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Image receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1992-08-28
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Granted: 1994-01-18
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Expires: 2012-08-28
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is an image receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording comprising: a support and an image receiving layer thereon, wherein the image receiving layer comprises an outermost layer being farthest from the support and a layer other than the outermost layer, and a glass transition temperature of a first binder used in the outermost layer is higher than that of a second binder used in the layer adjacent to the outermost layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Atsushi Nakajima
- 👤 Shigehiro Kitamura
- 👤 Tomonori Kawamura
- 👤 Kunihiro Koshizuka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 08:54
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/26; B41M5/40; B41M5/42; B41M5/50; B41M5/52; B41M2205/00; B41M2205/32; B41M5/44; B41M5/46; B41M5/5218; B41M5/5254; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10S428/914; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786; Y10T428/31855
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
70 words
An image receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording comprising: a support and an image receiving layer thereon, wherein the image receiving layer comprises an outermost layer being farthest from the support and a layer adjacent to the outermost layer, and the glass transition temperature of a first binder used in the outermost layer is higher than that of a second binder used in the layer adjacent to the outermost layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
70 words
An image receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording comprising: a support and an image receiving layer thereon, wherein the image receiving layer comprises an outermost layer being farthest from the support and a layer adjacent to the outermost layer, and the glass transition temperature of a first binder used in the outermost layer is higher than that of a second binder used in the layer adjacent to the outermost layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The sheet of claim 1 wherein the difference between the glass transition temperature of the first binder used in the outermost layer and that of the second binder used in the layer adjacent to the outermost layer is 10° C. or more.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sheet of claim 2 wherein the glass transition temperature of the first binder used in the outermost layer is 60° to 120° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The sheet of claim 3 wherein the glass transition temperature of the second binder used in the layer adjacent to the outermost layer is 50° C. or lower.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The sheet of claim 4 wherein the outermost layer contains UV absorber.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The sheet of claim 5 wherein the film thickness of the outermost layer is 0.05 to 2 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The sheet of claim 6 wherein the sheet contains a metal ion-containing compound which forms a chelate compound by the reaction with a metal chelate dye.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The sheet of claim 4 wherein the film thickness of the outermost layer is 0.05 to 2 μm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The sheet of claim 4 wherein each of said first and said second binder is selected from the group consisting of vinyl chloride-benzyl methacrylate, a bisphenol polyester, and polyvinyl acetal acetalized by benzyl aldehyde.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sheet of claim 1 wherein the glass transition temperature of the first binder used in the outermost layer is 60° to 120° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The sheet of claim 1 wherein the glass transition temperature of the second binder used in the layer adjacent to the outermost layer is 50° C. or lower.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The sheet of claim 1 wherein the outermost layer contains a UV absorber.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The sheet of claim 1 wherein the film thickness of the outermost layer is 0.05 to 2 μm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The sheet of claim 1 wherein the sheet contains a metal ion-containing compound which forms a chelate compound by the reaction with a metal chelate dye.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
49 words
The sheet of claim 14 wherein the metal ion is selected from the group consisting of Al 3+ , Co 2+ , Cr 2+ , Cu 2+ , Fe 2+ , Mg 2+ , Mn 2+ , Ni 2+ , Sn 2+ , Ti 2+ and Zn 2+ .
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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