Thermal head lapping apparatus
First Claim
1. A thermal head lapping apparatus, comprising:
- a pallet holding at least one thermal head that has heating elements;
a transport device transporting the thermal head held on the pallet to a specified processing position; and
a lapping device for forcing a lapping material being moved onto the thermal head that has been transported to said processing position, wherein the pallet and the thermal head move together to said processing position.
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Abstract
A thermal head lapping apparatus includes a pallet for holding at least one thermal head, a transport device for transporting the thermal head held on the pallet successively to a specified processing position, and a lapping device for forcing a lapping material being moved onto the thermal head that has been transported to said processing position. As a result, the apparatus is capable of advantageously performing lapping treatment with a good efficiency on surfaces to be coated with protective layers or the formed protective layers in a process of fabricating a thermal head, thereby improving the production efficiency of the thermal head and fabricating with a good productivity the suitably lapped thermal head of high quality that ensures high quality image recording.
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20 Claims
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1. A thermal head lapping apparatus, comprising:
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a pallet holding at least one thermal head that has heating elements;
a transport device transporting the thermal head held on the pallet to a specified processing position; and
a lapping device for forcing a lapping material being moved onto the thermal head that has been transported to said processing position, wherein the pallet and the thermal head move together to said processing position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20)
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10. A thermal head lapping apparatus, comprising:
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a pallet for holding at least one thermal head;
a transport device for transporting the thermal head held on the pallet to a specified processing position; and
a lapping device for forcing a lapping material being moved onto the thermal head that has been transported to said processing position, wherein said pallet holds a plurality of thermal heads arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which heating elements of each of the thermal heads are arranged;
said lapping device uses the lapping material that has a width covering a whole area of the heating elements of each of the thermal heads; and
said transport device transports the pallet discontinuously in the direction in which the thermal heads are arranged so that the thermal heads held on the pallet are successively transported to said processing position.
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11. A thermal head lapping apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of pallets holding a plurality of thermal heads, each of the thermal heads having heating elements;
a transport device transporting the thermal heads held on said plurality of pallets successively to a specified processing position; and
a lapping device for forcing a lapping material being moved onto the thermal heads that have been transported to said processing position, wherein each pallet moves together with the thermal head held thereby to said processing position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A thermal head lapping apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of pallets for holding a plurality of thermal heads;
a transport device for transporting the thermal heads held on said plurality of pallets successively to a specified processing position; and
a lapping device for forcing a lapping material being moved onto the thermal heads that have been transported to said processing position, wherein said transport device moves said plurality of pallets in a direction in which heating elements of said plurality of thermal heads are arranged while said lapping device forces.
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