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Heat-sensitive transferring recording medium

Assignee: General Co Ltd
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Filing: 1984-09-06
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Granted: 1986-01-28
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Expires: 2004-09-06
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Abstract

Abstract A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium comprises a base film, a heat melting ink layer provided on the under surface of the base film and a conveyance improving layer composed of a material selected from fatty acids, fatty acid derivatives, fatty alcohols, alkali metal salts of mono- or di-alkyl phosphoric acid esters of 8-18 carbon atoms, polyester copolymers, and other phosphoric acid esters.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tadatoshi Ohtsu
  • 👤 Takashi Yamahata

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 22:45
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/26; B41M5/40; B41M5/42; B41M5/423; B41M5/426; B41M5/44; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10S428/914

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim 244 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium which comprises a base film, a heat melting ink layer provided on the under surface of the base film, and a conveyance improving layer provided on the upper surface of the base film, said conveyance improving layer comprising a member selected from the group consisting of (1) fatty acids, (2) fatty acid derivatives, (3) fatty alcohols, (4) alkali metal salts of mono- or di-alkyl phosphoric acid esters having 8-18 carbon atoms, (5) polyester copolymers having a molecular weight of 3000 or more prepared by polycondensation of (a) an aromatic dicarboxylic acid compound or an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound, (b) a diol having 2-4 carbon atoms, and (c) a polyethyleneglycol compound of a molecular weight of 2000 or more, (6) tri(polyoxyethylenealkyl or alkenyl ether) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR7## where R is alkyl or alkenyl of C 8 -C 25 , and l m, and n are integers of 1-10, (7) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR8## where R, m and n are as defined above and X is hydrogen or alkali metal, (8) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR9## where R, n and X are as defined above, (9) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR10## where R is as defined above, (10) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR11## where R and X are as defined above, and (11) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR12## where R and X are as defined above.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 244 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium which comprises a base film, a heat melting ink layer provided on the under surface of the base film, and a conveyance improving layer provided on the upper surface of the base film, said conveyance improving layer comprising a member selected from the group consisting of (1) fatty acids, (2) fatty acid derivatives, (3) fatty alcohols, (4) alkali metal salts of mono- or di-alkyl phosphoric acid esters having 8-18 carbon atoms, (5) polyester copolymers having a molecular weight of 3000 or more prepared by polycondensation of (a) an aromatic dicarboxylic acid compound or an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound, (b) a diol having 2-4 carbon atoms, and (c) a polyethyleneglycol compound of a molecular weight of 2000 or more, (6) tri(polyoxyethylenealkyl or alkenyl ether) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR7## where R is alkyl or alkenyl of C 8 -C 25 , and l m, and n are integers of 1-10, (7) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR8## where R, m and n are as defined above and X is hydrogen or alkali metal, (8) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR9## where R, n and X are as defined above, (9) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR10## where R is as defined above, (10) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR11## where R and X are as defined above, and (11) phosphoric acid esters of the formula, ##STR12## where R and X are as defined above.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 29 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 1 in which the conveyance improving layer comprises a fatty acid derivative which is a metal salt of a fatty acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 58 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 2 in which the metal salt of a fatty acid is selected from the group consisting of the sodium, barium, lithium and silver salts of straight chain fatty acids of C 8 -C 18 and copper and calcium salts of straight chain fatty acids of C 8 -C 10 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 20 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 2 in which the metal salt of fatty acid is aluminum tristearate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 1 in which the conveyance improving layer comprises a fatty acid derivative which is a fatty acid ester.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 49 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 1 in which the conveyance improving layer comprises the polyester copolymer (5) in which the dicarboxylic acid compound (5) (a) is aromatic and selected from the group consisting of terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, phthalic acid, 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and esters thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 41 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 1 in which the conveyance improving layer comprises the polyester copolymer (5) in which the dicarboxylic acid (5) (a) is aliphatic and selected from the group consisting of sebacic acid and esters thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 41 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 1 in which the conveyance improving layer comprises the polyester copolymer (5) in which the diol (5) (b) is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, or butanediol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 50 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 1 in which the conveyance improving layer comprises the polyester copolymer (5) in which the polyethylene glycol compound of a molecular weight of 2000 or more (5) (c) is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, monoether thereof and monoester thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 31 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 9 in which the monoester is selected from the group consisting of a higher fatty acid monoester and monophenyl ester of polyethylene glycol.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 31 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 9 in which the monoether is selected from the group consisting of a higher alcohol monoether and a monophenyl ether of polyethylene glycol.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 32 words
A heat-sensitive transferring recording medium according to claim 1 in which the heat melting ink layer consists essentially of wax, a thermoplastic base polymer, an adhesivity imparting agent and a coloring agent.

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