A thermal head according to the disclosure includes: a substrate; a heat generating section disposed on the substrate; an electrode disposed on the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the heat generating section; a protective layer which covers the heat generating section and part of the electrode, the protective layer being formed of an inorganic material; a cover layer disposed on the protective layer, the cover layer being formed of a resin material; and inorganic particles disposed on a surface of the protective layer so as to protrude from the surface. Moreover, the inorganic particles each comprise a first portion located inside the cover layer and a second portion located inside the protective layer.

A thermal print head includes a substrate, a resistor layer and a wiring layer. The substrate is made of a single crystal semiconductor and includes an obverse surface facing in one sense of a thickness direction. The resistive layer is supported by the substrate and includes a plurality of heat generating parts arranged side by side in a main scanning direction. The wiring layer is supported by the substrate and forms a conductive path to the plurality of heat generating parts. The wiring layer includes a conductive part and a heat generating sub-part for each of the plurality of heat generating parts, where the conductive part has a lower resistance value per unit length in a sub-scanning direction than the heat generating part, and where the heat generating sub-part has a resistance value per unit length in the sub-scanning direction that falls between the respective resistance values of the heat generating part and the conductive part. The substrate includes a ridge raised from the obverse surface and extending in the main scanning direction. The heat generating part, the heat generating sub-part and the conductive part are disposed on the ridge. The heat generating sub-part is located between the heat generating part and the conductive part in the sub-scanning direction.

A thermal head according to the disclosure includes: a substrate; a heat generating section disposed on the substrate; an electrode disposed on the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the heat generating section; a protective layer which covers the heat generating section and part of the electrode, the protective layer being formed of an inorganic material; a cover layer disposed on the protective layer, the cover layer being formed of a resin material; and inorganic particles disposed on a surface of the protective layer so as to protrude from the surface. Moreover, the inorganic particles each comprise a first portion located inside the cover layer and a second portion located inside the protective layer.

A printer printing an image on a print medium based on print data including print dot data for each of print lines. The printer includes a print head including heating elements arranged along a direction of the print lines, and a controller finding the number of print dots on each print line and determining a first or second control mode as a control mode of the heating elements for printing each print line based on the found number of print dots. In the first control mode, the heating elements are divided into first groups including two or more adjacent heating elements and are heated at a different timing. In the second control mode, the heating elements are divided into second groups including two or more heating elements with at least two thereof spaced apart and are heated at a different timing.

Disclosed is an assembly line for processing products. The line includes, on one hand, a plurality of consecutive stations for processing the products and, on the other hand, a moving unit for moving the products between the stations within the line, in particular from an upstream station in which the products have just been processed, to a downstream station in which the products must later be processed. The moving unit essentially includes at least one self-contained, self-supported, movable carriage moving on the ground and having the products resting thereon during the movement thereof within the line. Also disclosed is a corresponding implementation method and to a corresponding use of the carriages.

A thermal head includes a substrate; a heat generating section disposed on the substrate; an electrode electrically connected to the heat generating section; a cover layer which covers part of the electrode; a pad electrically connected to the electrode; and a joining member electrically connected to the pad. The cover layer includes a first portion and a second portion which is smaller in thickness than the first portion. The second portion is placed on the pad. The pad has a convexity which exposes from the second portion. The joining member is connected to the convexity.

A method for making a wadding strip element, in particular to be used for making paddings of clothing articles such windcheaters and/or shoes, the wadding material being adapted for depositing thereon at least an auxiliary material, comprises at least the further step of subjecting the wadding strip element to a combined chemical, mechanical and thermal treatment process adapted to increase the mechanical strength of the wadding strip element and reduce its porosity, thereby allowing the deposit on at least a surface of at least a printing material or an auxiliary material thereby the deposited material only slightly penetrates the wadding material to create on the surface a predetermined printed pattern configuration adapted to withstand washing operations and inevitable wear, without decomposing.

[Object] To provide a thermal head having improved sealability.

[Solution] A thermal head X1 includes a substrate 7, a heat storage layer 13 disposed on the substrate 7 and including a bulging portion 13a, heating elements 9 disposed on the bulging portion 13a, a protective layer 25 disposed on the heating elements 9, and a covering layer 27 disposed on the protective layer 25. The covering layer 27 includes a first portion 27a disposed apart from the bulging portion 13a, and a second portion 27b disposed between the bulging portion 13a and the first portion 27a. The height of the second portion 27b from the substrate 7 is smaller than the height of the first portion 27a from the substrate 7. Thus, the sealability of the thermal head X1 can be improved.

A thermal print head includes: a substrate; an insulating layer; a wiring layer; a resistor layer; and a protective layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A raised portion protruding toward a side opposite to the second surface and extending along a first direction in a plan view is formed on the first surface. The insulating layer is disposed on the first surface. The wiring layer is disposed on the insulating layer with the resistor layer interposed therebetween. The wiring layer has a bonding pad. A constituent material of the wiring layer is aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The protective layer is disposed on the insulating layer to cover the wiring layer. An opening that exposes the bonding pad is formed in the protective layer.

The present disclosure provides a thermal print head. The thermal print head includes: a substrate; a glaze layer; a wiring layer; a heat element; and a protective layer. The glaze layer is disposed on the substrate. The wiring layer is disposed on the glaze layer. The wiring layer has a common electrode and a plurality of individual electrodes. The common electrode has protrusions arranged in intervals along a first direction in a plan view and extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the plan view. The plurality of individual electrodes have tip portions extending along the second direction. The protrusions and the tip portions are alternately arranged in intervals along the first direction in the plan view. The heat element extends along the first direction in the plan view, is disposed on the glaze layer, and overlaps with the protrusions and the tip portions.