| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 428320640 |
Specialized heat source contacting layer (i.e., back layer) on support
| 28 |
| 428320690 |
Particles in transfer layer
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| 428320800 |
Specialized non-transferable layer on support
| 11 |
| 428320750 |
Multiple colors transferable (e.g., stacked, etc.)
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| 428320770 |
Multiple layers transfer | 5 |
| 20090035493 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE, SURFACE-PROPERTY-MODIFYING SHEET, AND THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - In an image-forming method, a ribbon-shaped thermal transfer sheet with a dye layer and a protective material layer arranged side-by-side in the longitudinal direction is moved, and thermal energy is applied from a thermal head while arranging a recording medium to face the dye layer to thermally transfer the dye layer onto the recording medium to form an image. Thermal energy is applied while arranging the image to face the protective material layer to thereby form a protective layer on the image by thermal transfer. A ribbon-shaped surface-property-modifying sheet including a surface-property-modifying region for modifying the surface of the protective layer is moved, and the protective layer is aligned with the surface-property-modifying region of the surface-property-modifying sheet. Heat and pressure are applied from the thermal head and the surface-property-modifying sheet is detached after cooling to modify the surface condition of the protective layer. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090176039 | Image Transfer Sheet and Method Utilizing a Rubber Based Hot Melt Adhesive - The present invention provides a transfer sheet on which the image to be transferred may be applied directly on one side of the sheet, by any known means, e.g. printing, copying, drawing, painting etc., and which may be applied on practically any surface by use of an adhesive located on the opposite side either as a sticker or an iron-on decal. The transfer sheet comprises an image absorbing layer in contact with a plastic film layer, then a rubber based hot melt adhesive layer and finally a protective liner. Another embodiment of the present invention comprises an image absorbing layer in contact with a plastic film layer, then a rubber based hot melt adhesive layer and finally a coating layer. Yet another embodiment of the present invention comprises an image absorbing layer in contact with a rubber based hot melt adhesive layer, then a plastic film layer with a liner. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090181190 | THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING MEDIUM - A thermal transfer recording medium having at least one transferable protective layer arranged on a base with a non-transferable release layer provided therebetween, in which the protective layer is detached from the release layer at the interface between the at least one protective layer and the release layer during thermal transfer printing and then thermally transferred onto an image, includes a primer layer containing at least one fluorocarbon-based surfactant, the primer layer, the release layer, and the protective layer being stacked, in that order, on one surface of the base, in which the release layer has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. to 110° C. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20120141698 | APPLIQUE TO PROVIDE A DESIGN ON A FABRIC - An appliqué of the invention comprises a disposable carrier film onto which a release layer and PU inks are printed using layering techniques. The ink layers can be multicoloured and each colour is applied sequentially using a conventional screen-printing method. A back-up, a lacquer layer, and an adhesive layer are printed in sequence over the ink layers. The ink includes reflective particles providing the optical effect of a 3-dimensional appliqué. The artwork is created by overlapping design layers to controlled specification sequences. The ink, because of the additives, creates a desired colour tone, and this may be enhanced by layering of the ink in an overlapping region. Thus, there are three main regions, namely a central region with reflective ink, a “shoulder” region with overlapping matt and reflective inks and an outer region with only matt ink. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130251922 | TEXTURED HEAT TRANSFER LABEL - A textured heat transfer label includes a textured portion formed from a highly cross-linked UV ink and a thermoplastic background ink. The textured heat transferable label can also include metalized portions | 09-26-2013 |
| 428320860 |
Multiple resins in transfer layer | 3 |
