Silver Salt Of Organic Acid Patents (Class 430/620)
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Patent number: 4788125Abstract: An imaging material comprising a support and a layer of photosensitive microparticles on one surface of said support, said microparticles including an image-forming agent and a photosensitive composition containing a polymer which is capable of undergoing cationically-initiated depolymerization and a photoinitiator including a silver halide and an organo silver salt, wherein, after exposing said microparticle to radiation, said microparticles, directly or with additional processing, release said image-forming agent or become permeable to a developer which reacts with said image-forming agent to form a visible image.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1987Date of Patent: November 29, 1988Assignee: The Mead CorporationInventors: Paul D. Davis, Joseph G. O'Connor
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Patent number: 4784939Abstract: Radiation sensitive thermally developable imaging elements comprise:(a) photosensitive silver halide,(b) light insensitive silver salt oxidizing agent,(c) reducing agent for silver ions, and(d) a benzoyl acid class of antifoggant.The antifoggants are effective in both reducing spurious background image densities and in stabilizing the film against sensitometric changes during storage.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1987Date of Patent: November 15, 1988Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Oanh Van Pham
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Patent number: 4782010Abstract: The use of phenazine, phenoxazine and phenothiazine color forming developers in photothermographic dry silver emulsions provides a stable imaging system under both light and dark storage.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1986Date of Patent: November 1, 1988Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Roger A. Mader, David C. Weigel, Louis M. Leichter, Kristen A. Hoff
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Patent number: 4775613Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one layer containing a light-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and an acetylene silver compound.The heat-developable light-sensitive material which contains the novel organic silver compound can provide images having high density and low fog when subjected to a short period of developing time even when a small amount of a base processor is used.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1986Date of Patent: October 4, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Hiroshi Hara, Ken Kawata
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Patent number: 4772544Abstract: A heat-developable photographic material is disclosed wherein the photographic material comprising at least one of an acid or a salt thereof having an acid dissociation constant pKa of 7 or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1985Date of Patent: September 20, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4770981Abstract: There is provided a multi-layer heat-developement-type color light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a yellow dye donator substance and a binder, e.g. gelatin, a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a magenta dye donator substance and a binder, and a layer containing light-sensitive silver halide grains, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a cyan dye donator substance and a binder, the binder of the respective layers amounting in total to from 3 g to 10 g per m.sup.2 of said support; preferably at least one layer of the light-sensitive material contains a heat solvent.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1987Date of Patent: September 13, 1988Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tawara Komamura, Masaru Iwagaki, Toyoaki Masukawa
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Patent number: 4770989Abstract: A heat-developable color photosensitive element having a support bearing thereon at least one photographic component layer containing a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, a dye donor substance and a binder. The photosensitive element is characterized by the photographic component layer which contains a thermal solvent and a binder which contains both a gelatin and a vinyl pyrrolidone polymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1987Date of Patent: September 13, 1988Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tawara Komamura, Masaru Iwagaki, Takashi Sasaki, Fumio Ishii, Kunihiro Koshizuka
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Patent number: 4764458Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material comprises a support having provided thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and an organic silver salt of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R.sub.3 represents a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, amino, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl or alkoxycarbonyl group or a cyano group; X represents ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, --SO.sub.2 --, ##STR3## wherein R.sub.5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, and ##STR4## and l represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 3; and when l is 2 or 3, the groups R.sub.3 may be the same or different.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1986Date of Patent: August 16, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Hiroshi Hara, Ken Kawata
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Patent number: 4756999Abstract: A photothermographic element comprising a substrate having coated thereon a photothermographic medium comprising a binder having dispersed therein an organic silver salt or complex, a photocatalyst and a reducing agent, characterized in that the photothermographic medium contains as an antifoggant, in the absence of mercury compounds, an effective antifogging amount of a compound of the general formula: ##STR1## characterized in that: X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 independently represent halogen atoms,X.sup.3 represents a halogen atom or an electron withdrawing substituent, andZ represents the necessary atoms to complete a ring system which may comprise a single ring or a fused ring system which rings may bear substituents.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1986Date of Patent: July 12, 1988Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Steven Swain, Ronald E. Watts
