Three Methine Groups, I.e., Carbocyanines Patents (Class 430/585)
  • Patent number: 4970141
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion containing at least one of the compounds of formula (I) and at least one of the compounds of formula (III), or further containing at least one of the compounds of formula (II) besides the above at least two compounds: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.0, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10 and R.sub.11 each represent various groups; X.sub.1.sup..crclbar., X.sub.2.sup..crclbar. and X.sub.3.sup..crclbar. each represent counter anions; l, m and n are each 0 or 1; Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represent nonmetal atomic groups necessary for forming unsubstituted or substituted benzene rings, or unsubstituted or substituted naphthalene rings; and Z.sub.3 and Z.sub.4 each represent nonmetal atomic groups necessary for forming unsubstituted or substituted naphthalene rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ikegawa, Masaki Okazaki, Yuichi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 4940657
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic spectral sensitizing dye represented by the following formula (I), (II) or (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.5 or R.sub.7 each represents an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an alkenyl group, R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 each represents an alkyl group, aralkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, L.sub.1 -L.sub.22 each represents a methine group, Z.sub.1 -Z.sub.4 each represents a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, X.sub.1.sup.- and X.sub.2.sup.- each represents an acid anion and l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t and u each represents an integer of 1 or 2.Silver halide photographic emulsion containing the above sensitizing dye is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Hidetoshi Miura, Masao Koga
  • Patent number: 4935337
    Abstract: There is provided a silver halide photographic material wherein a hydrophilic colloid layer is dyed with a new water-soluble dye that will not adversely affect the photographic characteristics of the silver halide emulsion layer. The silver halide photographic material exhibits excellent performance in that the dye is photochemically inactive such that not allow the sensitivity to lower, the latent image to fade, or the image to fog, and the decoloring or dissolving of the dye proceed rapidly in a photographic processing step, leaving no detrimental color on the processed photographic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kuwashima, Yoshihiro Jimbo, Keiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 4933273
    Abstract: A photographic element and emulsion are described which comprise a negative working silver halide emulsion layer, a hydrazine compound nucleating agent and an electron accepting antifogging dye. Enhanced sensitometric properties are obtained. A process for developing such element or emulsion is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Gilman, Jr., Thaddeus D. Koszelak, Anthony Adin, Roland G. Willis
  • Patent number: 4925780
    Abstract: A direct positive silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material comprising, on a support, (1) at least three light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers containing internal latent image-type light-sensitive silver halide grains, (2) specific sensitizing dyes having formulas [I], [II] and [III], respectively defined in the specification, and (3) at least one anti-irradiation compound selected from the group consisting of those compounds having formulas [IV], [V] and [VI], respectively defined in the specification, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tomimi Yoshizawa, Keiji Ogi, Atushi Kamitakahara
  • Patent number: 4920042
    Abstract: A color image-forming process of developing a color photographic paper having on a support silver halide emulsion layer(s) containing a monodispersed silver chlorobromide emulsion having a deviation coefficient of not more than 20% and a color coupler, said emulsion being spectrally sensitized by at least one of the compounds represented by general formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV) defined in this invention, using a color developer containing substantially no benzyl alcohol for a period of time of not more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds.In processing the aforesaid color photographic paper, even when the color paper is procesed using a color developer containing no benzyl alcohol, which caused pollution problems, in a short processing time of not more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds, stable color images having less formation of fog and high color density are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kokichi Waki, Masahiro Asami, Yoshinori Shibata
  • Patent number: 4865942
    Abstract: A photohardenable composition comprising a free radical addition polymerizable or crosslinkable compound and a cationic dye-borate anion complex, said complex being capable of absorbing actinic radiation and producing free radicals which initiate free radical polymerization or crosslinking of said compound; and photosensitive materials employing the composition where in one embodiment the composition is microencapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Gottschalk, Gary B. Schuster
  • Patent number: 4839269
    Abstract: A light-sensitive material comprising a dye containing two or more cyclodextrin groups or derivatives thereof wherein the dye may serve as a spectral sensitizer and optionally, a compound which fluoresces light of a wavelength which can be absorbed by the dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Okazaki, Junichi Yamanouchi
  • Patent number: 4839265
    Abstract: A silver halide photosensitive material having a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a specific water-soluble dye including at least three acid radicals. The water-soluble dye in the hydrophilic colloid layer absorbs light in the infrared region but does not adversely affect the photographic characterisitics of the photographic emulsion and is discolored upon photographic processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Ohno, Yuji Mihara, Keiichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 4835096
    Abstract: Photothermographic elements of the dry silver type may be sensitized to the infrared with sensitizing dyes of the formula: ##STR1## in which: R.sup.1 represents a lower alkyl group of from 1 to 5 carbon atoms andX.sup.- represents an anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Bernard A. Lea
  • Patent number: 4830958