| 20090252903 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER SHEET - A heat-sensitive transfer sheet having a substrate and a thermal transfer layer containing a thermal-transferable dye, a binder, and a release agent on one surface of the substrate, and a heat-resistant lubricating layer formed on the other surface of the substrate, | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100247819 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - A thermal transfer sheet having a dye layer that contains a thermotransferable dye and a binder on a substrate film, wherein the dye layer contains a dye of the following formula (1), and at least 50% by mass of the binder in the dye layer is a carboxylic acid-modified polyvinyl acetal resin: | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110151153 | POLYMERIC CONDUCTIVE DONOR - Provided are donor articles comprising a donor substrate and a conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer comprises (a) at least one electrically conductive polymer; (b) a binder comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline), poly(vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate), polyvinyl acetal, poly(3-morpholinylethylene), poly(2,4-dimethyl-6-triazinylethylene), poly(N-1,2,4-triazolylethylene), poly(vinylsulfate), poly(vinylformamide), and poly[N-(p-sulfophenyl)imino-3-hydroxymethyl-1,4-phenyleneimino-1,4-phenylene] or a combination thereof; and (c) a polyanion. Also provided are methods of transferring at least a portion of an electrically conductive layer from such a donor article to a receiver, the patterned receivers and patterned donor articles made by such methods, electronic devices comprising the patterned receivers, and electronic devices comprising the patterned donor articles. | 06-23-2011 |
| 428320870 |
Physical property (e.g., melting point, softening point, glass transition point, etc.) specified | 3 |
| 20100015368 | 360 degree mug wrap - A method and apparatus are provided for of applying a sublimation transfer to a coffee cup having a handle connected at two locations to the cup. A sublimation transfer is placed around the container with a dye image an outer surface of the cup and extending beneath the handle. An elastic clamp wraps around the cup and sublimation transfer and extends beneath the handle to press the dye layer against the cup beneath the handle. The clamp has an elongated opening near one end of the clamp and the opening is placed over the handle to fasten the clamp to the cup. The wrapped cup and sublimation transfer is placed on a conveyor oven for sublimation heating, with the clamp being removed for reuse after the sublimation transfer of the dye layer onto the cup is completed. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100291326 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET AND INK RIBBON - A thermal transfer sheet includes a protective layer and an adhesive layer which are laminated on a sheet base material in that order, the protective layer including a binder resin containing fine particles. The particle diameter of the fine particles is 0.9 to 2.8 times the thickness of the protective layer. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120100317 | Heat Transfer Label for Decorating a Metal Container - A heat transfer label assembly includes a heat transfer label including ink and adhesive, and a releasable support joined to the heat transfer label. The adhesive may include at least one of a polyketone resin and a polyamide resin. The heat transfer label may be used to decorate a metal article. | 04-26-2012 |
| 428320830 |
Wax in transfer layer | 2 |
| 20090017237 | TWO-SIDED THERMAL TRANSFER RIBBON - In one embodiment, a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and respective first and second thermal transfer coatings supported on the respective first and second sides is provided. In further embodiments, the first thermal transfer coating is adapted to transfer to print media when heated to a first temperature, and the second thermal transfer coating is adapted to transfer to print media when heated to a second temperature different from the first temperature. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20130209709 | Wax Blends Containing Long-Chain Hydrocarbons and Alcohols, Printing Ink Compositions and Thermal Transfer Ribbons Containing Such Wax Blends, and Use of the Wax Blends - The invention relates wax blends containing long-chain hydrocarbons and alcohols, to printing ink compositions and thermal transfer ribbons containing the wax blends, and to the use of said wax blends as additives in printing inks. | 08-15-2013 |
| 428320850 |
Copolymer in transfer layer | 2 |
| 20100247818 | LAYERED INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBERS - An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a first polyimide substrate layer and a second layer of a polyetherimide/polysiloxane polymer. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110111146 | IMAGE TRANSFER MATERIAL AND POLYMER COMPOSITION - Provided is an image transfer material, comprising a support, optionally at least one barrier layer, a melt transfer layer, and an image receiving layer. Also provided is a process for preparing the image transfer material. Further provided is a heat transfer process using the disclosed material. In the heat transfer process, after imaging, the image receiving layer and melt transfer layer are peeled away from the optionally barrier-coated support material and placed, preferably image side up, on top of a receptor element. A non-stick sheet is then optionally placed over the imaged peeled material and heat is applied to the top of the optional non stick sheet. The melt transfer layer then melts and adheres the image to the receptor element. A composition comprising: at least one self-corsslinking polymer, and at least one dye retention aid. | 05-12-2011 |
| 428320630 |
Support properties specified (e.g., shrikability, thermal conductivity, etc.) | 1 |
