US4879175A
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Device for exposing colorant to be transferred
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1985-12-11
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Granted: 1989-11-07
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Expires: 2005-12-11
Abstract
Abstract Dispersions of solid, non-magnetic particulate pigments in a polymeric shell provide a colorant medium.
Inventors
- 👤 Josef V. Ugro, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 12:20
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09B; C09B67/00; C09B67/0097; B; B01; B01J; B01J13/00; B01J13/02; B01J13/06; B01J13/14; B01J13/18; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/914; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24901; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249994; Y10T428/249995; Y10T428/249997; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2984; Y10T428/2985
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A device for exposing a colorant so as to enable said colorant to be transferred to a surface, said device comprising (1) at least two sheets bound by a single layer of a non-pressure sensitive adhesive composition layer, (2) said adhesive composition layer containing a microcapsule of a dispersion of solid non-magnetic colorant material in a gel, waxy or low-temperature melting solid carrier phase encapsulated within a polymeric shell characterized by the fact that the surface of the solid material has adsorbed thereon a second material which increases the oleophilicity of the surface of the solid colorant material, and (3) said microcapsules having an average diameter between 4 and 100 micrometers, the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition layer being less than the strength of the bond between said adhesive composition and said sheets, and the tensile rupture strength of said microcapsules being less than the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
152 words
A device for exposing a colorant so as to enable said colorant to be transferred to a surface, said device comprising (1) at least two sheets bound by a single layer of a non-pressure sensitive adhesive composition layer, (2) said adhesive composition layer containing a microcapsule of a dispersion of solid non-magnetic colorant material in a gel, waxy or low-temperature melting solid carrier phase encapsulated within a polymeric shell characterized by the fact that the surface of the solid material has adsorbed thereon a second material which increases the oleophilicity of the surface of the solid colorant material, and (3) said microcapsules having an average diameter between 4 and 100 micrometers, the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition layer being less than the strength of the bond between said adhesive composition and said sheets, and the tensile rupture strength of said microcapsules being less than the cohesive strength of the adhesive composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said flexible sheets are selected from the group consisting of paper and polymeric film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 2 wherein said microcapsules have an average diameter between 10 and 80 micrometers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 2 wherein said colorant is in a waxy or solid carrier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said microcapsules have an average diameter between 10 and 80 micrometers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said microcapsules comprise from 50 to 85% by weight of said adhesive composition layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said colorant is in a waxy or solid carrier phase.
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