    Abstract: A photographic material having an excellent rapid processability, a high sensitivity and a less sensitivity variation due to a change of standing of the silver halide emulsion in the course of preparation of the light-sensitive material, and its preparation process are disclosed. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprises a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion layer thereon, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains highly chloride-containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, a water-soluble bromide of from 0.05 mol % to 2 mol % per mol of silver halide and a high boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of not higher than 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okumura, Keiji Ohbayashi, Shigeo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4814264
    Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains and a binder, at least about 50 wt % of said silver halide grains comprising a silver halide grain matrix having thereon from about 10 to 10,000 protrusions per square micrometer of grain matrix surface, said individual protrusions having an average projected area diameter of up to about 0.15 .mu.m, and a halogen composition of said protrusions differing from that of the grain matrix; said silver halide emulsion being chemically sensitized with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfur compound, a selenium compound, a reducing compound and a noble metal compound; and said silver halide emulsion being spectrally sensitized with a methine dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichiro Kishida, Minoru Sato
  • Patent number: 4800154
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising at least one spectral sensitizing dye having the following general formula (I):Dye--J.sup.1 --CONH--J.sup.2 --NHNHG--R (I)wherein Dye represents a dye residue capable of becoming a spectral sensitizing dye; J.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkarylene group; J.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group; R represents hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group; and G represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfoxy group, a phosphoryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted iminomethylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Okazaki, Haruo Takei
  • Patent number: 4791053
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one emulsion layer which contains a silver chlorobromide or silver chloride each having an iodide content of 3 mol % or less. The monodispersed emulsion is prepared in a process comprising the steps of, in sequence, forming silver halide grains which have a grain size distribution represented by a variation coefficient of 0.2 or less, causing halogen replacement in silver halide grains by addition of a water-soluble bromide in a proportion of from 0.6 to 20 mol % with respect to the total silver halide in the presence of at least one sensitizing dye selected from among simple cyanine dyes, carbocyanine dyes, and dicarbocyanine dyes at individual surfaces of the silver halide grains, and then subjecting the resulting silver halide grains to chemical sensitization, thereby achieving enhanced sensitivity and improved pressure characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 4778748
    Abstract: A method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material, which comprises processing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material subjected to imagewise exposure with a processing solution having fixing ability, and thereafter processing the material with a first stabilizing solution having a surface tension of 20 to 78 dyne/cm and a second stabilizing solution having a surface tension of 8 to 60 dyne/cm substantially without performing the water washing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industries, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kuse, Shigeharu Koboshi, Kazuhiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4769316
    Abstract: A restraining method for restraining the formation of a re-reversal negative image is described, comprising incorporating a cyanine dye or a merocyanine dye which is electron donative and is adsorbable on silver halide in at least one hydrophilic colloid layer of an internal latent image type direct positive silver halide photographic material as a re-reversal restrainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miyasaki, Shigeo Hirano, Kiyoshi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 4764456
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one coupler represented by general formula (I) is contained in at least the green-sensitive emulsion layer: ##STR1## Moieties in the couplers are defined in the specification. The wavelength of the red-sensitive emulsion layer shows a defined maximum spectral sensitivity in the short wavelength side and wavelengths corresponding to 80%, 50%, 40%, 20% and 10% of the maximum sensitivity in defined wavelength regions. Similar values are given for the long wavelength side of spectral sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Naoyasu Deguchi
  • Patent number: 4753868
    Abstract: A process for processing a silver halide color photographic material is described, comprising developing an imagewise exposed light-sensitive material and then bleach-fixing it, wherein the light-sensitive material contains at least one sensitizing dye selected from three particular types of sensitizing dye compounds, and a bleach-fixing solution contains iodide ions in an amount exceeding 1.2.times.10.sup.-3 gram ion per liter of solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Goda, Akio Mitsui
  • Patent number: 4741995
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which is spectrally sensitized by adding a spectral sensitizing dye prior to the completion of formation of silver halide particles and at least one kind of pyrazoloazole type magenta coupler represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being released upon a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; Za, Zb and Zc each represents a methine group, a substituted methine group, .dbd.N-- or --NH--, one of the Za--Zb bond and the Zb--Zc bond being a double bond and the other being a single bond, and when the Zb--Zc bond is a carbon-carbon double bond, it may form a part of an aromatic ring; R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadaaki Tani, Mikio Ihama, Kiyoshi Nakazyo
  • Patent number: 4724201
    Abstract: A photoresponsive material containing a dye compound having a cyclodextrin or its derivative as a substituent. The photoresponsive material exhibits increased light absorptivity by increasing the amount of spectral sensitizer, the dye compound. The photoresponsive material is useful as a photographic emulsion and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Okazaki, Akihiko Ikegawa, Haruo Takei
