Coating Opposite Sides Or Forming Plural Or Nonuniform Coats Patents (Class 427/152)
  • Patent number: 4760010
    Abstract: In a printing system for printing an image on a recording sheet, adopted as the recording sheet is a sheet coated with microcapsules on one surface thereof. Each microcapsule envelopes a first component therein while the sheet itself holds a second component. The color of second component is changed when mixed with the first component. The microcapsule further envelopes a third component which increase the mechanical strength of microcapsule when light is projected thereto. An image is formed on the recording sheet by selectively rupturing the microcapsules in accordance with the image to be printed thereon, and the unruptured microcapsules remaining on the recording sheet are then hardened by exposing a light thereto and thus the image printed on the recording sheet is fixed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Izumi Takagi
  • Patent number: 4758547
    Abstract: A novel heat-sensitive recording material is provided comprising a support, a heat-sensitive coloring layer containing an electron donating dye precursor which is normally colorless or light-colored and an electron accepting compound which exhibits a color upon reaction with said dye precursor, a first protective layer containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin and a second protective layer containing a silicon-containing denaturated polyvinyl alcohol, a colloidal silica and/or amorphous silica, wherein either of the first or second protective layer may be coated directly on said coloring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Itabashi, Akihiro Shimomura, Noriyuki Hosoi
  • Patent number: 4749678
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording paper is described, comprising a paper support having formed thereon a heat-sensitive color forming layer, wherein said paper support is subjected to surface sizing with a synthetic sizing agent so as to have a Cobb-water absorption degree as defined by JIS-P-8140 of 25 g/m.sup.2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Tamagawa, Tetsuro Fuchizawa
  • Patent number: 4748146
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for encapsulating solutions of reactants of color reaction systems by means of conventional encapsulation processes, the reactant initially being dissolved in a solvent with a good dissolving power and immediately prior to emulsification or encapsulation, a non-solvent, which only dissolves the reactant to an insignificant extent, is admixed with the fresh solution obtained in a quantity which adjusts a supersaturated system, the capsules obtainable as a result thereof, as well as their use with an encapsulated solution of a basic color former, which supplies a color by the reaction with acid reactants, in non-carbon paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Papierfabrik August Koehler AG
    Inventors: Gunther Pietsch, Claus Hartmann
  • Patent number: 4748147
    Abstract: A writing set comprising a combination of paper printed thereon with two or more coloring bands using two or more types of leuco dye which develop different colors and a writing means which contains a solution of acid materials which develops the color of the leuco dyes.When characters, pictures, etc. are written on the paper, the colorless leuco dyes in the written portion develop color to form colorful characters, pictures, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Sakura Color Products Corp.
    Inventors: Masa-aki Sumi-i, Hikoshiro Nushimura
  • Patent number: 4745097
    Abstract: A microcapsule-coated paper for a pressure-sensitive copying paper comprising a base paper having coated thereon consecutively (a) a subbing layer and (b) a coated layer including microcapsules wherein said subbing layer is capable of aggregating said microcapsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Maekawa, Yasuhiro Ogata
  • Patent number: 4742041
    Abstract: A novel heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support having coated thereon a heat-sensitive coloring layer containing a colorless or light-colored electron donor dye precursor and an electron acceptor compound which colors upon reaction with said electron donor dye precursor and a protective alyer coated on the heat-sensitive coloring layer comprising a saponified product of a vinyl acetate-acrylamide copolymer or vinyl acetate-methacrylamide copolymer having an acrylamide or methacrylamide content of about 0.5 to about 80% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Ikeda, Hirofumi Mitsuo, Junichi Yoneda
  • Patent number: 4740495
    Abstract: A protective coating is applied to a thermally reactive material layer in laminate manner. The coating includes a fluorocarbon sizing agent which causes beading of any adverse material and prevents penetration thereof into the thermally reactive material. A combined color developing and dye formulation includes bisphenol, wax, clay and dye in a binder of polyvinyl alcohol which effects a spreading of any adverse material on the surface of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Nicola Marinelli, Maurice W. Lewis, Stephen D. Lakes, Paul W. Seitz
  • Patent number: 4740494
