Patent · US Expired

Reduction of reticulation in gelatin-containing elements

US4590151A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
11References
22Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 29, 1982
Grant dateMay 20, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 29, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31768
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Reticulation caused by swelling with processing solutions in photographic elements is reduced for elements containing at least two contiguous gelatin-containing layers wherein the uppermost layer has a lateral swell coefficient at least 10% greater than the lower gelatin-containing layer before polymer addition and wherein said uppermost layer comprises an essentially non-diffusible vinyl polymer having reactive groups which crosslink by reaction with primary amine or secondary amine groups on gelatin or a water-soluble, non-diffusible amine containing vinyl polymer and a hardener for gelatin. These elements are particularly useful in photographic products.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.