Abstract: Provided is a composition curable by active energy rays, comprising a cationic polyacryloyl compound having two or more acryloyl groups and one or more cation groups in a molecule, represented by any of General Formulae (1) to (6) ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 to Z.sub.6 represent independently a residue derived from a polyhydric alcohol or a polyepoxide,K.sub.1 represents independently a radical of the formula ##STR2## K.sub.2 represents a radical of the formula ##STR3## R.sub.1 represents independently a radical of the formula ##STR4## wherein R.sub.3 is independently H-- or CH.sub.3 --, and R.sub.2 represents independently a radical of the formulaCH.sub.2 .dbd.CHCOO--, or CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(CH.sub.3)COO--.

Abstract: A transfer with durable images comprising a support sheet having a monolayer of transparent microspheres that are partially embedded in the support sheet with a specularly reflecting layer covering the parts of the surfaces of the microspheres which are exposed above the support sheet. One or more coatings of two-component colors can be printed imagewise on top of the layer of microspheres. The two-component colors are based on a polyester resin an isocyanate hardener.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an arrangement for the three-dimensional forming of a fabric. The process comprises the steps of providing a countermold; preparing a complex sheet by superimposing a sheet of plastics, hot-melt material and a fabric; die-cutting the complex sheet; superimposing the die cut complex sheet over the fabric; attachment of the die cut complex sheet to the fabric by pressing and heating until the fabric is impregnated by melting of the hot-melt material; and application of the ensemble of the complex sheet and fabric to the countermold by blowing pressurized air. The arrangement comprises a frame receiving the fabric to be formed and which is movable through various workstations wherein the process steps take place.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a porous film having desired average pore diameter and pore density in a multi-printing-adaptive thermal transfer recording medium having a foundation, a heat-meltable ink layer formed on one side of the foundation and the porous film provided in the heat-meltable ink layer at a location proximate to a surface thereof, which method comprises the steps of: coating the heat-meltable ink layer with a W/O emulsion containing as an essential ingredient thereof at least one resin selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate propionate, cellulose acetate butyrate, ethyl cellulose, nitrocellulose and ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose; and drying the resultant coating to form a porous film.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of patterning a concrete surface and a pattern transfer mat for use in the method. The pattern transfer mat has a transfer surface having three-dimensional irregularities and carrying a multiplicity of grains to be transferred to the substrate concrete. Concrete is cast against the transfer surface of the mat and cured in situ and the mat is then detached. The aesthetic grains are grains having a cement powder deposited thereon beforehand. The cement powder absorbs water to cause fine air cells therein to collapse. Thus, the finished surface of the case concrete structure is made smoother.

Abstract: A stripe terminator (18) includes a carrier plate (20) for carrying a matrix of chips (12), a carrier plate shuttle (22) for longitudinally transporting the carrier plate (20) along guide rails (24), a paste platen (26), a doctor blade for spreading a paste layer (30) on platen (26) and a paste transfer assembly (32) for transferring paste from the platen (26) to the chips (12). The carrier plate (20) is reciprocated as the paste is applied to the chips (12) to form more uniform termination stripes (14) with wraparound segments (16). A novel ribbed paste tray (72) and contoured doctor blade (74) are also disclosed for bottom side paste application.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat sensitive ink sheet having a support sheet and a heat sensitive ink layer having a thickness of 0.2 to 1.0 .mu.m which is formed of a heat sensitive ink material comprising 30-70 wt. % of colored pigment, 25-65 wt. % of amorphous organic polymer having a softening point of 40.degree. to 150.degree. C. and 0.5-25 wt. % of colorless fine particles. Further, thermal transfer recording methods by area gradation using the heat sensitive ink sheet and an image receiving sheet are also disclosed.

Abstract: A newsprint paper coated with a surface treating agent including a polyacrylamide-based compound and a vinyl acetate/maleic acid half ester copolymer in an coating amount of 0.01 to 0.2 g/m.sup.2. By coating the surface treating agent which is capable of obtaining well-balanced surface strength and peeling strength, lightweight newsprint paper or high recycled pulp content newsprint paper suitable for offset printing can be obtained.

Abstract: A dye sheet for thermal transfer printing comprising a substrate having on one surface thereof a dye coat which comprises a dye capable of thermal transfer dispersed in a polymer binder, characterized in that R-1 is a minimum whereR=K.sub.sl /K.sub.tt, whereinK.sub.sl =AD.sub.sl /AP.sub.sl where AD.sub.sl is the absorption due to the dye and AP.sub.sl is the absorption due to the polymer over the surface layer;K.sub.tt =AD.sub.tt /AP.sub.tt where AD.sub.tt is the absorption due to the dye and AP.sub.tt is the absorption due to the polymer for the total thickness of the coating;and the values for AD.sub.sl, AP.sub.sl, AD.sub.tt and AP.sub.tt being measured by Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy.