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of recording an image, characterized by superposing a heat-sensitive transfer medium on a plain paper and heating the medium thereby transferring a leuco dye from a leuco dye-containing transfer layer and a developer from a developer-containing transfer layer respectively onto the plain paper to react the leuco dye and the developer, said heat-sensitive transfer medium being prepared by having a transfer layer containing a leuco dye as the main component and a transfer layer containing a developer as the main component respectively applied on a single substrate or two separate substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Watanabe, Keishi Kubo, Kanzirou Kawasaki, Minoru Hakiri, Nobuhiro Takigawa
  • Patent number: 4732614
    Abstract: Correction compositions for correcting markings provided on the surface of a pressure-sensitive chemical recording medium carrying a developer material which comprises an acidic developer by interaction of the developer material with a color-providing material. The compositions comprise a substantially uniform dispersion of an opacifying pigment, a polymeric film-forming material, and a Lewis acid. The composition is applied to a marking to provide a film which covers the marking, and a visible correcting marking can be provided on the film by applying a pattern of color-providing material corresponding to the corrected marking to the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Lamar E. Brooks, Sue R. Liu
  • Patent number: 4728632
    Abstract: A carbonless paper solvent, a method of solubilizing a chromogenic material, and a recording sheet, all utilizing triisopropyltoluene, are the subject of the present invention. Triisopropyltoluene may be obtained by the alkylation of toluene and the resulting product will normally contain the 2,3,5, and 2,4,5 and the 2,4,6 isomers. The triisopropyltoluene may be combined with other known dye solvents such as alkylated naphthalenes, diarylmethanes and alkylated biphenyls to present a carbonless paper solvent or it may be utilized alone. The triisopropyltoluene will normally be present in a quantity of at least 40% by weight of the total solvent. A recording sheet may be formed by a paper which is coated with a continuous layer of microcapsules containing chromogenic marking material and a solvent comprising triisopropyltoluene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Koch Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew P. Komin
  • Patent number: 4727054
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material comprising (a) a support material, (b) an undercoat layer formed thereon, comprising a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification ratio ranging from 80 mole % to 95 mole %, which serves as water-soluble binder agent, a first water-resisting-property-improvement agent and a first organic filler, (c) a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the undercoat layer, comprising a leuco dye, a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto and the same polyvinyl alcohol as first mentioned and (d) an overcoating layer formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, comprising the same polyvinyl alcohol as first mentioned, a second water-resisting-property-improvement agent and a second organic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yuyama, Takanori Motosugi, Yasuhiro Honda
  • Patent number: 4727055
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive record material having a thick base support consisting of at least two base sheets and at least one binder layer, said base support weighing at least 150 g/m.sup.2 and having an excellent dimensional stability without accompaniment of any cockles and any background fogginess. It is particularly suitable for use in providing tags, tickets, cards, price marks etc. A process for the production of said heat-sensitive record material by the use of a binder consisting essentially of at least one thermoplastic polymer for which the vicat softening temperature is 20.degree. C. to 180.degree. C. and preferably 30.degree. C. to 160.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: Kanzaki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Aoyagi, Hideaki Suzuki, Shuichiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 4724228
    Abstract: A thermal transfer dyesheet having a printing surface against which a receptor substrate may be held to receive a thermally transferable dye in response to thermal stimuli applied to the dyesheet, the dyesheet comprising a substrate supporting a dyecoat comprising the thermally transferable dye dispersed throughout a polymeric binder, characterized in that the polymeric binder comprises a thermoset silicone composition as a continuous layer overlying the dyecoat, a process for its preparation, and the use of a thermoset silicone composition as a layer overlying the dyecoat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Richard A. Hann
  • Patent number: 4721700
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material is disclosed, comprising a heat-sensitive layer containing a normally colorless or slightly colored dye precursor and a compound capable of reacting with the dye precursor to form color, with at least one of the heat-sensitive layer, an interlayer, and a protective layer containing polyvinyl alcohol as an adhesive and a hardener represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one ether bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Hosoi, Akihiro Shimomura, Yuichi Itabashi
  • Patent number: 4720479
    Abstract: A sheet material for use in the production of multi-part pressure sensitive adhesive articles such as labels. In one of its forms, the sheet material consists carbonless paper having a coating or film of a silicone release agent on the imageable side thereof. In other of its forms, a coating or layer of a polymer composition, which acts to accelerate curing the silicone release agent, is interposed between the imageable side of the self-contained carbonless paper and the coating or film of silicone release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Daubert Coated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy J. K. Craig, Mark A. Burns, Mary J. Monjes
