EP0292597A1 - Magnetic print head comprising at least one linear array of magnetic printing elements - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a magnetic print head comprising at least one linear array of magnetic printing elements, each of said magnetic printing elements being surrounded by electrical windings controlling the magnetic flux in each of said magnetic printing element, said windings being attachable to electric control circuits.
- Such a magnetic print head is known for example from USP 4 370 661. It describes a linear array of magnetic tips interrupted by gaps. In each of these gaps two electrical conductors are threaded. One conductor belongs to a digit line and one conductor belongs to a word line. When a coincidence of currents occurs flowing in the same direction at the same time, a magnetic flux is generated which is strong enough to magnetize the magnetic image carrier. When only one current at a time flows in either the digit or the word line the generated magnetic flux field in one gap is not strong enough to magnetize the magnetic image carrier. No magnetizing field at all is generated when either no current flows or the current of equal strengths flows in opposite direction in the digit or the word line respectively.
- the electrical conductors leading the current are provided as printed circuit lines on a flexible substrate. Two of those substrates are superimposed so that in each gap one digit line and one word line is provided. Thus, not more than only two electrical conductors per gap can be and are provided. If for example 8-10 Ampere-turns are required for generating a magnetic field strong enough to magnetize the magnetic image carrier, then the current per conductor has to be relatively high. That means that the printed circuit line conductor has to have a large cross section, i.e. it must be wide and thick. Furthermore, the heat generating and heat dissipation is obviously relatively high.
- the invention as claimed overcomes these drawbacks. It solves especially the problem of having enough ampere-turns for a sufficiently high magnetizing field, of having low heat generating by low current flow through relative large cross sections of the current lines, and of providing easy and relatively simple manufacturing by using proved manufacturing techniques, this combined with high precision.
- its linear array of printing elements comprises a thin flexible foil of magnetic material out of which adjacent to one edge a comb-like structure of magnetic elements is worked out, e.g. by etching, a first thin flexible foil means which is provided in one side with a structure of a first half of the electrical windings, and which is provided on its reverse side with connecting ground and control lines, a second thin flexible foil on which is provided on one side the complementing second half of the electrical windings, both foils carrying that halfs of the electrical windings being performed as printed circuits, the first and the second foil carrying the halfs of the electrical windings being connected, e.g. by soldering, such that a separate continuous winding surrounds each single magnetic element, and the continuous winding being arranged as close as possible to the open tip ends of the magnetic elements.
- the magnetic print head comprising at least one linear array of printing elements, and the method for producing it, as well as their advantageous improvements will be described in the following with references to the drawing, showing embodiments of the invention, and in which
- Fig. 1 shows schematically in a side view a cross section of two linear arrays 1 and 2.
- Linear array 1 belongs for example to the odd head
- linear array 2 belongs to the even head.
- Odd and even head are staggered for one pitch, that means for one spacing between two magnetic elements 3 so that the double picture element density is given.
- the magnetic elements 3, if enegized, magnetize a drum like image carrier 4 in its surface area 5 immediately below the tip ends 6 of the magnetic elements 3.
- Linear array 1 and 2 is formed identically and as already mentioned arranged in a block like form staggered to each other. In the design shown in Fig. 1 both arrays 1 and 2 are connected by an appropriate layer like material 7.
- Magnetic element 3 is part of a thin flexible foil 8.
- This thin flexible foil of magnetic material is preferably made out of amorous material. This might be a NiFe alloy as for example Permalloy. If for practical reasons foil 8 is not available or can not be produced or processed in one peace then a super-imposition of two foils, e.g. two 30 ⁇ m thick Permalloy foils can be used. Thus a thickness of 60 ⁇ m for a magnetic foil is given. This has been found a well suited and dimensioned material to form magnetic elements 3 out of it.
- a comb-like structure 10 is worked out.
- the working out can be done for example by etching.
- the comb-like structure 10 separates the lower part 9 from the upper part 11 of magnetic foil 8.
- the magnetic elements 3 of the comb-like structure 10 are separated by gaps 12.
- the gaps 12 might have a gap lengths gl of 151,66 ⁇ m and the magnetic elements 3 might have a tooth widths of 60 ⁇ m. Both together add up to a pitch p forming the masher for the picture density of 211,66 ⁇ m. This corresponds to 1/120" or 120 pel (picture elements per inch).
- the lower part 9 and the upper part 11 will be separated later so that out of the comb-like structure 10 the tip end 6 of the magnetic elements 3 are open to the outside.
