Magnetizable image transfer medium

Claim 1

A MAGNETIZABLE IMAGE TRANSFER MEDIUM COMPRISING A BACKING SHEET OF MAGNETICALLY INERT MATERIAL HAVING A COATING ON ONE SURFACE THEREOF CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MAJOR PROPORTION OF FINELY-DIVIDED MAGNETIZABLE MATERIAL SELETED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE, GAMMA FERRIC OXIDE, METALLIC IRON, IRON ALLOYS AND FERRITES DISPERSED IN AND CARRIED BY A COMPOSITION CNSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (A) A SOFTENING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SOFT MINERAL WAXES, ANIMAL FATS AND VEGETABLE FATS, (B) FROM 50 TO 300 PERCENT OF A BODYING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FATTY ACIDS HAVING FROM 12 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS AND THE ESTERS AND METALLIC SALTS THEREOF, AND (C) FROM 20 TO 100 PERCENT OF A HYDROPHOBIC, OIL-SOLUBLE, NORMALLY-SOLID POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHLORINATED RUBBER, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND CELLULOSE ETHERS, EACH PERCENTAGE BEING BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE GREASE-LIKE MATERIAL, THE AMOUNT OF THE FINELY-DIVIDED MAGNETIZABLE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE COATING BEING FROM 100 TO 200 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION.