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Released heat-sensitive recording paper

Assignee: Ricoh Co Ltd
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Filing: 1981-10-08
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Granted: 1983-06-14
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Expires: 2001-10-08
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Abstract

Abstract A releasable heat-sensitive recording paper is disclosed wherein a heat-sensitive color forming layer and a protective layer are laminated in succession on the surface of a substrate, said color forming layer consisting essentially of a leuco dye and an acidic substance, said protective layer consisting essentially of a water soluble resin, and further a required pattern is printed on this protective layer with an ultraviolet setting type printing ink, while a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on the back of the substrate and the thus formed layer is covered with a releasable paper.

Inventors

  • 👤 Susumu Iwata
  • 👤 Keiichi Maruta
  • 👤 Yukihiro Yuyama

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 22:49
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/26; B41M5/40; B41M5/42; B41M5/44; B41M2205/00; B41M2205/04; B41M2205/36; B41M2205/40; B41M5/426; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24901; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/24975; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/254; Y10T428/256; Y10T428/257; Y10T428/258; Y10T428/259; Y10T428/27; Y10T428/273; Y10T428/277

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 136 words
A releasable, heat-sensitive, recording paper comprising: (a) a substrate; (b) a heat-sensitive, color-forming layer superposed on said substrate, said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer consisting essentially of a binder, a colorless or pale leuco dye and an acidic substance adapted to cause said leuco dye to undergo color formation upon heating of said recording paper; (c) a protective layer superposed on said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer, said protective layer consisting essentially of a water-soluble resin and having a thickness of from 0.5 to 3.0 g/m 2 in terms of the quantity of the solids thereof; (d) a pattern of ultraviolet-setting printing ink printed on said protective layer; (e) a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer superposed on said substrate on the opposite side thereof from said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer and said protective layer; and (f) a release paper covering said adhesive layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 136 words
A releasable, heat-sensitive, recording paper comprising: (a) a substrate; (b) a heat-sensitive, color-forming layer superposed on said substrate, said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer consisting essentially of a binder, a colorless or pale leuco dye and an acidic substance adapted to cause said leuco dye to undergo color formation upon heating of said recording paper; (c) a protective layer superposed on said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer, said protective layer consisting essentially of a water-soluble resin and having a thickness of from 0.5 to 3.0 g/m 2 in terms of the quantity of the solids thereof; (d) a pattern of ultraviolet-setting printing ink printed on said protective layer; (e) a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer superposed on said substrate on the opposite side thereof from said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer and said protective layer; and (f) a release paper covering said adhesive layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
A heat-sensitive, recording paper as claimed in claim 1 wherein the thickness of said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer is 4.0 to 10.0 g/m 2 in terms of the quantity of the solids thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 45 words
A heat-sensitive, recording paper as claimed in claim 1 wherein the mixing ratio of said leuco dye to said acidic substance in said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer is 1 part by weight of the former relative to 1 to 5 parts by weight of the latter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
A recording material as claimed in claim 3, wherein said binder is present in an amount of from 10 to 30 percent by weight relative to the total weight of said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
A recording paper as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heat-sensitive, color-forming layer contains a filler in the form of particles having diameters in the range of 0.01 to 5 microns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 39 words
A heat-sensitive, recording paper as claimed in claim 1 wherein said water-soluble resin is one or two or more members selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, methoxycellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylamide, polyacrylic acid, starch and gelatin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 66 words
A recording paper as claimed in claim 6, wherein said protective layer consists essentially of said water-soluble resin and a filler in the form of particles of a material selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, alumina, silica, talc, barium sulfate, aluminum stearate, styrene resin, and urea-formaldehyde resin, and wherein said particles have particle diameters in the range of 0.01 to 5 microns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 27 words
A heat-sensitive, recording paper as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pattern of said ultraviolet setting printing ink has a thickness of from 0.1 to 5 μm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 21 words
A heat-sensitive, recording paper as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pattern is formed of one-color or two or more colors.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 96 words
A recording material as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ultraviolet setting type printing ink consists essentially of a pigment; a photo polymerization initiator capable of producing a radical upon irradiation with light of a wave-length in the range of 200 to 400 nm, said photo polymerization initiator being selected from the group consisting of benzoins, acetophenones, ketone/amine mixtures, benzyl-ketals and aryldiazonium salts; a prepolymer selected from the group consisting of unsaturated polyesters, vinyloxyethyl-acrylates, urethaneacrylates, epoxy-acrylates and dicyclo-pentadiene acrylates; and a monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid esters, methacrylic acid esters and styrene.

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