- Fig. 1 magnetic foil 8 is surrounded in area W by a first foil 14 and a second foil 15.
- First foil 14 is shown in more detail and in a section cut out of it in Fig. 3.
- Foil 14 is a thin flexible foil, e.g. a polyimid foil of 12,5 ⁇ m thickness. It carries on 1 side electrical conductors 16. Those are copper lines provided on the upper side of foil 14 in well known printed circuit technique. As Fig. 3 shows clearly the lines 16 are separated from each other but form a parallel pattern that is repeated on that foil as often as it is necessary to form a first half of all the electrical windings of 1 linear array.
- ground lines 17 and control lines 18 are provided on the reverse side of foil 15 on the reverse side of foil 15 .
- lines are copper lines printed in well known manner on the foil 14.
- Ground line 17 for example is attached to a pad 19 which forms a hole in foil 14 for through-hole connection.
- a second pad 20 is provided that in similar fashion is connected via a hole by through-hole plating conntection to control line 18.
- the copper lines 16 may have a thickness of about 5 ⁇ m, may have a width of about 15 ⁇ m and a distance to each other of about 10 ⁇ m. They are staggered, as can be seen from Fig. 3 in a step like fashion.
- the end areas 21 of each single electric line 16 are covered with tin or lead tin alloy which is used to form the connection with the second half winding, when a soldering process is used.
- the second half winding is provided on 1 side of the second foil 15.
- a section of this foil 15 showing the design of the half winding consisting of lines 16 is shown in Fig. 4.
- the design is complementary to that of Fig. 3 so that if both sides are superimposed face to face their end areas 21 match each other in such a way that upon completion of the connection between the two foils a continuous winding is formed starting from the lower hole plated pad 19 via all the lines 16 within one winding up to the upper hole plated pad 20.
- foil 15 is provided with its lines 16 in well known printed circuit technique.
- Fig. 5 shows in a bottom view an enlarged cross section of the superimposed magnetic foil 8 with its magnetic elements 3 in the middle and underneath the first thin flexible foil 14 carrying one half of the electrical winding and the ground 17 and control 18 lines, and on top of it the foil 15, the second thin flexible foil on which the complementary second half of the winding is provided.
- This super-position is shown before the connection between the two half winding carrying foils 14 and 15 is performed.
- the circuit lines 16 tin or lead tin alloy is provided.
- This tin might have the form of small tin balls 22.
- insulation layers 23 are provided between the foil 8 with its magnetic elements 3 and the two foils 14 and 15 respectively and especially their conductor lines 16 on both sides insulation layers 23 are provided.
- the circuit lines 16 are electrically insulated from the magnetic elements 3. Again the partioning or pitch distance p is clearly visable.
- Fig. 6A In a similar view as in Fig. 5 the result of this connection is shown.
- the connection is done by soldering.
- two identical soldering irons 24 and 25 are provided.
- Those soldering irons 24, 25 are provided with heating ribs 26 and 27 distanced from each other for the pitch spacing p.
- the heating ribs 26 and 27 are constructed such that at the same time two adjacent tin balls 22 of two different half windings are melted and connected at the very same time.
- the soldering irons 24 and 25 with their heating ribs 26 and 27 may be made from steel and machined in the desidered design to have a micro-mechanical profile as shown.
- the structure as shown in Fig. 5 and in Fig. 6A shows the electrical lines 16 on the inside of both foils 14 and 15, facing each other and directly opposite to the magnetic elements 3 of the magnetic foil 8.
- An in principl opposite arrangement is shown in Fig. 6B.
- the printed circuit foil 14 and 15 have the conductors 16 of their respective half windings on their outside. Thus they are not immedialetly oppositely faced to the magnetic elements 3 of the magnetic foil 8. Thus the foils themselves can serve as insulating layer to the magnetic element 3.
- a through hole plating 31 is provided so that a connection through the foil 14 or 15 respectively is made to tin balls 32. In that tin ball area 32 the two halfs are connected.
- soldering of those two foils with through hole plating is again formed by the already described two soldering irons 24 and 25.
- This design has furthermore the advantage that an additional copper layer 33 can be applied by electrodeposit to the conductor lines 16 thus reinforcing and enlarging the lines. Also possible cracks in the copper layer caused by the bending of the copper during soldering can be overcome by this design.
- the hight of foil 15 carrying only the complementary half winding is covering only about the winding area W.
- Foil 14 carrying also the ground line 17 and the different control lines 18, is arranged such that it surpasses the U-like magnetic yoke and goes on top of block 35.