  • Patent number: 4717709
    Abstract: Thermosensitive recording material comprising a support, a polyolefin resin layer and a thermosensitive coloring layer, both formed on one side of the support in this order. The thermosensitive coloring layer is made of a dispersion, in a binder, of a colorless or pale-colored leuco dye and an acidic material capable of color formation of the leuco dye when it is heated. When a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release paper are formed on the other side of the support in this order, the thermosensitive recording material can be used as a thermosensitive recording label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Tomoegawa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4711874
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording adhesive sheet capable of forming colored images thereon upon application of heat, comprising (a) a support material with print patterns on the front side or back side thereof, (b) a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the support material, (c) an adhesive layer formed on the back side of the support material, opposite to the thermosensitive coloring layer, and (d) a disposable backing sheet which is attached to the adhesive layer and can be peeled off the adhesive layer when the thermosensitive recording adhesive label is used. When necessary, (e) a protective layer for protecting the thermosensitive coloring layer and for improving the thermal head matching properties of the thermosensitive coloring layer can be formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yuyama, Takanori Motosugi, Yasuhiro Honda, Akira Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 4707464
    Abstract: A recording material comprising: one or more supports, an electron donating leuco dye and one or more electron accepting compound(s) is disclosed, in which said electron accepting compound(s) is/are represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic aryl group; and X.sub.1 and X.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group or a halogen atom. The material exhibits improved preservability before and after recording and solvent resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Takashima, Masato Satomura, Ken Iwakura, Akira Igarashi
  • Patent number: 4705774
    Abstract: A thermosensitive image transfer medium is disclosed which consists essentially of (i) an image transfer sheet comprising (a) a plastic film, (b) an undercoat layer formed thereon containing a porous filler having an average particle size of 1 to 10 .mu.m and an oil absorption of 200 ml/100 g or less as measured in accordance with the Japanese Industrial Standard K 5101, with a depostion of the porous filler ranging from 1 g/m.sup.2 to 10 g/m.sup.2 and (c) an image transfer layer comprising a leuco dye formed on the undercoat layer, and (ii) an acceptor sheet having an acceptor layer comprising a color developer which is capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Minoru Hagiri
  • Patent number: 4703335
    Abstract: In a heat-sensitive and heat-transferable recording sheet comprising a substrate, a heat-sensitive, color-forming layer provided on the front side of said substrate and a heat-transferable layer provided on the back side of said substrate, background fogging can be prevented by allowing the heat-transferable layer to be composed essentially of an electron-donating colorless dye, an electron-accepting compound, a low-melting substance and a desensitizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Matsushita, Sadao Morishita, Mikiya Sekine
  • Patent number: 4688060
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure sensitive manifold paper prepared by coating a substrate with a coating composition containing microcapsules of polyurethane resin or polyurea resin wall film and drying the resulting coating, the pressure sensitive manifold paper being characterized in that a latex of copolymer of comonomers comprising about 10 to about 50% by weight of styrene, about 15 to about 55% by weight of butadiene, about 10 to about 40% by weight of methyl methacrylate and up to about 15% by weight of acrylonitrile is incorporated in the coating composition in an amount of about 5 to about 30% by weight (calculated as solids) based on the microcapsules (calculated as solids).The pressure sensitive manifold paper has an adequate balance between the color forming ability and susceptibility to color smudges due to contact or friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Kanzaki Paper Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Masato Tanaka, Shinsuke Irii, Tomoharu Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 4688057
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium comprises a substrate, a heat-sensitive color forming layer on one side of the substrate, and a heat-sensitive transferring ink layer, on the other side of the substrate, consisting essentially of (a) a wax having penetration of not higher than 5 at 25.degree. C., and acid value of 50-70, (b) a wax having penetration of not higher that 5 at 25.degree. C. and saponification value of 70-90, (c) a wax having penetration of 7-20 at 25.degree. C. (d) an extender pigment and (e) a coloring agent, and the contents of components (a)+(b), (c) and (d) in the solid matter of the heat-sensitive transferring ink are 20-40%, 20-40% and 20-30% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: General Company Limited
