Abstract: A composite material for a balloon having a transparency and a gas barrier, including a polymer base layer and a transparent thin layer of a silicon oxide provided on one surface of the polymer base layer, the silicon oxide layer having an atomic ratio of silicon to oxygen of 1:0.3 to 2. The composite material has a high degree of barrier to helium gas or hydrogen gas. A balloon produced from the composite material retains its buoyancy for a long period of time.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer medium comprising a support, and a transfer layer comprising a protective resin layer, a metal deposition layer and an adhesive layer, said three layers being provided in that order from the supporting side. The transfer layer of the medium can be selectively transferred to a plain paper upon heating with a thermal head to give a transfer image having an excellent metallic luster.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer medium comprising a support, and a transfer layer comprising at least a non-flowable ink layer and an adhesive layer, said two layers being provided in that order from the support side. The transfer medium can give a print image of a high quality on a rough paper.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium having an improved hot-sticking resistance which comprises a thermoplastic resin film as a substrate, a thermally transferable ink layer provided on one surface of the film, and a thin layer of an inorganic substance provided on the other surface of the film. The thin layer of the inorganic substance prevents the recording medium from hot-sticking phenomenon, whereby a high speed printing is made possible.

Abstract: A stamping foil which comprises a flexible supporting web, a lubricating layer provided on substantially whole one surface of the supporting web, a colored water-resistant resinous layer having a desired pattern and a metal deposition layer having a desired pattern provided on the lubricating layer, and an adhesive layer provided in a manner that all of the exposed surfaces of the lubricating layer, of the colored water-resistant resinous layer and/or of the metal deposition layer are covered by the adhesive layer. The stamping foil has an advantage that even a complicated combined pattern of the colored layer and the metal deposition layer can be obtained by a single operation with ease and low cost.