Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
428320390 | RECEIVER FOR THERMAL TRANSFER INK | 89 |
20080220190 | AQUEOUS SUBBING FOR EXTRUDED THERMAL DYE RECEIVER - The present invention relates to an image recording element comprising a support having thereon an aqueous subbing layer and an extruded dye receiving layer, wherein the image recording element is a thermal dye receiver. The present invention also relates to a method of making a thermal dye receiving element comprising providing a support for an imaging element; applying an aqueous subbing layer to the support; and extruding thereon at least one thermal dye receiving layer. | 09-11-2008 |
20080220191 | Thermal Transfer Receiving Sheet - There is provided a thermal transfer receiving sheet comprising a sheet-like support and an image receiving layer formed on at least one side of the sheet-like support, wherein the image receiving layer contains a polyester resin with a branched structure obtained by polycondensation of a polyhydric carboxylic acid component and a polyhydric alcohol component, and 30-75 mol % of the polyhydric carboxylic acid component is an aromatic dicarboxylic acid while 15-60 mol % is an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid. | 09-11-2008 |
20080254241 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet containing at least one heat insulation layer and at least one receptor layer on a support, wherein said heat insulation layer contains at least one kind of hollow polymer particles and said receptor layer contains at least one latex polymer and at least one water-soluble polymer; wherein said water-soluble polymer is at least one of a gelatin and a polyvinyl alcohol in which the gelatin has an average molecular mass of 20,000 or more and the polyvinyl alcohol has a saponification degree of 95% or more and an average polymerization degree of from 200 to 1600 or has a saponification degree of less than 95% and an average polymerization degree of from 500 to 2000. | 10-16-2008 |
20080305287 | Producing Method of Transfer Body with Organic Film Thermal-Transferred Thereon and Transfer Body with Organic Film Thermal-Transferred Thereon - A production method of a transfer body with an organic film thermal-transferred thereon, which can be preferably inhibit the mass transfer from occurring, is provided. | 12-11-2008 |
20090047450 | Image Receiving Layer Suitable For Thermography For Portable Data Carriers, and Portable Data Carrier - An image-receiving layer ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090061124 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having a support and, on each of both sides of the support, at least one receptor layer containing at least one kind of latex polymer; a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet containing a support and, on each of both sides of the support, are formed at least one interlayer, at least one heat insulation layer containing at least one kind of hollow polymer, and at least one receptor layer in this order from the support; and a method of producing a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a support and, on each of both sides of the support, at least one receptor layer containing at least one kind of latex polymer, which method including forming the receptor layer by applying a receptor layer-coating liquid which has a solid content in the range of from 5% by mass to 50% by mass, per one coating operation. | 03-05-2009 |
20090087597 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - It is an object of the present invention to provide a high performance and highly productive thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which solves drawbacks of the prior art, i.e., drawbacks such as the deterioration in sensitivity in using a pulp paper such as a coated paper as a substrate, and the reduction in productivity and the increase in cost in using a laminated and bonded sheet of a void-containing biaxially stretched film and a core material, is inexpensive, and can attain high-density and high-resolution images having no density irregularity and dot missing. | 04-02-2009 |
20090142520 | DYE RECEPTOR LAYER COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to a dye receptor layer composition for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets which includes (a) a resin dispersion containing a polyester-containing resin, (b) a glycol ether having a boiling point of from 160° C. to 280° C. and a vapor pressure at 20° C. of from 20 to 1,000 Pa and (c) an oxazoline group-containing compound, and is excellent in film-forming property; and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet obtained from the composition which can be dried at a low temperature for a short period of time, exhibits a low heat fusibility, is excellent in releasability, printing sensitivity and imaging performance, and can produce images with a high density. | 06-04-2009 |
20090162580 | FOAMED IMAGE RECEIVER - The present invention relates to an image receiver element comprising a single low density layer, wherein the single low density layer comprises non-crosslinked aliphatic polyester containing non-interconnected void space, and wherein the single low density layer does not absorb more than 3 weight % moisture at 80% RH and 21.3° C. as compared to the weight % moisture of said single low density layer at 20% RH and 21.3° C. The invention relates to a method of forming such an image receiver element, a printing system comprising an imaging material and the image receiver element, and a method of printing comprising obtaining an imaging material comprising a colorant layer; obtaining the image receiver element; superposing the colorant layer with the receiver element; and transferring colorant from the imaging material to the image receiver element. | 06-25-2009 |
20090191364 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having at least one heat insulation layer and at least one receptor layer on a support, the heat insulation layer containing at least one hollow polymer, and the receptor layer containing at least one latex polymer having the glass transition temperature (Tg) of 20° C. to 60° C. and at least one polymer compound having an aliphatic group substituted with a fluorine atom at its side chain. | 07-30-2009 |
20090191365 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, comprising a support, and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles and at least one receptor layer provided for the support in this order, wherein the receptor layer contains a latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. and a latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or higher, the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. is contained in an amount, as solid content, larger than that of the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or higher, and the latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than 50° C. is a latex polymer having the recurring unit obtained from vinyl chloride monomer in an amount of 50 mol % or more. | 07-30-2009 |
