Abstract: An automotive interior component consisting of a resin core member and a surface skin member is fabricated by giving an approximately final shape to the surface skin member before mold press forming the resin core member with the surface skin member placed in the cavity of the die assembly for the mold press forming. Since the surface skin member is given with an approximately final shape in advance, even the most stretched part of the surface skin member would not break or wrinkle during the step of attaching the surface skin member to the resin core member as the latter is being molded.

Abstract: The invention provides a recording material inhibited from alteration which comprises a substrate, an undercoat layer containing a white or light colored inorganic fluorescent pigment having an emission maximum wavelength of 400-700 nm and provided on one side of the substrate, and a recording layer provided on said undercoat layer. The recording layer may be a heat-sensitive layer or a pressure-sensitive layer. A magnetic recording layer comprising ferromagnetic powders may be provided on another side of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an automotive interior component. The automotive interior component consists of a laminated structure comprising a resin core member having a certain rigidity, a high density polyurethane foam layer, and a soft surface skin member. Since the high density polyurethane foam is bonded over the reverse surface of the surface skin member which is typically lined by a soft foam layer for giving a soft feel, it is possible to bond the surface skin member over the resin core member at the same time as mold press forming the resin core member from semi molten resin owing to the heat insulation and barrier capabilities of the high density polyurethane foam layer. Since the conduction of heat from the semi molten resin to the soft foam layer of the surface skin member is avoided, and the press pressure is mitigated so that the collapsing of the foam layer during the press molding process is prevented.

Abstract: The invention provides a recording material inhibited from alteration which comprises a substrate, an undercoat layer containing a white or light colored inorganic fluorescent pigment having an emission maximum wavelength of 400-700 nm and provided on one side of the substrate, and a recording layer provided on said undercoat layer. The recording layer may be a heat-sensitive layer or a pressure-sensitive layer. A magnetic recording layer comprising ferromagnetic powders may be provided on another side of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer film which is prevented from static charging phenomenon, sticking phenomenon and staining of thermal head. This transfer film comprises a base film and an antistatic layer comprising an inorganic polymer of polysiloxane containing silanol group or a quaternary ammonium type polyelectrolyte which is provided on at least one side of the base film. A heat meltable ink layer is provided on one side of the base film.

Abstract: A recording material containing as a color forming system (a) a colorless or light-colored dye precursor, and (b) an isocyanate compound having aromaticity, and if necessary (c) a color developer is excellent in image retention rates in terms of light resistance and plasticizer resistance and has a large degree of freedom of hues.

Abstract: An ink for heat-sensitive recording which comprises, as color developing components, an aromatic or heterocyclic isocyanate compound and an imino compound which are dispersed and/or dissolved in an organic solvent and, as a binder, (1) a copolymer of a mixture of component (a) which is an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and component (b) which is at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid esters, methacrylic acid esters and aromatic vinyl compounds and/or (2) a three-component- or more component-copolymer, the fundamental skeleton of which is composed of isobutylene and maleic anhydride. The ink may additionally contain a heat-meltable substance and the like. The ink has a good wettability to a plastic substrate and can be dried rapidly in a printing machine.

Abstract: Disclosed is a recording material which comprises a normally colorless or palely colored dye precursor and a developer which causes the dye precursor to form color upon contact with the dye precursor, said developer being a copolymer of (A) a styrene monomer with (B) at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of a vinylsulfonic acid type monomer, a (meth)acrylic type phosphorous-containing monomer and a (meth)acrylic acid type monomer. This recording material is excellent in stability of color image portion and non-image portion.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording sheet comprising a substrate and a hot-melt ink containing layer coated on one side of the substrate, said hot-melt ink layer comprising materials which cause cohesive failure by heat at the time of transfer, which thermal transfer recording sheet can give lusterless mat-type letters.

Abstract: There is disclosed an image-receiving, transfer recording sheet excellent both in the preciseness of the image and the gradation reproducibility, characterized in that the heat insulating layer comprises macromolecular microspheres mainly made of hollow resin particles and/or heterogenous resin particles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer recording sheet which can form a matte and glossless image high in quality on an image receiving sheet. This thermal transfer recording sheet comprises a support and an undercoating layer comprising a heat-meltable olefin resin and a heat-meltable ink layer laminated in succession on one side of said support wherein difference in melting point of the undercoating layer and that of the heat-meltable ink layer is 20.degree. C. or less and the undercoating layer and the heat-meltable ink layer mix with each other and melt in the vicinity of interface therebetween after coating of these layers. The thickness of the under coating layer is preferably 0.5-5.0 .mu.m.

