Transparencies comprising metal halide or urea antistatic layer

Claim 2

A transparent substrate material for receiving or containing an image consisting essentially of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition on both sides of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer and an antistatic layer contained on two surfaces of the adhesive layer, which antistatic layer is comprised of metal halides selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, and cadmium chloride with polymers containing oxyalkylene segments, or urea compounds with polymers containing oxyalkylene segments.

Claim 3

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the antistatic layer is formed from a mixture of the antistatic component with a resin binder polymer.

Claim 4

A material in accordance with claim 2 wherein the antistatic layer contains filler components.

Claim 5

A material in accordance with claim 3 wherein the filler components are comprised of colloidal silica, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide or mixtures thereof.

Claim 6

A material in accordance with claim 3, wherein the fillers are present in an amount of 0.5 to about 25 percent by weight of the antistatic layer.

Claim 7

A transparency in accordance with claim 3 wherein the binder polymer is cellulose acetate hydrogen phthalate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate, chlorinated rubber, styrene butadiene, vinyl alcohol/vinyl acetate, cellulose acetate, or ethyl cellulose.

Claim 8

A material in accordance with claim 2 wherein the binder polymers of the antistatic layer are comprised of cellulose acetate hydrogen phthalate, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose acetate succinate, poly(diallyl phthalate), cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose propionate, vinyl alcohol/vinyl acetate copolymer, vinyl alcohol/vinyl butyral copolymer, vinyl pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer, poly(n-butyl methacrylate), poly(isobutyl methacrylate), n-butyl methacrylate/isobutyl methacrylate copolymer, poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), poly(2-hydroxy propyl methacrylate), styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer, poly(4-vinyl pyridine), poly(vinyl butyral), ethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose or hydroxy butyl methyl cellulose.

Claim 9

A material in accordance with claim 7 wherein the vinyl alcohol content in the vinyl alcohol/vinyl acetate and vinyl alcohol/vinyl butyral copolymers is from about 5 to about 35 percent by weight.

Claim 10

A material in accordance with claim 7 wherein the vinyl acetate content in the vinyl acetate/vinyl pyrrolidone copolymer, the n-butyl methacrylate content in the n-butyl methacrylate/isobutyl methacrylate copolymer, and the styrene content in the styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer is from about 25 to about 75 percent by weight.

Claim 11

A material in accordance with claim 2 wherein the antistatic layer is comprised of from about 1 to about 20 percent of the antistatic component and from about 99 to about 80 percent by weight of the binder polymer.

Claim 12

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the antistatic layer contains filler components.

Claim 13

A material in accordance with claim 11 wherein the filler components are comprised of colloidal silica, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide or mixtures thereof.

Claim 14

A material in accordance with claim 11 wherein the fillers are present in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 10 percent by weight of the antistatic layer.

Claim 15

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the urea compounds are comprised of urea, thiourea, urea monohydrochloride, urea phosphate, or urea sulfate.

Claim 16

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the oxyalkylene segment containing polymers of the antistatic layer are comprised of poly(methylene oxide), poly(ethylene oxide), poly(propylene oxide), poly(tetramethylene oxide), poly(epichlorohydrin), poly(ethylene succinate), poly(ethylene adipate), ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymers, alkanol amides, polyethylene glycol fatty acid esters, sorbitan ester ethoxylates, ethoxylated amines, fatty imidazolines, castor oil ethoxylates, alkanol amide ethoxylates, fatty acid ethoxylates, alcohol ethoxylates, alcohol alkoxylates, nonyl phenol ethoxylates, octylphenol ethoxylates, silicone poly alkoxylate block copolymers, quaternary ammonium copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide), poly(propylene glycol dimethacrylate), poly(ethylene glycol diacrylate), poly(ethylene glycol monomethyl ether), poly(ethylene glycol dimethyl ether), poly(ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether), ethylene oxide/2-hydroxyethyl/methacrylate/ethylene oxide block copolymers, ethylene oxide/hydroxy propyl methacrylate/ethylene oxide block copolymers, ethylene oxide/4-vinyl pyridine/ethylene oxide block copolymers, ionene/ethylene oxide/ionene or ethylene oxide/isoprene/ethylene oxide triblock copolymers.

