Abstract: A recording device having a highly integrated recording head, which can perform high-quality high-speed printing of halftone image and which is compact and inexpensive to manufacture and can work at reduced running cost (with no need of replacing its recording head due to contamination with ink) and at saved power consumption. The recording device comprises an ink feeding unit for applying ultraviolet curing ink to an image transfer intermediate, an ultraviolet ink-curing head for selectively ultraviolet curing ink applied to the image transfer intermediate according to an image pattern, a platen for pressing a recording medium against the image transfer intermediate to transfer not-cured ink from the image transfer intermediate onto the recording medium, ultraviolet thermal ink-curing unit for fixing the ink on the recording medium and an ink removing unit for removing residual ink from the image transfer intermediate.

Abstract: An optical disk has address recording sections each of which has a wobbled part of one of side walls of a groove. Each address recording section is formed by providing convexes of a groove in an adjacent land so as to widen the groove. With the wobbles thus provided in a concavo-convex form, address information is recorded. Besides, the address recording sections thus provided in the grooves are linearly disposed in radial directions of the optical disk. By thus arranging the optical disk on whose grooves and/or lands information is recorded, mixing of wobble frequency components in reproduced information signals does not occur, the sector method is applicable to the optical disk, and information signals of high quality can be obtained.

Abstract: A pair of opposite end portions of a buckling exothermic body as an exothermic resistor are fixed onto a substrate via insulating members. The buckling exothermic body heats with resistance thereof by applying a voltage from a power source to the buckling exothermic body via a switch. As inner temperature of the exothermic resistor reaches a predetermined temperature or higher required for the exothermic resistor to buckle, and a compressive force exceeds a buckling load, the exothermic resistor buckles and distorts towards thermosensible paper from a non-shifted state in which there is virtually no thermal stress. As the buckled and distorted exothermic resistor comes into contact with the thermosensible paper, recording, such as printing, is performed only at the contact portion. This reduces thermal mutual interference between neighboring buckling exothermic bodies. As a result, recording of high resolution and high print quality is performed.

Abstract: A deformable mirror including: a flexible member including a reflective surface for reflecting light incident thereupon; and a reference surface substrate including a support portion for supporting a peripheral portion of the flexible member, and a curved portion provided inside the support portion, the curved portion providing a space for allowing for the flexible member to be elastically deformed. A height of a central portion of the curved portion of the reference surface substrate is set to be equal to or less than a height of the support portion of the reference surface substrate. The flexible member is elastically deformed by being drawn toward the curved portion of the reference surface substrate, thereby giving a predetermined aberration to light incident upon the reflective surface of the flexible member.

Abstract: Spacer particles are supplied and allocated onto a particle distributing jig plate having numerous spacer particle positioning depressed portions for receiving the spacer particles in a one-to-one correspondence. Then the particle distributing jig plate is made to face, and be registered with, the liquid crystal display element substrate, so that the spacer particles allocated to the depressed portions are transferred to the substrate of a liquid crystal display element.

Abstract: An ink jet head, having a long life, capable of discharging ink with a strong force and at a high speed is provided at a small size. A container comprises a casing and a nozzle plate covering the upper surface of the casing and an ink discharge opening. A buckling structure is fixed at its longitudinal ends to the bottom surface of the container via an installing member, and its center portion can be deformed upward by buckling. A diaphragm is positioned above the buckling structure with a space therebetween and placed on an inner wall of the casing with its periphery fixed thereto so as to liquid-tightly partition the inside of the container into a space and an ink chamber. A connection member connects the diaphragm and the buckling structure at their center. Electrodes are provided at both ends of the buckling structure to generate thermal stress therein by supplying electric current for buckling and consequently to apply pressure to ink in the ink chamber for discharging.

Abstract: It can be selected whether to form a both-side wobble groove whose both side walls wobble by irradiating two light beams while oscillating the same along the radius of a magneto-optical master disk, or to form a one-side wobble groove one of whose side walls alone wobbles by irradiating two light beams while fixing one of the same and oscillating the other along the radius of the magneto-optical master disk. Then, either a single one-side or both-side groove for tracking-use is formed by irradiating both the two light beams on a photo-resist applied on a glass substrate in accordance with address data. As a result, grooves of different types, both-side and one-side grooves, can be formed continuously in the exposing process.

Abstract: Method of forming a complex, minute three-dimensional structure, known as micromachining, which includes forming a plurality of thin films at least one of which is provided as a temporary layer composed of a lower layer made of an organic material and an upper layer made of an amphoteric metal material which is formed on the lower layer; and selectively removing the temporary layer to provide a three-dimensional structure. The temporary layer may comprise a composite sacrificial layer of photoresist and aluminum.

Abstract: An ink jet printer performs a control of a supply of electric power for each heating element based on a temperature dependency of a resistance value by monitoring its resistance value while ink is being discharged. Accordingly, the ink jet printer permits a damage of the heating element and a discharge inferior caused by a difference in characteristics in heating elements, ambient temperature, etc., to be suppressed. Additionally, as the temperature of the heating element is not detected directly, the ink jet printer permits high speed control of the electric value, thereby permitting high speed printing.

Abstract: A casing is attached to a nozzle plate so that a hollow cavity is formed between the nozzle plate having a nozzle orifice and the casing. Three buckling structure bodies are arranged in the hollow cavity. Each of the buckling structure bodies has both ends fixedly attached to the casing via an attach member so that the center portion can be displaced. A power source is provided which applies a compressive stress to the interior of the buckling structure bodies to buckle the buckling structure bodies by the compressive stress and to displace the center portion. As a result, the ink jet head is capable of implementing a large discharge force while maintaining a compact size.

