EP1217437B1 - Pellicule photographique diffusion-transfert en couleur - Google Patents

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EP1217437B1
EP1217437B1 EP01129247A EP01129247A EP1217437B1 EP 1217437 B1 EP1217437 B1 EP 1217437B1 EP 01129247 A EP01129247 A EP 01129247A EP 01129247 A EP01129247 A EP 01129247A EP 1217437 B1 EP1217437 B1 EP 1217437B1
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  • the present invention relates to a color diffusion-transfer photographic film unit, and specifically, to a peel-apart-type photographic film unit, in which an image-receiving element is peeled from a light-sensitive element after processing. Further, the present invention relates to a light-sensitive material that exhibits excellent light-fastness, small dependence of image density fluctuation on peeling time, small image haze or stain due to the processing solution remaining in the image-receiving element at the time of peeling, and excellent surface gloss. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an ultraviolet shielding filter agent, containing titanium oxide, that can be used to produce the photographic film unit as described above, that is less in fluctuation of quality or property with the lapse of time, and that is low in chemical activity (toxicity).
  • Ultraviolet shielding filter agents using an ultraviolet absorber are widely known. Since the ultraviolet absorber used in these is made of an organic material, the absorber has many problems, such as coloration at a high pH, decomposition by light or reaction with another chemical agent, and low solubility in water. Thus, the process for producing or using the absorber is limited depending on use purposes. In addition, the absorber does not necessarily satisfy safety as chemicals, or the like. Therefore, an ultraviolet shielding filter agent that does not cause an absorption change with the lapse of time, and that has high safety, has been desired.
  • a color diffusion-transfer photographic process using an azo dye image-forming substance has been well known, in which an image-receiving element and a light-sensitive element are united in such a way that a diffusive azo dye different from the image-forming substance itself is formed, after development using a viscous alkaline solution to be developed between the image-receiving element and the light-sensitive element.
  • a peel-apart system in which the viscous solution is developed between the elements, and the elements are peeled from each other after development/transfer, so that an image is obtained.
  • the dye-providing compounds described in U.S. Patent No. 3,928,312 are known as dye-releasing compounds for use in this transfer system.
  • copolymers of a tertiary imidazole as described in JP-B-4-17418 ("JP-B” means examined Japanese patent publication) and JP-A-8-62803 ("JP-A” means unexamined published Japanese patent application); copolymers having a quaternary ammonium salt group and a tertiary imidazole group, as described in JP-A-60-60643, are known to enhance mordanting performance and stability to light of the dyes.
  • JP-A-10-142765 discloses examples of peel-apart-type photographic film units that use a mordant containing an imidazole group. Further, it is known that a polymer containing a pyridine ring in the side chain is used as a mordant.
  • the improvement of stability against light-fading by using fine-particles of titanium oxide is disclosed in JP-A-6-118591.
  • the sphere-equivalent particle diameter of the titanium oxides (the diameter of a shape having a volume equivalent to an individual particle of titanium oxide) used in the examples in JP-A-6-118591 was 50 nm or more, and studies conducted later have revealed that the use of titanium oxide particles having a particle diameter falling in the above-mentioned range is accompanied by the problems of insufficient transparency and reduced image density.
  • the titanium oxide-containing layer constitutes a diffusion pathway of the image-forming dyes, and therefore the titanium oxide physically delays diffusion of the dyes, to thereby reduce the image density.
  • the particle diameter thereof falling in the range of about 50 nm or more was found to cause a conspicuous reduction in image density.
  • the aforementioned JP-A-6-118591 does not disclose any method for producing fine-particles of titanium oxide that exerts no influence on photographic density. According to JP-A-6-118591, titanium oxide is preferably dispersed and used in a hydrophobic binder system.
  • JP-A-6-118591 provides no information suggestive of an instant color photograph.
  • EP-A-1 193 550 represents prior art in the sense of Article 54 (3) EPC and relates to an aqueous dispersion containing titanium oxide and color diffusion-transfer photographic film unit wherein the image-receiving element comprises a titanium oxide-containing layer formed by coating this dispersion.
  • EP 0 801 941 A1 relates to cosmetics having a UV shielding effect and containing spindle-shaped fine titanium dioxide particles having a minor axis of 0,03 to 0,06 ⁇ m, a major axis of 0,08 to 0,12 ⁇ m and an aspect ratio (major axis/minor axis) of 2 to 4.
  • EP 0 957 139 A1 discloses a zinc oxide-based cosmetic preparation which may contain, as inorganic UV-shielding component, titanium dioxide.
  • JP 01/056607 A discloses an aerosol cosmetic obtained by blending a colloidal solution prepared by dispersing silica-treated titanium oxide in water, in alcohol or a polyhydric alcohol with a propellant.
  • GB 714,412 B pertains to an aqueous photographic processing composition for forming prints as print-receiving surface.
  • This document discloses an unsized paper to the surface of which is applied a thin coating of a mixture of sodium carboxymethylcellulose, dimethyltartrate, glycerine and water.
  • barium sulfate or titanium dioxide or other white pigments in suitable proportions whitens the surface of the sheet.
  • DE-A-196 13 992 pertains to the use of iron oxide-containing TiO 2 pigments as UV-shielding filter agent for photography.
  • the average primary diameter of the iron oxide-containing TiO 2 pigment is 1 to 100 nm.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a titanium oxide-containing ultraviolet shielding filter agent whose dispersibility and stability with the lapse of time are improved.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a peel-apart-type color diffusion-transfer film unit having improved stain prevention property, light-fastness, and film physical properties.
  • the present inventor has found that the use of titanium oxide having a primary particle diameter of 45 nm or less, remarkably improves, for example, stain prevention in an image, light-fastness, and film physical properties.
  • the stability of such a dispersion and further improvement in photographic image qualities has been attained based on further intensive studies, taking the above into consideration.
  • the ultraviolet shielding filter agent is a dispersion wherein the above-mentioned titanium oxide is dispersed in a medium (preferably, water) preferably containing a polyhydric alcohol.
  • titanium oxide that can be used in the present invention
  • many methods can be utilized. These methods include neutralizing hydrolysis of a titanium salt, neutralization of sodium titanate, hydrolysis of a titanium alkoxide, and gas phase decomposition of a titanium alkoxide.
  • the manufacturing process comprises the steps of hydrolysis of titanium tetrachloride, firing (burning), pulverization followed by particle size regulation, surface treatment, washing, drying, and final pulverization.
  • the manufacturing process comprises the steps of hydrolysis of sodium titanate, alkali-leaching treatment followed by acid-leaching treatment, and surface treatment, and therefore this manufacturing process does not include a firing step.
  • the manufacturing process that does not include a firing step is defined as a wet process.
  • the raw material titanium oxide that can be used in the present invention can be produced by firing process or wet process. Titanium oxide in the form of a cylinder or a spindle is preferably prepared by wet process. Difference in the particle diameter or aspect ratio thereof can be controlled by the purity of titanium tetrachloride as a raw material, the hydrolyzing speed, the firing-temperature, the drying-temperature, the conditions (concentration, time period, and temperature) for post-processing (leaching) with an acid and an alkali, a surface-treating agent (the kind and amount thereof), or the like. Titanium oxide resulting from wet process can be easily dispersed. On the other hand, according to firing process, the crystal system of titanium oxide or the amount of the surface-treating agent can be adjusted by firing-temperature or time. Titanium oxide resulting from firing process is excellent in weather resistance.
  • the average primary particle diameter or average primary short-axis particle diameter of the titanium oxide is 1 to 45 nm, preferably 3 to 40 nm, and more preferably 5 to 30 nm.
  • the wording "average primary particle diameter” means the average value of the sphere-equivalent diameters of primary particles in the case that the shape thereof is spherical or substantially spherical.
  • the wording "average primary short-axis particle diameter” means the average value of the short-axis particle diameters of primary particles in the case that the shape thereof is a cylindrical shape or a spindle shape.
  • the long-axis diameter thereof is generally from 3 to 200 nm, preferably from 5 to 150 nm, and more preferably from 10 to 100 nm.
  • the ratio of the long-axis diameter to the short-axis diameter (referred to as an aspect ratio hereinafter) thereof is generally from 2 to 10, preferably from 2.5 to 8, and more preferably from 3 to 6.
  • the rutile crystallinity is calculated as follows. Titanium oxide to be measured and silicon (specifically, silicon oxide or the like is used) are mixed with each other in the manner that the ratio by mass of the former to the latter will be 1/5. Thereafter, the ratio between the peak area of rutile (1,1,0) plane and the peak area of silica is obtained from X-ray diffraction. Such a ratio is measured about MT600B (trade name, fine-particle titanium oxide, made by Tayca Corp. and not surface-treated, the average primary particle diameter: 50 nm) as a standard sample. This value is used as 100% of the rutile crystallinity to calculate the ratio between this value and that of the sample to be measured. The resultant value (ratio) is defined as the rutile crystallinity in the present invention.