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Patent number: 4751176Abstract: Method for preparing photosensitive silver halide crystals. A binder resin, a source of halide ions, and a source of silver ions are dissolved in an organic solvent, e.g., ethanol. Silver halide nuclei will then form. Additional source of halide ions and additional source of silver ions can be added to the solution in incremental additions, so that the initially-formed silver halide nuclei will grow. Upon removal of the solvent, the silver halide crystals will exist in a dry state, entrapped in the binder resin. Silver halide crystals formed and grown in this manner can be used to prepare photothermographic imaging compositions, which compositions will exhibit higher speed than photothermographic imaging compositions containing silver halide crystals grown according to conventional methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1985Date of Patent: June 14, 1988Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Oanh V. Pham
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Patent number: 4751175Abstract: A heat developable color light-sensitive material is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a binder, and a compound having a dye moiety within the molecule and which is capable of releasing, upon reduction of light-sensitive silver halide to silver at elevated temperatures, said dye moiety corresponding to or inversely corresponding to the reduction to form a dye different from said compound in terms of diffusibility, wherein said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion is prepared by forming silver halide grains in the presence of a sensitizing dye.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1987Date of Patent: June 14, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Aotsuka, Takanori Hioki, Kiyohiko Yamamuro
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Patent number: 4743534Abstract: Method for preparing photosensitive silver halide crystals. A binder resin, a source of halide ions, and a source of silver ions are dissolved in an organic solvent, e.g., ethanol. Silver halide nuclei will then form. Additional source of halide ions and additional source of silver ions can be added to the solution in incremental additions, so that the initially-formed silver halide nuclei will grow. Upon removal of the solvent, the silver halide crystals will exist in a dry state, entrapped in the binder resin. Silver halide crystals formed and grown in this manner can be used to prepare photothermographic imaging compositions, which compositions will exhibit higher speed than photothermographic imaging compositions containing silver halide crystals grown according to conventional methods.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1985Date of Patent: May 10, 1988Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Oanh V. Pham
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Patent number: 4735884Abstract: A light-sensitive material comprising a light-sensitive layer which contains silver halide, a reducing agent and a polymerizable compound provided on a support, characterized in that the reducing agent is a hydrazine derivative having the following formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is a monovalent group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkynyl group and a heterocyclic group, each of which may have one or more substituent groups; each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently is an aryl group which may have one or more substituent group, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 form, together with the neighboring carbon, a condensed aromatic ring; R.sup.4 is a monovalent group selected from the group consisting of an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group and carbamoyl, each of which may have one or more substituent groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1987Date of Patent: April 5, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiro Tsukahara, Taku Nakamura
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Patent number: 4732846Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material is described, comprising a support having provided thereon at least(a) a binder;(b) a light-sensitive silver halide;(c) at least one silver salt of a compound represented by formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## wherein Z represents a non-metallic atomic group forming a heterocyclic ring together with the nitrogen atom,A--C.tbd.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1986Date of Patent: March 22, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiaki Aono, Masatoshi Kato, Hiroshi Hara
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Patent number: 4731321Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive layer wherein at least one layer comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group each of which may be substituted or unsubstituted; a carboxy group or a salt thereof; R.sub.3 and R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1986Date of Patent: March 15, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kozo Sato, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Hiroyuki Hirai, Ken Kawata
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Patent number: 4728600Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least (1) a light-sensitive silver halide, (2) a silver salt oxidizing agent, (3) silver salt particles having adsorbed thereon at least one compound selected from a cyclic imino compound represented by formula (I) described below and a mercapto compound represented by formula (II) described below, (4) a reducing agent, and (5) a binder.Formula (I) is represented by ##STR1## wherein Z represents a non-metallic atomic group forming a heterocyclic ring containing an imino group together with the nitrogen atom of formula (I).Formula (II) is represented byR--S--M (II)wherein M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom; and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1986Date of Patent: March 1, 1988Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Hara, Toshiaki Aono