    Inventor: Seiji Ueyama
  • Patent number: 4686547
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support having provided thereon a heat-sensitive recording layer, the heat-sensitive recording layer containing a diazo compound encapsulated in microcapsules and a component capable of undergoing a color forming reaction with said diazo compound, wherein a protective coating layer containing as a binder a modified polyvinyl alcohol containing silicon atoms, and at least one of colloidal silica and amorphous silica is applied on the surface of the heat-sensitive recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hayashi, Toshimasa Usami, Toshiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4686546
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording paper comprising a support having provided thereon a heat-sensitive recording layer, wherein an intermediate layer comprising at least one of an organic and inorganic pigment having an oil absorption property (JIS K-5101) of at least 30 ml/100 g and less than 50 ml/100 g is interposed between the support and the heat-sensitive recording paper. The heat-sensitive recording paper does not suffer from reduction in color density even when recording is effected with high energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Koike, Shigehisa Tamagawa, Tetsuro Fuchizawa
  • Patent number: 4682191
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording paper is described, comprising a paper support having thereon a heat-sensitive color forming layer, wherein said paper support contains at least 10% by weight of a pigment and has an internal bonding strength as defined by Tappi-RC-308 of from 0.5 to 2.5 kg.cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Tamagawa, Tetsuro Fuchizawa
  • Patent number: 4682192
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording sheet comprising:(a) a support sheet;(b) a thermo-sensitive color forming layer formed on the said support sheet, said thermo-sensitive color forming layer comprising a colorless to pale color leuco dye and an acidic material capable of coloring the colorless to pale color leuco dye when heat is applied thereto;(c) an over-coat layer formed on the said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer, said over-coat layer comprising an inorganic silicate or a mixture of an inorganic silicate and a water-soluble, high-molecular compound or a slightly water-soluble high-molecular compound.The said heat-sensitive recording sheet has a reduced property of sticking of coatings and/or dreg to a thermal head during recording and gives a developed image which is not faded by contact with plasticizer, oil, fat or water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaharu Nomura, Hiroaki Tsugawa, Yukio Ishizaka, Hiroomi Hosoi
  • Patent number: 4665410
    Abstract: A multi-color thermosensitive recording material comprising a support material, three or more thermosensitive coloring layer successively overlaid thereon and decolorizing intermediate layers interposed between the thermosensitive coloring layers, with at least the thermosensitive coloring layers except the thermosensitive coloring layer adjacent to the support material each comprising a basic leuco dye and a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of thermal energy at a predetermined temperature, and each decolorizing intermediate layer containing a decolorizing agent which is capable of decolorizing the color developed in the thermosensitive coloring layer adjacent to the decolorizing intermediate layer when heated to a higher temperature than the predetermined coloring temperature for the thermosensitive coloring layer, which decolorizing agent for use in at least one of the decolorizing layers is (i) a N,N'-disubstituted aromatic diamide compound, (ii) a piper
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Iiyama, Norihiko Inaba
  • Patent number: 4663641
    Abstract: A two-color thermosensitive recording adhesive label comprising a support material, a first lower thermosensitive coloring layer and a second upper thermosensitive coloring layer supported on the support material, capable of yielding two different colors, with the coloring temperature for the second thermosensitive coloring layer being lower than that for the first thermosensitive coloring layer, in which at least the second thermosensitive coloring layer contains a basic leuco dye and a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of thermal energy, and a decolorizing agent for decoloring the color developed in the second thermosensitive coloring layer at the time of color development of the first thermosensitive coloring layer is contained in the first thermosensitive coloring layer or in a decolorizing intermediate layer interposed between the first thermosensitive coloring layer and the second thermosensitive layers, which decolorizing agent is selected from partic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Iiyama, Norihiko Inaba
  • Patent number: 4663642
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material comprises a support member, (b) a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the support member, comprising a binder agent, a colorless or light-colored leuco dye and a color developer capable of inducing color formation is the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto, and (c) a protective layer formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, comprising a binder agent, a filler and an ultraviolet-ray-absorbing benzotriazole derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naomi Kameda, Kenji Uematsu