Abstract: In an optical memory medium comprising prepits on which a light spot is impinged to obtain information and, if required, guide grooves: each of those among the prepits which are longer than the diameter of the light spot consists of a series of pit portions and unpitted portions; each of the prepits is sandwiched between two of the discontinuous portions of guide grooves adjacent to each other; the guide grooves have one or more narrow portions, and each of the prepits is sandwiched between two of the narrow portions of guide grooves adjacent to each other; or the guide grooves have one or more long portions, one or more short portions, and narrow portions formed between the long and short portions, and each of the prepits is sandwiched between two of the short portions of guide grooves adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A deformable mirror for reflecting a light beam incident thereon of the present invention includes: a flexible member which has a reflective surface and is flexibly deformable; a substrate having a reference surface which faces the flexible member; and a driving section for making the flexible member adhere to the reference surface of the substrate, thereby deforming the reflective surface of the flexible member to correspond to the reference surface. The shape of the reference surface is designed in such a manner that the light beam is provided with a spherical aberration when the reflective surface adheres to the reference surface.

Abstract: A pressure generating member applies a pressure to an ink, the member having a symmetric configuration and including a buckling body. The buckling body may include a radially extending ribbed portion on its upper surface and no buckling layer beneath it. A heater layer is interposed between insulating layers for heating the buckling body, the buckling body having its peripheral edge portion fixed on a substrate. A center portion of the buckling body is buckled by being heated. An orifice plate is arranged so as to cover the pressure generating member with interposition of a gap defining a cavity for the ink. The orifice plate is provided with a nozzle serving as an ink discharge outlet located in a portion of the orifice plate opposite to the pressure generating member.

Abstract: A recording head for a magnetic printer utilizes a so-called magnetography, in which a magnetic latent image formed on a magnetic recording medium is developed and actualized by a magnetic toner and which image is transferred and fixed on a sheet of recording paper to provide a hard copy. The recording head for a magnetic printer includes a first thermal head member, second thermal head member juxtaposed with the first thermal head member with a space therebetween, and a magnetic head member arranged on the first and the second thermal head members. A magnetic gap of the magnetic head member extends immediately above the space between the first and the second thermal head members linearly in the same direction. By this structure, a recording head for a magnetic printer which has simple structure and allows formation of a magnetic latent image having clear boundary between opposite magnetic polarities on a magnetic recording medium, is provided.

Abstract: An ink jet of the present invention includes a nozzle plate having a nozzle orifice, a substrate having an opening communicating with the nozzle orifice, an ink discharge plate having a center portion positioned in the nozzle orifice of the nozzle plate and the opening, and both ends supported by being sandwiched between the nozzle plate and the substrate, the center portion being closer to the nozzle plate than the both ends, and a compressive member for applying a compressive force in the axis direction of the ink jet plate so that the center portion of the ink discharge plate is deformed towards the nozzle orifice by buckling. Because of this structure, the ink discharge plate is always buckled towards the nozzle orifice, and forms an ink droplet without erroneous operation.

Abstract: A transparent substrate of an optical memory is produced by injection molding using a stamper. Grooves and lands are alternately arranged on the optical memory, for tracking of light converged on the optical memory. The groove width is set in the range of 0.3 .mu.m to 0.4 .mu.m and the groove depth is set in the rage of 80 nm to 100 nm. A decrease in the width of a land at each edge is restrained to 0.2 .mu.m in maximum. With such dimensions, even when the track pitch is set to about 1.4 .mu.m, it is possible to obtain a track crossing signal with intensity sufficient for performing an access operation to a target track. Moreover, since the dimensions bring about an improved reflectance at a land, the optical memory achieves an improved C/N and recording density.

Abstract: A casing and a nozzle plate form a hollow cavity in which ink liquid can be filled. A buckling structure body is disposed within this hollow cavity. A nozzle orifice is provided in a nozzle plate at a position corresponding to the buckling structure body. The buckling structure body has a portion extending in a longitudinal direction. Both ends of the buckling structure body in the longitudinal direction are fixedly attached to the casing via an insulative member. The buckling structure body is formed of a material that is displaced at least in the longitudinal direction by conduction of current from a power source. Thus, an ink jet head of a long lifetime is provided that can provide a great discharge force while maintaining its small dimension.

Abstract: An optical memory disc medium contains a plurality of guide groove tracks. The guide groove tracks are arranged parallel to each other and they are used for controlling a position of a light beam. There is a land region between the guide groove tracks which is wider than the width of the guide groove tracks as measured in the disc-radial direction. Prepits for providing address information for the guide groove tracks are provided. The prepits are formed on the land regions and interposed between the lateral edges in the disc-radial direction of adjacent parallel guide groove tracks. Each prepit has a width which width is a narrower dimension than the width of each guide groove track as measured in the disc-radial direction.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing an optical disk having spiral or concentric grooves and land portions between the grooves are disclosed. In one aspect, the methods include projection of light spots onto a photosensitive material so that areas of the photosensitive material exposed to a first light spot form the pattern of spiral or concentric grooves and that areas of said photosensitive material which correspond to said land portions and are exposed to a second light spot form a predetermined pit pattern.