Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Ferrania, S.p.a.

Alberto Valsecchi

Paola Puppo

Eric Daniel Morrison

Renzo Torterolo

Elio Martino

William L Kausch

Carlo Barlocco

Omar Farooq

David R Boston

Angelo Vallarino

Mauro Besio

Simone Franco

Luisa Tavella

Giorgio Spazzapan

Soonkun Kang

Photographic element with a layer improving the adhesion to the support base

One object of the present invention is to provide a mixture composed of 1) a cellulose ether derivative esterified at least with a biprotic acid group derivative expressed by the formula HOOC&mdash;B&mdash;COOH (I), wherein B is a linear aliphatic group represented by (CH,),with x a positive integer from 1 to 5 or is a 5-member or 6-member cycloaliphatic group and 2) a cellulose or cellulose derivative esterified at least with a phthalic acid derivative represented by the following formula (II).

Alkaline soluble mixture composed of cellulose derivatives

A silver halide radiographic element comprising a polymeric film base, at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one antistatic layer adhered to at least one side of said polymeric film base, wherein (1) said silver halide emulsion layer comprises tabular silver halide grains having an average diameter to thickness ratio of at least 3:1, and (2) said antistatic layer comprises a colloidal vanadium oxide and a sulfopolyester.

Radiographic material with improved antistatic properties utilizing

A photographic element comprising a polymeric film base, a silver halide emulsion layer, and an antistatic layer comprising a colloidal vanadium oxide and a vinyl addition polymer dispersion in a dry weight ratio of from 1:30 to 1:500. The antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the base and a different backing layer. No barrier layer is used over the antistatic layer.

Photographic element comprising antistatic layer

The invention is directed to an antistatic polymeric film base comprising a polymeric film having coated on at least one side thereof an antistatic layer comprising the reaction product of (1) a water-soluble, electrically conductive polymer containing carboxylic groups and (2) a water-soluble polymer containing oxazoline groups, and to a photographic element comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer on said antistatic polymeric film base. This antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the film base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the film base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the film base and a different backing layer.

Antistatic film bases and photographic elements comprising said

Light-sensitive photographic element comprising a polymeric film base, a silver halide emulsion layer, and an antistatic layer comprising a low viscosity and highly sulfonated water soluble polyacetal (preferably obtained by reaction of a low viscosity polyvinyl alcohol and a sulfonated aldehyde), a hydrophobic binder selected from the group consisting of a water dispersible sulfopolyester and a latex polymer having hydrophilic functionality, and a polyfunctional aldehyde crosslinking agent. The antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the base and a different backing layer.

Photographic elements comprising antistatic layers

Polymeric film bases at least one side of which is coated with an antistatic layer comprising the reaction product of (a) a water-soluble, electrically conductive polymer containing carboxylic groups and (b) a polyfunctional epoxide crosslinking agent, and photographic elements comprising said film bases, wherein said conductive polymer is a copolymer of a water soluble salt of styrene sulfonic acid and maleic acid having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 350,000 and a water soluble salt of styrene sulfonic acid to maleic acid molar ratio of at least 2:1 up to 9:1.

Photographic elements comprising antistatic film bases

Light-sensitive photographic element comprising a polymeric film base, a silver halide emulsion layer, and an antistatic layer comprising a colloidal vanadium oxide and a sulfopolyester. The antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the base and a different backing layer.

Photographic elements comprising antistatic layers of vanadium

An improved antistatic base comprises a polymeric support film having coated thereon in sequence a first antistatic layer comprising a quaternary polyelectrolyte compound and a polymeric hydrophobic binder and a second protective layer comprising a polymeric hydrophobic binder, wherein said quaternary polyelectrolyte compound is a homopolymer or a copolymer of a diallyldialkylammonium salt compound. The antistatic base is particularly useful as a support for light-sensitive silver halide photographic elements.

Antistatic photographic base and light-sensitive element

A photographic base is protected against the adverse effects resulting from the accumulation of static electrical charges by providing it with a first antistatic hydrophilic layer and a second protective hydrophobic layer coated onto said first layer, said first layer having been formed by coating onto said base a liquid coating composition comprising a hydrophilic non-diffusing sulfonated polymer in the presence of an epoxy-silane compound. The antistatic base is particularly useful for photographic elements comprising at least one photosensitive image-forming layer, on one side thereof, and the first antistatic layer and the second protective layer on the opposite side thereof. The antistatic layer is durable, abrasion-resistant, non-tacky and can withstand the aqueous photographic processings without adverse effects.

Antistatic photographic multi-layer base having a hydrophilic and

The present invention relates to an improved photographic polyester support base coated with a first hydrophobic subbing layer and a second hydrophilic subbing layer, the improvement consisting of having said second subbing layer derived from a hardener containing, aqueous coating composition including (1) gelatin, (2) a vinyl addition polymer compound and (3) a low viscosity highly sulfonated water soluble polyacetal compound derived from the reaction of an aldehyde sulfonic acid compound with a polyvinyl alcohol compound, the relative quantities of said gelatin and vinyl addition polymer compound to the polyacetal compound being such as to provide good adhesion characteristics without any significant loss in antistatic properties.

Subbing polyester support bases and photographic film comprising said

A photographic material containing a removable antihalo layer comprising an antihalo agent and a mixture of two copolymers of a low alkymethacrylate and acrylic or methacrylic acid.

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Vado Ligure, Italy

Alberto Valsecchi