| 20100203267 | MELT THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING PAPER - A melt thermal transfer recording paper suitable for melt thermal transfer recording comprising a stretched resin film, wherein stretched resin film contains from 30 to 75% by weight of an inorganic fine powder and/or an organic filler and from 25 to 70% by weight in total of a thermoplastic resin having a Vicat softening point of not higher than 140° C. and a polyolefin-based resin having a Vicat softening point of higher than 140° C.; the stretched resin film contains more than 75 parts by weight and at most 900 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin relative to 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin-based resin. | 08-12-2010 |
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| 20080206496 | COATING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a coating material capable of making a coating surface smoother, improving glossiness and being suitably used especially as a thermosensitive recording material, and a method for producing the same. As a means for realizing the foregoing, there is a coating material produced by a multilayer simultaneous coating process, including: an outermost coating surface having moisture evaporation pores, wherein the moisture evaporation pores are 1.5 μm or less in average diameter. And there is a method for producing the coating material, including: simultaneously depositing two or more types of coating solutions over a continuously running web, and drying the coating solutions, wherein a coating solution which constitutes a coating other than an outermost coating surface is formed of a dispersion solution, and dispersed particles contained in the dispersion solution are 1 μm or less in average diameter. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080220188 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING ELECTROSTATICALLY OR ELECTROGRAPHICALLY GENERATED IMAGES TO CONTOURED SURFACES OF CERAMIC AND GLASS ITEMS SUCH AS DISHWARE - A glass or ceramic dishware item having a contoured surface with an image disposed thereon is provided. The image is transferred to the contoured surface from a layered ink composite. The layered ink composite is created by depositing a first layer of thermoplastic ink onto a silicone substrate. A ceramic toner configured as an image is electrographically deposited onto the first layer of thermoplastic ink. A second layer of thermoplastic ink is then deposited onto the ceramic toner. The image is transferred, at ambient temperature, from the layered ink composite to the contoured surface of the dishware item by moving the second layer of thermoplastic ink and the contoured surface into contact. The dishware item is then fired. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080241434 | THERMAL TRANSFER INK SHEET, INK CARTRIDGE, COATING COMPOSITION FOR DYE LAYER OF THERMAL TRANSFER INK SHEET, AND THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING METHOD - A thermal transfer ink sheet comprising, as formed on a support, a dye layer containing a thermal transferable dye in a resin binder, wherein the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal modified with at least one compound of the following formula [1]: | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080254239 | Method for Preparation of Thermally Sensitive Recording Medium - A thermally sensitive recording medium characterized to be superior in writing aptitude, printing aptitude, causes less head debris, possesses good water resistance, causes less sticking and is excellent in preservative stability of developed color in nature environment such as heat, water, humid or light, to sebum when handled with hand, oils, plasticizers and solvents can be obtained by following method, that is, a method for preparation of a thermally sensitive recording medium possessing a coating layer formed by applying a coating (A) containing a binder and a coating (B) containing a crosslinking agent on a thermally sensitive recording layer, which is formed on a substrate, and said thermally sensitive recording layer contains a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent comprising, forming an over coating layer by applying said coating (A) and coating (B) separately in accordance with a curtain coating method, wherein the formation of the over coating layer is comprising, after applying one coating, applying another coating in accordance with a curtain coating method without having a drying process between. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090022911 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE-RECEIVING SHEET - This invention provides a thermal transfer image receiving sheet that, in forming an image, exhibits good slip properties between thermal transfer image receiving sheets and can particularly completely prevent transfer troubles such as double feed in a thermal transfer printer particularly in a low-temperature environment. The thermal transfer image receiving sheet comprises a receptive layer provided on at least one side of a base material sheet and is characterized in that the receptive layer is formed by coating a coating liquid comprising a binder resin, a release agent, and 0.05 to 5 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, of a lubricant and drying the coating, and the lubricant is a silicone oil, of which one end of its main chain or both ends of the main chain has been modified, having a viscosity of 50 to 500 mm | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090123673 