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Stabilizer-donor element used in thermal dye transfer

US4855281A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 1987
Grant dateAug 8, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31786
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A stabilizer-doner element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a stabilizer dispersed in a polymeric binder, and on the other side thereof a slipping layer comprising a lubricant. The polymeric binder may also have a dye dispersed therein. Examples of stabilizers include phenolic antioxidants, multialkoxy-substituted aromatic compounds and singlet oxygen quencher metal chelates such as nickel dithiocarbamates.

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