Patent ID: 6120130
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording method including the steps of forcing a recording material held in a transfer section to fly upon heating by a heater and transferring said recording material onto a transfer target member that is placed opposite to said transfer section, said method comprising the steps of:providing a supply of recording material in a transfer section comprising a structure comprising a bottom connected to at least one upwardly extending sidewall, the bottom comprising a heater in a heating area thereofdeveloping a surface tension gradient and/or an interface tension gradient in the surface of said recording material by activating and deactivating the heater, andflying a plurality of mist particles of said recording material by utilizing flowage of said recording material caused by said surface tension gradient and/or said interface tension gradient resulting in a generation of a plurality of waves of recording material in the structure and the collision of at least two of the waves with the sidewall resulting in an election of at least two mist particles of recording material towards the transfer target member, and further resulting in the collision of at least two waves with each other resulting in an election of at least another mist particle towards the transfer target member.