  • the rutile crystallinity of crystal When the rutile crystallinity of crystal is large, the crystal is firmly formed, so that the chemical resistance, the weather resistance and the like thereof are excellent but the refractive index thereof becomes high. Thus, the optical transparency thereof may be disadvantageously deteriorated.
  • the rutile crystallinity when the rutile crystallinity is low, the chemical resistance and the weather resistance are lowered but the refractive index becomes low. Thus, unfavorable refraction, interference, total reflection and the like are not easily caused in the boundary face between the crystal and the surrounding medium (the air, water or the like), so that the transparency of the resultant film may be advantageously high.
  • the rutile crystallinity is in the range of generally from 20 to 70%, preferably from 30 to 60%, and more preferably from 35 to 55%. If this value is too large in the present invention, the film may look like rainbow-colored dependently on a viewing angle. If the value is too low, the film may be cracked by influence of active oxygen or the like or the film may be colored due to oxidization of a coexisting organic compound, when the film is irradiated with intense light.
  • the rutile crystallinity can be controlled by the following in the process for producing fine-particle titanium oxide, which will be described later: firing temperature after surface-treatment, drying temperature and time, temperature and time of post-treatment (leaching) with an acid and an alkali, and the concentration of the acid and the alkali.
  • the rutile crystallinity can also be controlled by the particle diameter of the titanium oxide.
  • a titanium oxide whose surface is treated with a surface-treating agent can also be preferably used, in which the surface-treating agent may be any of an inorganic material or an organic material.
  • the inorganic surface-treating agent include aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, silicon oxide and zinc oxide.
  • a titanium oxide whose surface is treated with aluminum oxide and/or silicon dioxide can be used.
  • the amount to be used of aluminum oxide is preferably from 1 to 30% by mass, more preferably from 2 to 20% by mass, to the mass of titanium oxide.
  • the amount to be used of silicon oxide is preferably from 1 to 30% by mass, more preferably from 2 to 20% by mass. If the amount of the surface-treating agent is too small, bad dispersion or sedimentation of the dispersed matters with the lapse of time may be caused. If the amount is too large, the amount of titanium oxide is substantially reduced so that desired ultraviolet absorbing ability deteriorates.
  • the above-mentioned aluminum oxide and/or silicon dioxide can also be preferably used in combination with another surface-treating agent, which may be made of an inorganic material or an organic material.
  • Preferred examples of the inorganic surface-treating agent include zirconium oxide and zinc oxide.
  • examples of the organic surface-treating agent include siloxane, stearic acid, and trimethylolpropane.
  • the total amount of all the surface-treating agents to be used is preferably from 3 to 45% by mass, more preferably from 5 to 35% by mass, to the mass of titanium oxide. As the amount to be used of the treating agents is larger, dispersibility and the like become better. However, the amount of titanium oxide becomes relatively small so that absorption of ultraviolet light deteriorates. As a result, desired stability against light is damaged. For this reason, the amount should be appropriately selected to cope with the two performances.
  • titanium oxide can be surface-treated as follows.
  • Synthesized titanium oxide is dispersed with a phosphate such as sodium hexametaphosphate.
  • the pH thereof is adjusted dependently on the solubility of a surface-treating agent to be used.
  • a suspension of aluminum oxide and/or silicon oxide is added.
  • the pH thereof is adjusted to a pH to lower the solubility of the surface-treating agent. This results in the sedimentation and adhesion of the surface-treating agent onto the surface of titanium oxide.
  • the amount or the form of the adhesion can be changed, by adjusting the concentrations of the surface-treating agent and titanium oxide, or performing the reaction under high reaction temperature, or high-temperature treatment or the like after the reaction.
  • the coating amount of the ultraviolet shielding filter agent of the present invention can be selected dependently on purposes.
  • the ultraviolet shielding filter agent is used in the manner that the coated amount of the above-mentioned titanium oxide (which may be the above-mentioned surface-treated titanium oxide; the same is applied hereinafter) will be from 0.01 to 20 g/m 2 . If the amount to be used is large, ultraviolet light is largely absorbed but transparency deteriorates.
  • the ultraviolet shielding filter agent of the present invention is used in a color diffusion-transfer photographic film unit, it is preferable that the titanium oxide is used in a coated amount of 0.01 to 20 g/m 2 . As the amount to be used is increased, the absorption of ultraviolet light becomes larger.
  • the coated amount of the titanium oxide is preferably 0.02 to 10 g/m 2 and more preferably 0.05 to 2 g/m 2 .
  • the titanium oxide described above may be a commercially available one.
  • the titanium oxide may be selected from TTO-51, 55, S, M, and D series (trade names, manufactured by Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd.) and can be used in the present invention.
  • Titanium oxide may be made into a dispersion by dispersing the solid particles.
  • the amount of water to be used is preferably 0.67 to 32, more preferably 1 to 19 times the mass of titanium oxide.
  • a dispersing agent use can be made, for example, of a polyanionic compound and/or a condensed phosphate.
  • the polyanionic compound is a polyacrylic acid salt or a polymethacrylic acid salt.
  • condensed phosphate examples include sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, and sodium orthophosphate.
  • surface-active agents in common use e.g., sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and polyoxyethylene nonyl phenyl ether
  • water-soluble polymers e.g., polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, hydroxymethyl cellulose, and polysaccharide
  • the amount of the polyanionic compound and/or condensed phosphate to be used is preferably within the range of 0.5 to 50% by mass, to the amount of titanium oxide.
  • the amount of the polyanionic compound and/or condensed phosphate to be used is increased, the ultraviolet-light-shielding effect is decreased because the proportion of titanium oxide diminishes substantially. On the other hand, if the amount is too small, the dispersion stability cannot be secured. Although the amount varies depending on the desired degree of dispersion and desired state of dispersion, the amount of the polyanionic compound and/or condensed phosphate to be used is more preferably 1 to 30% by mass and most preferably 3 to 25% by mass.
  • a polyhydric alcohol such as glycols as a dihydric alcohol, glycerins as a trihydric alcohol, pentitol as a pentahydric alcohol, or hexitol as a hexahydric alcohol, is used for prevention of the coagulation of titanium oxide after being dispersed.
  • polyhydric alcohols an alcohol, which has a relatively small molecular weight and a high hydrophilicity, is preferred.
  • Glycerin or ethylene glycol can be preferably used.
  • the polyhydric alcohol may be added at the time when the titanium oxide is dispersed, or alternatively, the polyhydric alcohol may be added after the completion of dispersing of the titanium oxide.
  • the amount of the polyhydric alcohol to be used is preferably 1 to 100% by mass, more preferably 5 to 50% by mass, and most preferably 10 to 30% by mass, to the amount of the titanium oxide.
  • any disperser generally usable for dispersing solid particles may be used.
  • the disperser that can be used include a dissolver, a ball mill, a paint shaker, a sand grinder, a horizontal disperser for medium using dispersing media (commercialized under such trade names as DYNO-Mill, EIGER MILL, and the like), a kneader, an ultrasonic disperser, and a roll mill.
  • the ultraviolet shielding layer for use in the present invention can be applied (coated) by any known method. It is preferred to use, as a binder, a water-soluble polymer, such as gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, or carboxymethyl cellulose.
  • a binder a water-soluble polymer, such as gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, or carboxymethyl cellulose.
  • the amount of the binder can be freely selected dependently on a required purpose. This amount is preferably from 0.1 to 10 times, more preferably from 0.2 to 6 times the mass of titanium oxide.
  • a coating aid a well-known surfactant may be selected and used.
  • anionic dispersing agents such as alkylphenoxyethoxysulfonates, alkylbenzenesulfonates, alkylnaphthalenesulfonates, alkylsulfuric esters, alkylsulfosuccinates, sodium oleylmethyltauride, formaldehyde condensates of naphthalenesulfonic acid, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, copolymers of maleic acid and acrylic acid, carboxymethyl cellulose, and cellulose sulfate; nonionic dispersing agents, such as polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers, esters of sorbitan fatty acids, esters of polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acids; cationic dispersing agents; betaine-series dispersing agents; and nonionic, cationic and anionic surfactants containing fluorine.
  • the ultraviolet shielding layer may be independently applied, or may be applied by simultaneous double-layer coating together with a mord
  • the color diffusion-transfer photographic film unit of the present invention is explained below.
  • the color diffusion-transfer photographic film unit of the present invention has, in the image-receiving element, an ultraviolet shielding layer that is formed by a coating solution containing the ultraviolet shielding filter agent of the present invention.
  • the ultraviolet shielding layer titanium oxide-containing layer
  • the ultraviolet shielding layer may be a single layer or may be divided into two or more layers.
  • the ultraviolet shielding layer is preferably provided as a layer of the image-receiving layer, and/or as an overlayer of the image-receiving layer (namely, a layer that is farther from the support than the image-receiving layer is).
