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Image-receiving sheet material, method for forming transfer image and laminate

US5576140A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 1996
Grant dateNov 19, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31935
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An image-receiving sheet material for forming a transfer image by heat-transferring an ink layer from a transfer material having a heat-transferable ink layer onto an image-receiving sheet material, and re-transferring the ink layer onto a permanent support. The image-receiving sheet material comprises a support having thereon at least two image-receiving layers, at least one of the image-receiving layers is transferred onto the permanent support, and at least the image-receiving layer onto which the ink layer is transferred contains a modified resin prepared from a polyvinyl acetal resin containing hydroxyl groups in which from 0.1 to 1 equivalent of the hydroxyl groups of the polyvinyl acetal resin have been converted to a group represented by formula (I). In a preferred embodiment, the image-receiving layer onto which the ink layer is transferred further contains a high molecular weight compound having at least a repeating unit represented by formula (II) and/or formula (III). In image forming method using the image-receiving sheet material, and a laminate comprising an image-receiving sheet layer and a heat transferable ink layer are also disclosed.

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