  • Patent number: 4657783
    Abstract: A process for effecting the high speed coating (as herein defined) of both sides of a lightweight paper sheet (as herein defined) with coatings of low dry coatweight (as herein defined), while maintaining good coating pattern and control over the degree of curl in the sheet when dried, comprising the steps of:moving an endless transfer surface sequentially through first, second and third stations,at first station, forming on said transfer surface a smooth continuous film of a first coating mix having a predetermined fluid content and rheology,at the second station, bringing a first side of said paper sheet into contact with said transfer surface and simultaneously subjecting the sheet to pressure against said transfer surface without substantial sheet distortion, so as to promote substantially complete absorption by the sheet of the solvent or dispersion medium of the first coating mix while in engagement with the transfer surface and prior to passage of the sheet and transfer surface through the third statio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: The Wiggins Teape Group Limited
    Inventors: Christopher F. Tatt, Kenneth Richards, Michael R. Chamberlain
  • Patent number: 4647951
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a base sheet, a heat-sensitive record layer formed over the base sheet and a water-soluble resin protective layer formed over the heat-sensitive record layer, characterized in that the protective layer contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyaluminumhydroxide represented by the formulas[Al.sub.2 (OH).sub.a X.sub.6-a ].sub.n (I)[Al.sub.2 (OH).sub.a (SO.sub.4).sub.(6-a)/2 ].sub.n (II)wherein X represents halogen ion or NO.sub.3.sup.-, O<a<6 and 1<n.ltoreq.20, and a metal salt of unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid represented by the formulaM.sub.b A.sub.c Y.sub.d (III)wherein M represents a metal having a valence of 2, 3 or 4, A represents unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid residue, Y represents halogen ion, OH.sup.-, SO.sub.4.sup.2- or NO.sub.3.sup.-, b is an integer of 1 or 2, c is an integer of 1 to 8, d is 0 or an integer of 1 to 8, with the proviso thatck.sub.2 +dk.sub.3 =bk.sub.1wherein k.sub.1, k.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Kanzaki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunefumi Yamori, Sigekazu Syuku, Hironari Fujioka
  • Patent number: 4641159
    Abstract: A thermosensitive sheet includes a support layer or substrate, a thermally reactive coating or layer on the substrate, and an impervious cellulose based layer on the thermally reactive coating. The thermally reactive coating acts as an adhesive for laminating the cellulose based layer and the substrate. A method of providing the protective barrier is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Seitz, Maurice W. Lewis, Stephen D. Lakes
  • Patent number: 4638340
    Abstract: A two-color thermosensitive recording label capable of forming two different colors when heated at different temperatures is disclosed, which comprises: (a) a support material and the following layers successively formed thereon, (b) a first thermosensitive coloring layer which is colored in a first color at a predetermined high temperature T, formed on one side of the support material, (c) a decolorizing layer containing a decolorizing agent, (d) an intermediate layer, (e) a second thermosensitive coloring layer, which is colored in a second color at a predetermined low temperature, the second color being decolorized by the decolorizing agent when heated to a predetermined temperature, so that the color developed in the second thermosensitive coloring layer is prevented from being mixed with the color developed in the first thermosensitive coloring layer, and the second thermosensitive coloring layer and the second color are protected from the decolorizing layer by the intermediate layer so long as the secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Iiyama, Norihiko Inaba
  • Patent number: 4636819
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material comprises (a) a support member, (b) a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the support member, comprising a colorless or light-colored leuco dye, a zinc thiocyanate antipyrine complex having the following formula, which serves as a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto, and (c) a protective layer formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, consisting essentially of a water-soluble resin for protecting the thermosensitive coloring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanaka Nagamoto, Norio Kurisu, Keishi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 4633276
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording label includes a substrate, a thermosensitive color-forming layer disposed on one side of the substrate, a protective layer disposed on the thermosensitive color-forming layer, a pressure-sensitive hot melt adhesive layer disposed on another side of the substrate and a releasable backing sheet disposed on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. A hot melt adhesive layer absent sufficient modifying resin to prevent migration thereof and unwanted color formation in the color-forming layer enables use of the hot melt adhesive in the label. In addition, the use of hot melt adhesive enables the labels to be placed on refrigerated beef products without discoloration of the beef beneath the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoo Shibata, Wissam J. Jurdi