20090220709 | SHEET FOR THERMAL TRANSCRIPTION - A sheet for thermal transcription including a substrate ( | 09-03-2009 |
20090269520 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image receiving sheet that is provided in a form of a roll sheet, which comprises a mark formed in the vicinity of the defective portion, so that a printer to detect the presence of a defective portion. | 10-29-2009 |
20100009101 | PRINT SHEET - A print sheet which is transported by transporting means and inserted between a thermal head and a platen which are disposed to oppose to each other in a printing unit of a printer, which is to be used for printing, includes: a chamfered portion to decrease the sheet thickness of at least one surface of the front and rear surfaces and which is formed at the end portion in the supply direction of the printing unit. | 01-14-2010 |
20100129572 | IMAGE RECEIVER MEDIA AND PRINTING PROCESS - A transfer medium is provided for receiving images formed on the medium by inks or toners comprising thermally diffusible colorants, including disperse dye and sublimation dye, and methods of using the medium to present images on substrates. The medium provides an opaque layer that allows transfer of the image from the medium to a substrate, and provides a background for the image when the image is transferred to a dark colored substrate, so that the dark colored substrate does not obscure the image. | 05-27-2010 |
20100136267 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE RECEIVING SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME - A thermal transfer image receiving sheet containing a substrate having thereon a thermal insulation layer, an intermediate layer and an image receiving layer in that order, wherein the thermal insulation layer, the image receiving layer and the intermediate layer each is formed by an aqueous coating method. | 06-03-2010 |
20100196630 | PEELING MEMBER, MEMBER FOR FORMING PEELING MEMBER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PEELING MEMBER, IMAGE REMOVER, IMAGE FORMING AND REMOVING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE REMOVING METHOD - A peeling member to be used in an image remover configured to peel off and remove an image by thermal transfer from a recording material on which the image is formed of a thermoplastic image forming substance is disclosed that includes a base body; a rubber elasticity layer provided on the base body, the rubber elasticity layer being formed of a material having rubber elasticity; an organic polymer compound layer provided on the rubber elasticity layer, the organic polymer compound layer presenting no plasticity at a heating temperature for peeling off and removing the image on the recording material by the thermal transfer and having a Young fs modulus of 400 MPa to 6000 MPa at normal temperature; and a thermoplastic composition layer formed on the surface of the organic polymer compound layer so as to serve as an outermost surface layer presenting adhesion to the thermoplastic image forming substance. | 08-05-2010 |
20110027503 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having, on a support, at least one heat insulation layer and at least one receptor layer in this sequence, the receptor layer containing a latex polymer and a polyether-modified silicone represented by a specific formula, and the receptor layer containing at least one anionic surfactant represented by other two specific formulae. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027504 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having on a support: at least one heat insulation layer; and at least one receptor layer containing a latex polymer and polyether-modified silicone in this order, in which at least one layer provided on the side of the support having the receptor layer contains at least one fluorine-containing compound represented by formula (H): | 02-03-2011 |
20110064895 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having, on a transparent support, a lenticular lens and at least one receptor layer in which the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet has a subbing layer which contains a resin that is identical with at least one resin constituting the lenticular lens, on the side of the transparent support opposite to the side on which the lenticular lens is provided, and the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet has a receptor layer containing a latex polymer on the subbing layer. | 03-17-2011 |
20110076428 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having on a support: at least one heat insulation layer and at least one receptor layer containing a vinyl chloride-series latex copolymer in this order, in which at least one intermediate layer is provided between the heat insulation layer and the receptor layer, the total dry film thickness of the receptor layer and the intermediate layer is 2.5 to 4.0 μm, and the intermediate layer contains 90 mass % or more of a polymer having a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or higher. | 03-31-2011 |
20110086188 | Tag material - A reinforced two-side-printable laminate material constructed of a top layer of coated-one-side paper or related material, a middle layer of foamed polypropylene film or related material, and a bottom layer of paper material, said bottom layer being coated with a direct thermal emulsion with the thermal emulsion facing outward. | 04-14-2011 |
20110091667 | THERMAL DYE IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS - A thermal dye image receiver element has, in order, a cellulosic raw base support, an antistatic subbing layer, and a thermal dye receiving layer. The cellulosic raw base support has an internal electrical resistance (WER) that is at least 1 log ohm/square greater than the surface electrical resistance (SER) of the antistatic subbing layer. This arrangement of antistatic properties overcomes a static problem in the thermal dye image receiver elements by properly balancing the conductivity between the two antistatic locations. | 04-21-2011 |