Claim 17

A material in accordance with claim 15 wherein the content of ethylene oxide in the ethylene oxide/2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate/ethylene oxide, ethylene oxide/hydroxy propyl methacrylate/ethylene oxide, ethylene oxide/4-vinyl pyridine/ethylene oxide ethylene oxide/isoprene/ethylene oxide and ionene/ethylene oxide/ionene triblock copolymers is from about 20 to about 70 percent by weight.

Claim 18

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the adhesive layer components are comprised of poly(alkenes), halogenated poly(alkenes), halogenated poly(dienes), styrene/isoprene copolymers, ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers, styrene/isobutylene copolymers, ethylene/ethyl acrylate copolymers, styrene/ethylene butylene copolymers, styrene/ethylene oxide copolymers, caprolactone/ethylene oxide copolymers, ethylene sulfide/ethylene oxide copolymer, or ethylene terephthalate/ethylene oxide copolymers.

Claim 19

A material in accordance with claim 17 wherein the poly(alkenes) are comprised of poly(ethylene), poly(propylene), poly(1-butene), halogenated poly(alkenes) comprised of chlorinated poly(ethylene), chlorinated poly(propylene), or chloro sulfonated poly(ethylene) with a sulfur content of from about 0.5 to about 1.65 percent by weight.

Claim 20

A material in accordance with claim 17 wherein the styrene content of styrene/ethylene butylene, styrene/isoprene, styrene/isobutylene, styrene/ethylene oxide copolymers is from about 10 to about 90 percent by weight.

Claim 21

A material in accordance with claim 17 wherein the ethylene oxide content of caprolactone/ethylene oxide, ethylene sulfide/ethylene oxide copolymer and ethylene terephthalate/ethylene oxide copolymers is from about 25 to about 75 percent by weight.

Claim 22

A material in accordance with claim 17 wherein the ethylene content of ethylene/vinyl acetate and ethylene/ethyl acrylate copolymers is from about 25 to about 90 percent by weight.

Claim 23

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the adhesive layer is comprised of mixtures of (a) ethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, poly(styrene), substituted poly(styrenes), poly(2-vinyl pyridine), chlorinated poly(isoprene), styrene/butadiene, acrylonitrile/butadiene, styrene/allyl alcohol, styrene/butyl methacrylate, methylmethacrylate/butadiene/styrene, acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene; and (b) an antistatic plasticizer selected from the group consisting of alkanol amides, amine ethoxylates, imidazolines, quaternized imidazolines, sodium dialkyl sulfosuccinate, phosphate esters, or alkanolamide ethoxylates.

Claim 24

A material in accordance with claim 22 wherein the substituted poly(styrenes) are comprised of poly(α-methyl styrene), poly(p-methyl styrene), poly(p-isopropyl styrene), poly(p-tert-butylstyrene) poly(p-isopropyl α-methylstyrene), poly(p-chloro styrene), poly(p-bromo styrene), or poly(p-methoxy styrene).

Claim 25

A material in accordance with claim 22 wherein the styrene content in the styrene/butadiene, styrene/allyl alcohol, styrene/butyl methacrylate copolymers is from about 50 to about 95 percent by weight.

Claim 26

A material in accordance with claim 22 wherein the butadiene content in the acrylonitrile/butadiene copolymer is from about 10 to about 50 percent by weight, and acrylonitrile content is from 90 to about 50 percent by weight.

Claim 27

A material in accordance with claim 22 wherein the styrene content in methyl methacrylate styrene/butadiene and acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers is from about 10 to about 80 percent by weight, the butadiene content is from about 60 to about 15 percent by weight, and the methyl methacrylate and acrylonitrile content is about 30 to about 5 percent by weight.

Claim 28

A material in accordance with claim 22 wherein the adhesive layer contains from about 50 to about 99 percent of the adhesive polymer and from about 50 to about 1 percent by weight of low molecular weight plasticizer.

Claim 29

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the ratio of said metal halides and the oxyalkylene segment containing polymers in the antistatic layer is from about 0.001 to about 1.0; and the ratio of urea compounds and the oxyalkylene segment containing polymers in the antistatic layer is from about 0.002 to about 4.0.