Abstract: A method of forming a multicolor organic electroluminescent display panel is disclosed. The method uses a close-spaced deposition technique to form a separately colored organic electroluminescent medium on a substrate by transferring, patternwise, the organic electroluminescent medium from a donor sheet to the substrate.

Abstract: A printing sheet of the type which is used in a thermal transfer system, the printing sheet comprising a support and a dye receiving layer formed thereon, the dye receiving layer including a polymer containing isocyanate group, the polymer having polysiloxane unit and urea unit. The isocyanate group-containing polymer is selected from a reaction product between a multifunctional polyisocyanate compound and amino-modified silicone, or a reaction product between a multifunctional polyisocyanate compound and alcohol-modified silicone or carboxyl-modified silicone and an amine compound or water. According to the present invention, both the writing characteristic and anti-sebaceous characteristic on an image surface are improved simultaneously while basic characteristics such as printing sheet sensitivity, image preservative stability, and so on, are satisfied.

Abstract: A sublimation type thermosensitive image transfer recording medium is disclosed which is adapted for imagewise transferring an ink from a surface thereof to a recording sheet when heated imagewise with the recording sheet being superimposed thereon. The recording medium includes a support, and a transferable ink layer provided on the support, wherein the surface from which the ink is imagewise transferred to the recording sheet has a waviness of not greater than 2.0 .mu.m in terms of maximum filtered waviness.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer type emblem made of thermoplastic synthetic resin comprising three-dimensional design elements made of a flexible thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet as well as a method of manufacturing the same. Design elements formed with a design printed in color on the surface are bonded to the underside of a carrier film and a hot-melt type film is bonded to the lower surface of each of said design elements. If necessary, a synthetic resin adhesive layer is provided therebetween and said hot-melt type film may be bonded to a sheet of releasing paper at the underside. By appropriately selecting materials for the hot-melt type film and the synthetic resin adhesive layer, the flexible and three-dimensional emblem can be so made as to firmly adhere to an object by simply pressing the emblem with an iron regardless of the material of the object.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing and storing a recording sheet, a coating solution is coated on at least one surface of a base member and dried and a resulting recording sheet is cut and enclosed in a packaging material. The process from drying to enclosing is carried out in an atmosphere having a humidity not exceeding 50% RH.

Abstract: Thermally transferable printing ribbons and methods of making same fabricated by initially mixing and grinding solid ingredients together, and then emulsifying the entire mixture. Thermally transferable printing ribbons formulations in accordance with the present invention generally include one or more waxes, one or more resins, and pigments. These ingredients are ground hot in an attritor or ball mill. This mixture is then emulsified, and the resulting formulation is coated on an elongated backing element utilizing conventional coating equipment and techniques.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet having a dye-receiving layer, which is excellent in reaction rate of a release agent, coating strength of a release layer and releasability from a thermal transfer sheet. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprises a substrate sheet and a dye-receiving layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate sheet, wherein the dye-receiving layer contains a release agent mixture comprising an addition-polymerizable silicone and a hydrogen-modified silicone or wherein the dye-receiving layer has on its surface a release layer comprising an addition-polymerizable silicone and a hydrogen-modified silicone. The present invention relates also to a process for producing the above thermal transfer image-receiving sheets.

Abstract: In a method for producing a multilayer circuit, it is possible to produce capacitor structures including electrodes and a dielectric arranged in between. By pressing the capacitor structures into a ceramic layer, it is possible to produce a high-quality capacitor inside the multilayer circuit.

Abstract: A blue dyestuff represented by the formula (2) ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is independently a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group, hydroxy group, alkyl group which may have a substituent, alkoxy group, alkylsulfonylamino group or alkylcarbonylamino group, and each of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is independently an alkyl group which may have a substituent, and a heat-sensitive transfer sheet containing the above-mentioned dyestuff.

Abstract: A recording medium for business machines has an ink-receiving layer provided on a substrate. The ink-receiving layer comprises a highly water-absorbent material in which an organic material selected from acrylic acids and polyacrylic acids and an inorganic material selected from inorganic alkoxides and metal alkoxides are grafted.

