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Thermal imaging method

US4602263A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 1984
Grant dateJul 22, 1986
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/165
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thermal imaging method for forming color images is provided which relies upon the irreversible unimolecular fragmentation of one or more thermally unstable carbamate moieties of an organic compound to effect a visually discernible color shift from colorless to colored, from colored to colorless or from one color to another.

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