Method and material for the formation of a heat mode image

US5948600A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

• Peter Roschger · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Stephan Michaelis · Leverkusen, DE
• Karin Hassenruck · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Horst Berneth · Leverkusen, DE
• Paul Callant · Edegem, BE
• Herman Uytterhoeven · Bonheiden, BE
• Luc Bastiaens · Brasschaat, BE
• Guy Michel Van Ackere · Beveren, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 7, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S430/146
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an infra-red laser sensitive thermographic material and to a process for forming a heat mode image using such a material.