Abstract: A method of producing a reversible thermosensitive recording material composed of a support, and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon, which contains a matrix resin and an organic low-molecular weight material dispersed in the matrix resin, and capable of reversibly assuming a transparent state and a white opaque state depending upon the temperature thereof, is composed of the steps of applying a solution or dispersion of the matrix resin and the organic low-molecular-weight material dissolved or dispersed in a solvent to the support, and drying the applied solution or dispersion with the application of heat thereto in such a manner that when the temperature of the solution or dispersion applied side of the support it t.sub.1, and the temperature of the back side surface of the support, opposite to the solution or dispersion applied side thereof, is t.sub.2, t.sub.1 is lower than t.sub.2 (t.sub.1 <t.sub.

Abstract: The reversible thermal recording medium of the invention is composed by forming on a substrate a porous reversible thermal recording layer which reversibly shows transparent states and opaque states by cooling after two modes of heating, by means of organic crystal particles dispersed in matrix polymer. One method for manufacturing a reversible thermal recording medium of the invention includes a coating step for applying a paint in which a matrix polymer, organic crystal particles and pore forming particles are contained and at least one of matrix polymer and organic crystal particles is dispersed in a granular form on a substrate to form a coating layer; plus a solvent contact step of eluting the pore forming particles by causing the coating layer to come into contact with a solvent in which the pore forming particles are soluble; and a drying step.

Abstract: A dry toner image is fixed to a thermoplastic layer on a receiving sheet by pressing a ferrotyping web against the image in the presence of sufficient heat to soften the layer. A curl preventing layer opposite the thermoplastic layer does not offset on a backing roller or the like because it has a melting point that is high compared to the thermoplastic layer.

Abstract: A particle-containing or particle-forming liquid is spread over the surface of a high density liquid; the particles are aggregated two-dimensionally by reducing the thickness of the particle-containing or particle-forming liquid which has been spread; and the aggregated and formed two-dimensional particle thin film is brought into contact with the surface of a solid substrate to transfer and fix said thin film thereupon. By this method, it is possible to form a two-dimensional aggregate quickly, and form two-dimensional particle thin film of a high quality.

Abstract: A printing sheet which is adapted for use in thermal transfer recording comprises a substrate (1) and a dye image-receiving layer (2) formed on the substrate. The layer (2) comprises an isocyanate group-containing polymer having at least one polysiloxane moiety and at least one urethane bond site therein. The isocyanate group-containing polymer is a reaction product between polyfunctional polyisocyanate compound and alcohol-modified silicone. A method for making such a sheet is also described.

Abstract: A recoding sheet comprising a substrate, a porous layer of pseudo-boehmite having a thickness of from 10 to 100 .mu.m formed on the substrate and a layer of silica gel having a thickness of from 0.1 to 30 .mu.m formed on the porous layer of pseudo-boehmite.

Abstract: A process for the selective metallization of a substrate and the product formed thereby. An extremely thin (substantially less than the wavelength of light) coat of metallic particles is deposited on a transfer agent. A thin coat of varnish is selectively applied to either the substrate or the transfer agent, the substrate and the transfer agent are laminated together and the varnish is cured. The metallic particles will become absorbed within the varnish and the substrate and transfer agent are then separated. The substrate is provided with a highly polished specular metallic finish in predetermined areas.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a thermal transfer donor element having at least two areas of thermally transferable colorant, at least one of said areas being a thermal dye transfer composition and at least one of said areas being a thermal mass transfer composition, which process comprises coating a first thermal dye or mass transferable layer containing a colorant onto a temporary substrate to form a primary thermal transfer element, said layer having a measurable surface area, and either 1) thermally transferring less than all of said layer onto a second temporary substrate having a non-imagewise distributed area of a second thermally respectively mass or dye transferable colorant thereon to form a thermal transfer donor element with at least two areas of different thermally transferable materials, or 2) splicing a portion of only one primary thermal dye or mass transfer element onto another thermal transfer element having at least a non-imagewise distributed second thermal mass or dye, transferable, res

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet paper comprised of a substrate coated with a composition comprised of a latex film which has not been fully coalesced. The coating on the ink jet recording sheet is obtained by coating a composition comprised of a hydrophobic polymer latex onto the sheet, and then drying at a temperature below the film forming temperature of the polymer latex. As a result, the latex does not coalesce or form a smooth, continuous film.

Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording material composed of a support, and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed on the support, containing a matrix resin and an organic low-molecular-weight material, the organic low-molecular-weight material being dispersed in the form of discrete domains in the matrix resin, thereby constituting a phase-separation structure, with the periodic distance of the phase-separation structure of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer being 1.3 .mu.m or less. This reversible thermosensitive recording material can be produced by applying a coating liquid containing the organic low-molecular-weight material and the matrix resin which are dissolved in a solvent to the support to form the reversible thermosensitive recording layer on the support; and drying the applied coating liquid under such conditions controlled so as to obtain a 1.3 .mu.