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER SHEET AND HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER RECORDING METHOD - A heat-sensitive transfer sheet having at least one dye layer formed on one side of a base sheet, wherein the dye layer contains at least one kind of dye represented by formula (1) and at least one kind of dye represented by formula (2), | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090291237 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND THERMAL TRANSFER DONOR FILM FOR THE ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention is directed to an organic electroluminescent (EL) display device having an improved light extracting efficiency due to a photonic crystal layer formed proximate one side of a stack. Among other elements, the stack may include a first electrode formed on a substrate, an organic light emitting layer formed above the first electrode, and a second electrode formed above the organic light emitting layer. Additionally, the photonic crystal layer may be configured to correspond to a wavelength of colored light. An organic EL display device having an improved light extracting efficiency may be manufactured using a thermal transfer donor film to adhere the photonic crystal layer to the stack. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090304954 | HEAT TRANSFER LABEL VARIABLE DATA INDICATOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The present invention pertains to a heat transfer label that can be modified by an end user in order to indicate variable data prior to transfer of the heat transfer label to a substrate. The label can include fixed data and a region where the variable data is provided or applied and through which the data is viewed when the label is affixed to an object or item. A method for marking the variable data or graphic into the heat transfer label includes punching holes through, or selectively removing ink from, an area of ink located on the heat transfer label tape or strips. The blocks of inked areas are punched or the ink is removed from portions of the block inked area to form a pattern or code correlating to the variable data or graphic and may be configured to be read by human or machine. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100166986 | CARRIER PAPER - A carrier paper has a coating applied thereon, the coating serving for taking up ink which is applied in a thermal sublimation process to a textile or a coating of a hard substrate, the textile, the coating, or both the textile and the coating being formed by a polyester-containing plastic, and the carrier paper being in direct contact with the textile or with the coating of the hard substrate during transfer, the coating of the carrier paper comprising a semisynthetic polymer. In the case of such a carrier paper, it is intended according to the invention that the semisynthetic polymer has thermoplastic properties. In the case of such a carrier paper, ghosting can be permanently avoided without adversely affecting primary parameters, such as printability, drying and transfer property of the carrier paper. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100173103 | Label Media Having A Substrate And A Two-Sided Releasable Liner - Label media for use in a label media printer to form wide labels is disclosed. The label media includes a releasable liner that has a first side and a second side joined by a longitudinal edge. A first side of a substrate adheres to the first and the second sides of the releasable liner. At least a portion of the substrate is ink-receiving. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100239792 | THERMAL PRINTING LAYER AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE THERMAL PRINTING LAYER - There are provided a thermal printing layer capable of thermal printing with a thermal head, and an optical recording medium. It is a thermal printing layer capable of thermal printing with a thermal head, which comprises a heat-sensitive color development material, a developer, and a curable resin, wherein the curable resin has an elastic modulus of 1000 Pa or more at 30° C. and an elastic modulus of 1100 Pa or less at 150° C. Also, it relates to an optical recording medium comprising the thermal printing layer and a recording/reading functional layer for performing recording or reading with a light, wherein the optical recording medium has the thermal printing layer on a side of the recording/reading functional layer in which the side is opposite to a side on which the light enters. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100304056 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET AND INK RIBBON - A thermal transfer sheet includes a sheet substrate; a protective layer provided on the sheet substrate; and an adhesive layer provided on the protective layer, wherein a refractive-index difference between the protective layer and the adhesive layer is less than 0.10. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100330306 | EXTRUDED IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS - An image receiving element is a composite of two or more extruded layers on a support including, in order, an extruded compliant layer, an extruded antistatic tie 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. Two or more extruded layers can be co-extruded. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110033642 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL - To provide a thermosensitive recording material, which contains: a base; a thermosensitive coloring layer containing a leuco dye and a color developer; at least one protective layer containing a resin, a crosslinking agent, and wax, wherein the thermosensitive coloring layer is disposed on the base, and the protective layer is disposed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, and wherein the resin is reactive carbonyl group-containing polyvinyl alcohol, the crosslinking agent is a hydrazide compound, and the wax is oxidized polyethylene wax. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110045213 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer sheet provided with a heat resistant slipping layer which reduces dye retransfer, has excellent heat resistance and slip properties, and prevents the defects of printed image from being generated due to wrinkles and the like during printing. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110123732 | UV CURED HETEROGENEOUS INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELTS (ITB) - Exemplary embodiments provide an intermediate transfer member that can include a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in an ultraviolet (UV) curable polymer in an amount to allow a bulk curing of the UV curable polymer and to provide the cured polymer an electrical resistivity and/or a mechanical modulus useful for electrostatographic devices and processes. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110229664 | SUBLIMATION PRINTING - A sublimation printing apparatus ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110311739 | THERMAL TRANSFER RIBBON INCLUDING A UV-CROSSLINKABLE PROTECTION LAYER - A composition for a protection layer for a thermal transfer ribbon which is free of solvents and which contains an acrylate oligomer or polymer having a functionality lower than or equal to 3, a di- or triacrylate monomer and a slip agent which are UV-crosslinkable in the presence of a photoinitiator, capable of forming, after coating on a backing film and after UV crosslinking, a protection layer having a thickness lower than 1 μm. The layer has a good adhesiveness and a low friction coefficient. The composition can particularly be used for the back ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120237698 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSFER SHEET AND TRANSFER SHEET - A method of manufacturing transfer sheet is provided. The method includes forming a colored toner image on a sheet-like base material based on objective image data. The sheet-like base material has releasability. The method further includes defining an image area on the sheet-like base material based on the objective image data. The image area includes the colored toner image. The method further includes forming a transparent toner layer on the image area. The method further includes forming an adhesive layer on the transparent toner layer. The adhesive layer has hot-melt property. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130287972 | HYBRID HEAT TRANSFER LABEL - Hybrid heat activated labels include a digitally printed graphic image layer, and protective layer and a heat activated adhesive layer, which are printed via a screen, flexographic, rotogravure, or pad printing method. The hybrid heat activated labels provide customized specialty labels quickly and easily through digitally printing the graphic image, while maintaining necessary adhesion and chemical/environmental resistance properties by utilizing ink and adhesive systems of screen, flexographic, rotogravure, and pad printing methods. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140349036 | WATER-INSOLUBLE COLORING COMPOUND, INK, THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING SHEET, AND COLOR FILTER RESIST COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a water-insoluble coloring compound having a high solvent solubility, showing increased brightness and saturation, and being useful for increasing the green gamut and also provides an ink containing the water-insoluble coloring compound. The present invention provides a thermal transfer recording sheet including a coloring material layer formed on a base material from the ink and also provides a color filter resist composition showing an increased green gamut due to the ink. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140370207 | WATER-INSOLUBLE COLORING COMPOUND, INK, THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING SHEET, AND COLOR FILTER RESIST COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a water-insoluble coloring compound having excellent light resistance, an ink containing the coloring compound, a thermal transfer recording sheet including a coloring material layer formed on a base material from the ink, and a color filter resist composition containing the ink. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150333260 | THERMAL TRANSFER FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT MANUFACTURED BY USING THERMAL TRANSFER FILM - The present invention relates to a thermal transfer film, a method for manufacturing the same, and an organic electroluminescent element manufactured by using the thermal transfer film, and the thermal transfer film comprises: a base film; a photothermal conversion layer formed on the upper part of the base film; and a coating layer formed on the lower part of the base film. | 11-19-2015 |
