US5344808A — Intermediate transfer medium and process for prod…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 131 words

An intermediate transfer medium comprising a heat-resistant base sheet and provided thereon a release layer and an image-receiving adhesive layer on which an image pattern is formed by a sublimation transfer means in accordance with image data, said image-receiving adhesive layer, on which said image pattern has been formed, being transferred to a transfer substrate together with said release layer to produce an image-recorded article, wherein; said image-receiving adhesive layer is comprised of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of from 50° C. to 150° C. and a filler added to the thermoplastic resin and selected from the group consisting of an inorganic filler having a melting point of 200° C. or above and an organic filler having a softening point or decomposition point of 200° C. or above.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 131 words

An intermediate transfer medium comprising a heat-resistant base sheet and provided thereon a release layer and an image-receiving adhesive layer on which an image pattern is formed by a sublimation transfer means in accordance with image data, said image-receiving adhesive layer, on which said image pattern has been formed, being transferred to a transfer substrate together with said release layer to produce an image-recorded article, wherein; said image-receiving adhesive layer is comprised of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of from 50° C. to 150° C. and a filler added to the thermoplastic resin and selected from the group consisting of an inorganic filler having a melting point of 200° C. or above and an organic filler having a softening point or decomposition point of 200° C. or above.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 59 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 1, wherein, between said release layer and said image-receiving adhesive layer, a hologram forming layer having a land-and-groove pattern that constitutes a white-light reproduction type hologram and a transparent thin-film layer having a larger refractive index than said hologram forming layer are further provided in this order from the release layer side.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 31 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 1, wherein a lathe work printed layer or an information pattern printed layer is provided between said release layer and said image-receiving adhesive layer.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 52 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 2, wherein a lathe work printed layer or an information pattern printed layer is provided between said release layer and said hologram forming layer, between said hologram forming layer and said transparent thin-film layer, or between said transparent thin-film layer and said image-receiving adhesive layer.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 35 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 3, wherein said lathe work printed layer or said information pattern printed layer is formed of a fluorescent ink, an infrared ray absorbing ink or a magnetic ink.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 35 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 4, wherein said lathe work printed layer or said information pattern printed layer is formed of a fluorescent ink, an infrared ray absorbing ink or a magnetic ink.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 29 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 2, wherein said hologram forming layer is provided at some part thereof with a diffraction grating area feasible for optical machine reading.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 72 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 2, wherein said hologram forming layer is provided at some part thereof with a monochromatic-light reproduction hologram recorded area capable of reproducing a hologram pattern upon irradiation with monochromatic light, a plurality of hologram patterns whose interference fringes have directionalities different from one another being multi-recorded in said hologram recorded area, and the respective hologram patterns being simultaneously reproduced to make up one information pattern.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 88 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 2, wherein said hologram forming layer is provided at some part thereof with a monochromatic-light reproduction hologram recorded area capable of reproducing a hologram pattern upon irradiation with monochromatic light; said hologram recorded area being divided into a plurality of regions, a plurality of hologram patterns whose interference fringes have directionalities different from one another being separately recorded in the divided regions of said hologram recorded area, and the respective hologram patterns being simultaneously reproduced to make up one information pattern.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 35 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 1, wherein said heat-resistant base sheet is comprised of a biaxially oriented film comprising a polyethylene naphthalate represented by the formula: ##STR2## wherein n is 60 to 110.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 40 words

The intermediate transfer medium according to claim 1, wherein said heat-resistant base sheet is provided on the back thereof with a back coat layer capable of preventing said heat-resistant base sheet and said image-receiving adhesive layer from blocking each other.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 175 words

