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Color changing print
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-09-03
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Granted: 1993-06-01
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Expires: 2011-09-03
Abstract
Abstract In the color changing print of this invention, plural areas are printed by using plural types of color changing inks which develop into different colors from the substantially invisible colorless state by reaction with a color changing agent. By the emergence of print from colorlessness and by giving changes in the appearing colors, unexpectedness and entertainingness are provided so that an attractive education may be realized.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiyoharu Kawashima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 14:03
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B3/00; G09B3/02; G09B3/04; B; B41; B41M; B41M3/00; B41M3/001; B41M5/00; B41M5/025; B41M5/0253; G09B19/00; G09B19/0023; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A color changing print comprising plural color changing areas printed on a sheet of paper using inks each of which contains a color changing agent to change from substantially invisible colorlessness to a visible corresponding color through contact with a liquefied color former applied with an applicator, said applicator having a solvent for dissolving the color former, wherein said sheet of paper having a sheet of sticker adhering to a non-printed portion of said paper, said sticker being provided with a solidified color former, and wherein said liquefied color former is formed by dissolving said solidified color former of the sticker by application of said solvent of the applicator to the solidified color former.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A color changing print comprising plural color changing areas printed on a sheet of paper using inks each of which contains a color changing agent to change from substantially invisible colorlessness to a visible corresponding color through contact with a liquefied color former applied with an applicator, said applicator having a solvent for dissolving the color former, wherein said sheet of paper having a sheet of sticker adhering to a non-printed portion of said paper, said sticker being provided with a solidified color former, and wherein said liquefied color former is formed by dissolving said solidified color former of the sticker by application of said solvent of the applicator to the solidified color former.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A color changing print according to claim 1, wherein a visible frame is printed for framing the color changing areas on the sheet of paper.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A color changing print according to claim 1, wherein visible letters are previously printed on some of the color changing areas of the sheet of paper to suggest application of the color formers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A color changing print according to claim 1, wherein the color formers are preliminarily deposited on the sheet of paper in a form of a concentrated piece of sheet, and the applicator comprises a brush part to apply the color formers using a liquid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
A color changing print according to claim 1, wherein the color former is a pH regulator and is one of the following materials: ammonia, monoethanol amine, ethyl amines, propyl amines, 2-ethyl-hexyl-oxypropyl amine, 3-ethoxipropyl amine, diisobutyl amine, sec-butyl amine, isopropanol amine, ethanol amines, 2-ethylhexyl amine, ethylene amines, acetic acid and formic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A color changing print according to claim 1, wherein the inks comprise color changing agents, polyhydric alcohol and surface active agent mixed in a solvent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
A color changing print according to claim 1, and wherein the color changing agent is a pH indicator, and is a monocomponent agent or a mixed agent comprises one or plural of γ-dinitrophenol, m-nitrophenol, o-nitrophenol, ρ-nitrophenol, cyanine, α-naphthol phthalein, phenol phthalein, cresol phtalein, thymol phtalein, ethyl bis-acetic acid, bromphenol purple, hexamethoxy acid and heptamethoxy acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
A color changing print according to claim 1, wherein said solvent is water.
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