Abstract: The recording sheet is formed by coating colored sheets with an opacifying compound prepared by mixing an aqueous suspension of polymer particles embodying internal voids dispersed with a water base coating material.

Abstract: There are disclosed a receiving sheet for sublimation type heat transfer recording comprising a substrate, an intermediate layer formed on the substrate, and an ink-receiving layer formed on the intermediate layer, said intermediate layer comprising a cured resin, and said ink-receiving layer comprising a thermoplastic resin; and a process for producing said receiving sheet. When said receiving sheet is used, the heat shrinkage of the substrate and blocking can be prevented and an image having a high coloring density can be obtained.

Abstract: A reusable nanostructured donor medium is provided comprising an image forming material containing polymeric film having a nanostructured surface region, at at least one major surface of the film, such that the nanostructured surface region is bifunctional. This bifunctionality being an efficient radiation to heat conversion element, as well as serving as a capillary pump to replenish the nanostructured surface region with an image forming material after an imaging event has occurred.

Abstract: A coating composition for use in carbonless copying systems including (1) a resin dispersion which is a phenol/aldehyde condensation product formed by the interaction of an alkyl-substituted salicylic acid, an alkyl-substituted phenol, an aldehyde and a metal source; (2) a binder; and (3) a pigment. This coating composition provides faster imaging in carbonless systems than conventional coatings, at temperatures below room temperature.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a self-adhesive, dry-transfer decal at a speed greater than or equal to 2000 decals per hour comprising applying at least one color layer onto a side of a carrier paper with a release value of 40 to 80 cN as measured by 20 mm width TESA-tape K7476 at 40.degree. C., to produce an image which adheres to the carrier paper with a release value of approximately 8 to 12 cN as measured by 20 mm width TESA-tape 651 having a measure range of 2N and a tear-off speed of 500 mm/minute, and applying an adhesive layer onto said at least one color layer such that the adhesive layer is congruent with the image.

Abstract: An improved image transparency or slide is disclosed in which certain small image anomalies are rendered invisible to the human eye in an image projected from the slide. A diffusion layer spaced a finite distance from an image coating of the slide causes disappearance of the anomalies in a the projected image. In applications requiring particularly high sharpness, the image is formed on the slide using image enhancement techniques which produce exaggerated edge effects in the image. When these exaggerated edge effects are diffused in a projection, the projected image is sharp and free of the anomalies.

Abstract: A recording medium having a substrate and an ink-receiving layer formed on the substrate is provided by (a) dissolving a plurality of organic compounds in a first solvent which is a good solvent in common for all of the organic compounds to form a solution, applying the solution onto a substrate and evaporating the first solvent off to form an ink-receiving layer, and then (b) applying onto the ink-receiving layer a second solvent which is a poor solvent for at least one of the organic compounds and is a good solvent for the rest of the organic compounds and evaporating the second solvent off.

Abstract: A process for producing and an image receiving material for dye diffusion thermal transfer processes comprises a carrier material, an intermediate layer of a crosslinked material, and an image receiving layer of an uncrosslinked material, and the two layers are produced without using organic solvents.

Abstract: A reusable, heat transfer recording ink sheet using an ink containing, in addition to a colorant and a vehicle, ethylene/vinyl acetate-coated fine powders capable of being partially transferred to an inkreceiving recording medium for each transfer recording, the ethylene/vinyl acetate having a number average molecular weight of 30,000 or less and a vinyl acetate unit thereof being in the range of 18 to 45% by weight of the copolymer. The ink sheet ensures that prints having a sufficiently high density of print and an excellent fixing of the ink to the recording medium are obtained, together with a remarkably increased number of the repetitions of use of the sheet. A production process of the ink sheet is also provided.

Abstract: A heat sensitive recording material is disclosed. The material comprises an image receiving layer and a colorant layer, wherein the image receiving layer is adhered to the colorant layer so firmly that the image receiving layer can be separated from the colorant layer with a peeling force of 1 to 1000 g/mm at an angle of 180.degree. after forming an image on the image receiving layer.

Abstract: An imaging film donor sheet comprising a substrate, a controlled release/adhesive layer and a vapor-deposited colorant layer, wherein the deposited colorant layer exhibit a discernible microstructure, preferably a columnar microstructure. A matching receptor sheet is provided. A method of preparing the donor sheet as well as a method of imaging is provided.

Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording material is composed of a support, and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon, having a reversible temperature-dependent transparency, which contains a matrix resin and an organic low-molecular-weight material. The organic low-molecular-weight material is in the form of particles, and substantially covered by the matrix resin, and the content thereof in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is increased from the surface side thereof toward the support side. This reversible thermosensitive recording material can be prepared by a method of coating a solution or dispersion of the matrix resin and the organic low-molecular-weight material on the support, which are dissolved or dispersed in a mixed solvent composed of at least two solvents, each having a different vapor pressure, and drying the solution or dispersion.

Abstract: Quinolinecarboxylic acid derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and each is independently of the other hydrogen or halogen,R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -monoalkylamino or di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl)amino andR.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical or different and each is independently of the other hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.13 -alkoxy,with the proviso that R.sup.3 is not methoxy or ethoxy when at the same time R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each hydrogen, are useful as color formers for preparing pressure-sensitive papers.

Abstract: A recording transparency and method of preparing the same from water solution are disclosed. The transparency is receptive to a wide variety of inks and other indicia, exhibits rapid ink drying times, excellent dot size and shape retention, and excellent water resistance and stability. The transparency comprises a transparent substrate coated from an aqueous solution of a polymeric sorbent selected from synthetic transparent cellulosic polymers, especially one or a mixture of hydroxyethyl cellulose polymers, and a surfactant composition comprising nonionic detergent, anionic detergent and complexing agent.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for increasing the adhesion of spacer beads on a dye-donor or dye-receiver element for use in a laser-induced thermal dye transfer system comprising:a) coating a support with either:1) a dye layer in a polymeric binder having an infrared absorbing material associated therewith, or2) a dye image-receiving layer; the dye layer or the dye image-receiving layer also having spacer beads located either in the layer or in a polymeric overcoat layer; andb) heating the element at a temperature above the glass transition temperature of the dye layer or dye image-receiving layer while under tension.

Abstract: A strip or roll of thermal transfer type recording sheet has a base film on one side of which a hot-melt ink layer is formed for recording on paper or other surface by thermal transfer. An end mark or marks to be detected optically for warning the user of the fact that the recording roll is being used up is/are formed adjacent one end of the strip by gravure printing with use of a light-reflective ink. The end mark or marks produced by gravure printing are of such constant thickness, and with the bounding edges so sharply defined, that they permit positive detection by an optical sensor.For the production of the end marks by gravure printing, a web of base film with the hot-melt ink layer formed on one side thereof, with a width several times greater than that of each strip of recording sheet to be manufactured, is fed through a printing unit of a gravure printing section.

Abstract: Discontinuous transferable adhesive layers have been proposed for manufacture by printing or by coating and subsequent stripping of a matrix to leave a plurality of individual areas of adhesive. Such processes are slow and difficult to effect leading to increased cost. According to the invention, a coating composition is continuously coated on to a release substrate, the composition and drying thereof being selected that, at the end of drying, the adhesive composition is present as a plurality of discrete areas. This may be effected, e.g. by coating an emulsion and drying down appropriately.

Abstract: A thermal transfer ink composition including a first component not having a distinct melting point below about 200.degree. C. The first component can be present as about 5 to 75% of the ink composition. The ink composition also preferably includes a second component having a melting point below about 200.degree. C. and colorant. The ink is highly resistant to extended exposure to high heat and high humidity and is capable of providing color printing with excellent color gradation and a broad range of color as well as providing a color image having a smooth look and feel. A thermal transfer ink medium includes the ink composition coated on a thin film support. The optical density of ink transferred from the medium is linearly proportional to printing energy supplied to the transfer medium.

Abstract: A thermal transfer meltable color layer receives a protective polymer coating on the side thereof, to be contacted with the thermal printing head to hold the meltable color material away from the printing head, thereby forming a thermal printing ribbon without the need for a support foil.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising coating a cushion intermediate layer, a subbing layer, and a dye image-receiving layer on a support, wherein the cushion layer and subbing layer are simultaneously coated, and wherein the subbing layer includes a hydroxylated siloxane polymer surfactant having random recurring units of the following structures I or II: ##STR1## wherein A is --CH.sub.3 or B, and B is a C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 straight chain or branched primary or secondary hydroxy terminated alkylene group, and x, y, and z are such as to provide a molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 20,000 and from 1 to about 20 hydroxyl groups per polymer molecule.

Abstract: A thermal transfer material, comprising a support, and a heat-transferable ink layer. The heat-transferable ink layer includes at least two species of domains of heat-fusible materials. The thermal transfer material provides a transfer image of high density and clear edges even on a recording medium having poor surface smoothness, particularly when peeled off the recording medium within 50 milli-seconds after the heat application.