angle alpha between the sheet and the print drum. (FIG. 5)

摘要翻译： 具有热敏头（16）的热敏打印机，用于根据相对于纸张横向的细长印刷区域对热敏片材（38）进行成像加热;以及可旋转印刷滚筒（15），用于将这种片材传送通过 热头，同时头被朝向滚筒推动，该滚筒设置有压力辊（17），用于将打印区域的下游的薄片部分推压到打印滚筒上，以便建立薄片与薄片之间的接触角α 打印鼓。 （图5）

公开(公告)号：US06666451B2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-23

申请号：US10219001

申请日：2002-08-14

申请人： Paul Leys ,  Kris Bruyndonckx

发明人： Paul Leys ,  Kris Bruyndonckx

IPC分类号： B65H904

CPC分类号： B65H9/002 ,  B65H9/101 ,  B65H2301/321 ,  B65H2301/331

摘要： A method and a device for aligning sheets. The device includes a first and a second supporting stop for supporting the sheet against gravity in a first non-aligned position of the sheet. The device further includes two alignment stops and an actuator for moving the sheet from the first non-aligned position to a second aligned position. In the second aligned position, a substantially straight edge of the sheet contacts the two alignment stops and the first supporting stop supports the sheet while the second supporting stop does not support the sheet.

公开(公告)号：US5967681A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-19

申请号：US978000

申请日：1997-11-25

申请人： Paul Leys ,  Daniel Verbeek

发明人： Paul Leys ,  Daniel Verbeek

IPC分类号： B41J13/10 ,  B65H9/10 ,  B41J13/02

CPC分类号： B65H9/106 ,  B41J13/10

摘要： A thermal printer (10) with a thermal head (16) for image-wise heating a heat-sensitive sheet according to an elongate printing zone, which comprises sheet feeding means having a sheet advancing mode for feeding a sheet with its leading end through the gap between the print drum (15) and the thermal head (16) of this printer beyond the position it should take at the start of printing, and a sheet-returning mode in which the sheet can move backwardly, and a stop (44, 52) against which the backwardly moving sheet abuts with its trailing edge for its longitudinal alignment, thereby to obtain with its leading end the correct printing start position in the gap.

摘要翻译： 一种具有热敏头（16）的热敏打印机（10），用于根据细长印刷区域对热敏片进行成像加热，该热敏打印机包括具有片材进给模式的片材进给装置，片材进给模式用于将片材的前端通过 印刷鼓（15）与打印机的热敏头（16）之间的间隙超出了在打印开始时应该采取的位置，以及片材向后移动的片材返回模式，以及停止（44， 52），向后移动的片材与其后缘相对于其纵向对准，从而获得其前端在间隙中的正确的打印开始位置。