  • Patent number: 4626877
    Abstract: This invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a base sheet and a heat-sensitive record layer formed over the base sheet and containing a color forming material and a color developing material which undergoes a color forming reaction on contact with the color forming material, the heat-sensitive recording material being characterized in that a resin layer containing a cationic-modified starch is formed over the heat-sensitive record layer.The resin-coated heat-sensitive recording material of the invention is free of sticking, and resistant to diazo developer and suppresses the powder-coated phenomenon due to the bleeding of crystallized color forming material, color developing material and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Kanzaki Paper Manufacturing Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoto Arai, Tohru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4622565
    Abstract: A multi-colored image recording method capable of producing in repetition clear multi- and full-colored images having high density on a number of receiving sheets is disclosed, in which a thermosensitive image transfer sheet including four leuco dye layers respectively containing yellow, magenta, cyan and black leuco dyes that can be respectively colored in yellow, magenta, cyan and black, and a color developer layer containing a color developer capable of developing the leuco dyes in the four colors is superimposed on a receiving sheet and heat is applied to the thermosensitive image transfer sheet in accordance with the desired color tone information, whereby the leuco dyes and the color developer are transferred from the image transfer sheet onto the receiving sheet so as to selectively overlap the leuco dyes and the color developer, thereby producing multi-colored images by the coloring reaction therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Watanabe, Kanjiro Kawasaki, Keishi Kubo, Minoru Hakiri, Nobuhiro Takigawa
  • Patent number: 4620204
    Abstract: A two-color thermosensitive recording material comprising (a) a support material, (b) a high temperature thermosensitive color-forming layer formed on the support material, (c) an intermediate layer formed on the high temperature color-forming layer and (d) a low temperature color-forming layer formed on the intermediate layer; a two-color thermosensitive recording material comprising (a) a support material, (b) a high temperature thermosensitive color-forming layer formed on the support material, (c) a decolorizing layer, (d) an intermediate layer formed on the decolorizing layer and (e) a low temperature color-forming layer formed on the intermediate layer; and a two-color thermosensitive recording material comprising (a) a support material, (b) a decolorizing and color developing layer formed on the support material, (c) an intermediate layer formed on the decolorizing and color developing layer and (d) a two-color thermosensitive coloring layer capable of yielding two different colors when heated at diffe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Inaba, Kiyotaka Iiyama
  • Patent number: 4620205
    Abstract: A two-color thermosensitive recording material comprising a support material, a high temperature color-forming layer comprising a first leuco dye and a first color developer overlaying the support material, a decolorizing layer containing a decolorizing agent overlaying the high temperature color-forming layer, and a low-temperature color-forming layer comprising a second leuco dye and a second color developer overlaying the decolorizing layer, wherein the melting points of the first leuco dye and the first color developer of the high temperature color-forming layer are 150.degree. C. or higher, the melting points of the second leuco dye and the second color developer of the low temperature color-forming layer are 60.degree. C. or higher and the melting point of at least one of the second leuco dye and the second color developer is 130.degree. C. or lower, and the melting point of the decolorizing agent is in the range of 120.degree. C. to 160.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Iiyama, Nirohiko Inaba
  • Patent number: 4616240
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording sheet comprises a support material; a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the support material, comprising a colorless or light-colored leuco dye, and an acidic material which colors the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto; and a protective layer formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, comprising a water-soluble polymeric binder and silica powder with an oil absorption of 150% or more and with a bulk density of 5 ml/g or more, which are measured in accordance with Japanese Industrial Standard K 5101. This thermosensitive recording sheet has high dynamic thermal coloring sensitivity, is capable of yielding sharp images with high image density at low energy consumption with good thermal head-matching properties, and is resistant to chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Inaba, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Takanori Motosugi
  • Patent number: 4614955
    Abstract: A heat sensitive recording paper is described comprising a support and a heat sensitive recording layer containing a colorless or light colored electron-donating dye and a phenolic compound, said recording paper containing a sodium or potassium salt of a monovalent or divalent organic carboxylic acid having from 2 to 15 carbon atoms in at least one of the support and the recording layer, to obtain a desired gain in conductivity without being attended by a drop in coating facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takekatsu Sugiyama, Hiroharu Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 4614956
