US6524760B1
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Image receiving sheet and recording process
Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1999-12-15
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Granted: 2003-02-25
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Expires: 2019-12-15
Abstract
Abstract An image receiving sheet includes a substrate and a receptor layer. The substrate has at least one face, the receptor layer has a binder resin, and the receptor layer is provided on the face of the substrate. The binder resin of the receptor layer has storage elasticity moduli of 10 4 Pa or more at 130° C. and 10 2 Pa or more at 200° C.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuho Ikeuchi
- 👤 Masafumi Hayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 18:26
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G13/00; G03G13/20; B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/50; B41M5/502; B41M5/504; B41M5/52; G03G15/00; G03G15/65; G03G15/6588; G03G15/6591; G03G7/00; G03G7/0006; G03G7/002; G03G7/0026; G03G7/0086; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/0821; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00362; G03G2215/00443; G03G2215/00493; G03G2215/00497; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/31
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
An image receiving sheet, comprising: a substrate having at least one face; a receptor layer having a binder resin, the receptor layer provided on the face of the substrate, wherein the binder resin of the receptor layer has storage elasticity moduli of 10 4 Pa or more at 130° C. and 10 2 Pa or more at 200° C.; and a back face layer provided on a back face of said substrate opposite the face, at least one of the back face layer and the receptor layer having Beck smoothness of 1000 seconds or less, wherein the storage elasticity modulus G r of the binder resin of said receptor layer and the storage elasticity modulus G t of a toner resin satisfies a relation of G r /G t >10 at 130° C. and satisfies a relation of G r >G t in an entire temperature range of 130 to 200° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
152 words
An image receiving sheet, comprising: a substrate having at least one face; a receptor layer having a binder resin, the receptor layer provided on the face of the substrate, wherein the binder resin of the receptor layer has storage elasticity moduli of 10 4 Pa or more at 130° C. and 10 2 Pa or more at 200° C.; and a back face layer provided on a back face of said substrate opposite the face, at least one of the back face layer and the receptor layer having Beck smoothness of 1000 seconds or less, wherein the storage elasticity modulus G r of the binder resin of said receptor layer and the storage elasticity modulus G t of a toner resin satisfies a relation of G r /G t >10 at 130° C. and satisfies a relation of G r >G t in an entire temperature range of 130 to 200° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a resistance control layer provided on one of the receptor layer and the back face layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the resistance control layer includes an ion-conductive resistance control material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the resistance control layer includes a resistance control material comprising metal fine particles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the resistance control layer includes a resistance control substance comprising a conductive polymer having conjugated double bonds of π-electrons.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a resistance control layer provided between the substrate and one of the receptor layer and the back face layer and substrate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the resistance control layer includes an ion-conductive resistance control material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the resistance control layer includes a resistance control material comprising metal fine particles.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the resistance control layer includes a resistance control substance comprising a conductive polymer having conjugated double bonds of π-electrons.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the image receiving sheet has a parallel line transmittance of 70% or more.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
95 words
An image receiving sheet, comprising: a substrate having at least one face; a receptor layer having a binder resin, the receptor layer provided on the face of the substrate, wherein the binder resin of the receptor layer has storage elasticity moduli of 10 4 Pa or more at 130° C. and 10 2 Pa or more at 200° C.; and a back face layer provided on a back face of said substrate opposite the face, at least one of the back face layer and the receptor layer having Beck smoothness of 1000 seconds or less.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
95 words
An image receiving sheet, comprising: a substrate having at least one face; a receptor layer having a binder resin, the receptor layer provided on the face of the substrate, wherein the binder resin of the receptor layer has storage elasticity moduli of 10 4 Pa or more at 130° C. and 10 2 Pa or more at 200° C.; and a back face layer provided on a back face of said substrate opposite the face, at least one of the back face layer and the receptor layer having Beck smoothness of 1000 seconds or less.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 11 , further comprising a resistance control layer provided on one of the receptor layer and the back face layer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 11 , further comprising a resistance control layer provided between the substrate and one of the receptor layer and the back face layer and substrate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image receiving sheet according to claim 11 , wherein the image receiving sheet has a parallel line transmittance of 70% or more.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
167 words
A recording process for forming an image, comprising the steps of: providing an image receiving sheet, image receiving sheet including a substrate having at least one face and a receptor layer provided on the face of the substrate such that the receptor layer has a binder resin with storage elasticity moduli of 10 4 Pa or more at 130° C. and 10 2 Pa or more at 200° C.; transferring toner particles onto the receptor layer to form a pattern of the toner particles corresponding to the image to be recorded on the image receiving sheet; and embedding the toner particles into the reception layer at a fixing temperature between 130° C. and 200° C. to fix the toner particles to the image receiving sheet, wherein the image receiving sheet further comprises a back face layer provided on a back face of said substrate opposite the face, at least one of the back face layer and the receptor layer having Beck smoothness of 1000 seconds or less.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
167 words
A recording process for forming an image, comprising the steps of: providing an image receiving sheet, image receiving sheet including a substrate having at least one face and a receptor layer provided on the face of the substrate such that the receptor layer has a binder resin with storage elasticity moduli of 10 4 Pa or more at 130° C. and 10 2 Pa or more at 200° C.; transferring toner particles onto the receptor layer to form a pattern of the toner particles corresponding to the image to be recorded on the image receiving sheet; and embedding the toner particles into the reception layer at a fixing temperature between 130° C. and 200° C. to fix the toner particles to the image receiving sheet, wherein the image receiving sheet further comprises a back face layer provided on a back face of said substrate opposite the face, at least one of the back face layer and the receptor layer having Beck smoothness of 1000 seconds or less.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The recording process according to claim 15 , wherein no oil is used during the process for fixing the toner.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
65 words
The recording process according to claim 15 , wherein the storage elasticity modulus G r of the binder resin of said receptor layer and the storage elasticity modulus G t of a toner resin satisfies a relation of G r /G t >10 at 130° C. and satisfies a relation of G r >G t in an entire temperature range of 130 to 200° C.
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