  • Patent number: 4693965
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a chemically and spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsion is described, which comprises carrying out chemical ripening of the emulsion in the presence of an iridium salt and a photographic spectral sensitizing dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Ihama, Tadaaki Tani
  • Patent number: 4690883
    Abstract: A process for forming an image is provided, comprising imagewise exposing a photosensitive material comprising on a support a photosensitive silver halide, a sensitizing dye having general formula (I) and/or (II), and a compound which forms or releases a mobile dye in proportion or counter-proportion to the reduction of the photosensitive silver halide into silver by heating, and transferring the resulting mobile dye to a dye-fixing element in the presence of a hydrophilic solvent,wherein formulas (I) and (II) are: ##STR1## wherein Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represent a group of non-metallic atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; L.sup.1, L.sup.2, and L.sup.3 represent a substituted or unsubstituted methine group; p and q are equal to 0 or 1; m is equal to 0, 1, 2, or 3; X1.sup..crclbar. represents an anion; k is equal to 0 or 1, with the proviso that the number of organic acid groups contained in the molecule except X1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiiti Kubodera, Masaki Okazaki
  • Patent number: 4657846
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials are described. In silver halide photographic printing paper comprising at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer applied to a water impermeable reflective base, the printing paper of the present invention is in the improvement wherein said silver halide emulsion layer is spectrally sensitized with at least one cyanine dye represented by general formulae I and II, and an emulsified dispersion or latex dispersion of a water insoluble fluorescent whitening agent contained in a hydrophilic vehicle of at least one layer applied to the base on the same side as said silver halide emulsion layer: ##STR1## wherein Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 each represents an O atom, --N--R.sub.7 or a S atom, wherein R.sub.7 represents a lower alkyl group, A represents H or a lower alkyl group having 4 or less carbon atoms, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents --H, --CH.sub.3, --OCH.sub.3, --C.sub.2 H.sub.5, --OC.sub.2 H.sub.5, --CN, --Cl, --F, --CF.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadayoshi Kokubo, Tadashi Ikeda, Keiichi Adachi, Masaki Okazaki, Tetsuo Yoshida
  • Patent number: 4621041
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for plate-making which comprises imagewise exposing by scanning type flash exposure a lithographic printing plate comprising a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least 70 mol % of silver chloride and prepared with addition of a water soluble iridium compound during emulsification or physical ripening of silver halide and a water soluble gold compound at any time before coating of the emulsion and thereafter subjecting the exposed emulsion to diffusion transfer development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Saikawa, Eiji Kanada, Kazunaka Endo
  • Patent number: 4576905
    Abstract: Compounds containing an aromatic ring portion fused with a tellurazolium or derivative tellurazole, tellurazoline (including tellurazolinylidene), or tellurazolinium ring portion are disclosed together with processes and intermediates for their preparation. With properly selected pendant groups these tellurazolium and derivative compounds can be usefully employed as dyes, antifoggants or stabilizers, nucleating agents, latent image keeping addenda, or speed or contrast altering addenda in silver halide photographic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang H. H. Gunther, Ronald E. Leone, Rosemary Przyklek
  • Patent number: 4425425
    Abstract: Radiographic elements are disclosed comprised of first and second imaging portions separated by an interposed support capable of transmitting radiation to which the second imaging portion is responsive. At least the first imaging portion includes a silver halide emulsion in which high aspect ratio tabular silver halide grains are present. Spectral sensitizing dye is adsorbed to the surface of the tabular grains. Crossover can be improved in relation to the imaging characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas I. Abbott, Cynthia Jones
  • Patent number: 4375508
    Abstract: Photographic silver halide compositions and elements are provided which are spectrally sensitized with new methine dyes. The dyes are prepared from new intermediate compounds which have an acetylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon chain terminated with a nucleophilic group, the acetylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon chain being bonded to a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic ring system of the type used in cyanine dyes. The new intermediates also provide alternative synthetic routes to known dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1983
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Yasushi S. Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4336321
    Abstract: In a silver halide photographic material, at least one mercapto complexing agent for silver salt is contained in at least one photographic constituting layer and at least one anion or betaine type cyanine sensitizing dye is contained in silver halide emulsion layer to improve photographic defects such as reduction of sensitivity, softening in tone, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanada, Yasuo Tsubai, Shoji Yamada, Yoshikazu Takaya, Takao Senga
  • Patent number: 4283488
    Abstract: Photo-sensitive silver halide compositions and elements are spectrally sensitized with new mathine dyes having a trialkylsilylalkyl group attached to a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic nucleus of the dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Earl J. VanLare
  • Patent number: 4273862
    Abstract: Direct-positive silver halide photographic sensitive materials of high sensitivity and capable of forming a high-contrast image are obtained by incorporating anion-type cyanine dyes having a polarographic oxidation halfwave potential not less positive than +0.4 V in externally fogged direct-positive silver halide emulsions containing not less than 70 mole-% of bromide. Additional incorporation of a development accelerator such as 2-mercaptoimidazoline improves developability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Yoshida, Seigo Ebato