EP0360218A3 - Heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet - Google Patents

Heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet Download PDF

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EP0360218A3
EP0360218A3 EP19890117297 EP89117297A EP0360218A3 EP 0360218 A3 EP0360218 A3 EP 0360218A3 EP 19890117297 EP19890117297 EP 19890117297 EP 89117297 A EP89117297 A EP 89117297A EP 0360218 A3 EP0360218 A3 EP 0360218A3
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transfer sheet
image transfer
heat
melt
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French (fr)
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EP0360218B1 (en
EP0360218A2 (en
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Toshinori Takahashi
Itsuo Takanashi
Hideshi Tanaka
Hiroki Kitamura
Toru Nibe
Tadao Shinya
Yutaka Mizoguchi
Katsuhiko Terada
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Victor Company of Japan Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/382—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
    • B41M5/38278—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes using ink-containing structures, e.g. porous or microporous layers, alveoles or cellules
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used

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  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
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Abstract

A heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet transfers an ink image to a recording sheet when selectively heated by the heating element of the thermal head of a ther­ mal printer. The image transfer sheet comprises a base coated on a surface thereof with a matrix of circular hot-­ melt ink dots at a regular pitch. The hot-melt ink dots are selectively meltable with heat applied through the base by the heating elements for transferring an ink image to the recording sheet held against the matrix of hot-melt ink dots.
EP89117297A 1988-09-20 1989-09-19 Heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet Expired - Lifetime EP0360218B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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EP96118692A EP0767073A1 (en) 1988-09-20 1989-09-19 Heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet

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JP235406/88 1988-09-20
JP63235406A JPH0281668A (en) 1988-09-20 1988-09-20 Thermally fusible transfer paper

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EP96118692.1 Division-Into 1996-11-21

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EP0360218A2 EP0360218A2 (en) 1990-03-28
EP0360218A3 true EP0360218A3 (en) 1991-03-20
EP0360218B1 EP0360218B1 (en) 1997-06-11

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EP89117297A Expired - Lifetime EP0360218B1 (en) 1988-09-20 1989-09-19 Heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet

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JP (1) JPH0281668A (en)
KR (1) KR930001380B1 (en)
DE (1) DE68928118T2 (en)

Citations (1)

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US4250511A (en) * 1979-08-16 1981-02-10 Tektronix, Inc. Thermal transfer color printer

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JPS59207285A (en) * 1983-05-11 1984-11-24 Ricoh Co Ltd Printing and apparatus for the same
JPS58212993A (en) * 1983-05-26 1983-12-10 Canon Inc Thermal transfer recording method
JPH0651431B2 (en) * 1984-03-14 1994-07-06 セイコーエプソン株式会社 Thermal transfer ink sheet
JPS6283186A (en) * 1985-10-09 1987-04-16 Canon Inc Thermal transfer material
JPH06283186A (en) * 1993-03-25 1994-10-07 Youyuu Tansanengata Nenryo Denchi Hatsuden Syst Gijutsu Kenkyu Kumiai Processing of fuel exhaust gas of molten carbonate fuel cell and device therefore

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4250511A (en) * 1979-08-16 1981-02-10 Tektronix, Inc. Thermal transfer color printer

Non-Patent Citations (4)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 10, no. 40 (M-454)(2097) 18 February 1986, & JP-A-60 192692 (SUWA SEIKOSHA K.K.) 01 October 1985, *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 11, no. 289 (M-625)(2736) 18 September 1987, & JP-A-62 83186 (CANON INC.) 16 April 1987, *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 8, no. 64 (M-285)(1501) 27 March 1984, & JP-A-58 212993 (CANON K.K.) 10 December 1983, *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 9, no. 77 (M-369)(1800) 06 April 1985, & JP-A-59 207285 (RICOH K.K.) 24 November 1984, *

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EP0360218B1 (en) 1997-06-11
KR930001380B1 (en) 1993-02-27
EP0767073A1 (en) 1997-04-09
JPH0281668A (en) 1990-03-22
KR900005243A (en) 1990-04-13
EP0360218A2 (en) 1990-03-28
DE68928118T2 (en) 1998-01-15
DE68928118D1 (en) 1997-07-17

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