Patent ID: 9227449
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B41J,B41K

Claim Text:
1. A stamp face forming apparatus comprising: a stamp face forming unit including a plurality of heating elements arranged in a direction along a surface on which a porous stamp face material which is able to become nonporous by heating is held, and a drive circuit for controlling heating states of the plurality of heating elements, the stamp face forming unit being configured to form a stamp face on the stamp face material while pressing the stamp face material; and a control unit configured to control the drive circuit of the stamp face forming unit to shorten a current-carrying time for the plurality of heating elements so as to reduce a heating amount per unit area to be heated of the stamp face material in the arrangement direction of the plurality of heating elements in accordance with a decrease in length of the stamp face material in the arrangement direction of the plurality of heating elements.