  • the ultraviolet shielding layer and/or the image-receiving layer may contain, in addition to the fine-particle titanium oxide, if necessary, an ultraviolet absorber (ultraviolet shielding agent) of an organic substance, such as a hydroxyarylbenzotriazole compound, a benzoxazole compound, a hydroxyaryltriazine compound, a benzophenone compound, an cinnamic ester compound, or a butadiene compound.
  • an ultraviolet absorber ultraviolet shielding agent
  • an organic substance such as a hydroxyarylbenzotriazole compound, a benzoxazole compound, a hydroxyaryltriazine compound, a benzophenone compound, an cinnamic ester compound, or a butadiene compound.
  • a hydroxyarylbenzotriazole compound and a hydroxyaryltriazine compound are particularly preferred.
  • the mordant that can be used in the photographic film unit of the present invention is explained in detail below.
  • the mordant that can be used in the photographic film unit of the present invention may be added singly or together with a hydrophilic binder, such as gelatin or polyvinyl alcohol, into the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving element.
  • a hydrophilic binder such as gelatin or polyvinyl alcohol
  • the mordant is generally a polymer designed to immobilize diffusive dyes produced image-wise.
  • the mordant is a polymer that contains, as a constituent element, a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I) and at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of repeating units represented by the following formula (II), formula (III), formula (IV), or formula (V):
  • R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, L represents a divalent linking group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and m is 0 or 1;
  • R 1 has the same meaning as R 1 in the formula (I), R 4 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and n is 0 or 1;
  • R 1 has the same meaning as R 1 in the formula (I);
  • R 5 and R 6 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; and p and q are each 0 or 1;
  • R 1 has the same meaning as R 1 in the formula (I), and D represents a divalent linking group necessary for forming a 5- to 7-membered ring together with the nitrogen atom and the carbonyl group;
  • R 1 , L, and m have the same meanings, respectively, as those in the formula (I); and E represents a divalent linking group necessary for forming a 5- to 7-membered ring together with the C, and M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal element.
  • the polymeric mordant for use in the present invention may contain two or more repeating units included in different formulae selected from the formula (II), the formula (III), the formula (IV), and the formula (V).
  • the polymeric mordant for use in the present invention may contain two or more repeating units included in one formula selected from the formulae listed above.
  • R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 each represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
  • the lower alkyl group include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, n-amyl, and n-hexyl groups.
  • R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 each are particularly preferably a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.
  • L represents a divalent linking group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • Example of the group represented by L include alkylene groups (e.g., methylene, ethylene, trimethylene, and hexamethylene groups), phenylene groups (e.g., o-, p-, or m-phenylene groups), arylenealkylene groups, -CO 2 -, -CO 2 -R 23 - (in which R 23 represents an alkylene group, a phenylene group, or an arylenealkylene group), -CONH-R 23 - (in which R 23 represents the same group as above), and -CON(-R 21 )-R 23 - (in which R 21 represents the same group as R 1 ; and R 23 represents the same group as the above R 23 ).
  • alkylene groups e.g., methylene, ethylene, trimethylene, and hexamethylene groups
  • phenylene groups e.g., o-, p-, or
  • -CO 2 - -CONH-, -CO 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -, -CO 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -, -CONH-CH 2 -, -CONH-CH 2 -CH 2 -, -CONH-CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -CH 2 -
  • R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 each represent an alkyl group (preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, for example, an unsubstituted alkyl group (methyl group, ethyl group, n-propyl group, n-butyl group, iso-butyl group, n-amyl group, hexyl group, n-nonyl group, n-decyl group, n-dodecyl group, and the like), and a substituted alkyl group (methoxyethyl group, 3-cyanopropyl group, ethoxycarbonylethyl group, acetoxyethyl group, hydroxyethyl group, 2-butenyl group, and the like)), an alkoxy group (methoxy group, ethoxy group, and the like), an aryl group (preferably an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, for example, an unsubstituted alky
  • R 5 and R 6 each represent a hydrogen atom besides the groups listed above, and a hydrogen atom is particularly preferred in some cases.
  • repeating unit represented by the formula (III) examples include the repeating units having a structure formed by the polymerization of the N-vinyl compounds described in "Gosei Kobunshi III", pages 1 to 51, edited by Murahashi, Imoto, and Tani, Asakura Shoten, 1971. Preferred specific examples of the repeating unit represented by the formula (III) are shown below.
  • D represents a divalent linking group necessary for forming a 5- to 7-membered ring together with the nitrogen atom and the carbonyl group.
  • Examples of the repeating unit represented by the formula (IV) include the repeating units having a structure formed by the polymerization of the N-vinyl compounds described in "Gosei Kobunshi III" mentioned above.
  • the divalent linking group E necessary for forming a 5- to 7-membered ring is preferably one that forms a benzene ring.
  • M is preferably hydrogen, potassium, or sodium.
  • the repeating unit represented by the formula (I) occupies preferably 10 to 98 mole %, more preferably 40 to 90 mole %, of the total repeating units.
  • the repeating unit represented by the formula (II), (III), (IV), or (V) occupies preferably 2 to 60 mole %, more preferably 3 to 50 mole %, of the total repeating units. It is also preferable that the mordant contains another repeating unit other than the repeating units listed above, and the proportion of the another repeating unit is preferably 40 mole % or less of the total repeating units.
  • repeating unit represented by the formula (II), (III), or (IV) is particularly preferable.
  • terminals of these polymers are not particularly limited, and the terminals may be any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, and the like.
  • the molecular weight of the polymeric mordant for use in the photographic film unit of the present invention is preferably 5 ⁇ 10 3 to 1 ⁇ 10 7 . If the molecular weight is too small, the polymer becomes easily mobile, whereas, if the molecular weight is too large, coating of the mordant on an image-receiving material may be hindered.
  • the molecular weight of the polymeric mordant is more preferably 1 ⁇ 10 4 to 2 ⁇ 10 6 .
  • terminals of these polymeric compounds are not particularly limited, and the terminals may be any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, and the like.
  • a coating aid use can be made of a dispersing agent and a surface active agent, such as anionic dispersing agents, e.g., alkylphenoxyethoxysulfonates, alkylbenzenesulfonates, alkylnaphthalenesulfonates, alkylsulfuric acid ester salts, alkylsulfosuccinates, sodium oleylmethyltauride, naphthalenesulfonic acid/formaldehyde condensation products, polyacrylic acids, polymethacrylic acids, maleic acid/acrylic acid copolymers, carboxymethyl cellulose, and cellulose sulfates; nonionic dispersing agents, e.g., polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers, sorbitan fatty acid esters, and polyoxyethylenesorbitan fatty acid esters; cationic dispersing agents; and betaine-type dispersing agents, as well as fluorine-containing noni
  • the ratio by mass of the coating aid to be used to the polymeric mordant is preferably 0.01 to 0.5 and more preferably 0.1 to 0.3.
  • the method of dispersing the polymeric mordant is not particularly limited and known methods can be employed.
  • the polymeric mordant is used exclusively with gelatin (including a derivative thereof) or is used with a combination of gelatin and another binder, in a mordant layer of the image-receiving material.
  • a hydrophilic binder can be used as this binder.
  • the hydrophilic binder other than gelatin are typically transparent or translucent hydrophilic colloids, which include naturally occurring materials, such as polysaccharides, e.g., cellulose derivatives, starch, and gum arabic, and synthetic polymers, such as polyvinylpyrrolidone, acrylamide polymers, and water-soluble polyvinyl compounds of polyvinyl alcohol.
  • the mixing ratio of the polymeric mordant/binder and the amount to be coated of the polymeric mordant can be easily determined by those skilled in the art based on the amount of the dyes to be mordanted, and the kind or composition of the polymeric mordant.
  • the ratio of the polymeric mordant/binder is 20/80 to 90/10 (by mass).
  • the amount to be coated of the polymeric mordant is preferably 0.2 to 15 g/m 2 and more preferably 0.5 to 8 g/m 2 .
  • the layer containing the polymeric mordant can be formed by an ordinary coating method and the drying can also be performed by an ordinary manner (i.e., solidification of the gelatin film at a low temperature, followed by gradual removal of water at 30 to 50°C).
  • an ordinary manner i.e., solidification of the gelatin film at a low temperature, followed by gradual removal of water at 30 to 50°C.
  • a common hardener (such as aldehyde, vinylsulfone, epoxy, or active-halogen compounds) can be used, in the layer containing the polymeric mordant.
  • the amount of the hardener to be used in the present invention is preferably 0.01 to 15% by mass, more preferably 0.1 to 5% by mass, to the amount of gelatin in the mordant layer.
  • the epoxy group-containing hardener, the vinylsulfone-group containing hardener, and the aldehyde-group containing hardener, each of which can be used in the photographic film unit of the present invention, are explained below.
  • the purpose of using these compounds is to cause crosslinking between the polymeric mordants, between the polymeric mordant and a binder such as gelatin, and/or between the binders such as gelatin, so that the water resistance and film physical properties of the layer containing the polymeric mordant become satisfactory.
