Novel duplicating processes

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF PREPARING DUPLICATE COPIES FROM AN IMAGED ORIGINAL SHEET HAVING THEREON IMAGES CONTAINING MATERIAL WHICH IS INFRARED RADIATION-ABSORBING HEAT-GENERATING, WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF (1) PLACING IN SURFACE CONTACT THE IMAGED ORIGINAL SHEET, A COPY SHEET AND A TRANSFER SHEET, THE TRANSFER LAYER OF WHICH COMPRISES A THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION; (2) SUBJECTING THE SUPERPOSED SHEET TO INFRARED RADIATION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO FUSE THE TRANSFER LAYER TO THE COPY SHEET IN AREAS CORRESPONDING TO THE IMAGED AREAS OF THE ORIGINAL SHEET; (3) SEPARATING THE SHEETS TO PRODUCE THE COPY SHEET WHICH IS IMAGED WITH THE THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION IN SAID AREAS; (4) PLACING SAID RESIN-IMAGED COPY SHEET IN SURFACE CONTACT WITH THE COLORED WAX-BASE TRANSFER LAYER OF A TRANSFER SHEET; (5) TREATING SAID SHEETS TO RENDER THE THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION ADHESIVE AND CAUSE IT TO BOND TO SAID TRANSFER LAYER; AND (6) SEPARATING THE SHEETS TO PRODUCE THE COPY SHEET BEARING THE COLORED TRANSFER LAYER OVERLYING THE RESIN IMAGES.