US 5,521,140 A · Recording unit structure and recording device

Abstract

A recording unit structure comprising a recording material layer faced to a recording body with a space incorporated therebetween, so that said recording material is vaporized and transferred to said recording body through said space, provided that pores are provided to a vaporizing portion of the recording material in such a manner that the pores be present within the layer of the recording material. The recording unit structure of the present invention assures a recording of excellent quality, is made compact and light weight, yields a high thermal efficiency, and produces no used ink sheets and other wastes. The present invention also relates to a recording device comprising the same.

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Dependent claims

A recording unit for use in a laser-vaporizing color video printer comprising:

a container body including a bottom plate and a lid plate defining a liquified dye reservoir, said lid plate including an inwardly recessed vaporizing opening;
a porous member disposed in said container body in alignment with said vaporizing opening extending from said bottom plate to an opposed vaporizing surface disposed at said vaporizing opening, said porous member including communicating pores extending inside the porous member to said vaporizing surface;
a heater disposed in the dye reservoir to maintain the dye in a liquified state;
and
a substantially binder free, liquified vaporizable dye disposed in said liquified dye reservoir.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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