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Thermal transfer recording material

US5935709A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateNov 21, 1996
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31544
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thermal transfer recording material comprising a foundation and a heat-meltable ink layer provided on the foundation, the heat-meltable ink layer comprising a heat-meltable vehicle and a coloring agent, the heat-meltable vehicle comprising at least one epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of tetraphenolethane tetraglycidyl ether, cresol novolac polyglycidyl ether, bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and bisphenol F diglycidyl ether, and a low melt viscosity substance, the epoxy resin and the low melt viscosity substance accounting for 50 to 95% by weight and 5 to 50% by weight, respectively, of the overall heat-meltable vehicle. The recording material exhibits satisfactory transferability and gives printed images having excellent scratch resistance.

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