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Patent number: 4725534Abstract: A process for producing a heat-developable photosensitive material containing fine photosensitive silver halide particles having a uniform particle form and particle size, said silver halide being prepared by reacting a silver salt of an organic fatty acid stoichiometrically with an inorganic or organic halogen compound.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1985Date of Patent: February 16, 1988Assignee: Oriental Photo Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kagami, Kenichi Nishio, Yukio Takegawa, Kazunori Shigemori
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Patent number: 4716100Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material containing a novel base precursor (I), which is stable during storage and rapidly decomposes to release a basic component upon heating higher than a certain temperature, has excellent storability and provides an image having a good image quality, i.e., a low fog density and a high image density within a short period of developing time.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: December 29, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kozo Sato, Ken Kawata, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4713316Abstract: A heat-developable photographic material having improved preservability, which comprises a support having thereon at least one heat-developable photographic layer, said photographic material containing a dye represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n and m each represents 0, 1, 2 or 3;p and q each represents 0 or 1;L represents a methine group or a substituted methine group;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are same or different and each represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted amino group or a halogen atom; or said R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 form a condensed 6-membered ring;Z and Z' are same or different and each represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary for forming a substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered or 6-membered ring, or substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered or 6-membered ring which is condensed with another ring;X.sup..crclbar.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1985Date of Patent: December 15, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiiti Kubodera, Toshinao Ukai, Hisashi Okada
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Patent number: 4689286Abstract: A color photographic recording material developable by heat treatment and comprising at least one binder layer, which contains photosensitive silver halide, optionally a substantially non-photosensitive silver salt and a color providing compound (dye releaser), can be improved in regard to the Dmin/max relation and in regard to sensitivity by addition of a compound corresponding to formula IR.sup.1 --S--CO--O--R.sup.2in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another represent alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1986Date of Patent: August 25, 1987Assignee: Agfa Gevaert AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karl-Wilhelm Schranz, Gunther Schenk, Hans hlschlager
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Patent number: 4677051Abstract: A heat-developable color light-sensitive material is provided comprising on a support at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a binder, a compound capable of producing or releasing a mobile dye in direct or inverse proportion to the reaction of the light-sensitive silver halide being reduced into silver at elevated temperatures, and a dye having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl group,R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or alkenyl group,each of X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, and X.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl, carboxyl, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, acyloxyl, aryl, amino, or acylamino group,X.sup.1 and X.sup.2, and X.sup.3 and X.sup.4 can be mutually combined to form a benzene ring,A.sup.- is an anion, andn is equal to 0 or 1.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1985Date of Patent: June 30, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiiti Kubodera, Takanori Hioki, Masaki Okazaki
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Patent number: 4675277Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a binder, and a compound capable of ring-closure to produce a benzimidazole ring upon heat development can be developed to an increased maximum density with less fogging at a relatively low temperature in a short period of time.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1985Date of Patent: June 23, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kozo Sato, Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4670373Abstract: An organic acid precursor having a structural moiety of the following formula ##STR1## bonded to a carbon atom. This acid precursor is useful as a development stopping agent in a photographic heat-developable process.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1984Date of Patent: June 2, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Masatoshi Kato
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Patent number: 4670374Abstract: A photothermographic construction comprises a light-sensitive color-forming element on a support base, the element comprising a silver source, optionally silver halide, a binder, and an oxidizable leuco phenazine, phenoxazine, or phenothiazine dye, and as development accelerator a carboxylic acid, Lewis acid, or Bronsted acid.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1986Date of Patent: June 2, 1987Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Peter A. Bellus, Robert A. Frenchik