    Abstract: In a heat-sensitive recording sheet comprising (1) a substrate, (2) a heat-sensitive color-developing layer provided on said substrate, composed essentially of a colorless or light-colored dye precursor and a color developer capable of allowing said dye precursor to develop a color by reacting with the dye precursor when heated and, as necessary, (3) an overcoat layer provided on said heat-sensitive color-developing layer, improvements in printability, storability, etc. can be obtained by allowing the heat-sensitive color-developing layer and/or the overcoat layer to contain a boric acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 4613878
    Abstract: A two-color thermosensitive recording material comprising a support material, a first lower thermosensitive coloring layer and a second upper thermosensitive coloring layer supported on the support material, capable of yielding two different colors, with the coloring temperature for the second thermosensitive coloring layer being lower than that for the first thermosensitive coloring layer, in which at least the second thermosensitive coloring layer contains a basic leuco dye and a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of thermal energy, and a decolorizing agent for decoloring the color developed in the second thermosensitive coloring layer at the time of color development of the first thermosensitive coloring layer is contained in the first thermosensitive coloring layer or in a decolorizing intermediate layer interposed between the first thermosensitive coloring layer and the second thermosensitive layers, which decolorizing agent is a di-substituted aromatic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Inaba, Kiyotaka Iiyama
  • Patent number: 4610727
    Abstract: A record member comprising a developer composition comprising a zinc-modified addition product of a phenol and a diolefinic alkylated or alkenylated cyclic hydrocarbon is disclosed. These addition products are particularly useful as color developers for basic chromogenic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: Appleton Papers Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome R. Bodmer, Robert E. Miller
  • Patent number: 4608579
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material comprising a support material and a thermosensitive coloring layer formed thereon, in which thermosensitive coloring layer, colored images are formed by the reaction between a colorless or light-colored leuco dye and a color developer of the following formula capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto, ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Keishi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 4600628
    Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a support, an interlayer provided on said support and a coloring agent layer provided on said interlayer. The interlayer contains a cross-linking agent and the coloring agent layer contains a coloring agent and a reactive polymer. The transfer recording medium can be used repeatedly to provide printed copies of excellent quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Ishii, Yoshihiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 4599111
    Abstract: A nucleophilic alkoxylated compound is bridged as a polyurethane by a polyisocyanate derivative or as a polyester by a polyacid derivative. A desensitizing ink for wet offset printing on an acceptor surface of a chemical duplicating set is thus obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Sicpa Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Amon, Roger Weil
  • Patent number: 4599630
    Abstract: A two-color thermosensitive recording material using leuco dyes is disclosed, which is capable of forming two different colors when heated at different temperatures, black or blackish color at a low temperature and another color at a high temperature, comprising a support material, a high-temperature color-forming material overlaying the support material, a decolorization layer overlaying the high-temperature color-forming layer, and a low-temperature color-forming layer overlaying the decolorization layer, and when necessary, an intermediate layer interposed between the decolorization layer and the low-temperature color-forming layer, the decolorization layer containing an aliphatic amine or a morpholine derivative of the formula of ##STR1## which are fully defined in the specification, and the low-temperature color-forming layer containing as a color developer a thiourea derivatives of the formula, ##STR2## which is fully defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumi Ohtaki, Hiroshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4597793
    Abstract: In a desensitizing ink for the wet offset printing of a given area of the acceptor surface of a duplicating set containing an alkoxylated nucleophilic compound, preferably having a molecular weight lying in the range of from 2000 to 4000 and having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of from 3 to 6, emulsified water is added to the mass of ink.This rapidly forms a fine stable emulsion of water in the ink which is favorable for continuous wet offset printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Sicpa Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Amon, Roger M. Weil