Claim 30

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the supporting substrate is selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, poly(sulfone), poly(propylene), poly(vinyl chloride), poly(vinyl fluoride), poly(styrene), cellophane and poly(ethylene terephthalate).

Claim 31

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the substrate is of a thickness of about 75 to 125 microns, the adhesive layer is of a thickness of from about 1 to about 10 microns and the antistatic layer is of a thickness of from about 1 to about 5 microns.

Claim 32

An image receiving member for an electrographic or electrophotographic imaging process, which member is comprised of the material of claim 1.

Claim 33

An image receiving member for an ink jet printing process, which member is comprised of the material of claim 1.

Claim 34

An image receiving member for a dot matrix printing process, which member is comprised of the material of claim 1.

Claim 35

A material in accordance with claim 1 wherein the adhesive layer has a melting point of from about 50° to about 100° C.

Claim 36

A transparency in accordance with claim 1 wherein the antistatic layer is comprised of polymers of ethylene oxide/propylene oxide.

Claim 37

A transparent substrate material for receiving or containing an image comprised of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition present on the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and an antistatic layer contained on the exposed surfaces of the adhesive layer, which antistatic layer is comprised of metal halides selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, cadmium chloride, and mixtures thereof, or urea compounds with polymers containing oxyalkylene units.

Claim 38

A transparent substrate material for receiving or containing an image comprised of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition present on the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and an antistatic layer contained on the exposed surfaces of the adhesive layer, which antistatic layer is comprised of metal halides selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, cadmium chloride, and mixtures thereof, or urea compounds with polymers containing oxyalkylene units.

Claim 39

A transparent substrate material for receiving or containing an image consisting essentially of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition present on each of surface of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and an antistatic layer contained on both outer surfaces of the adhesive layer, which antistatic layer is comprised of mixtures of metal halides selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, and cadmium chloride, or urea compounds with polymers containing oxyalkylene units.

Claim 40

A transparent substrate material for receiving or containing an image consisting essentially of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition present on each of surface of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and an antistatic layer contained on both outer surfaces of the adhesive layer, which antistatic layer is comprised of mixtures of metal halides selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, and cadmium chloride, or urea compounds with polymers containing oxyalkylene units.

Claim 41

A transparent substrate material for receiving an image consisting essentially of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition on two surfaces of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and antistatic layers in contact with each surface of the adhesive layer, and comprised of a mixture of metal halides selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, and cadmium chloride, each of said metal halides containing polymers with oxyalkylene units.

Claim 42

A transparent substrate material for receiving an image consisting essentially of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition on two surfaces of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and antistatic layers in contact with each surface of the adhesive layer, and comprised of a mixture of metal halides selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, and cadmium chloride, each of said metal halides containing polymers with oxyalkylene units.

Claim 43

A transparency in accordance with claim 38 wherein the transparent substrate contains an image thereon.

Claim 44

A transparent substrate material for receiving an image comprised of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition on two surfaces of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and an antistatic layer in contact with each surface of the adhesive layer, and comprised of a mixture of a metal halide selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, and cadmium chloride with a polymer containing oxyalkylene units.

Claim 45

A transparent substrate material for receiving an image comprised of a supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition on two surfaces of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and an antistatic layer in contact with each surface of the adhesive layer, and comprised of a mixture of a metal halide selected from the group consisting of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, lithium bromide, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride, magnesium chloride, and cadmium chloride with a polymer containing oxyalkylene units.

Claim 46

A transparency in accordance with claim 40 wherein the transparent substrate contains an image thereon.

Claim 47

A transparent substrate material for receiving an image consisting essentially of supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition on two surfaces of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and antistatic layers in contact with each surface of the adhesive layer, and comprised of a mixture of urea compounds with polymers containing oxyalkylene segments.

Claim 48

A transparent substrate material for receiving an image consisting essentially of supporting substrate, an ink toner receiving coating composition on two surfaces of the substrate and comprised of an adhesive layer, and antistatic layers in contact with each surface of the adhesive layer, and comprised of a mixture of urea compounds with polymers containing oxyalkylene segments.

Claim 49

A transparency in accordance with claim 42 wherein the transparent substrate contains an image thereon.