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Patent number: 4668615Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material containing a compound represented by the general formula (I):[Ar.sub.n (R).sub.3-n CCO.sub.2 H].sub.l .multidot.B.sub.m (I)wherein ar represents an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R represents a substituent other than an aryl group and a heterocyclic group; Ar and R may be bonded in a part thereof to form a ring; B represents a mono- or diacidic base which has a pKa of 7 or more and contains 12 or less carbon atoms; n represents an integer from 1 to 3; l and m each represents an integer of 1 or 2 and maintain a relationship in that a number of positive charge and a number of negative charge are equal; when n represents 1 or 2, two R's or Ar's may be the same or different, when n represents 3, three Ar's may be the same or different; and the substituent represented by Ar or R may be further substituted with a substituent.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1985Date of Patent: May 26, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken Kawata, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kozo Sato, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4659653Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least a layer containing a novel compound having a group accelerating a reaction of decarboxylation, which releases a base by decarboxylation on heating. The heat developable light-sensitive material provides an image having a high density in a short time and has an improved storage stability.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: April 21, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazo Sato, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Hiroyuki Hirai, Ken Kawata
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Patent number: 4657848Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material is described, containing a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent heterocyclic group; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1985Date of Patent: April 14, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kozo Sato, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Hiroyuki Hirai, Ken Kawata
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Patent number: 4656126Abstract: A heat-developable color light-sensitive material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least (1) a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, (2) a dye providing substance which releases a dye having a different diffusibility from that of the dye providing substance in correspondence or countercorrespondence to the light-sensitive silver halide when the light-sensitive silver halide is reduced under the condition of high temperature and (3) an organic acid precursor containing a structural moiety bonded to carbon atoms that is represented by formula (I) ##STR1## The heat-developable color light-sensitive material can provide color images having a high S/N ratio and a high image density.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1985Date of Patent: April 7, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Kato, Hiroshi Kitaguchi
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Patent number: 4656124Abstract: A heat-developable color photo-sensitive material having a support. A photographic component layer is on the support and contains at least a photo-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a dye-providing material. At least one of the dye-providing materials is a polymer having a repetition unit being derived from a monomer represented by the Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1985Date of Patent: April 7, 1987Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tawara Komamura
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Patent number: 4650749Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material containing a compound represented by formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a carboxyl group or a salt thereof, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an alkylsulfonyl or arylsulfonyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl or aryloxycarbonyl group, a di- or mono-alkylphosphoryl or arylphosphoryl group, a di- or mono-alkylphosphinyl or arylphosphinyl group, an alkylsulfinyl or arylsulfinyl group, an acyl group, an amino group, an acylamino group, an acyloxy group or a group represented by X; X represents a decarboxylation accelerating group; or any two of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and X may combine to form a ring; and the groups represented by R.sub.1, R.sub.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: March 17, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kozo Sato, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Hiroyuki Hirai, Ken Kawata
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Patent number: 4649104Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material is described, comprising a polymer containing as a constituent a repeating unit represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; L represents a divalent connecting group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; M represents a cation and x represents a number which is the same as the charge number of the cation represented by M.The polymer containing the repeating unit represented by formula (I) is a base precursor which is stable at normal temperature, but rapidly decomposes to release a base by heating; therefore, the heat developable light-sensitive material containing the base precursor has excellent preservability and provides images having good image quality, i.e., low fog density and high image density, upon a short period of developing time.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1985Date of Patent: March 10, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taku Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4649103Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support and at least one layer containing a novel base precursor releasing a base by thermal decomposition. The heat-developable light-sensitive material of the invention has an improved long-term stability and can provide a high density image in a short time.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: March 10, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kozo Sato, Ken Kawata, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4647526Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material is described which is capable of providing images of high density and low fog in a short period of time, and which is excellent in stability. The heat-developable light-sensitive material comprises a support and formed thereon a heat developable light-sensitive layer, wherein said light-sensitive material contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV) as a base precursor ##STR1## wherein symbols represent the same groups as defined in claim 1.