| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To produce a recording device with a high thermal efficiency and with no thermal hysteresis by providing an abutting portion around a heat generating element to prevent a direct contact of the heat generating element of a thermal head with an ink holding body, and by forming the surface of the heat generating element with an inkphilic material. CONSTITUTION:A film 1 as a holding body is an endless film of metal and is provided with a plural number of cutouts 2. The ink which fills the cutouts 2 by rotation of the film 1 is carried to the position which faces a thermal head 7 on which heat generating elements 6 are arranged, and the ink in the cutouts 2 is continuously jetted out onto a recording paper 9 by heat generation of the heat generating elements 6, and a recording is accomplished by transferring. An abutting portion 31 is formed on the tip of the thermal head 7 abuttingly against the film 1, and the heat generating element 6 is recessed from the abutting portion 31. Therefore, the heat generating element 6 does not directly touch the film, reducing energy consumption. The surface of the heat generating element 6 is, in addition, made with an inkphilic material, and is provided with protrusions 6A, resulting in an easy making of foams within a recording ink 5, and an ink jetting efficiency is improved. |
