IP Library Granted Patent US 12,420,562
Granted Patent B2
US 12,420,562 · App. 18/323,088 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Heater, heat sealing device, thermal transfer printer, and container processing apparatus

Inventor: Noriyuki Yamane (Yamaguchi-ken, JP)
Assignee: PACRAFT CO., LTD.
B41J2/3353B65B43/22B65B43/50B65B51/146H05B3/56
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Patent No.
US 12,420,562
App. No.
18/323,088
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heater includes: a heat generation unit that generates heat when energized; an electric wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and supplies electric current to the heat generation unit; a ground wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and is grounded; a conductive cover that includes an electrical conductor, is attached to the heat generation unit, and is grounded; and an insulating cover that has an electrical insulating property and at least partially covers the conductive cover.

Claims (23)

1. A heater comprising:

a heat generation unit including: a heat generating body that generates heat when energized; and a sheath that covers the heat generating body and has a part exposed to an outside;

an electric wire that is connected to the heat generating body and supplies electric current to the heat generating body;

a ground wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and is grounded;

a conductive cover that includes an electrical conductor, is attached to the heat generation unit, is grounded, and is located outside of the sheath, the electric wire and the ground wire extending inside the conductive cover; and

an insulating cover that has an electrical insulating property and at least partially covers the conductive cover.

2. The heater as defined in claim 1 , wherein the conductive cover includes a part extending along an outer circumference surface of the heat generation unit, and

wherein the insulating cover includes a part extending along the outer circumference surface of the heat generation unit.

3. The heater as defined in claim 1 , wherein the conductive cover contains a metal and is flexible, and

wherein the insulating cover contains at least one of a resin and an elastomer.

4. The heater as defined in claim 1 , wherein the conductive cover has at least partially a mesh shape.

5. The heater as defined in claim 1 , comprising an electrical leakage detection unit that detects an electrical leakage.

6. A heat sealing device comprising a heater, the heater comprising: a heat generation unit that generates heat when energized; an electric wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and supplies electric current to the heat generation unit; a ground wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and is grounded; a conductive cover that includes an electrical conductor, is attached to the heat generation unit, and is grounded; and an insulating cover that has an electrical insulating property and at least partially covers the conductive cover, wherein the heat generation unit includes: a heat generating body that generates heat when energized; and a sheath that covers the heat generating body, and

wherein the insulating cover includes:

a first insulating covering member that at least partially covers the conductive cover; and

a second insulating covering member that at least partially covers the first insulating covering member and has a smaller stiffness than the first insulating covering member.

7. A thermal transfer printer that heats an ink ribbon to which an ink is applied and thermally transfers the ink to an object, the thermal transfer printer comprising a heater, the heater comprising: a heat generation unit that generates heat when energized; an electric wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and supplies electric current to the heat generation unit; a ground wire that is attached to the heat generation unit and is grounded; a conductive cover that includes an electrical conductor, is attached to the heat generation unit, and is grounded; and an insulating cover that has an electrical insulating property and at least partially covers the conductive cover, wherein the heat generation unit includes: a heat generating body that generates heat when energized; and a sheath that covers the heat generating body,

wherein the insulating cover includes:

a first insulating covering member that at least partially covers the conductive cover; and

a second insulating covering member that at least partially covers the first insulating covering member and has a smaller stiffness than the first insulating covering member, and

wherein the ink ribbon is heated by the heat emitted from the heat generating body.

8. A container processing apparatus comprising a heat sealing device defined in claim 6 that performs a heat sealing processing on a container.

9. A container processing apparatus comprising a thermal transfer printer defined in claim 7 that performs a print processing on a container.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2023
From: YAMANE, NORIYUKI
To: PACRAFT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064232/0157 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-087934 · May 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230382130A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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