  • vinylsulfone-series hardener examples include the following substances.
  • the amount (or the total amount of the hardeners if two or more hardeners are used together) of the hardener to be used in the photographic film unit of the present invention is preferably 0.01 to 30% by mass, more preferably 0.1 to 15% by mass, to the amount of gelatin in the mordant layer.
  • hydrophobic particles in the image-receiving element, because the use of the hydrophobic particles can improve the adhesive properties of the surface of the photographic material.
  • Particularly useful as the hydrophobic particles are matt agents which roughen the surface. Examples of the matt agent include particles of polymethyl methacrylate, particles of a methyl methacrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer, particles of silica (silicon dioxide), particles of strontium barium sulfate, and non-light-sensitive silver halide fine-grains.
  • a fluorine-containing surfactant, a silicone-series compound, a liquid paraffin, or the like can be a surface modifier that chemically changes the surface properties
  • a matt agent which physically modifies the surface properties, provides more preferable effects in the present invention.
  • a matt agent having a particle diameter larger than the thickness of the image-receiving layer to which the matt agent is to be added is preferable.
  • Preferable amount of the matt agent to be added vary depending on, for example, the material or particle diameter of the matt agent to be used.
  • a preferable amount of the matt agent to be used is in the range of 0.003 to 0.10 g/m 2 .
  • the hydrophobic particles may also be added to the ultraviolet shielding layer (titanium oxide-containing layer) formed by using a coating solution containing the ultraviolet shielding filter agent of the present invention, and to the peel layer, besides the image-receiving layer.
  • the thickness of the image-receiving layer is preferably 2 to 15 ⁇ m and more preferably 4 to 8 ⁇ m.
  • the ultraviolet shielding filter agent of the present invention is not limited to be used for photography, and the ultraviolet shielding filter agent can also be used as a filter material to be mixed in a plastic.
  • any one of smooth supports which are usually used for photographic light-sensitive materials, can be used.
  • the support is preferably provided with an undercoat layer.
  • the support preferably contains a minute amount of a dye or pigment, such as titanium oxide, in general, to prevent light-piping.
  • the thickness of the support is generally 50 to 350 ⁇ m, preferably 60 to 210 ⁇ m, and more preferably 70 to 150 ⁇ m.
  • a curl-balancing layer, or an oxygen-shielding layer as described in JP-A-56-78833 may be provided to the backside of the support, if necessary.
  • a light-shielding layer containing a light-shielding agent and a hydrophilic binder is provided between the support and the light-sensitive layer.
  • any material having a light-shielding function can be used, and carbon black is preferably used.
  • Decomposable dyes described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 4,615,966 may also be used.
  • any binder may be used as far as it can disperse the light-shielding agent, such as carbon black, and gelatin is preferable.
  • raw materials of carbon black those produced by an arbitrary method, such as a channel method, thermal method, and furnace method, as described, for example, by Donnel Voet, "Carbon Black", Marcel Dekker, Inc. (1976), can be used. Although no particular limitation is imposed on the size of a carbon black particle, those having a particle size of 30 to 180 ⁇ m are preferable.
  • the amount of a black pigment to be added as the light-shielding agent may be controlled corresponding to the sensitivity of the light-sensitive material to be shielded, but the amount is preferably about 5 to about 10 in terms of optical density.
  • a light-sensitive layer comprising a silver halide emulsion layer combined with a dye-image-forming substance is provided as an upperlayer of the aforementioned light-shielding layer. Structural elements of the light-sensitive layer will be hereinafter explained.
  • the dye image-forming substance for use in the present invention is a nondiffusion compound that releases a diffusive dye (this may be a dye precursor), or a compound that is changed in its diffusibility, in association with silver development, and it is described in "The Theory of the Photographic Process", Macmillan, the Fourth edition.
  • formula (X) (DYE-Y) n -Z wherein DYE represents a dye group, a dye group that is temporarily short-waved, or a dye-precursor group, Y represents a simple bond or a linking group; Z represents a group having a property to produce a difference in diffusibility between the compounds represented by (DYE-Y) n -Z, or to release a DYE to produce a difference in diffusibility between the released DYE and the (DYE-Y) n -Z, corresponding to or inversely corresponding to a light-sensitive silver salt having a latent image image-wise; and, n is 1 or 2, in which two (DYE-Y) groups may be the same or different when n is 2.
  • these compounds are roughly classified into negative-type compounds that are changed to be diffusible in a silver developed area, and positive-type compounds that are changed to be diffusible in an undeveloped area.
  • negative type Z examples include those capable of being oxidized and cleft to release a diffusible dye as a result of development.
  • Examples of the particularly preferable group among Z of the negative-type dye-releasable redox compounds include N-substituted sulfamoyl groups (examples of the N-substituent include groups derived from aromatic hydrocarbon rings and heterocycles). Examples of typical groups of Z are shown below, but not limited to the following groups.
  • the positive type compound compounds (dye-developing agents) that are diffusible at the start in an alkaline condition and are oxidized by development to become non-diffusible, can be mentioned.
  • Typical examples of Z useful for compounds of this type include those described in U.S. Patent No. 2,983,606.
  • Another type is those that release a diffusible dye by, for example, self-ring-closing in an alkaline condition, but that substantially stop the release of the dye when being oxidized along with development.
  • Z having such a function are described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 3,980,479, JP-A-53-69033, JP-A-54-130927 and U.S. Patents No. 3,421,964 and No. 4,199,355.
  • a further type includes those that themselves do not release any dye but release a dye when being reduced.
  • Compounds of this type are used in combination with an electron-donor, thereby they can release a diffusible dye image-wise due to the reaction with the remainder electron-donor oxidized image-wise by silver development.
  • Examples of the atomic group having such a function are described, for example, in U.S. Patents No. 4,183,753, No. 4,142,891, No. 4,278,750, No. 4,139,379 and No. 4,218,368, JP-A-53-110827, U.S. Patents No. 4,278,750, No. 4,356,249 and No.
  • a compound of this type When a compound of this type is used, preferably it is used in combination with an anti-diffusible electron-donating compound (well-known as an ED compound) or a precursor thereof.
  • an anti-diffusible electron-donating compound well-known as an ED compound
  • Examples of the ED compound are described, for example, in U.S. Patents No. 4,263,393 and No. 4,278,750 and JP-A-56-138736.
  • DYE represents a group to give a dye having the same meaning as described above, or a group to give a precursor of the dye.
  • magenta dyes examples include:
  • the silver halide emulsion for use in the present invention may be either a negative-type emulsion, which forms a latent image mainly on the surface of a silver halide grain, or an internal latent image-type direct positive emulsion, which forms a latent image inside of a silver halide grain.
  • Examples of the internal latent image type direct positive emulsion include a so-called “conversion type” emulsion, which is produced by making use of a difference in the solubility between silver halides; a “core/shell type” emulsion, which is produced by coating at least the light-sensitive site of an internal core particle of a silver halide with an external shell of a silver halide, wherein the internal core particle is doped with a metal ion, chemically sensitized or provided with the both treatments; and other emulsions.
  • conversion type emulsion
  • core/shell type which is produced by coating at least the light-sensitive site of an internal core particle of a silver halide with an external shell of a silver halide, wherein the internal core particle is doped with a metal ion, chemically sensitized or provided with the both treatments
  • other emulsions are described in U.S. Patents No. 2,592,250 and No. 3,206,313, U.K. Patent No. 1,
  • nucleating agent examples include hydrazines described in U.S. Patent Nos. 2,563,785 and 2,588,982; hydrazines and hydrazones described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 3,227,552; heterocyclic quaternary salt compounds described in U.K. Patent No. 1,283,835, JP-A-52-69613, U.S. Patent Nos. 3,615,615, 3,719,494, 3,734,738, 4,094,683, and 4,115,122; sensitizing dyes having a substituent capable of nucleation, in the dye molecule, as described in U.S. Patent No.
  • a spectral sensitizing dye may be used, in combination with the negative-type emulsion and/or the internal latent image-type direct positive emulsion.
  • Specific examples of the spectral sensitizing dye are described in JP-A-59-180550, JP-A-60-140335, Research Disclosure (RD) No. 17029, U.S. Patent No. 1,846,300, U.S. Patent No. 2,078,233, U.S. Patent No. 2,089,129, U.S. Patent No. 2,165,338, U.S. Patent No. 2,231,658, U.S. Patent No. 2,917,516, U.S. Patent No. 3,352,857, U.S. Patent No.
  • a light-sensitive layer that comprises at least two combinations of the emulsion, which is spectrally sensitized by the above spectral sensitizing dye, and the aforementioned dye-image-forming substance, which donates a dye having selective spectral absorption in the same wavelength range as the emulsion, can be used.
  • the emulsion and the dye-image-forming substance may be coated such that they are overlapped as separate layers, or may be coated as one layer by mixing them.
  • the separate layer system is preferable.
  • the emulsion layer may be composed of a plurality of emulsion layers having different sensitivities each other, and further an optional layer may be provided between the emulsion layer and the dye-image-forming substance layer.