- There a decode/drive chip 36 is provided. This chip is connected to the control lines 18 and the ground line 17. It furthermore provides the connection to other needed electrical controlling and driving circuits.
- Fig. 7 shows a section of a foil 37 that carries one half of the winding. It shows one wide ground line 38 that is connected to connecting lines 39 that lead to each upper beginning of one half-winding structure. The lower end of that half-winding structure is connected to printed circuit lines 40 that lead away from the winding structure to the lower part of foil 37. Lateron after superimposition and connecting the two half-windings as already described, along a cut line 41 also the connecting lines 40 are cut off. That means that those connecting lines 40 reach the edge of foil 37. At this edge they are lateron connected to a second foil 44 having control lines 42 connected to connecting pads 43. That is shown in Fig. 9.
- foil 37 and foil 44 are superimposed such that they form more or less one foil compound having the first half of the electrical winding together with the ground line structure on one side (see Fig. 7) and having on the reverse side the control line structure as shown in Fig. 9.
- the control lines 42 are connected with the connecting lines 40.
- the spacing correspondes exactly to the pitch p of the magnetic elements 3 already seen in different figures.
- the two foils shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 9 form a second version of the foil 14 shown in Fig. 3.
- a section of a foil 45 is shown provided with printed circuit lines 16 as already shown in Fig. 4.
- the section view of Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 shows a half-winding structure with sixty lines for every half-winding. The same number is shown in Fig. 7. If foil 45 is then superimposed as complementary second half over the structure shown in Fig. 7, certainly including in between the corresponding magnetic foil 8 as already described, those magnetic elements then will be surrounded by a continuous coil or winding respectively of sixty turns.
- the foil means formed from the combined foil 37 and 44 is used, as for example in the assembling as shown in Fig. 1 than the connecting pads 43 (see Fig. 9) will be immediately underneath the decode/drive chip 36 whereas on the under side of that foil means the ground line 38 will be applied to a coil ground connection 46 at the ultimate edge area of that foil means.
- Fig. 10 shows as slightly different design from the head assembly shown in Fig. 1.
- the difference is that the design of the return flux is differently shaped.
- the magnetic foil 8 with its part 47 is sliding on the surface 5 of magnetic drum forming the image carrier 4.
- No magnetic reinforcement block as in Fig. 1 is needed therefore.
- an appropriately shaped inner plastic part 48, over which foil 8 is guided in its direction turning area 49 foil 8 is given the direction to form an appropriately arced slope for resting with its part 47 on surface 5 on image carrier 4.
- an appropriately shaped outer plastic part 50 foil 8 is held in its shown position.
- this outer plastic part is used to have attached to it the printed circuit foil means carrying ground and connector lines to chip 36 and coil ground connection 46.
- a magnetic printing head for writing on a image carrier 4 of a length (or width respectively) of 30 cm would have to include three linear arrays 1 for the odd heads and three linear arrays 2 for the even heads, attached to each other precisely so that the magnetic elements 3 are all in line and in exact spacing arranged.
- This on the other hand provides that it would be possible to have masks for producsing printed circuit foils in a widths about 10 cm in one peace. This is feasable with techniques nowadays available.
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- The invention relates to a magnetic print head comprising at least one linear array of magnetic printing elements, each of said magnetic printing elements being surrounded by electrical windings controlling the magnetic flux in each of said magnetic printing element, said windings being attachable to electric control circuits.
- Such a magnetic print head is known for example from
USP 4 370 661. It describes a linear array of magnetic tips interrupted by gaps. In each of these gaps two electrical conductors are threaded. One conductor belongs to a digit line and one conductor belongs to a word line. When a coincidence of currents occurs flowing in the same direction at the same time, a magnetic flux is generated which is strong enough to magnetize the magnetic image carrier. When only one current at a time flows in either the digit or the word line the generated magnetic flux field in one gap is not strong enough to magnetize the magnetic image carrier. No magnetizing field at all is generated when either no current flows or the current of equal strengths flows in opposite direction in the digit or the word line respectively. - In accordance with this known structure the electrical conductors leading the current are provided as printed circuit lines on a flexible substrate. Two of those substrates are superimposed so that in each gap one digit line and one word line is provided. Thus, not more than only two electrical conductors per gap can be and are provided. If for example 8-10 Ampere-turns are required for generating a magnetic field strong enough to magnetize the magnetic image carrier, then the current per conductor has to be relatively high. That means that the printed circuit line conductor has to have a large cross section, i.e. it must be wide and thick. Furthermore, the heat generating and heat dissipation is obviously relatively high.