20110183088 | PRINTING SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The presently disclosed subject matter provides a printing sheet provided with a cushioning layer required for suppressing wrinkles due to the elongation of an ink ribbon during thermal transfer and reducing color omission, and provides a method for producing the same. The printing sheet according to the presently disclosed subject matter includes a transparent substrate, a first resin layer formed on one surface of the transparent substrate, a second resin layer formed on the first resin layer, an absorbing layer which is formed on the second resin layer and absorbs a dye in a coloring material of a thermal transfer sheet, a third resin layer formed on the other surface of the transparent substrate sheet, and a lens layer formed on the third resin layer, wherein the first resin layer and the third resin layer have an adhesive function and a cushioning function. | 07-28-2011 |
20120003405 | SPLICE TAPE FOR IMPRINTABLE WEBS - A splice tape for a thermally imaging web. A polymer tape layer, which is thin and strong, has an adhesive layer on its lower side and a thermally imaging composition on its upper side. The thermally imaging composition is similar to the thermal imaging layer on the web. When two ends of a web are joined, the splice tape is placed thereon to join the two ends. The splice tape may be printed at the same time as the web. The thinness of the splice allows the printing to be consistent at the splice, minimizing blank areas. | 01-05-2012 |
20120058285 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TRANSFER MEDIUM, SET OF INK AND ADHESIVE LIQUID USED FOR THE METHOD, TRANSFER MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE TRANSFER MEDIUM - Provided is a method of producing a transfer medium including attaching ink which contains a resin and is discharged from an ink jet head onto a substrate; evaporating at least a part of the liquid component included in the ink having been attached to the substrate; and attaching adhesive liquid which contains a resin and is discharged from the ink jet head to a substrate surface where the ink in which at least a part of the liquid component has been evaporated is attached. | 03-08-2012 |
20120231184 | POLYSILOXANE-MODIFIED POLYHYDROXY POLYURETHANE RESIN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL USING THE RESIN, IMITATION LEATHER, THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN RESIN SKIN MATERIAL, MATERIAL FOR WEATHER STRIP, AND WEATHER STRIP - Disclosed are a polysiloxane-modified polyhydroxy polyurethane resin characterized by being derived from a reaction between a 5-membered cyclic carbonate polysiloxane compound represented by the below-described formula (1) and an amine compound, and its production process; and a resin composition, thermal recording medium, imitation leather, thermoplastic polyolefin resin skin material, weather strip material, and weather strip, all of which make use of the resin. | 09-13-2012 |
20120244297 | VINYL CHLORIDE-BASED RESIN LATEXES, PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET OBTAINED USING THE SAME - A vinyl chloride-based resin latex which froths little when unreacted monomer remaining in the latex are recovered under heat and reduced-pressure conditions, and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which has satisfactory water resistance, does not yellow during storage, and gives images having excellent durability and light resistance. The invention provides a vinyl chloride-based resin latex contains a copolymer containing a vinyl chloride and an epoxy-group-containing vinyl or contains vinyl chloride, an epoxy-group-containing vinyl, and a carboxylic acid vinyl ester, wherein a content of the epoxy-group-containing vinyl is 0.1% by weight or more but less than 3% by weight, and wherein the latex contains no surfactant, and has a solid concentration of 25% by weight or more; a process for producing the latex; and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet obtained using the latex. | 09-27-2012 |
20130078396 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - There is provided a thermal transfer sheet including a base sheet, and a dye receiving layer formed on the base sheet and containing a mixture of copolymer A including styrene and acrylonitrile as monomers and a copolymer B including 2-phenoxyethyl methacrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate as monomers. | 03-28-2013 |
20130101758 | IDENTIFICATION DEVICE HAVING ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES - An identification device, preferably a wristband or adhesive label, is configured to receive identifying indicia by means of a direct thermal printer. A direct thermal layer includes antimicrobial particles embedded therein and is exposed, i.e., does not have a protective overcoat or varnish covering the direct thermal layer. The antimicrobial particles increase the surface available silver ions and are preferably formed of an aqueous dispersion of silver chloride-coated titanium dioxide particles. The antimicrobial particles may also be formed of an inorganic silver-containing compound such as silver zirconium phosphates or a silver substituted zeolite. | 04-25-2013 |
20130164463 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM - In an intermediate transfer medium, a substrate, protective layers having a layered structure of two or more layers, and a receiving layer are layered in this order. One layer in the protective layers having the layered structure contains, as a main component, one material or a mixture of two or more materials selected from the group consisting of polyesters having a high polymerization degree, a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of not less than 12,000 and a Tg of not less than 60° C., polycarbonates and polyester urethanes. Another layer in the protective layers having the layered structure contains one or more materials selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl butyrals, polyvinyl acetals and polyvinyl pyrrolidones or includes a cationic resin, and the receiving layer contains a side chain-type aralkyl-modified silicone in an amount of 0.5-5% by weight on a base of the total weight of the receiving layer. | 06-27-2013 |
20130230672 | THERMALLY PRINTABLE ADHESIVE LABEL - A linerless label roll of repositionable labels adapted to be printed in varying lengths comprising a web of thermally printable paper wound along a running axis and having a continuous length of adhesive on one side of the web so that when a length of the web is caused to be thermally printed it will have an adhesive on the reverse side thereof that extends in a uninterrupted manner along the entire length of the thermally printed web. | 09-05-2013 |
