......DE....FRGB..IT....NL........................R0409262EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319910522EP90113954.319900720enenen186109/8919890720JP177364/9019900706JP19910522199121199101231991045 5B 41J 2/325 A 5B 41J 17/12 B 5B 41J 11/70 BdeAufzeichnungsgerät und -verfahren mittels ThermoübertragungenApparatus and method of thermal transfer recordingfrAppareil et méthode d'enregistrement à transfert thermique1CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA00542361CFO 6933 EP30-2, 3-chome, Shimomaruko, Ohta-kuTokyoJPIshida, Yasushi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPYokoyama, Minoru, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPTomoda, Akihiro, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPYamada, Masakatsu, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPAwai, Takashi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPYoshida, Takehiro, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPKobayashi, Makoto, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPWada, Satoshi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPOno, Takeshi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPTakeda, Tomoyuki, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha30-2, 3-chome, ShimomarukoOhta-ku, TokyoJPWeser, Wolfgang00013031Dres. Weser & Martin, Patentanwälte, Radeckestrasse 43D-81245 MünchenDEDEFRGBITNL19910522199121

A thermal transfer recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium (11) by transferring ink of an ink sheet (14) which is characterized by being provided with recording means (13) ink sheet conveying means (25), loading means (85) for applying load on the ink sheet (14) and recording medium conveying means (24), wherein the said ink sheet (14) is conveyed by the tension produced by the friction between the ink sheet (14) and the recording medium (11) and by the action of the loading means (85).