Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a discharge head and a discharge control device. The discharge head includes an ink chamber with a discharge hole, a first heater for heating and gasifying ink, a shutter unit, provided at the discharge hole portion, controlled to discharge gasified ink intermittently according to an electrical signal corresponding to image data to be recorded, and a first member for maintaining the temperature of the discharge hole sufficiently lower than the temperature of the first heater in operation of the first heater before initiation and after completion of image data recording. The discharge control device controls the shutter unit.

Abstract: A second heating device heats an inner wall of an ink chamber of a print head to a temperature not lower than the melting point but not higher than evaporating temperature of ink 3, for a prescribed time period after the end of printing, based on a signal from a second heating control device. Consequently, the ink solidified and deposited on the inner wall of ink chamber and not used for printing is liquefied and recovered to the ink chamber to be used for the next printing.

Abstract: An image printing apparatus for forming an image on a printing medium includes: a printing head including two ink chambers and a shutter; a heater provided under the two ink chambers; a charging electrode provided between the printing medium and the two ink chambers; a back electrode provided on a side of the printing medium which is opposite a side on which the image is formed; a controller associated with the shutter, the heater and the charging electrode.

Abstract: A linear motor is capable of reducing cogging which may be present in the motor. Cogging is an obstruction in realizing constant speed control or high accuracy of position control. The reduction of cogging is accomplished, for example, by pole location or specific detailed shapping of pole iron plates.

Abstract: A linear driving apparatus using two units of linear motors each having rotors being coupled to each other which are suitable to provide high accuracy for the positioning control and the speed control. The first and second linear motors, which, are coupled in shape by the coupling member are not controlled independently and the impellent force, to the first and second linear motors are equal. Thereby, construction of the apparatus is considerably simplified, and the positional contol and the speed control is highly accurate.

Abstract: A linear motor is capable of reducing cogging which may be present in the motor. Cogging is an obstruction in realizing constant speed control or high accuracy of position control. The reduction of cogging is accomplished for example by pole location or specific detailed shaping of pole iron plates.