20130344261 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - Disclosed is a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which excels in adhesiveness to a receiving layer and solvent resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof. In the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, which includes a porous layer, a barrier layer, a receiving layer which are stacked in this order on a substrate, the porous layer includes a binder resin and hollow particles, and the barrier layer includes (i) (A) a first acrylic resin and (B) one or more kinds of resins selected from the group consisting of polyester resins, polyvinyl pyrrolidone type resins, polyester type urethane resin, and a second acrylic resin which differs from the first acrylic resin; or (ii) a polyvinyl pyrrolidone type resin. | 12-26-2013 |
20140127428 | THICK, PRINTABLE LABELS SUITABLE FOR USE IN A THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER - Thick, compressible, multilayer labels with the appearance and feel of hard plastic identification shields comprise:
| 05-08-2014 |
20140134357 | IMAGE TRANSFER SHEET - An image transfer sheet includes an image-receiving layer, a substrate, and a rear outermost layer containing an alkali metal salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid. The image-receiving layer, the substrate, and the rear outermost layer are arranged in that order. | 05-15-2014 |
20140170341 | Thermal Transfer Printable Fluid Line Label Tape - A thermal transfer printable multilayer label tape for identifying fluid lines, the tape comprising:
| 06-19-2014 |
20140205773 | WATER-INSOLUBLE COLORING MATTER COMPOUND, INK USING THE WATER-INSOLUBLE COLORING MATTER COMPOUND, THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING SHEET AND RESIST COMPOSITION FOR COLOR FILTER - An object of the present invention is to provide a water-insoluble coloring matter compound having high solubility for a solvent and high lightness and chroma and providing a chromaticity closer to the magenta chromaticity represented by the Adobe RGB color space, A water-insoluble coloring matter compound represented by the formula (1) is provided; | 07-24-2014 |
20140349038 | PLASTIC FILM FOR PRINTING BY DYE DIFFUSION THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING - The invention relates to a special layer construction and a special film of plastic for the production of such a layer construction which is suitable for printing by means of dye diffusion thermal transfer printing, a process for the production thereof and a security and/or valuable document comprising such a layer construction. | 11-27-2014 |
20160059607 | COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR FORMING TONER RECEPTIVE COATINGS - The present invention provides coating composition for forming a toner receptive coating on a substrate containing a polymer comprising: (a) a N-vinyl amide monomer, (b) a vinyl acetate monomer, (c) a substituted or unsubstituted monomer comprising a cyclic ether, and (d) a solvent. The coating compositions may further comprise a (e) non-reactive hydrophobic monomer. The invention also provides substrates coated with the toner receptive coatings. | 03-03-2016 |
20160082762 | COMPOSITION FOR PROTECTION LAYER AND THERMAL RECORDING MATERIAL - A composition for a protection layer of a thermal recording material includes emulsion (A) and non-crosslinkable urea compound (B), and emulsion (A) has a pH of 6 or more, and contains copolymer resin (a) produced by copolymerizing reactive monomer component (a′) containing at least a vinyl monomer component having a carboxyl group and a vinyl monomer component that is copolymerizable with the vinyl monomer component having a carboxyl group. | 03-24-2016 |
20160251466 | VINYL ALCOHOL POLYMER, THICKENING AGENT, STABILIZER FOR EMULSION POLYMERIZATION, STABILIZER FOR SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION, COATING AGENT, COATED ARTICLE, SIZING AGENT FOR FIBERS, SIZED YARN, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF TEXTILE | 09-01-2016 |
428320500 | Particles in receiving media | 30 |
20080305285 | IMAGE TRANSFER PAPER - An image transfer paper including a substrate layer, an image layer positioned relative to the substrate layer, the image layer including at least one of a polyester and a polyurethane and at least one of a micronized polytetrafluoroethylene and a micronized polyethylene, and a release layer positioned between the substrate layer and the image layer, the release layer including a wax component and at least one of a fluoro phosphate ester and a perfluoro phosphate ester. | 12-11-2008 |
20090011154 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET AND SURFACE CONDITION IMPROVER - A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a heat-insulating layer and an image-receiving layer on a support, wherein the receiving layer contains polymer latex, the heat-insulating layer contains hollow polymer, and at least two layers are formed by simultaneous multilayer coating, and wherein at least one layer on the side of the receiving layer on the support contains at least two compounds of the following formulae [I] to [IV]: | 01-08-2009 |
20090061121 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE RECEIVING SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A thermal transfer image receiving sheet, excellent in releasability even after printing based on a thermal transfer process is performed a plurality of times, is provided. The thermal transfer image receiving sheet has: a substrate sheet; and an image receiving layer which is formed on the substrate sheet and having a binder resin, a high molecular weight silicone, and a low molecular weight-modified silicone. A kinematic viscosity of the high molecular weight silicone is 500000 mm | 03-05-2009 |
20090197024 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, containing a support and an interlayer, an insulation layer and a receptor layer formed on the support in that order, wherein the receptor layer contains at least one kind of latex polymer and a compound represented by the following Formula (I) or an inorganic salt, and the contact angle between the receptor layer surface and water 2 seconds after placement of water droplet, as determined by the static droplet method specified in JIS R-3257, is 68° or less or the contact angle 60 seconds after placement of water droplet is 28° or less, | 08-06-2009 |
20090208676 | BIAXIALLY ORIENTED WHITE POLYPROPYLENE FILM, REFLECTION PLATE AND RECEIVING SHEET FOR THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING - A biaxially oriented white polypropylene film containing a core layer (layer A) and a skin layer (layer B), said layer B is laminated at least on one surface of said layer A, wherein said layer A contains a polypropylene resin having β-crystal activity and 1 to 20 mass % particle (a) having an average dispersed diameter of 60 to 400 nm, and wherein, said layer B contains a polypropylene resin and 0.05 to 5 mass % particle (b) of an average dispersed diameter of 1 to 4 μm. The present invention provides a biaxially oriented white polypropylene film excellent in film quality and productivity and capable of making sensitivity and productivity compatible in a high level when used as a base for a receiving sheet, and a receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording made thereof. | 08-20-2009 |