  • an optional layer may be provided between the emulsion layer and the dye-image-forming substance layer.
  • a layer containing a nucleating development accelerator as described in JP-A-60-173541, or a bulkhead layer as described in JP-B-60-15267 may be provided to increase the density of a resulting color image, and also a reflecting layer may be provided to increase the sensitivity of the light-sensitive element.
  • the reflecting layer is a layer generally containing a white pigment and a hydrophilic binder.
  • the white pigment is preferably titanium oxide and the hydrophilic binder is preferably gelatin.
  • the amount of titanium oxide to be coated is generally 0.1 g/m 2 to 8 g/m 2 , and preferably 0.2 g/m 2 to 4 g/m 2 . Examples of the reflecting layer are described in JP-A-60-91354.
  • a combination unit of a blue-sensitive emulsion, a combination unit of a green-sensitive emulsion, and a combination unit of a red-sensitive emulsion are arranged in this order, from the exposure side.
  • any arbitrary layer may be provided, as required, between the emulsion layer units.
  • an intermediate layer is preferably provided, to prevent undesirable influence that the effect due to development of a certain emulsion layer influences another emulsion layer unit.
  • the intermediate layer preferably contains a nondiffusive reducing agent, so as to prevent diffusion of an oxidized product of the developing agent.
  • a nondiffusive reducing agent include nondiffusive hydroquinones, sulfonamidophenols, sulfonamidonaphthols, and the like. Further, specific examples are described in JP-A-50-21249, JP-A-50-23813, JP-A-49-106329, and JP-A-49-129535, U.S. Patent Nos.
  • the intermediate layer contains a compound which supplements the silver ion.
  • an irradiation-preventing layer a layer containing a UV absorbing agent, a protective layer, and the like can also be provided in the present invention.
  • a support for the image-receiving element use can be made of a support that is able to withstand the processing temperature.
  • the support include paper and a synthetic polymer (film).
  • Specific examples of the usable support include polyethylene terephthalates, polycarbonates, polyvinyl chlorides, polystyrenes, polypropylenes, polyimides, and celluloses (e.g., triacetyl celluloses), as well as films thereof containing a pigment, such as titanium oxide, therein.
  • the support include film-process synthetic papers made from polypropylene or the like; mixed papers made from a pulp of a synthetic resin, such as polyethylene, and a natural pulp; Yankee papers, baryta papers, coated papers (cast-coated paper, in particular), metals, clothes, glasses, and the like.
  • the materials listed above may be used singly to make the support, or alternatively the support may be composed of any of these materials whose one side or both sides are laminated with a synthetic polymer such as polyethylene. Further, polyethylene containing carbon black kneaded therein may be inserted between sheets of paper, to thereby provide a light-shielding effect.
  • the supports described in JP-A-62-253159, pages (29) to (31) may also be used.
  • the surface of these supports may be coated with an antistatic agent, such as carbon black, a semiconducting metal oxide including tin oxide or alumina sol, and a hydrophilic binder.
  • a peel layer which is to be peeled off in any position of the image-receiving element inside the unit after processing, is provided. Therefore, the peel layer needs to be easily peeled off after the processing.
  • the materials of the peeling layer those described in, for example, JP-A-47-8237, JP-A-59-220727, JP-A-59-229555, JP-A-49-4653, U.S. Patents No. 3,220,835 and No. 4,359,518, JP-A-49-4334, JP-A-56-65133, JP-A-45-24075 and U.S. Patents No. 3,227,550, No. 2,759,825, No. 4,401,746 and No. 4,366,227, and the like, can be used.
  • water-soluble (or alkali-soluble) cellulose derivatives may be given.
  • cellulose derivative examples include hydroxyethyl cellulose, cellulose acetate phthalate, plasticized methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, cellulose nitrate, and carboxymethyl cellulose.
  • Other examples include a variety of natural polymers, for example, alginic acid, pectin, gum arabic, and the like.
  • various modified gelatins for example, an acetylated gelatin, a phthalated gelatin, and the like may be used.
  • water-soluble synthetic polymers can be mentioned. Examples thereof include polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylates, polymethyl methacrylates, polybutyl methacrylates, or copolymers of these compounds, and the like.
  • the peeling layer may be a single layer, or one composed of a plurality of layers, as described in JP-A-59-220727, JP-A-60-60642, or the like.
  • the color diffusion-transfer light-sensitive material according to the present invention is given neutralizing function between the support and the light-sensitive layer, or between the support and the image-receiving layer, or on the image-receiving element.
  • the layer having a neutralizing function for use in the present invention is a layer generally containing an acidic substance in an amount enough to neutralize an alkali delivered from processing compositions, and it may be one having a multilayer structure comprising a neutralizing rate-controlling layer (timing layer), an adhesion-reinforced layer, and the like, according to the need.
  • a preferable acidic substance is a substance that contains an acidic group having a pKa of 9 or less (or a precursor group providing such an acidic group by hydrolysis). More preferable examples of the acidic substance include higher fatty acids, such as oleic acid, as described in U.S. Patent No.
  • the acidic polymer include a copolymer of a vinyl monomer, such as, ethylene, vinyl acetate and vinyl methyl ether, with malic acid anhydride, and its n-butylester, copolymer of butylacrylate and acrylic acid, cellulose, acetate/hydrogen phthalate, and the like.
  • the aforementioned polymer acid may be used by mixing with a hydrophilic polymer.
  • a hydrophilic polymer examples include polyacrylamide, polymethylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol (including partially saponified products), carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, polymethyl vinyl ether, and the like. Among these compounds, polyvinyl alcohol is preferable.
  • a polymer such as cellulose acetate, other than the hydrophilic polymers, may be mixed with the above polymer acid.
  • the amount of the polymer acid to be applied is controlled corresponding to the amount of an alkali developed between the light-sensitive element and the image-receiving element.
  • the equivalent ratio of the polymer acid to the alkali per unit area is preferably 0.9 to 2.0. If the amount of the polymer acid is too small, the hue of a transferred dye may be changed, or stain may be occurred on a white background portion; whereas if the amount is too large, this may bring about such disadvantage as a change in the hue or reduced light resistance.
  • the equivalent ratio is more preferably 1.0 to 1.3.
  • the quality of photographs may also be lowered, if the amount of the hydrophilic polymer to be mixed is too large or too small.
  • the mass ratio of the hydrophilic polymer to the polymer acid is generally 0.1 to 10, and preferably 0.3 to 3.0.
  • any of additives may be incorporated in the layer having a neutralizing function, for various purposes.
  • a hardener well-known to a person skilled in the art may be added for the purpose of film-hardening of this layer, and a polyvalent hydroxyl compound, such as polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, or glycerol, may be added for the purpose of improving brittleness of the film.
  • an antioxidant, a fluorescent whitening agent, a development inhibitor or its precursor, and the like may be added, if necessary.
  • a material for the timing layer that can be used in combination with the neutralizing layer useful are a polymer that reduces alkali-permeability, such as a gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, partially acetalized polyvinyl alcohol, cellulose acetate, or partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate; a latex polymer, which is produced by the copolymerization with a small amount of a hydrophilic comonomer such as an acrylic acid monomer, and which raises an active energy for the permeation of an alkali; and a polymer having a lactone ring.
  • a polymer that reduces alkali-permeability such as a gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, partially acetalized polyvinyl alcohol, cellulose acetate, or partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate
  • a latex polymer which is produced by the copolymerization with a small amount of a hydrophilic comonomer such as an acrylic acid monomer, and which raises
  • cellulose acetates used for forming the timing layer as disclosed in JP-A-54-136328, and U.S. Patents No. 4,267,262, No. 4,009,030, No. 4,029,849, and the like; latex polymers, which are produced by the copolymerization of a small amount of a hydrophilic comonomer such as an acrylic acid, as disclosed in JP-A-54-128335, JP-A-56-69629, JP-A-57-6843 and U.S. Patents No. 4,056,394, No. 4,061,496, No. 4,199,362, No. 4,250,243, No. 4,256,827, No.
  • a hydrophilic comonomer such as an acrylic acid
  • polymers having a lactone ring as disclosed in U.S. patent No. 4,229,516; and other polymers as disclosed in JP-A-56-25735, JP-A-56-97346, JP-A-57-6842, European Patent (EP) No. 31,957A1, EP No. 37,724A1 and EP No. 48,412A1, and the like, are particularly useful.
  • the timing layer using these materials may be a single layer, or a combination of two or more layers.
  • a development inhibitor and/or its precursor as disclosed in, for example, U.S. Patent No. 4,009,029, West Germany Patent Application (OLS) No. 2,913,164, ibid. No. 3,014,672, JP-A-54-155837, JP-A-55-138745 and the like, a hydroquinone precursor as disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,201,578, and other useful photographic additives or their precursors, may be incorporated.
