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Cover film for sublimation transfer type hard copy

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1983-10-25
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Granted: 1986-07-08
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Expires: 2003-10-25
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Abstract

Abstract PCT No. PCT/JP83/00374 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 22, 1984 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 22, 1984 PCT Filed Oct. 25, 1983 PCT Pub. No. WO84/01745 PCT Pub. Date May 10, 1984.A cover film for a sublimation transfer type hard copy of the present invention is a cover film which is melt bonded by heat on the surface of a hard copy printing paper in which a picture image is formed on the surface thereof by selectively transferring a sublimation dye. The cover film includes a resinous layer containing a metal compound selected from Al, Mg, Ca and Sn. This cover film is capable of producing magenta color of high color saturation by arbitrarily controlling the coloring of reddish dye to be shifted to the blue side and can also protect the surface of the printing paper. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a cover film which is melt bonded by heat on the surface of a hard copy printing paper in which a picture image is formed on the surface thereof by selectively transferring a sublimation dye. This cover film includes a layer mainly formed of a phosphor whitener and a resin to increase a whiteness degree of a portion which is not colored so that a picture image is made clear and which can prevent the color of dye from being faded.

Inventors

  • 👤 Naotake Kobayashi
  • 👤 Tetsuya Abe
  • 👤 Satoru Shinohara
  • 👤 Yoshio Fujiwara

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 12:49
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M7/00; B41M7/0054; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10S428/914; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24868; Y10T428/24876; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24901; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31725; Y10T428/31739; Y10T428/31779; Y10T428/31783; Y10T428/31786; Y10T428/3179; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/3188; Y10T428/31895; Y10T428/31906; Y10T428/31935; Y10T428/31971; Y10T428/31975; Y10T428/31978; Y10T428/31986

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 71 words
A color hard copy print comprising: a printing substrate, sublimation dyes of three primary colors selectively formed on one surface of said printing substrate by thermal transfer of said dyes, and a cover film formed on said one surface of said substrate by melt bonding thereon, said cover film including a resinous layer containing an organic compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ca, and Sn.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 71 words
A color hard copy print comprising: a printing substrate, sublimation dyes of three primary colors selectively formed on one surface of said printing substrate by thermal transfer of said dyes, and a cover film formed on said one surface of said substrate by melt bonding thereon, said cover film including a resinous layer containing an organic compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ca, and Sn.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 16 words
A hard copy print according to claim 1 wherein said resinous layer contains a phosphor whitener.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 53 words
A hard copy print according to claim 2, characterized in that said phosphor whitener is selected from 4, 4'-bis 4, 6-di substituted - 1, 3, 5 - triadinyl sulfonic acid, α, β-bis (benzoxyzoryl) ethylene compound, alkoxy naphthalene acid-N-substituted imide compound, anthracene derivative, stilbene derivative, quinolone derivative, coumarin derivative, imidazol derivative and oxazol derivative.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
A hard copy print according to claim 2, characterized in that amount of said phosphor whitener is selected in a range from 0.1 to 5 PHR.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 34 words
A hard copy print according to claim 1, characterized in that said resinous layer of said cover film is selected from polyester resin, epoxy resin, acetate cellulose resin, nylon resin and polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 35 words
A hard copy print according to claim 1, characterized in that said metal compound is selected from organic acid metal salt, metal alcoholate, chelate compound of acetyl acetonate with metal and aluminum oxide acylate compound.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 28 words
A hard copy print according to claim 1, characterized in that amount of said metal compound is selected to be in a range from 0.1 to 30 PHR.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 26 words
A hard copy print according to claim 1, characterized in that said cover film has a thickness selected in a range from 1 to 20 μm.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US3900653A Cited
JPS5720159A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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7.5 Years (Year 8) 1993-07-07 1994-01-06 1994-07-08 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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