20090246420 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, having, on a support, at least one layer containing an organic hollow polymer, wherein the layer containing the organic hollow polymer includes at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant. | 10-01-2009 |
20100028569 | POLYESTERS FOR THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEETS - The present invention relates to a polyester for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets which includes a polyester A produced from an alcohol component containing 50 mol % or more of an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an acid component containing 80 mol % or more of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and/or an alicyclic carboxylic acid as a total amount thereof, and a polyester B produced from an alcohol component containing 80 mol % or more of the alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an acid component containing 10 to 35 mol % of a trivalent or higher valent aromatic polycarboxylic acid; a resin dispersion containing the polyester; a process for producing the resin dispersion; a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet using the polyester; and a process for producing the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet is capable of satisfying all of a dyeability, a light resistance and a releasability at the same time. | 02-04-2010 |
20100062195 | Thermal recording material - In a thermal recording material having an intermediate layer and a thermal recording layer that are laminated on a support in this order, the above intermediate layer contains a swellable starch and a pigment and is formed by applying onto the support a coating liquid containing the swellable starch and the pigment in the state of being dispersed in a dispersing medium composed of water as a main component, whereby a number of voids are formed in the intermediate layer and there can be provided a thermal recording material excellent in thermal response and head-matching property. | 03-11-2010 |
20100143616 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having a receptor layer comprising: (a) a polymer or latex polymer including a unit having ultraviolet absorbing ability, or (b) a latex polymer and a water-soluble polymer; and a method of producing the same. | 06-10-2010 |
20100247815 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet having, on a support, at least one heat-insulating layer and at least one receiving layer on the heat-insulating layer, wherein the heat-insulating layer contains hollow polymer particles, gelatin and a latex having a glass transition temperature of from 30 to 85° C., and the molecular chain of the polymer constituting the latex has a styrene recurring unit and a butadiene recurring unit. | 09-30-2010 |
20100279034 | Thermal transfer receiving sheet and its manufacturing method - The present invention provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp, wherein the moisture content of the entire thermal transfer receiving sheet is from 2 to 8 mass % and the moisture permeability of the entire receiving sheet is 400 g/m | 11-04-2010 |
20100330305 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBERS - An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a first supporting substrate, such as a polyimide substrate layer, and a second layer of a silicone containing polyamideimide layer. Also, the intermediate transfer media can include a silicone containing polyamideimide single layer. | 12-30-2010 |
20110045212 | RESIN COMPOSITION, THERMAL TRANSFER-RECEIVING SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MAKING THERMAL TRANSFER-RECEIVING SHEET - A resin composition used to form a dye-receiving layer of a thermal transfer-receiving sheet in which the dye-receiving layer is formed on at least one surface of a substrate contains a core/shell-type latex including a core containing (A) and a shell containing (B) and a cross-linking agent that reacts with a carboxyl group contained in the shell. (A) is an acrylic resin at least containing, as one of its monomers, a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and/or a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate. (B) is a urethane resin containing a carboxyl group. | 02-24-2011 |
20110052840 | CARBON BLACK POLYMERIC INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBERS - An intermediate transfer member that contains a mixture of carbon black, and as a dispersant for the carbon black a copolymer of a polyester, a polycarbonate and a polyalkylene glycol, such as a polyethylene glycol, and further including an optional second polymer. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052841 | CARBON NANOTUBE CONTAINING INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBERS - A UV curable intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a first supporting substrate, such as a polyimide substrate layer, and a second surface layer of a carbon nanotube. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052842 | RECEIVING SHEET FOR DYE-SUBLIMATION HEAT TRANSFER RECORDING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a receiving sheet for dye-sublimation thermal transfer recording and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a receiving sheet for dye-sublimation thermal transfer recording, which includes a base layer, a back coating layer formed on one surface of the base layer, and an ink-receiving layer formed on the surface opposite the surface of the base layer on which the back coating layer is formed, the ink-receiving layer containing porous metal oxide nanoparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The inventive receiving sheet for dye-sublimation thermal transfer recording includes the ink-receiving layer containing porous metal oxide nanoparticles. Thus, the resolution of images on the receiving sheet can be maintained, while the resistance to thermal deformation and durability of the receiving sheet can be greatly improved, thus offering many advantages in terms of image quality or cost. | 03-03-2011 |
