Method of thermographic reproduction wherein a vaporizable conditioner changes the physical characteristics of a conversion sheet coating

Claim 1

A METHOD OF INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY WHICH EFFECTS THE TRANSFER OF DELINEATED IAMGE AREAS FROM A SURFACE OF A SUBJECT TO A SECOND SURFACE PROVIDED BY A COATING ON A BASE SHEET, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES THE STEPS OF DIFFERENTIATING THE DELINATED IMAGE AREAS FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE SUBJECT BY THE INCLUSIN IN ONE OF THEM OF A MATERIAL ABSORPTIVE OF INFRARED RADIATION, INCLUDING IN SAID SURFACE OF THE SUBJECT A VAPORIZABLE MATERIAL WHICH, WHEN PRESENT IN AREAS OF THE SECOND SURFACE DISTINGUISHES THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID AREAS THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO OTHER AREAS OF THE SECOND SURFACE TO RENDER THE AREAS WHICH INCLUDE THE VAPORIZABLE MATERIAL SHARPLY SEPARABLE FROM SAID OTHER AREAS OF THE SECOND SURFACE AND REMOVABLE FROM THE BASE SHEET, PLACING SUCH SURFACES IN CONTACT, AND WHILE THE CONTACT, IRRADIATING THE SURFACES IN CONTACT, AND WHILE IN CONEFFECT VAPORIZATION OF SAID VAPORIZABLE MATERIAL FROM AREAS OF THE SUBJECT SURFACE CORRESPONDING SPATIALY AND DIMENSIONALY TO THOSE WHICH ORIGINALLY INCLUDED MATERIAL ABSORPTIVE OF INFRARED RADIATION, AND THEREAFTER DISRUPTING AND REMOVING FROM THE BASE SHEET THE AREAS OF THE COATING TO WHICH THE VAPORIZABLE MATERIAL HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE SUBJECT.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF INFRARED THEROMOGRAPHY WHICH EFFECTS THE TRANSFER OF DELINEATED IMAGE AREAS FROM A SURFACE OF A SUBJECT TO A SECOND SURFACE PROVIDED BY A COATING ON A BASE SHEET, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES THE STEPS OF DIFFERENTIATING THE DELINEATED IMAGE AREAS FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE SUBJECT BY THE INCLUSION IN ONE OF THEM OF A MATERIAL ABSORPTIVE OF INFRARED RADIATION, INCLUDING IN SAID COATING ON THE BASE SHEET AVAPORIZABLE MATERIAL WHICH, WHEN PRESENT IN AREAS OF SAID COATING DISTINGUISHES THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID AREAS THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO OTHER AREAS OF THE COATING TO RENDER THE AREAS WHICH INCLUDE THE VAPORIZABLE MATERIAL SHARPLY SEPARABLE FROM SAID OTHER AREAS OF THE COATING AND REMOVABLE FROM THE BASE SHEET, PLACING SAID SURFACES IN CONTACT, AND WHILE IN CONTACT, IRRADIATIONG THE SURFACES WITH INFRARED RADIATION TO EFFECT VAPORIZATION OF SAID VAPORIZABLE MATERIAL FROM AREAS OF THE COATING CORRESPONDING SPATIALLY AND DIMENSIONALLY TO THOSE OF THE SUBJECT WHICH INCLUDE MATERIAL ABSORPTIVE OF INFRARED RADIATION, AND THEREAFTER DISRUPTING AND REMOVING FROM THE BASE SHEET THE AREAS OF THE COATING WHICH EMBODY THE VAPORIZABLE MATERIAL AFTER THE IRRADIATION AND WHICH ARE AREAS OTHER THAN THOSE CORRESPONDING SPATIALLY AND DIMENSIONALY TO THOSE OF THE SUBJECT WHICH INCLUDE MATERIAL ABSORPTIVE OF INFRARED RADIATION.