- The invention as claimed overcomes these drawbacks. It solves especially the problem of having enough ampere-turns for a sufficiently high magnetizing field, of having low heat generating by low current flow through relative large cross sections of the current lines, and of providing easy and relatively simple manufacturing by using proved manufacturing techniques, this combined with high precision.
- In advantageous manner it is characterizing for the magnetic printing head in accordance to the invention, that its linear array of printing elements comprises a thin flexible foil of magnetic material out of which adjacent to one edge a comb-like structure of magnetic elements is worked out, e.g. by etching, a first thin flexible foil means which is provided in one side with a structure of a first half of the electrical windings, and which is provided on its reverse side with connecting ground and control lines, a second thin flexible foil on which is provided on one side the complementing second half of the electrical windings, both foils carrying that halfs of the electrical windings being performed as printed circuits, the first and the second foil carrying the halfs of the electrical windings being connected, e.g. by soldering, such that a separate continuous winding surrounds each single magnetic element, and the continuous winding being arranged as close as possible to the open tip ends of the magnetic elements.
- Improvements and further developments of the invention are defined in the subclaims as well as in the method claims pertaining to the production of the head in accordance to the present invention.
- The magnetic print head comprising at least one linear array of printing elements, and the method for producing it, as well as their advantageous improvements will be described in the following with references to the drawing, showing embodiments of the invention, and in which
- Fig. 1 shows schematically in a side view a cross section of the linear array of printing elements;
- Fig. 2 shows an enlarged top view of a part of the flexible magnetic foil with the worked out comb-like structure of magnetic elements;
- Fig. 3 shows an enlarged top view of a part of a printed circuit foil carrying the structure of one half of the windings and the ground and control lines;
- Fig. 4 shows an enlarged top view of a part of a printed circuit foil carrying the structure of the second half of the windings, complementary to said of Fig. 3;
- Fig. 5 shows an enlarged cross section bottom view of the superimposed foils before connecting the half windings into complete windings;
- Fig. 6A shows an enlarged cross section bottom view of a part of the connected foils, and tools for performing this connection;
- Fig. 6B shows a structure similar to that of Fig. 6A but showing a second copper deposited on the outside of the winding foils for reinforcing the electrical lines;
- Fig. 7 shows an enlarged top view of a part of a printed circuit foil of a second version, carrying one half of the windings and the ground line, similar to said of Fig. 3, but for edge connection;
- Fig. 8 shows an enlarged top view of a part of a printed circuit foil of said second version, carrying the second half of the windings, complementary that of Fig. 7 and similar to that of Fig. 4;
- Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of a part of a separate printed circuit foil carrying control lines and associated connection pads for forming in superimposition the over edge connection to the foil shown in Fig. 7, and
- Fig. 10 shows schematically in a side view, similar to that of Fig. 1 a cross section of a second version of a linear array of printing elements, especially showing a different return flux design.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically in a side view a cross section of two
linear arrays 1 and 2. Linear array 1 belongs for example to the odd head, andlinear array 2 belongs to the even head. Odd and even head are staggered for one pitch, that means for one spacing between twomagnetic elements 3 so that the double picture element density is given. Themagnetic elements 3, if enegized, magnetize a drum likeimage carrier 4 in itssurface area 5 immediately below the tip ends 6 of themagnetic elements 3. -
Linear array 1 and 2 is formed identically and as already mentioned arranged in a block like form staggered to each other. In the design shown in Fig. 1 botharrays 1 and 2 are connected by an appropriate layer likematerial 7. -
Magnetic element 3 is part of a thinflexible foil 8. This thin flexible foil of magnetic material is preferably made out of amorous material. This might be a NiFe alloy as for example Permalloy. If forpractical reasons foil 8 is not available or can not be produced or processed in one peace then a super-imposition of two foils, e.g. two 30 µm thick Permalloy foils can be used. Thus a thickness of 60 µm for a magnetic foil is given. This has been found a well suited and dimensioned material to formmagnetic elements 3 out of it. - As shown in Fig. 2 out of
foil 8 relatively close to the lower part 9 a comb-like structure 10 is worked out. The working out can be done for example by etching. The comb-like structure 10 separates thelower part 9 from theupper part 11 ofmagnetic foil 8. Themagnetic elements 3 of the comb-like structure 10 are separated bygaps 12. Thegaps 12 might have a gap lengths gl of 151,66 µm and themagnetic elements 3 might have a tooth widths of 60 µm. Both together add up to a pitch p forming the masher for the picture density of 211,66 µm. This corresponds to 1/120" or 120 pel (picture elements per inch). Along cutline 13 thelower part 9 and theupper part 11 will be separated later so that out of the comb-like structure 10 thetip end 6 of themagnetic elements 3 are open to the outside. - As can be seen form Fig. 1
magnetic foil 8 is surrounded in area W by afirst foil 14 and asecond foil 15.First foil 14 is shown in more detail and in a section cut out of it in Fig. 3.Foil 14 is a thin flexible foil, e.g. a polyimid foil of 12,5 µm thickness. It carries on 1 sideelectrical conductors 16. Those are copper lines provided on the upper side offoil 14 in well known printed circuit technique. As Fig. 3 shows clearly thelines 16 are separated from each other but form a parallel pattern that is repeated on that foil as often as it is necessary to form a first half of all the electrical windings of 1 linear array. On the reverse side offoil 15ground lines 17 andcontrol lines 18 are provided. Also those lines are copper lines printed in well known manner on thefoil 14.Ground line 17 for example is attached to apad 19 which forms a hole infoil 14 for through-hole connection. On the other end of the formed half winding structure asecond pad 20 is provided that in similar fashion is connected via a hole by through-hole plating conntection to controlline 18. - The
copper lines 16 may have a thickness of about 5 µm, may have a width of about 15 µm and a distance to each other of about 10 µm. They are staggered, as can be seen from Fig. 3 in a step like fashion. Theend areas 21 of each singleelectric line 16 are covered with tin or lead tin alloy which is used to form the connection with the second half winding, when a soldering process is used. - The second half winding is provided on 1 side of the
second foil 15. A section of thisfoil 15 showing the design of the half winding consisting oflines 16 is shown in Fig. 4. The design is complementary to that of Fig. 3 so that if both sides are superimposed face to face theirend areas 21 match each other in such a way that upon completion of the connection between the two foils a continuous winding is formed starting from the lower hole platedpad 19 via all thelines 16 within one winding up to the upper hole platedpad 20. Also foil 15 is provided with itslines 16 in well known printed circuit technique. - Fig. 5 shows in a bottom view an enlarged cross section of the superimposed
magnetic foil 8 with itsmagnetic elements 3 in the middle and underneath the first thinflexible foil 14 carrying one half of the electrical winding and theground 17 andcontrol 18 lines, and on top of it thefoil 15, the second thin flexible foil on which the complementary second half of the winding is provided. This super-position is shown before the connection between the two half winding carrying foils 14 and 15 is performed. As already said in theend area 21 of thecircuit lines 16 tin or lead tin alloy is provided. This tin might have the form ofsmall tin balls 22. Between thefoil 8 with itsmagnetic elements 3 and the two foils 14 and 15 respectively and especially theirconductor lines 16 on both sides insulation layers 23 are provided. Thus thecircuit lines 16 are electrically insulated from themagnetic elements 3. Again the partioning or pitch distance p is clearly visable. - For forming a complete continuous winding the
electrical lines 16 of the two separate half windings carried on the two foils 14 and 15 have to be connected. In Fig. 6A in a similar view as in Fig. 5 the result of this connection is shown. The connection is done by soldering. For the soldering process twoidentical soldering irons soldering irons heating ribs many heating ribs soldering irons foils soldering irons arrows heating ribs tin balls 22, melt them and thus connect the two half windings. Theheating ribs adjacent tin balls 22 of two different half windings are melted and connected at the very same time. Thesoldering irons heating ribs - The structure as shown in Fig. 5 and in Fig. 6A shows the
electrical lines 16 on the inside of bothfoils magnetic elements 3 of themagnetic foil 8. An in principl opposite arrangement is shown in Fig. 6B. The printedcircuit foil conductors 16 of their respective half windings on their outside. Thus they are not immedialetly oppositely faced to themagnetic elements 3 of themagnetic foil 8. Thus the foils themselves can serve as insulating layer to themagnetic element 3. At both half winding ends 30 a through hole plating 31 is provided so that a connection through thefoil tin balls 32. In thattin ball area 32 the two halfs are connected. The soldering of those two foils with through hole plating is again formed by the already described twosoldering irons additional copper layer 33 can be applied by electrodeposit to the conductor lines 16 thus reinforcing and enlarging the lines. Also possible cracks in the copper layer caused by the bending of the copper during soldering can be overcome by this design. - When the foils 14 and 15 are connected to a complete winding that surrounds individually each