20110143059 | RECEPTOR LAYER FORMING COMPOSITION AND THERMAL TRANSFER RECEIVING SHEET - A receptor layer forming composition of a thermal transfer receiving sheet includes a core/shell-type latex which includes a core portion made from an acrylic resin (A) and a shell portion made from a urethane resin (B); and a hydrophilic acrylic resin containing hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate as at least one polymerizable component. The acrylic resin (A) contains substituted or unsubstituted phenoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and/or substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate as at least one polymerizable component thereof. The urethane resin (B) contains a carboxyl group. | 06-16-2011 |
20120009363 | RECORDING SHEET FOR WET ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY - A recording sheet for wet electrophotography having excellent toner fixability and transferability when printing is carried out by using a wet electrophotographic system using a wet toner is provided. | 01-12-2012 |
20120269992 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEETS - The present invention relates to a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet including a dye receiving layer which contains a resin (A) including a graft polymer containing a main chain segment (A1) formed of a polyester resin having an acid value of from 5 to 40 mgKOH/g and a side chain segment (A2) formed of an addition polymer-based resin, wherein the segment (A1) is obtained by polycondensing an alcohol component containing an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane in an amount of 60 mol % or more with a carboxylic acid component, and the segment (A2) contains a constitutional unit derived from an aromatic group-containing addition-polymerizable monomer in an amount of 85% by weight or more. | 10-25-2012 |
20130202819 | VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN LATEX FOR THERMAL SUBLIMATION TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET, AND THERMAL SUBLIMATION TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET USING SAME - The present invention relates to a vinyl chloride resin latex for a thermal sublimation transfer image-receiving sheet, comprising a vinyl chloride homopolymer and an alkylbenzenesulfonate salt in an amount of more than 1 part by weight to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the vinyl chloride homopolymer; and a thermal sublimation transfer image-receiving sheet using the same. | 08-08-2013 |
20140141182 | IDENTIFICATION DEVICE HAVING ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES - An identification device, preferably a wristband or adhesive label, is configured to receive identifying indicia by means of a direct thermal printer. A direct thermal layer includes antimicrobial particles embedded therein and is exposed, i.e., does not have a protective overcoat or varnish covering the direct thermal layer. The antimicrobial particles increase the surface available silver ions and are preferably formed of an aqueous dispersion of silver chloride-coated titanium dioxide particles. The antimicrobial particles may also be formed of an inorganic silver-containing compound such as silver zirconium phosphates or a silver substituted zeolite. | 05-22-2014 |
20140234558 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING LABEL - To provide a thermosensitive recording label, which contains a base, an under layer, a thermosensitive coloring layer, a barrier layer, a release layer, and an adhesive layer, where the under layer, the thermosensitive coloring layer, the barrier layer, and the release layer are disposed on one surface of the base in this order, and the adhesive layer is disposed on the other surface of the base, wherein the release layer contains a cured product of a heat curing silicone resin, and the barrier layer contains a cured product of a water-soluble resin with a crosslinking agent, and inorganic filler. | 08-21-2014 |
20140302259 | POLYESTER FILM WITH SMOOTH SURFACE PROPERTIES FOR WINDING AND PRINTING - A substrate composite film for thermal transfer printing includes a biaxially oriented base layer including polyester, a first type of lubricant particles, and a second type of lubricant particles. The substrate composite film satisfies the following: (1) a ratio of maximum height SRma and peak count SPc is 1≦SRma/SPc≦4.5, (2) a center plane average roughness Sra is 15 to 30 nm, (3) coefficient of dynamic friction is <0.60, and (4) 20 and 60 degree gloss is greater than 160 SGU. The 20 degree gloss may be equal in all directions, and the 60 degree gloss may be equal in all directions. | 10-09-2014 |
20150086732 | COMBINED RECEIPT AND LABEL ROLL HAVING OPTIMAL ADHESIVE PATCH PATTERNS AND A METHOD OF MANUAFACTURING THEREOF - A combined receipt and label roll comprises a core, and a web having a longitudinally-extending axis and wound on the core along the axis. The web includes (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate, and (iii) a water-based microsphere adhesive disposed on the back side of the substrate along the web axis. The water-based microsphere adhesive comprises at least four separate adhesive patches. The at least four adhesive patches are both sized relative to each other and positioned relative to each other on the back side of the substrate such that additional tack desired can be obtained by increasing volume of the adhesive patches without having to increase coat weight of the adhesive patches. | 03-26-2015 |
20150290958 | SECURE CARD CUSTOMISABLE BY THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING - A structure that is customizable by thermal transfer printing, in particular D2T2 or re-transfer, in particular for a multi-layer secure card structure, may include a layer of a non-opaque material for receiving thermal transfer printing, preferably comprising a vinyl polymer, in particular non-halogenated, better still a polyvinyl ester, and more preferably still polyvinyl acetate (PVAc); and a fibrous paper sub-layer, comprising at least one security element incorporated into the paper and/or arranged on the surface of the fibrous sub-layer. | 10-15-2015 |
20150328913 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM - Provided is an intermediate transfer medium. The intermediate transfer medium includes a substrate, a protective layer and a receiving layer. The protective layer includes two or more binder resin varieties and a filler. A mixed binder resin which includes the two or more binder resin types has a storage elastic modulus G′≧1.0×10 | 11-19-2015 |
20160114609 | TRANSFER MATERIAL, IMAGE SUPPORT WITH COLORING MATERIAL-RECEIVING LAYER AND RECORDED MATTER, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - Provided is a transfer material, including: a coloring material-receiving layer; and a base material sheet. The transfer material has a laminated structure in which the base material sheet and the coloring material-receiving layer are sequentially laminated, the coloring material-receiving layer contains at least inorganic fine particles, a water-soluble resin, and a cationic resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 15,000 or less, and a difference SP | 04-28-2016 |
