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Thermal transfer sheet

US5662989A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 1996
Grant dateSep 2, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/914
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate film and a hot-melt ink layer including a first ink layer and a second ink layer laminated in that order on one surface of the substrate film. The first ink layer includes a wax and a colorant, and the second ink layer comprising a supercooling resin incompatible with the wax, and a colorant.

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