Abstract: The photosensitive, pressure-sensitive recording sheet of plain paper transfer type of the present invention can be obtained by coating on a substrate, microcapsules mainly containing a photocurable resin and a reactant. This photosensitive, pressure-sensitive sheet can conduct multicolor transfer recording on a plain paper and accordingly has a very high industrial value in light of recent request for transfer recording of color manuscripts.

Abstract: This invention relates to a photosensitive heat-transfer recording sheet and a photosensitive pressure-sensitive recording sheet both using photocurable microcapsules. These sheets enable transfer of multi-color images onto plain papers and accordingly have a very important industrial significance under the present situation where duplicate recording of color images is required.

Abstract: An improved process for producing double-capsules by dispersing in a hydrophobic substance a dispersion of microcapsules containing as the core material a hydrophilic substance or a hydrophobic substance, the latter of which is the same as or different from the first named hydrophobic substance, wherein the improvement is characterized in that the first named hydrophobic substance has a viscosity of 40 to 150,000 cps at 25.degree. C.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing automotive interior component parts, including the steps of: positioning a skin layer, having a back liner cushioning layer, on a mold surface of an upper mold with the cushioning layer facing downward; extruding a sheet of semi-molten thermoplastic resin material serving as a core layer directly onto a mold surface of a lower mold; clamping together the upper and the lower mold in such a manner that the core layer and the skin layer are bonded together with the cushioning layer interposed therebetween. Since the core material is sufficiently soft when it is bonded to the skin layer and the cushioning layer provides a buffer for the press pressure and a barrier against the infiltration of the soft core material, the skin layer is given with a very smooth surface even when it is made of porous material such as fabric. Additionally, since the core material is directly extruded onto a core surface, the pressure and the temperature involved the press forming process may be low.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording material comprising a combination of a donor sheet having a heat meltable ink layer on a support and an image receiving sheet which are superposed so that the heat meltable ink layer on the donor sheet contacts with the image receiving sheet, the thermal transfer being carried out by a thermal head, wherein either said donor sheet or said image receiving sheet or both sheets are characterized by being such that1. the heat meltable ink layer of the donor sheet principally comprises a colored dye or pigment, a binder and a wax which are coated on the support as an aqueous solution and/or an aqueous emulsion;2. the image receiving sheet has, coated thereon, a heat meltable substance having a melting point higher than that of said heat meltable ink layer.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive thermal transfer recording sheet having a heat-sensitive color-forming layer formed on a front side of a substrate and a thermal transfer layer formed on the back side of the substrate and comprising (a) an aromatic isocyanate compound and (b) an imino compound and (c) a low melting point substance such as wax has a white background and excellent image storability. By adding an electron donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound to the thermal transfer layer, the transfer density can be improved.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording sheet comprising a support containing plate-like or lamellar inorganic fine particles therein and a thermal transfer coloring ink layer formed on one side of the support, and if required a heat resistant layer formed on another side of the support, hardly provides wear of a thermal head surface while maintaining good take-up characteristics of synthetic resin film used as a support.

Abstract: There is disclosed a color-image recording material comprising a support and a combination of two or more layers, provided on said support, which contain individually or in combination (a) microcapsules enclosing chiefly a photohardenable resin or microcapsules enclosing chiefly a photohardenable resin and a colorant, (b) a lightproof white material, and (c) a colorant, the layer containing the lightproof white material being provided directly or indirectly on a picture element layer in which two or more picture elements comprising a colorant or microcapsules enclosing chiefly a photohardenable resin and a colorant are arranged in a striped pattern or a mosaic pattern.

Abstract: A thermal transfer ink sheet comprising a substrate and hot-melt ink layers formed thereon, said hot-melt ink layers having a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.5 or more based on a soda-lime glass plate can prevent a color shift in superposed printed images on an image receiving sheet.