20160159126 | RECORDING MATERIAL FOR THERMAL PRINTING METHODS - A recording material for thermal printing methods comprising a carrier and a dye-absorbing layer equipped for the thermal dye transfer, wherein a barrier layer is arranged between the carrier and the dye-absorbing layer and the barrier layer contains gelatine and a polymer binder dispersible in water, the gelatine and the polymer binder dispersible in water being cross-linked with one another, suitable for the production of photo-like images having very good dye migration behaviour and without mottle effect. | 06-09-2016 |
20160250876 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FILM, ADHESIVE SHEET, AND THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET | 09-01-2016 |
20180022139 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND SILANE COUPLING AGENT | 01-25-2018 |
428320510 | Retransferable (i.e., receiving layer utilizable as ink transferable donor) | 4 |
20090068383 | Thermal Transfer Printing - A retransfer intermediate sheet for receiving an image to be printed onto an article by thermal retrasfer comprises a substrate which is preferably heat-deformable; and an image-receiving coating on one side of the substrate, comprising an image-receiving layer for receiving an image by printing, preferably inkjet printing, of dye-containing ink, the image-receiving layer comprising amorphous porous silica, a first, non-dye absorbing polymeric binder and a second, flexible polymeric binder. The sheet is particularly useful for printing on three dimensional articles, e.g. being heated and vacuum formed to conform to an article. The invention also coven a method of printing and an article bearing a printed image. | 03-12-2009 |
20100119739 | THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING - A retransfer intermediate sheet for receiving an image to be printed onto an article by thermal retransfer comprises a substrate; and an image-receiving coating on one side of the substrate for receiving an image by printing of dye-containing ink, the coating comprising a fluid-absorbing layer and a superposed dye management layer comprising functionalised polyvinyl alcohol and/or an ionic polymer. The dye management layer functions to reduce back diffusion and to increase dye transfer efficiency, resulting in production of printed images of improved optical density. The sheet can be heat-deformable, and finds particular use in printing on 3D articles, e.g. being heated and vacuum formed to conform to an article. The invention also covers a method of printing and an article bearing a printed image. | 05-13-2010 |
20140087097 | CLOTH MATERIAL FOR MARKING AND METHOD OF FORMING MARK - The invention provides a cloth material for marking including, in this order, a label cloth formed from a fiber, an intermediate layer including a resin having a softening point of 180° C. or higher, a transfer adhesive layer including a thermoplastic resin having a softening point of 170° C. or lower and having a melt flow rate of 100 g/10 min or lower; and a release sheet. | 03-27-2014 |
20150118420 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM - In an intermediate transfer medium, a substrate, protective layers having a layered structure of two or more layers, and a receiving layer are layered in this order. One layer in the protective layers having the layered structure contains, as a main component, one material or a mixture of two or more materials selected from the group consisting of polyesters having a high polymerization degree, a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of not less than 12,000 and a Tg of not less than 60° C., polycarbonates and polyester urethanes. Another layer in the protective layers having the layered structure contains one or more materials selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl butyrals, polyvinyl acetals and polyvinyl pyrrolidones or includes a cationic resin, and the receiving layer contains a side chain-type aralkyl-modified silicone in an amount of 0.5-5% by weight on a base of the total weight of the receiving layer. | 04-30-2015 |
428320520 | Thermal transfer donor attached | 14 |
20090035492 | Laser marking label - The present invention relates to a laser marking label for forming patterns by a process including the step of selectively destroying a recording layer with a laser beam and exposing lower layers, wherein the laser marking label contains at least a recording layer, a backing layer, a ground layer, a shielding layer, and an adhesive layer, in this order, wherein each of the layers is directly or indirectly laminated. According to the laser marking label of the present invention, patterns of a workpiece or an opening part can be covered for the designing property and prevention of erroneous operation of an optical sensor, and the label can also serve as a display, in other words, excellent shielding ability in both line image portions and non-line image portions can be provided. Also at the same time, a display of white line images on a black background, sufficient durability and sufficient resolution can be realized. | 02-05-2009 |
20090087598 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer sheet containing a base film, a dye layer formed over one surface of the base film and containing a heat-transferable dye and a resin, and a heat-resistant lubricating layer formed over the other surface of the base film and containing inorganic particles and a resin, wherein the inorganic particles contained in the heat-resistant lubricating layer has a Mohs' hardness of 3 to 7 and a mean particle size of 0.3 to 5 μm, and the ratio of the maximum width of each of the inorganic particles to the sphere equivalent diameter thereof is from 1.5 to 50. | 04-02-2009 |
20100304058 | Non-drying label with thermal paper - A non-drying label with thermal paper, includes: thermal paper, forming a material of an upper surface of the non-drying label, having a first back adhesive layer; bottom paper, provided at lowest of the non-drying label, having a bottom spacing layer; and bearing paper, provided between the thermal paper and the bottom paper, having a second back adhesive layer. The thermal paper and the bottom paper adheres to the bearing paper via the back adhesive layers. An upper surface of the bearing paper has an information area, wherein the information area is applied with the parting silicone oil to form a transparent or translucent film spacing layer covered with the image and text information, and a joining area for adhering to the thermal paper via the first back adhesive layer, wherein the thermal paper is divided into a plurality of detachable portions corresponding to different areas of the bearing paper. | 12-02-2010 |
