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EP0084637A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1982-12-07
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-12-07
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Abstract

Abstract A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a transparent support having provided on one side of the support at least two silver halide emulsion layers and a surface-protecting layer. One of the two silver halide emulsion layer is a tabular silver halide emulsion layer containing tabular silver halide grains having a diameter at least five times the thickness of the grains. The other silver halide emulsion layer is a non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer containing non-tabular silver halide grains. The tabular silver halide emulsion layer is positioned closer to the support than the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer, and the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer is positioned closer to the support than the surface-protecting layer. The material may include two similar silver halide emulsion layers and a surface-protecting layer on the opposite side of the support. The material provides images with improved sharpness without a decrease in sensitivity while effectively utilizing the amount of silver.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tadao Sugimoto
  • 👤 Sumito Yamada

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 20:53
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C5/00; G03C5/16; G03C1/00; G03C1/005; G03C1/46; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/167

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim 117 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, comprising: a transparent support having provided on one side thereof; at least two silver halide emulsion layers; and a surface-protecting layer, wherein one of the two silver halide emulsion layers is a tabular silver halide emulsion layer containing tabular silver halide grains having a diameter at least 5 times the thickness of the grain, the other of the two silver halide emulsion layers is a non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer containing non-tabular silver halide grains, the tabular silver halide emulsion layer being positioned closer to the support than the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer, and the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer being positioned closer to the support than the surface-protecting layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 117 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, comprising: a transparent support having provided on one side thereof; at least two silver halide emulsion layers; and a surface-protecting layer, wherein one of the two silver halide emulsion layers is a tabular silver halide emulsion layer containing tabular silver halide grains having a diameter at least 5 times the thickness of the grain, the other of the two silver halide emulsion layers is a non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer containing non-tabular silver halide grains, the tabular silver halide emulsion layer being positioned closer to the support than the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer, and the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer being positioned closer to the support than the surface-protecting layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer is positioned directly on the tabular silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 49 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, wherein the material is comprised of a plurality of non-tabular silver halide emulsion layers all positioned farther from the support than the tabular silver halide emulsion layer and closer to the support than the surface-protecting layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 33 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 1 or 3, further comprising: a non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer positioned closer to the support than the tabular silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 117 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, further comprising: an additional tabular silver halide emulsion layer; an additional non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer; and an additional surface-protecting layer, wherein the additional tabular silver halide emulsion layer, additional non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer and additional surface-protecting layer are provided on the opposite side of the support from the tabular silver halide emulsion layer, non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer and surface-protecting layer, the additional tabular silver halide emulsion layer being positioned closer to the support than the additional non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer, and the additional non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer being positioned closer to the support than the additional surface-protecting layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 47 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 5, wherein the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer is positioned directly on the tabular silver halide emulsion layer and the additional non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer is positioned directly on the additional tabular silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 31 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, wherein the tabular silver halide grains have a diameter/thickness ratio within the range of 5/1 to 100/1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 23 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 7, wherein the diameter/thickness ratio is within the range of 5/1 to 50/1.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 23 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 8, wherein the diameter/thickness ratio is within the range of 7/1 to 20/1.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 32 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, wherein the tabular silver halide grains have a diameter within the range of from 0.5 to 10 µm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 29 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 10, wherein the tabular silver halide grains have a diameter within the range of from 0.5 to 5.0 µm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 28 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 11, wherein the tabular silver halide grains have a diameter within the range of 1.0 to 4.0 µm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 29 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the tabular silver halide emulsion layer has a thickness within the range of 0.5 to 5.0 µm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 30 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 15, wherein the thickness of the tabular silver halide emulsion layer is within the range of 1.0 to 3.0 µm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 41 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, wherein the tabular silver halide grains are present on the support in an amount of 0.25 to 3 g/m 2 per one tabular silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 37 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 15, wherein the tabular silver halide grains are present on the support in an amount of 0.5 to 2 g/m per one tabular silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 35 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, wherein the non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer contains non-tabular silver grains having a mean particle size of 0.5 to 5 µm.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 42 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, wherein the ratio of the silver in the upper non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer to the silver in the tabular silver halide emulsion layer is 0.1 to 10.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 41 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 18, wherein the ratio of the amount of silver in the upper non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer to the silver in the tabular silver halide emulsion layer is 0.2 to 4.0.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 47 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, wherein the sensitivity of the upper non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer is more sensitive by -0.3 to 0.6 in terms of Δlog E than the sensitivity of the tabular silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 44 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 20, wherein the sensitivity of the upper non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer is more sensitive by 0 to 0.6 in terms of Δlog E than the sensitivity of the tabular silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 44 words
A silver hlaide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 21, wherein the sensitivity of the upper non-tabular silver halide emulsion layer is more sensitive by 0.2 to 0.4 in terms of Δlog E than the sensitivity of the tabular silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 29 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, wherein the transparent support has a thickness within the range of 100 to 300 µm.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 25 words
A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in Claim 23, wherein the support has a thickness within the range of 150 to 220 µm.

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