  • JP-A-63-168648 and JP-A-63-168649 has an effect in view of reducing a change of transferred density due to the lapse of time after processing.
  • a layer containing the aforementioned polymeric mordant can be effectively used.
  • a backing layer may be provided, as layers having auxiliary functions.
  • the backing layer is provided to control curling, and to impart lubricity or a function of light shielding.
  • the processing composition for use in the present invention is designed for being developed uniformly between the light-sensitive element and the image-receiving element after exposure of the light-sensitive element so that the development of the light-sensitive layer is performed.
  • the composition contains, for example, an alkali, a viscosity-enhancing agent, a developing agent, further a development accelerator or development inhibitor for controlling development, an antioxidant for preventing deterioration of the developing agent, and the like.
  • the alkali is one sufficient to make the pH of a solution in a range from 12 to 14.
  • the alkali include hydroxides of an alkali metal (e.g., sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, and lithium hydroxide), phosphates of an alkali metal (e.g., potassium phosphate), guanidines, and hydroxides of a quaternary amine (e.g., tetramethylammonium hydroxide).
  • potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide are preferable.
  • the viscosity-enhancing agent is used, for developing the processing solution uniformly, and for maintaining the adhesion between the light-sensitive layer and the cover sheet.
  • an alkali metal salt of polyvinyl alcohol, hydroxyethyl cellulose or carboxymethyl cellulose can be used, and preferably an alkali metal salt of hydroxyethyl cellulose or sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is used.
  • any one of those which cross-oxidize a dye-image-forming substance and cause substantially no stain even if it is oxidized can be used.
  • the developing agent may be used either singly or in a combination of two or more of the developing agent.
  • the developing agent can be used in the form of a precursor thereof.
  • the developing agent may be contained in a certain layer of the light-sensitive element, or in an alkaline processing solution.
  • aminophenols and pyrazolidinones can be given. Among these compounds, pyrazolidinones are particularly preferable because of less occurrence of stain.
  • pyrazolidinones include 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinone, 1-p-tolyl-4,4-dihydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidinone, 1-(3'-methyl-phenyl)-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidinone, 1-phenyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidinone, 1-p-tolyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidinone, and the like.
  • the alkaline processing composition (e.g. an alkali solution composition) is preferably transferred on the light-sensitive material, in a developed thickness (the amount of the processing solution per m 2 , after the processing solution is transferred) of 20 to 200 ⁇ m.
  • the processing temperature when processing the light-sensitive material for use in the present invention is preferably 0 to 50 °C, and more preferably 0 to 40 °C.
  • any of the light-sensitive element, the image-receiving element, and the alkaline processing composition may contain, for example, a development accelerator described on pp. 72-91, a hardener described on pp. 146-155, a surface-active agent described on pp. 201-210, a fluorine-containing compound described on pp. 210-222, a viscosity-enhancing agent described on pp. 225-227, an antistatic agent described on pp. 227-230, a polymer latex described on pp. 230-239, a matt agent described on page 240, each of the above are described in JP-A-62-215272.
  • the titanium oxide-containing ultraviolet shielding filter agent of the present invention is improved in dispersibility and stability with the lapse of time, and is preferable for photography.
  • the peel-apart-type color diffusion transfer film unit of the present invention, in which this ultraviolet shielding filter agent is used, is excellent in anti-stain property, light-resistant, and film physical properties.
  • the color diffusion transfer photographic film unit of the present invention has not only the improved light-resistance, film physical properties and anti-stain property, but also excellent photographic image quality of the resultant image, in some case. Further, the color diffusion transfer photographic film unit of the present invention can attain the improved productive stability, by incorporating a specific polyhydric alcohol into the ultraviolet shielding filter agent to be used, to improve stability of the filter agent with the lapse of time.
  • part and % mean part by mass and mass%, respectively, unless otherwise specified.
  • the dispersion A01 was mixed with gelatin so that the ratio of titanium oxide to gelatin would be 2 to 1, and further the mixture was applied onto a polyethylene telephthalate support so that the optical density at 350 nm would be 1 (a sample A01).
  • a sample B01 was prepared in the same manner as the sample A01, except that the above-mentioned fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A01 was changed to one having an average primary particle diameter of 55 nm and surface-treated with aluminum oxide of 10 %.
  • a sample D01 was produced in the same manner as the sample A01, except that glycerin was removed from (not used in) the sample A01.
  • the following layer structure was provided by coating on a support of 90- ⁇ m-thick transparent polyethylene terephthalate film, to produce a light-sensitive element (101).
  • Emulsion layer side is a first Emulsion layer side:
  • each of 1 g of a processing solution having the following composition was filled in a pod made of an aluminum foil, on which vinyl chloride was laminated, under a nitrogen atmosphere, to produce an alkaline processing composition.
  • Hydroxyethyl cellulose 42 g Zinc nitrate•6H 2 O 0.9 g 5-Methylbenzotriazole 5.4 g
  • Benzyl alcohol 3.4 ml Titanium dioxide 1.2 g
  • Potassium sulfite 1.0 g 1-Phenyl-4-hydroxy-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone 13.0 g Potassium hydroxide 63 g Water 854 ml
  • Image-receiving elements (0102) to (0107) were produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element (0101), except that the fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A01 in the image-receiving element 0101 was changed to titanium oxides TI-B01 to TI-G01, respectively, as shown in Table 2. Furthermore, an image-receiving element (0108) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 0101, except that no glycerin was added to the dispersion of TI-A01.
  • the light-sensitive element (101) was exposed to light, imagewise, and then any one of the image-receiving elements (0101) to (0108) was superimposed on the exposed light-sensitive element (101). Then, the alkaline processing composition was developed between the resulting two elements to have a thickness of 51 ⁇ m.
  • the processing was performed at 25°C. After 90 seconds from the start of the processing, the light-sensitive element was peeled off from the image-receiving element. The peeled image-receiving element was irradiated with xenon light (85,000 lux) at 30°C in an atmosphere of 40% RH for 3 days. Thereafter, a drop in magenta density was measured (the density before irradiation: 1.0). A Fuji automatic record densitometer (made by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) was used to measure the minimum density.
  • the ratio between the absorbance at 400 nm and the absorbance at 350 nm was calculated and the ratio was used as an index of both the shading of ultraviolet light and a rise in absorption of visible light, which is an evil effect for shading ultraviolet light. As this ratio is larger, haze is weaker, so that the shade of ultraviolet light is favorably greater.
  • Image-receiving elements (0109) to (113) were prepared in the same manner as the image-receiving element 0101, except that the fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A01 was changed to TI-H01 to TI-L01, respectively, as shown in Table 3, in the image-receiving element 0101.
  • Example 1-2 the developing was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1-2, to measure the minimum density and the maximum density of the samples.
  • An image-receiving element (0114) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 0101, except that the titanium oxide dispersion A01 (UV shielding filter agent) according to the present invention was added to the mordanting layer, in the same amount as in the element 0101, and the titanium oxide was omitted (not added) in the titanium oxide layer in the element 0101.
  • the resistance against light-fading of the sample (0114) was evaluated in the same manner as in Example 1-2, to give the value of 85%. It can be understood from this fact that the same advantageous effects are exhibited even if titanium oxide is incorporated into the image-receiving layer.
  • An image-receiving element was produced wherein glycerin was omitted in the titanium oxide dispersion in the image-receiving element 0101, and then the resultant element was tested. As a result, resistance against light-fading was confirmed to be improved, but a conspicuous rise in viscosity was caused in the titanium oxide dispersion at room temperature after one month. Thus, long-term productive stability was insufficient.
  • a light-sensitive element (502) was prepared, by providing the following layer structure on a 90 ⁇ m-thick opaque polyethylene terephthalate film support.
  • the layer contained the following cyan dye developer (960 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (540 mg/m 2 ), cellulose sulfate • sodium salt (12 mg/m 2 ), and phenylnorbornenylhydroquinone (245 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained silver iodobromide emulsion grains having an average grain diameter of 0.6 ⁇ m and a silver iodide content of 1 mole % (780 mg/m 2 ), silver iodobromide emulsion grains having an average grain diameter of 1.5 ⁇ m and a silver iodide content of 3 mole % (420 mg/m 2 ), and polyvinyl hydrogenphthalate (18 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained a copolymer of butyl acrylate/diacetone acrylamide/methacrylic acid/styrene/acrylic acid (2325 mg/m 2 ), polyacrylamide (97 mg/m 2 ), a hydantoin hardener (124 mg/m 2 ), and succindialdehyde (3 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained the following magenta dye developer (455 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (298 mg/m 2 ), 2-phenylbenzimidazole (234 mg/m 2 ), phthalocyanine blue dye (14 mg/m 2 ), and cellulose sulfate • sodium salt (12 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained a carboxylated styrene/butadiene latex (Dow 620 latex (trade name): 250 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (83 mg/m 2 ), and polyvinyl hydrogenphthalate (2 mg/m 2 ).