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1985Date of Patent: March 3, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken Kawata, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kozo Sato, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4640891Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material having an excellent stability with time and capable of providing a high quality image is disclosed, which contains a base precursor represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents an organic residue represented by the following formula (II): ##STR2## X represents an electron attractive substituent having a Hammett's sigma value of more than 0;l represents an integer of 1 to 5 and, when l represents 2 or more, a plurality of Xs may be the same or different;Y represents a substituent having a Hammett's sigma value of 0 or less;k represents an integer of 0 to 5 and, when k represents 2 or more, a plurality of Ys may be the same or different;Z represents a divalent organic residue selected from the group consisting of --C.dbd.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1985Date of Patent: February 3, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kozo Sato, Ken Kawata, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4640892Abstract: A heat-developable color photographic light-sensitive material comprises a support having thereon at least one layer containing the novel base precursor. This heat-developable color photographic light-sensitive material provides a high maximum density and low fog by heat-developing at a relatively low temperature and for a short period of time.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: February 3, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken Kawata, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kozo Sato, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4639412Abstract: The use of a reflective white substrate comprising a polymeric film containing both vesicles and white pigment provides a good background layer for photothermographic emulsions which improves image properties.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1986Date of Patent: January 27, 1987Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Gary E. LaBelle, David T. Ask
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Patent number: 4639418Abstract: A heat developable photosensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive layer comprising light-sensitive silver halide and a binder, wherein at least one layer contains a base precursor represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein at least one of X, Y and Z, which may be the same or different, represents an electron-attractive substituent selected from the group (a) consisting of a halogen atom, a nitro group, an alkysulfinyl group, an arylsulfinyl group, an acyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group substituted with an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group, a carbamoyl group, a substituted carbamoyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aryloxysulfonyl groups ##STR2## a nitroso group, ##STR3## wherein B is defined as in general formula (I), and R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1985Date of Patent: January 27, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kozo Sato, Ken Kawata, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4639414Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon (1) a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, (2) at least one of a base and a base precursor, and (3) a binder, wherein the silver halide emulsion is one which is chemically sensitized in the presence of a sensitizing dye. With the heat developable light-sensitive material, decrease in sensitivity and formation of fog during preservation thereof are prevented.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1985Date of Patent: January 27, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yukihiko Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 4637975Abstract: A heat-developable photographic material having improved preservability, which comprises a support having thereon at least one heat-developable photgraphic layer, said photographic material containing a dye represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 each represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group or alkenyl group;R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, aryl group, alkenyl group, or aromatic heterocyclic group;R.sub.4 through R.sub.7 each represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, aryl group, or alkenyl group; or R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 together form an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group or alkenylene group;X.sub.1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or the group ##STR2## wherein R.sub.8 represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, aryl group, or alkenyl group;Y.sub.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1985Date of Patent: January 20, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiiti Kubodera, Takanori Hioki, Masaki Okazaki
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Patent number: 4636462Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material which contains a compound of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein F and F' each represents an atomic group necessary for the formation of a 5- or 6-membered rings which may have condensed rings; n represents an integer of 0 or 1; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aryl group, heterocyclic residual group, aralkyl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, acylamino group, acyloxy group, acyl group, carbamoyl group, sulfamoyl group, sulfamoylamino group, ureido group, alkylsulfonyl group, arylsulfonyl group, alkylsulfonylamino group, arylsulfonylamino group, alkoxycarbonyl group or alkoxycarbonylamino group, or --CO.sub.2 M; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be combine and form a ring, M is an alkali metal or H.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: January 13, 1987Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken Kawata, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kozo Sato, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4626499Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material is described, comprising a support having thereon a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a base or a base precursor, and a compound containing a group bonded to a carbon atom is represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.2 represents an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a heterocyclic group or a group represented by formula (A), (B), or (C) ##STR2## wherein R.sup.11 through R.sup.16 each represents an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aryl group, or a substituted aryl group.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1985Date of Patent: December 2, 1986Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Kato, Hiroshi Kitaguchi