20110027505 | IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS WITH AQUEOUS DYE RECEIVING LAYER - A thermal, non-silver halide-containing image receiver element includes a support and an aqueous-coated image receiving layer. This receiving layer comprises a water-dispersible polymer having a polyurea or polyurethane backbone and up to 25 weight % of the water-dispersible polymer comprising polysiloxane side chains that are covalently attached to the backbone, each of the side chains having a molecular weight of at least 500. Aqueous dispersions of polyester ionomers and crosslinking agents can also be present. | 02-03-2011 |
20110052843 | IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS - An image receiving element is a composite of multiple layers on a support including, in order, an extruded compliant layer, an aqueous-coated subbing layer, and an image receiving layer that may also be extruded. The extruded compliant layer is non-voided and comprises from about 10 to about 40 weight % of at least one elastomeric polymer. This image receiving element can be disposed on a support to form a thermal dye transfer receiver element, an electrophotographic image receiver element, or a thermal wax receiver element. Excellent adhesion is provided between the extruded compliant layer and the image receiving layer by means of the aqueous-coated subbing layer. | 03-03-2011 |
20110117299 | IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS - An image receiver element includes a water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane binder in the image receiving layer. This polyurethane has a T | 05-19-2011 |
20110143060 | IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS WITH AQUEOUS DYE RECEIVING LAYER - A thermal, non-silver halide-containing image receiver element includes a support and an aqueous-coated image receiving layer. This receiving layer comprises a water-dispersible polymer having a polyurea or polyurethane backbone and up to 25 weight % of the water-dispersible polymer comprising polysiloxane side chains that are covalently attached to the backbone, each of the side chains having a molecular weight of at least 500. Aqueous dispersions of polyester ionomers and crosslinking agents can also be present. | 06-16-2011 |
20110151152 | THERMAL TRANSFER DONOR ELEMENTS WITH WATER SOLUBLE BLUE DYES - Provided are compositions derived from a polycarboxylic acid, water soluble blue dyes and blue pigments in a fixed weight ratio. The compositions can be used to prepare thermal transfer donor elements that can be used to make blue pixels of a color filter element with improved surface characteristics and lightfastness. | 06-23-2011 |
20110244149 | IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS WITH OVERCOAT - An image receiving element has an extruded compliant layer, an extruded image receiving layer, and a topcoat immediately adjacent the extruded image receiving layer. The extruded image receiving layer is non-crosslinked and has a glass transition temperature (T | 10-06-2011 |
20130287973 | INK-JET TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR DARK TEXTILE SUBSTRATES - An ink-jet transfer system is disclosed, as well as a transfer printed product which is highly wash-resistant, colour-fast and environment-friendly, and a process for producing the same and its use in a printing process by means of the disclosed ink-jet transfer system. The disclosed ink-jet transfer system has a substrate, a hot-melt layer applied on the substrate and at least one ink-absorbing layer which comprises a mixture of a highly porous pigment and a binder. The molecules of the pigment and if required of the binder and hot-melt layer can form chemical bonds with the dyeing molecules of the ink. | 10-31-2013 |
20140363593 | Matte Film Having A Printable Polyalkylimine Condensation Product - Disclosed herein is a multi-layered matte film comprising at last one layer of a coating comprising the condensation reaction product of the combination of a polyalkylimine and an acetoacetonate (“AcAc”)-functional material or an oxirane-functional material, each comprising an ethenic unsaturation group, the coating adhered to a sealant film layer; a sealant layer comprising a polyolefin and having a T | 12-11-2014 |
20140363594 | IMAGE TRANSFER SHEET - The present invention includes an article and method for transferring an image from one substrate to another. The method includes providing or obtaining an image transfer sheet that is comprised of a substrate layer, a release layer and an image-imparting layer that may comprise a low density polyethylene or other polymeric component having a melting temperature within a range of about 90 degrees C. to about 700 degrees C. An image is imparted to the low density polyethylene area with an image-imparting medium. A second image receiving substrate can be provided. The second image receiving substrate is contacted to the first image transfer sheet at the polymer, image-imparting layer. Heat is applied to the image transfer sheet so that the low density polyethylene encapsulates the image-imparting medium and transfers the encapsulates to the image receiving substrate, thereby forming a mirror image on the image receiving substrate. | 12-11-2014 |
20150037520 | THERMAL CLEAR LAMINATE DONOR ELEMENT - A thermal transfer donor element has a polymeric support having at least a portion thereof coated with a thermal transferable protective transparent film. This film comprises: (1) a poly(vinyl acetal) in an amount of at least 50-70 weight %, (2) a second polymer, and (3) colloidal silica. In addition, (a) the molecular weight of the second polymer is greater than the molecular weight of the poly(vinyl acetal), (b) the weight ratio of the poly(vinyl acetal) to the second polymer is at least 5:1 and up to and including 12:1, (c) the weight ratio of colloidal silica to the second polymer is at least 1.5:1 and up to and including 3:1, and (d) the amount of colloidal silica is at least 10 weight % and up to and including 20 weight %, based on total thermal transferable protective transparent film dry weight. | 02-05-2015 |
20160067997 | PROTECTIVE LAYER TRANSFER SHEET AND INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM - The purpose is to provide a protective layer transfer sheet and an intermediate transfer medium, in which a transfer layer has excellent foil tearing property during transfer and in which sufficient durability can be imparted to the thermally transferred image. | 03-10-2016 |