magnetic element 3, and casted or molded intoplastic 7, this finished assembly is cut off alongline 13 indicated in Fig. 2 for the comb-like structure 10 of themagnetic foil 8. Thus the tip ends 6 as shown in Fig. 1 are provided. Now a non-magnetic material, for example a wearresistent platic layer 34 is applied and theupper part 11 of themagnetic foil 8 is bend over in a U-shaped form as shown in Fig. 1. Thus a yoke is provided to form the common return path for the magnetic flux to theprinting drum 4. To reinforce the common magnetic yoke formed byupper part 11 of foil 8 a magnetic reinforcingblock 35 is provided. This block is made in such a dimension that the leakage flux is minimized and the return flux density indrum 4 is reduced to 1/100 of the writing head density. - As shown in Fig. 1, the hight of
foil 15 carrying only the complementary half winding is covering only about the windingarea W. Foil 14 carrying also theground line 17 and thedifferent control lines 18, is arranged such that it surpasses the U-like magnetic yoke and goes on top ofblock 35. There a decode/drive chip 36 is provided. This chip is connected to thecontrol lines 18 and theground line 17. It furthermore provides the connection to other needed electrical controlling and driving circuits. - In Fig. 7, 8 and 9 a second version of the printed circuit foils forming the winding respectively the coils of the different
magnetic elements 3 is shown. Fig. 7 shows a section of afoil 37 that carries one half of the winding. It shows onewide ground line 38 that is connected to connectinglines 39 that lead to each upper beginning of one half-winding structure. The lower end of that half-winding structure is connected to printedcircuit lines 40 that lead away from the winding structure to the lower part offoil 37. Lateron after superimposition and connecting the two half-windings as already described, along acut line 41 also the connectinglines 40 are cut off. That means that those connectinglines 40 reach the edge offoil 37. At this edge they are lateron connected to asecond foil 44 havingcontrol lines 42 connected to connectingpads 43. That is shown in Fig. 9. - For forming the first thin flexible foil means
foil 37 andfoil 44 are superimposed such that they form more or less one foil compound having the first half of the electrical winding together with the ground line structure on one side (see Fig. 7) and having on the reverse side the control line structure as shown in Fig. 9. Along thecut line 41 thecontrol lines 42 are connected with the connectinglines 40. The spacing correspondes exactly to the pitch p of themagnetic elements 3 already seen in different figures. Thus the two foils shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 9 form a second version of thefoil 14 shown in Fig. 3. - In Fig. 8 a section of a
foil 45 is shown provided with printedcircuit lines 16 as already shown in Fig. 4. As the scale is different the section view of Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 shows a half-winding structure with sixty lines for every half-winding. The same number is shown in Fig. 7. Iffoil 45 is then superimposed as complementary second half over the structure shown in Fig. 7, certainly including in between the correspondingmagnetic foil 8 as already described, those magnetic elements then will be surrounded by a continuous coil or winding respectively of sixty turns. - If the foil means formed from the combined
foil drive chip 36 whereas on the under side of that foil means theground line 38 will be applied to acoil ground connection 46 at the ultimate edge area of that foil means. - Fig. 10 shows as slightly different design from the head assembly shown in Fig. 1. The difference is that the design of the return flux is differently shaped. The
magnetic foil 8 with itspart 47 is sliding on thesurface 5 of magnetic drum forming theimage carrier 4. Thus foil 8 resting with its relativelylong part 47 onsurface 5, itself forms the return flux means. No magnetic reinforcement block as in Fig. 1 is needed therefore. By an appropriately shaped innerplastic part 48, over whichfoil 8 is guided in itsdirection turning area 49,foil 8 is given the direction to form an appropriately arced slope for resting with itspart 47 onsurface 5 onimage carrier 4. By an appropriately shaped outerplastic part 50foil 8 is held in its shown position. Furthermore, this outer plastic part is used to have attached to it the printed circuit foil means carrying ground and connector lines to chip 36 andcoil ground connection 46. - A magnetic printing head for writing on a
image carrier 4 of a length (or width respectively) of 30 cm, would have to include three linear arrays 1 for the odd heads and threelinear arrays 2 for the even heads, attached to each other precisely so that themagnetic elements 3 are all in line and in exact spacing arranged. This on the other hand provides that it would be possible to have masks for producsing printed circuit foils in a widths about 10 cm in one peace. This is feasable with techniques nowadays available.
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