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Patent number: 4619888Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprising a support and a heat developable light-sensitive layer formed thereon can produce images of high density and less fog in a short period of time and has excellent aging stability. The light-sensitive material contains as a base precursor at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 individually represent hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclic group, or --CO.sub.2 M wherein M represents hydrogen, alkali metal or H.Bx, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can be joined together to form a ring; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen atom, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group; x is equal to 1 when B represents a monoacidic base and equal to 1/2 when B represents a diacidic base; and C* represents an asymmetric carbon atom.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1985Date of Patent: October 28, 1986Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken Kawata, Yoshiharu Yabuki, Kouzou Sato, Hiroyuki Hirai
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Patent number: 4617257Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material is described, comprising a dye represented by formula (I) or (II) as described in claim 1.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1985Date of Patent: October 14, 1986Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Sawada, Toshinao Ukai
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Patent number: 4610957Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion and an acid precursor having a structural moiety represented by the following formula (I) bonded to carbon atoms: ##STR1## The acid precursor is extremely stable at room temperature but when it is heated above a certain temperature, and the development proceeds to the desired appropriate condition, it releases an acid to neutralize a base, whereby the development is stopped. A heat-developable light-sensitive material containing the acid precursor provides color images having a high S/N ratio and a high image density.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1985Date of Patent: September 9, 1986Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Kato, Hiroshi Kitaguchi
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Patent number: 4603103Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material comprising, on a support, a thermally decomposable organic silver salt. The heat-developable light-sensitive materials have high density and low fog.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1984Date of Patent: July 29, 1986Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirai, Kozo Sato, Hiroshi Hara
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Patent number: 4594312Abstract: Photothermographic elements containing heat bleachable acutance/antihalation dyes and thermographic elements employing heat bleachable dyes of the formula: ##STR1## in which: n is 2, 3, 4 or 5,at least one of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 represent hydrogen and the remainder of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl group, an optionally substituted alkenyl group, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic aromatic group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together represent the necessary atoms selected from C, N, O and S to complete a non-aromatic type ring,X.sup..crclbar. is an anion.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1984Date of Patent: June 10, 1986Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Gebran J. Sabongi, Stephen S. C. Poon, Bernard A. Lea
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Patent number: 4587211Abstract: Certain effective leuco dyes for silver halide/silver salt/reducing agent photothermographic color imaging materials tend to bleach in the final image. The presently disclosed system of a syringaldazine and a stabilizing binder resin is more stable.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1985Date of Patent: May 6, 1986Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Takuzo Ishida, David C. Weigel
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Patent number: 4585734Abstract: Certain effective toning systems for silver halide/silver salt/reducing agent photothermographic imaging materials tend to bleach the final image. The presently disclosed toning system of phthalazine and an active-hydrogen containing heterocyclic compound is more stable than some previous toners.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1985Date of Patent: April 29, 1986Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: David C. Weigel
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Patent number: 4584267Abstract: A thermally developable, light-sensitive material is disclosed which has at least one thermally developable, light-sensitive layer formed on a support which contains (a) a light-sensitive silver halide, (b) an organic silver salt, (c) a reducing agent and (d) a binder. Said binder contains gelatin and/or a gelatin derivative and a poly(vinyl alcohol) having a viscosity average polymerization degree of not more than 700.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1984Date of Patent: April 22, 1986Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toyoaki Masukawa, Kunihiro Koshizuka
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Patent number: 4569906Abstract: A thermally developable photosensitive material containing (a) at least one organic silver compound, (b) at least one reducing agent, for said organic silver compound, (c) at least one photosensitive silver halide, and (d) at least one indan or tetralin derivative having at least two carboxyl groups. The indan and tetralin derivatives operate to suppress thermal fog.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1984Date of Patent: February 11, 1986Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Gustav Gutman