Thermal imaging system with a transparent pinch roller

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5475418
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08118314

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A thermal imaging assembly for imaging a heat-sensitive material comprising: a source of radiant or projected energy (9) two surfaces (1,3) which co-operate to form a pinch (5), one of the two surfaces being the surface of a solid roller (1) which is transparent to the exposing radiation; means to bias one or both surfaces against the other so as to exert a minimum pinch pressure of at least 10 g/mm.sup.2, the assembly being constructed and arranged such that radiation from the source is focused at the pinch by means of the solid roller (1).

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  • MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Patel, Ranjan C Little Halingbury, GB3 21 495
Tye, Ronald G Bishops Stortford, GB3 4 38

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