  • a carboxylated styrene/butadiene latex (Dow 620 latex (trade name): 250 mg/m 2 )
  • gelatin (83 mg/m 2 )
  • polyvinyl hydrogenphthalate (2 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained silver iodobromide emulsion grains having an average grain diameter of 0.6 ⁇ m and a silver iodide content of 1 mole % (540 mg/m 2 ), silver iodobromide emulsion grains having an average grain diameter of 1.3 ⁇ m and a silver iodide content of 3 mole % (360 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (418 mg/m 2 ), and polyvinyl hydrogenphthalate (23 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained phenylnorbornenylhydroquinone (263 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (131 mg/m 2 ), and cellulose sulfate • sodium salt (4 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained a copolymer of butyl acrylate/diacetone acrylamide/methacrylic acid/styrene/acrylic acid (1448 mg/m 2 ), polyacrylamide (76 mg/m 2 ), and succindialdehyde (4 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained 1-octadecyl-4,4-dimethyl-2- ⁇ 2-hydroxy-5-N-(7-caprolactamido)sulfonamido ⁇ thiazolidine (1000 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (405 mg/m 2 ), cellulose sulfate • sodium salt (12 mg/m 2 ), and quinacridone red- ⁇ (7 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained benzidine yellow (241 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (68 mg/m 2 ), and cellulose sulfate • sodium salt (3 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained the following yellow dye-releasing compound (1257 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (503 mg/m 2 ), and cellulose sulfate • sodium salt (20 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained a phenyl,t-butylhydroquinone (450 mg/m 2 ), 5-t-butyl-2,3-bis ⁇ (1-phenyl-1H-tetrazole-5-yl)thio ⁇ -1,4-benzenediol-bis ⁇ (2-methanesulfonylethyl)carbamate ⁇ (100 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (250 mg/m 2 ), and polyvinyl hydrogenphthalate (33 mg/m 2 ).
  • a phenyl,t-butylhydroquinone 450 mg/m 2
  • 5-t-butyl-2,3-bis ⁇ (1-phenyl-1H-tetrazole-5-yl)thio ⁇ -1,4-benzenediol-bis ⁇ (2-methanesulfonylethyl)carbamate ⁇ 100 mg/m 2
  • gelatin 250 mg/m 2
  • polyvinyl hydrogenphthalate 33 mg/m 2
  • the layer contained silver iodobromide emulsion grains having an average grain diameter of 1.3 ⁇ m and a silver iodide content of 1 mole % (37 mg/m 2 ), silver iodobromide emulsion grains having an average grain diameter of 1.6 ⁇ m and a silver iodide content of 3 mole % (208 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (78 mg/m 2 ), and polyvinyl hydrogenphthalate (7 mg/m 2 ).
  • the layer contained Tinuvin (trade name, manufactured by Ciba-Geigy Corp., 500 mg/m 2 ), benzidine yellow (220 mg/m 2 ), gelatin (310 mg/m 2 ), and cellulose sulfate • sodium salt (23 mg/m 2 ).
  • Tinuvin trade name, manufactured by Ciba-Geigy Corp., 500 mg/m 2
  • benzidine yellow 220 mg/m 2
  • gelatin 310 mg/m 2
  • cellulose sulfate • sodium salt 23 mg/m 2 .
  • the layer contained gelatin (300 mg/m 2 ) and polyvinyl hydrogenphthalate (9 mg/m 2 ).
  • An image-receiving element (0501) was prepared, by providing the following layer structure, on a 160- ⁇ m-thick opaque polyethylene-clad paper support.
  • the layer contained a mixture (22219 mg/m 2 ) of the following polymer A and polymer B, in a ratio by mass of 9:11.
  • the layer contained a mixture (2691 mg/m 2 ) of Hycar 26349 (trade name, manufactured by B. F. Goodrich Co.) and the following polymer C, in a ratio by mass of 1:3.
  • Polymer C a copolymer of polyvinyl alcohol graft-copolymerized with diacetone alcohol and acrylamide (ratio by mass of the three components: 1:8.2:1.1)
  • the layer contained a mixture (3983 mg/m 2 ) of a polymer D having the following structural formula, ultra-hydrophilic polyvinyl alcohol (AIRVOL 165, trade name, manufactured by Air Products Co.), and butanediol, in a ratio by mass of 2:1:1.
  • a polymer D having the following structural formula, ultra-hydrophilic polyvinyl alcohol (AIRVOL 165, trade name, manufactured by Air Products Co.), and butanediol, in a ratio by mass of 2:1:1.
  • the layer contained polyacrylic acid (162 mg/m 2 ).
  • Table 4 Components Added amount Sodium hydroxide 7.25g N-butyl-a-picolinium bromide 1.79g 1-methylimidazole 0.24g 1,2,4-triazole 0.30g Hypoxanthine 0.82g PMT(phenylmercaptotetrazole) 0.0005g 6-benzylaminopurine 0.025g 2-(methylamino)ethanol 2.3 ⁇ 10 -3 mol Guanine 0.12g Boric acid 0.71g 5-amino-1-pentanol 1.6 ⁇ 10 -2 mol Hydroxyethyl cellulose 2.49g Sodium p-toluenesulfinate 0.41 g Titanium dioxide 0.16g 6-methyluracil 0.45g Water to make 100g
  • An image-receiving element (0502) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 0501, except that 600 mg/m 2 of the fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A01 the same as that utilized in Example 1-2, was added, to the image-receiving layer.
  • the light-sensitive element (502) was exposed image-wise, and the image-receiving element (0501) or (0502) was superimposed on the exposed light-sensitive element 502.
  • the alkaline processing composition (501) was developed to the space between the two superimposed elements to have a thickness of 60 ⁇ m.
  • the same evaluation as in Example 1-2 was then carried out. It was confirmed that in the image-receiving element 0502, which was an example according to the present invention, the resistance against light-fading could be improved.
  • the dispersion A11 was mixed with gelatin so that the ratio of titanium oxide to gelatin would be 2 to 1, and further the mixture was applied onto a polyethylene telephthalate support so that the optical density at 350 nm would be 1 (sample A11).
  • a sample B11 was prepared in the same manner as the sample A11, except that the above-mentioned fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A11 was changed to one having an average primary particle diameter of 55 nm and surface-treated with aluminum oxide of 10 %.
  • a sample D11 was produced in the same manner as the sample A11, except that glycerin was omitted (not used) in the sample A11.
  • An Image-receiving element (1101) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element (0101) of Example 1-2, except that the fifth layer on the side of the image-receiving layer was changed to the following layer.
  • a titanium oxide layer which was formed, by using the coating solution containing the titanium oxide dispersion All of an example according to the present invention as prepared in Example 2-1, and which contained 0.6 g/m 2 of titanium oxide, 0.5 g/m 2 of gelatin, and 0.01 g/m 2 of the following surface active agent (M).
  • Image-receiving elements (1102) to (1106) were produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element (0101), except that the fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A11 in the image-receiving element 1101 was changed to any one of titanium oxides TI-B11 to TI-F11, respectively, as shown in Table 6. Furthermore, an image-receiving element (1107) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 1101, except that no glycerin was added to the dispersion of TI-A11.
  • the light-sensitive element (101) was exposed to light imagewise, and then any one of the image-receiving elements (1101) to (1107) was superimposed on the exposed element (101).
  • the alkaline processing composition was developed between the two superimposed elements to have a thickness of 51 ⁇ m.
  • the light-sensitive element (101) and the alkaline processing composition which were prepared in the same manner as in Example 1-2, were used.
  • the processing was carried out at 25°C. After 90 seconds from the start of the processing, the light-sensitive element was peeled off from the image-receiving element. The peeled image-receiving element was irradiated with xenon light (85,000 lux) at 30°C in an atmosphere of 40% RH for 3 days. Thereafter, a drop in magenta density was measured (the density before irradiation: 1.0). A Fuji automatic record densitometer (made by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) was used to measure the minimum density.
  • the ratio between the absorbance at 400 nm and the absorbance at 350 nm was calculated, and the ratio was used as an index of shading of UV light and a rise in absorption of visible light, which is caused as a result of an evil influence due to shading of ultraviolet light. As this ratio is larger, haze is less, so that the shading of ultraviolet light is favorably greater.
  • TI-F11 the rutile crystallinity was too low, and the film was denaturated. (This was probably because its reactivity was high.) As a result, TI-F11 was low in weather resistance. Haze was also caused in the surface. In the sample (1107), to which no glycerin was added, fine cracks were occurred when the color of the sample was faded by xenon light. Therefore, the resistance against light-fading was resultantly deteriorated. Even if peeling was performed after 5 minutes or 10 minutes, instead of the peeling after 90 seconds, it was confirmed that improvement in the resistance against light-fading was observed in the example according to the present invention. It can be understood from this fact that anti-stain property was also improved.
  • Image-receiving elements (1109) to (1112) were made in the same manner as the image-receiving element 1104, except that the fine-particle titanium oxide TI-D11 was changed to any one of TI-G11 to TI-I11, respectively, as shown in Table 7, in the image-receiving element 1104.
