EP0348661A3 - Thermal ribbon and method of manufacturing same - Google Patents

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EP0348661A3
EP0348661A3 EP19890108992 EP89108992A EP0348661A3 EP 0348661 A3 EP0348661 A3 EP 0348661A3 EP 19890108992 EP19890108992 EP 19890108992 EP 89108992 A EP89108992 A EP 89108992A EP 0348661 A3 EP0348661 A3 EP 0348661A3
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adhesion
color transfer
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hydrocarbon resin
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Norbert Dr. Mecke
Heinrich Krauter
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Pelikan Produktions AG
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/40—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used characterised by the base backcoat, intermediate, or covering layers, e.g. for thermal transfer dye-donor or dye-receiver sheets; Heat, radiation filtering or absorbing means or layers; combined with other image registration layers or compositions; Special originals for reproduction by thermography
    • B41M5/42—Intermediate, backcoat, or covering layers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
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    • B41M5/423—Intermediate, backcoat, or covering layers characterised by non-macromolecular compounds, e.g. waxes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
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    • B41M5/42—Intermediate, backcoat, or covering layers
    • B41M5/44—Intermediate, backcoat, or covering layers characterised by the macromolecular compounds
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10S428/913—Material designed to be responsive to temperature, light, moisture
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10S428/914—Transfer or decalcomania
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/28—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer
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    • Y10T428/28—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer
    • Y10T428/2848—Three or more layers
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/28—Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer
    • Y10T428/2852—Adhesive compositions

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
  • Adhesive Tapes (AREA)
  • Yarns And Mechanical Finishing Of Yarns Or Ropes (AREA)
  • Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)

Abstract

A thermocarbon ribbon having a foil-type carrier and a color transfer layer or melt color has its adhesion for the the paper substrate increased by an adhesion coating applied to the color transfer layer. The adhesion layer consists of a parafin wax matrix in which a sticky hydrocarbon resin is dispersed in finely divided form so that during printing, when the temperature of the adhesion layer is raised, the paraffin wax melts, dissolves the finely divided hydrocarbon resin and allows the sticky characteristic of the latter to increase adhesion of the color transfer material to the paper.
EP89108992A 1988-06-30 1989-05-19 Thermal ribbon and method of manufacturing same Expired - Lifetime EP0348661B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT89108992T ATE91977T1 (en) 1988-06-30 1989-05-19 THERMAL RIBBON AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF.

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DE3822163 1988-06-30
DE3822163A DE3822163A1 (en) 1988-06-30 1988-06-30 THERMAL RIBBON AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

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EP0348661A2 EP0348661A2 (en) 1990-01-03
EP0348661A3 true EP0348661A3 (en) 1990-11-07
EP0348661B1 EP0348661B1 (en) 1993-07-28

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EP (1) EP0348661B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH0775899B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE91977T1 (en)
DE (2) DE3822163A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2041887T3 (en)

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DE58905024D1 (en) 1993-09-02
EP0348661B1 (en) 1993-07-28
ES2041887T3 (en) 1993-12-01
DE3822163A1 (en) 1990-01-04
DE3822163C2 (en) 1990-10-25
US4938617A (en) 1990-07-03
EP0348661A2 (en) 1990-01-03
ATE91977T1 (en) 1993-08-15
JPH0245185A (en) 1990-02-15

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