A process for producing an image-recorded article, comprising the steps of; forming on an image-receiving adhesive layer of an intermediate transfer medium a multi-level image pattern formed of a sublimation ink and a binary image pattern formed of a coloring heat-melting ink and feasible for optical machine reading, by means of a thermal head by the use of a transfer ribbon alternately repeatedly provided with heat-sublimation ink layers and coloring heat-melting ink layers; said intermediate transfer medium comprising a heat-resistant base sheet and provided thereon i) a release layer and ii) an image-receiving adhesive layer comprised of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of from 50° C. to 150° C. and a filler added to the thermoplastic resin and selected from an inorganic filler having a melting point of 200° C. or above and an organic filler having a softening point or decomposition point of 200° C. or above; and thermally transferring to a transfer substrate the image-receiving adhesive layer on which each image pattern has been formed, together with said release layer.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 175 words

A process for producing an image-recorded article, comprising the steps of; forming on an image-receiving adhesive layer of an intermediate transfer medium a multi-level image pattern formed of a sublimation ink and a binary image pattern formed of a coloring heat-melting ink and feasible for optical machine reading, by means of a thermal head by the use of a transfer ribbon alternately repeatedly provided with heat-sublimation ink layers and coloring heat-melting ink layers; said intermediate transfer medium comprising a heat-resistant base sheet and provided thereon i) a release layer and ii) an image-receiving adhesive layer comprised of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of from 50° C. to 150° C. and a filler added to the thermoplastic resin and selected from an inorganic filler having a melting point of 200° C. or above and an organic filler having a softening point or decomposition point of 200° C. or above; and thermally transferring to a transfer substrate the image-receiving adhesive layer on which each image pattern has been formed, together with said release layer.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 194 words

A process for producing an image-recorded article, comprising the steps of; forming on an image-receiving adhesive layer of an intermediate transfer medium a multi-level image pattern formed of a sublimation ink and a binary image pattern formed of a coloring heat-melting ink and feasible for optical machine reading, by means of a thermal head by the use of a transfer ribbon alternately repeatedly provided with heat-sublimation ink layers and coloring heat-melting ink layers; said intermediate transfer medium comprising a heat-resistant base sheet and provided thereon i) a release layer, ii) a hologram forming layer, iii) a transparent thin-film layer and iv) an image-receiving adhesive layer comprised of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of from 50° C. to 150° C. and a filler added to the thermoplastic resin and selected from an inorganic filler having a melting point of 200° C. or above and an organic filler having a softening point or decomposition point of 200° C. or above,; and thermally transferring to a transfer substrate the image-receiving adhesive layer on which each image pattern has been formed, together with said release layer, said hologram forming layer and said transparent thin-film layer.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 194 words

A process for producing an image-recorded article, comprising the steps of; forming on an image-receiving adhesive layer of an intermediate transfer medium a multi-level image pattern formed of a sublimation ink and a binary image pattern formed of a coloring heat-melting ink and feasible for optical machine reading, by means of a thermal head by the use of a transfer ribbon alternately repeatedly provided with heat-sublimation ink layers and coloring heat-melting ink layers; said intermediate transfer medium comprising a heat-resistant base sheet and provided thereon i) a release layer, ii) a hologram forming layer, iii) a transparent thin-film layer and iv) an image-receiving adhesive layer comprised of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of from 50° C. to 150° C. and a filler added to the thermoplastic resin and selected from an inorganic filler having a melting point of 200° C. or above and an organic filler having a softening point or decomposition point of 200° C. or above,; and thermally transferring to a transfer substrate the image-receiving adhesive layer on which each image pattern has been formed, together with said release layer, said hologram forming layer and said transparent thin-film layer.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 32 words

The process for producing an image-recorded article according to claim 12, wherein said coloring heat-melting ink contains an infrared ray absorbing substance having a color similar to that of said transfer substrate.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 32 words

The process for producing an image-recorded article according to claim 13, wherein said coloring heat-melting ink contains an infrared ray absorbing substance having a color similar to that of said transfer substrate.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1997-09-05	1998-03-07	1998-09-06	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2001-09-05	2002-03-07	2002-09-06	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2005-09-05	2006-03-07	2006-09-06	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Intermediate transfer medium and process for producing image-recorded article making use of the same

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