  • Example 2-2 the developing the same as in Example 2-2 was performed, to measure the minimum density and the maximum density of the samples.
  • An image-receiving element (1111) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 1101, except that the titanium oxide dispersion A11 was added, in the same amount as in the element 1101, to the mordanting layer, and that the titanium oxide was omitted in the titanium oxide layer in the element 1101.
  • the resistance against light-fading was evaluated in the same manner as in Example 2-2. As a result, the value thereof was 85%. It can be understood from this fact that the same advantageous effects are exhibited even if the titanium oxide is incorporated into the image-receiving layer.
  • An image-receiving element was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 1101, except that glycerin was omitted in the titanium oxide dispersion in the image-receiving element 1101. Then the resultant element was tested. As a result, resistance against light-fading was confirmed to be improved, but a rise in viscosity was caused in the titanium oxide dispersion stored at room temperature after one month. Thus, long-term productive stability was insufficient.
  • An image-receiving element (1502) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 0501 in Example 1-5, except that 600 mg/m 2 of the fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A11 the same as used in Example 2-1 was added, to the image-receiving layer, instead of the fine-particle titanium oxide as added in the image-receiving element 0501 of Example 1-5.
  • the light-sensitive element (502) was imagewise exposed, and the image-receiving element (0501) or (1502) was superimposed on the exposed light-sensitive element 502.
  • the alkaline processing composition (501) was developed to the space between the two superimposed elements to have a thickness of 60 ⁇ m. The evaluation same as in Example 2-2 was then carried out.
  • spindle-shape fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A21 (a short-axis diameter among average primary particle diameters: 8 nm (a short-axis diameter at both ends of particles: 5 nm), a long-axis diameter thereof: 32 nm, and an aspect ratio: 4), 5.2 parts of poly(sodium acrylate) as a dispersant (trade name: POIZ-530, manufactured by Kao Corporation), 10.5 parts of glycerin as a coagulation-preventing agent, and 49.3 parts of water were added and mixed, and the resultant mixture was dispersed for 30 minutes at 3000 revolutions/minute, by means of a dissolver (manufactured by Tokushu Kika Kogyo Co., Ltd.). After that, the mixture was passed through a horizontal sand grinder 5 times at 2500 revolutions/minute. In this way, a dispersion A21 was obtained.
  • the dispersion A21 was mixed with gelatin so that the ratio of titanium oxide to gelatin would be 2 to 1, and further the resultant mixture was applied onto a polyethylene telephthalate support so that the optical density at 350 nm would be 1 (a sample A21).
  • a sample B21 was prepared in the same manner as the sample A21, except that the above-mentioned fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A21 was changed to one having a short-axis diameter of its average primary particle diameter of 50 nm, a long-axis diameter of its average primary particle diameter of 200 nm, and an aspect ratio of 4.
  • Example 1-1 Two grams of each of the above-mentioned compounds A and B were mixed with 4 g of tricresyl phosphate, 5 ml of ethyl acetate and 2 g of gelatin, in the same manner as in Example 1-1.
  • the mixture was emulsified and dispersed at 5000 rotations per minute for 5 minutes in a dissolver (Tokusyu Kika Kogyou Co., Ltd.).
  • the resultant emulsion was applied onto a polyethylene telephthalate support so that the optical density at 350 nm would be 1 (a sample C21).
  • Image-receiving element (2101) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element (0101) of Example 1-2, except that the fifth layer on the side of the image-receiving layer was changed to the following layer.
  • a titanium oxide layer which was formed, by using the coating solution containing the titanium oxide dispersion A21 of an example according to the present invention as prepared in Example 3-1, and which contained 0.6 g/m 2 of titanium oxide, 0.5 g/m 2 of gelatin, and 0.01 g/m 2 of the following surface active agent (M).
  • Image-receiving elements (2102) to (2106) were produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element (2101), except that the spindle-shape fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A21 in the image-receiving element 2101 was changed to any one of spindle- or cylindrical-shape fine particle titanium oxides TI-B21 to TI-F21, respectively, as shown in Table 9.
  • the light-sensitive element (101) was imagewise exposed to light, and then any one of the image-receiving elements (2101) to (2106) was superimposed on the exposed element 101.
  • the alkaline processing composition was developed between the two superimposed elements to have a thickness of 51 ⁇ m.
  • the processing was performed at 25°C. After 90 seconds from the start of the processing, the light-sensitive element was peeled off from the image-receiving element. The peeled image-receiving element was irradiated with xenon light (85,000 lux) at 30°C in an atmosphere of 40% RH for 3 days. Thereafter, a drop in magenta density was measured (density before irradiation: 1.0). A Fuji automatic record densitometer (made by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) was used to measure the minimum density.
  • the ratio between the absorbance at 400 nm and the absorbance at 350 nm was calculated, and the ratio was used as an index of ultraviolet-shielding and a rise in absorption of visible light, which is caused as a result of an evil influence due to shading of ultraviolet light. As this ratio is larger, haze is weaker, so that the shade of ultraviolet light is favorably greater.
  • Image-receiving elements (2107) to (2108) were made in the same manner as the image-receiving element 2101, except that the spindle-shape fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A21 was changed to any one of spindle-shape fine-particle titanium oxides TI-G21 to TI-H21, respectively, as shown in Table 10, in the image-receiving element 2101.
  • Example 3-2 Then, the developing and measurement same as in Example 3-2 were carried out, to measure the maximum density of the samples.
  • An image-receiving element (2109) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 2101, except that the titanium oxide dispersion A21 was added, in the same amount as in the element 2101, to the mordanting layer, and that the titanium oxide was omitted in the titanium oxide layer in the element 2101.
  • the resistance against light-fading was tested and evaluated in the same manner as in Example 3-2. As a result, the value thereof was 84%. It can be understood from this fact that the same advantageous effects as in Example 3-2 are exhibited even if the titanium oxide is incorporated into the image-receiving layer.
  • An image-receiving element was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 2101, except that glycerin was omitted in the titanium oxide dispersion in the image-receiving element 2101. Then the resultant element was tested in the same manner as in Example 3-2. As a result, similar good results as in Example 3-2 were obtained.
  • An image-receiving element (2502) was produced in the same manner as the image-receiving element 0501 in Example 1-5, except that 600 mg/m 2 of the fine-particle titanium oxide TI-A21 same as used in Example 3-1 was added, to the image-receiving layer, instead of the fine-particle titanium oxide as used in the image-receiving element 0501 of Example 1-5.
  • Example 2-2 The same evaluation as in Example 2-2 was then carried out.

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  1. Unité de film photographique de transfert de diffusion en couleur, qui comprend :
    un élément de réception d'image comprenant, sur un support, une couche ayant une fonction de neutralisation, une couche de réception d'image, et une couche de pelage, successivement dans cet ordre à partir du support ;
    un élément sensible à la lumière comprenant au moins une couche d'émulsion d'halogénure d'argent combinée avec au moins un composé de formation d'image de colorant, sur un support ayant une couche d'estompage de lumière ; et
    une composition de traitement alcaline capable d'être développée entre l'élément de réception d'image et l'élément sensible à la lumière ; et
    qui donne une image, en développant la composition de traitement alcaline entre ces éléments après l'exposition à la lumière, et puis le pelage de l'élément de réception d'image et les éléments sensibles à la lumière les uns des autres,
    dans lequel l'élément de réception d'image comprend une couche de protection aux ultraviolets formée par l'application d'un agent de filtre de protection ultraviolet, l'agent de filtre de protection aux ultraviolets comprenant un oxyde de titane de particule fine dans une dispersion comprenant en outre un alcool polyhydrique, ledit agent de filtre de protection aux ultraviolets satisfaisant la condition suivante (B) ou (C) :
    (B) que l'oxyde de titane de particule fine a une forme de fuseau et un diamètre de particule primaire moyen ou un diamètre de particule de fuseau court primaire moyen de 1 à 45 nm, et a une cristallinité rutile de 20 à 70 %, ou
    (C) que l'oxyde de titane de particule fine a une forme de particule primaire d'une forme cylindrique ou une forme de fuseau, et que parmi des diamètres de particule primaires moyens de l'oxyde de titane de particule fine, un diamètre de fuseau court est de 1 à 45 nm, un diamètre de fuseau long est de 3 à 200 nm, et un rapport du diamètre de fuseau long sur le diamètre de fuseau court est de 2 à 10, et que ledit alcool polyhydrique est de la glycérine et/ou du glycol éthylène.
  2. Unité de film photographique de transfert de diffusion en couleur selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'alcool polyhydrique est de la glycérine.
  3. Unité de film photographique de transfert de diffusion en couleur selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel la couche de protection aux ultraviolets dans l'élément de réception d'image est positionnée dans la couche de réception d'image, et/ou comme une surcouche de la couche de réception d'image (en outre à partir de son support dans l'élément de réception d'image).
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