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Dispersion containing nonionic surface acting agent with units of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene

Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1972-08-23
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Granted: 1975-01-14
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Expires: 1992-08-23
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Abstract

Abstract A dispersion comprising an aqueous medium having dispersed therein an oleophilic material in the presence of (a) a nonionic surface active agent containing polyoxypropylene units having a molecular weight of greater than 500 and polyoxyethylene units, and a molar ratio of said polyoxyethylene units to said polyoxypropylene units ranging from 0.1 to 0.6, and (b) an anionic surface active agent having an -OSO3M group or an -SO3M group, wherein M represents a monovalent cation, and a hydrophobic group is disclosed.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshiaki Ono
  • 👤 Masakazu Yoneyama
  • 👤 Hirozo Ueda
  • 👤 Nobuo Yamamoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 18:05
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/124; B41M5/132; G; G03; G03C; G03C1/00; G03C1/76; G03C1/815; G03C7/00; G03C7/28; G03C7/30; G03C7/388; G03C7/3882; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/134

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 181 words
A MULTILAYER PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHT-SENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE ELEMENT CONTAINING A DISPERSION COMPRISING AN AQUEOUS GELATIN SOLUTION HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN AT LEAST ONE OLEPHILIC MATEERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN OLEPHILIC DYE FOR A SILVER DYE BLEACHING PROCESS, AN OLEOPHILIC COUPLER FREE OF A WATER SOLUBILIZING GROUP, AN OLEOPHILIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBENT, AN OLEOPHILIC ANTIOXIDANT, AN OLEPHILIC DYE IMAGE STABILIZING AGENT AND AN OLEOPHILIC FLUORESCNT BRIGHTENING AGENT, IN THE PRESENCE OF (A) A NONIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT CONTAINING POLYOXYPROPYLENE UNITS HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF GREATER THAN 500 AND POLYOXYETHYLENE UNITS AND A MOLAR RATIO OF SAID POLYOXYETHYLENE UNITS TO SAID POLYOXYPROPYLENE UNITS RANGING FROM 0.5 TO 0.6, AND (B) AN ANIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT HAVING AN -OSO3M GROUP OR AN -SO3M GROUP, WHEREIN M REPRESENTS A MONOVALENT CATION, AND A HYDROPHOBIC GROUP, SAID NONIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT BEING A SLIGHTLY WATER-SOLUBLE POLYOXYETHYLENE/POLYOXYPROPYLENE BLOCK POLYMER WHEREIN THE ENTIRE POLYOXYPROPYLENE PORTION THEREOF HAS A MOLECULAR WEIGHT GREATER THAN 500 AND WHEREIN THE MOLAR RATIO OF ALL OF THE POLOXYETHYLENE UNITS THEREOF TO ALL OF THE POLYOXYPROPYLENE UNITS THEREOF RANGES FROM 0.1 TO 0.6.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 181 words
A MULTILAYER PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHT-SENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE ELEMENT CONTAINING A DISPERSION COMPRISING AN AQUEOUS GELATIN SOLUTION HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN AT LEAST ONE OLEPHILIC MATEERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN OLEPHILIC DYE FOR A SILVER DYE BLEACHING PROCESS, AN OLEOPHILIC COUPLER FREE OF A WATER SOLUBILIZING GROUP, AN OLEOPHILIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBENT, AN OLEOPHILIC ANTIOXIDANT, AN OLEPHILIC DYE IMAGE STABILIZING AGENT AND AN OLEOPHILIC FLUORESCNT BRIGHTENING AGENT, IN THE PRESENCE OF (A) A NONIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT CONTAINING POLYOXYPROPYLENE UNITS HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF GREATER THAN 500 AND POLYOXYETHYLENE UNITS AND A MOLAR RATIO OF SAID POLYOXYETHYLENE UNITS TO SAID POLYOXYPROPYLENE UNITS RANGING FROM 0.5 TO 0.6, AND (B) AN ANIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT HAVING AN -OSO3M GROUP OR AN -SO3M GROUP, WHEREIN M REPRESENTS A MONOVALENT CATION, AND A HYDROPHOBIC GROUP, SAID NONIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT BEING A SLIGHTLY WATER-SOLUBLE POLYOXYETHYLENE/POLYOXYPROPYLENE BLOCK POLYMER WHEREIN THE ENTIRE POLYOXYPROPYLENE PORTION THEREOF HAS A MOLECULAR WEIGHT GREATER THAN 500 AND WHEREIN THE MOLAR RATIO OF ALL OF THE POLOXYETHYLENE UNITS THEREOF TO ALL OF THE POLYOXYPROPYLENE UNITS THEREOF RANGES FROM 0.1 TO 0.6.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 16 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said gelatin is acid-treated gelatin, lime-treated gelatin or enzyme-treated gelatin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 17 words
The element of claim 2, wherein an average molecular weight of said gelatin is greater than 30,000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said oleophilic material is an oleophilic dye for a silver dye bleaching process.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 22 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said oleophilic material is an oleophilic leuco dye or color former for pressure sensitive copying sheet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 36 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said coupler is a coupler which couples with the oxidation product of an N,N-disubstituted p-phenylenediamine developing agent and which has a ballasting group of from 9 to 28 carbon atoms.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 19 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said absorbent is an Alpha -cyanocinnamic acid ester, a 2-phenylbenzotriazole, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 23 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said nonionic surface active agent is Compound N-1, N-2, N-4, or N-12 represented by the following formulae:
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 12 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said anionic surface active agent is:
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 31 words
the element of claim 1, wherein a combination of said nonionic surface active agent selected from the group consisting of Compounds N-1, N-2, N-4 and N-12 represented by the following formulae:
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 45 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said aqueous medium is an aqueous solution of gelatin or a derivative thereof, albumin, collodion, gum arabic, agar-agar, alginic acid, an alkyl ester of carboxylated cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol or polyvinyl pyrrolidone, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 17 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said dispersion is present in a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 18 words
The element of claim 1 wherein said non-ionic surface active agent has a molecular weight up to 8,000.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 20 words
The element of claim 13, wherein said non-ionic surface active agent has a molecular weight of from 1,000 to 5,000.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 17 words
The element of claim 1, wherein said block polymer has free hydroxy groups at the terminals thereof.

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