Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
62 words
A thermal transfer ribbon (20) including a substrate (22) and a transfer composition (24, 34, 44) on said substrate including a sensible material (36, 56) and heat responsive material for transferring said sensible material on to a receiving medium, characterized in that said transfer composition additionally includes a leuco dye and a phenolic resin which are thermally reactive for generating a colour.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
62 words
A thermal transfer ribbon (20) including a substrate (22) and a transfer composition (24, 34, 44) on said substrate including a sensible material (36, 56) and heat responsive material for transferring said sensible material on to a receiving medium, characterized in that said transfer composition additionally includes a leuco dye and a phenolic resin which are thermally reactive for generating a colour.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to claim 1, characterized in that said sensible material (36, 56) comprises magnetic particles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to either claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that said leuco dye and phenolic resin are contained in an undercoating (24) to said substrate (22), and said heat responsive material and said sensible material (36) are contained in an overcoating (34) to said undercoating.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to claim 3, characterized in that said undercoating (24) contains by weight, 10 to 50% phenolic resin, and 2 to 10% leuco dye.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to either claim 3 or 4, characterized in that said undercoating (24) further contains by weight, 5 to 50% sucrose benzoate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to claim 5, characterized in that said undercoating further contains by weight, 5 to 16% latex.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to claim 6 characterized in that said undercoating (24) further contains by weight, 5-30% amide wax.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to any one of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that said overcoating (34) contains a wax mixture and metallic oxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to claim 2, characterized in that said transfer composition (44) contains by weight, 2 to 10% leuco dye and 5-25% phenolic resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to claim 9, characterized in that said transfer composition additionally contains by weight, 5 to 30% sucrose benzoate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to claim 10, characterized in that said transfer composition additionally contains by weight, 5 to 15% latex.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A thermal transfer ribbon according to claim 11, characterized in that said transfer composition additionally contains by weight, 8-30% behenyl alcohol.