Apparatus for reusing image recording materials
US5970272A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31786
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reusing an image recording material wherein a releasing property is imparted to at least a substrate surface of an image recording material on which an image has been formed of an image forming material containing a heat fusible ingredient, a heat fusible material is added or attached onto the image recording material, a stripping member is contacted under pressure with the heat fusible material while heating the heat fusible material together with the image recording materials to fuse, and the image recording material is peeled off from the stripping member to transfer the image forming material together with the heat fusible material to the stripping member, thereby reusing the image recording material. The materials for imparting a releasing property to the substrate surface include silicone compounds such as silane compounds, preferably those silane compounds containing fine particles such as silicone resins. The heat fusible material preferably includes the same ingredient as the heat fusible ingredient in the image forming material. Base materials of the image recording materials, such as paper, can be efficiently be…
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