Eastman-kodak Company

Michael J Corrigan

Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain

Bradley K Coltrain

Debasis Majumdar

Roger L Klaus

Daniel Jude Harrison

David B Bailey

Michael W Orem

Gregory William Keyes

James H Griggs

A laminate donor element can be used to transfer a composite of a metal grid and an electronically conductive polymer to a receiver sheet for use in various devices. The laminate donor element has a donor substrate, a metal grid that is disposed over only portions of the donor substrate, leaving portions of the substrate uncovered by the metal grid, and an electronically conductive polymer that covers the portions of the donor substrate that are uncovered by the metal grid. The composite of metal grid and electronically conductive polymer exhibits a peel force of less than or equal to 40 g/cm for separation from the donor substrate at room temperature. The resulting article has a substrate on which a reverse composite of the metal grid and electronically conductive polymer is disposed, which article can be incorporated into various devices.

Article with metal grid composite and methods of preparing

A laminate donor element can be used to transfer a composite of a metal grid and an electronically conductive polymer to a receiver sheet for use in various devices. The laminate donor element has a donor substrate, a metal grid that is disposed over only portions of the donor substrate, leaving portions of the substrate uncovered by the metal grid, and an electronically conductive polymer that covers the portions of the donor substrate that are uncovered by the metal grid. The composite of metal grid and electronically conductive polymer exhibits a peel force of less than or equal to 40 g/cm for separation from the donor substrate at room temperature.

Electronically conductive laminate donor element

The present invention is a photographic element which includes a support, and at least one light-sensitive silver halide layer on a front side of the support. The photographic element has on the backside of the support an antistatic layer; a transparent magnetic recording layer; and a lubricating overcoat layer. The lubricating overcoat layer is farthest from the support and includes a lubricant of the general formula:

Simultaneous coatings of stearamide lubricant layer

The present invention is a method of producing an imaging support which includes providing a support, simultaneously coating on a side of the support; a transparent magnetic recording layer including magnetic particles, a polymeric binder and an organic solvent, and a lubricating overcoat layer farthest from the support, the lubricating overcoat layer including a lubricant selected form the general formulas I, II or III: wherein general formula I comprises: ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of esters, amides, ethers, or methylene, a is from 10 to 500, and b is from 4 to 3000, and the general formula I has a molecular weight at least 800; wherein general formula II comprises: ##STR2## wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of, --C-- and --N--, Z is selected from the group consisting of esters, amides, and a carbon-carbon bond, R is selected from the group consisting of methyl, and hydrogen or may be absent if Y equals nitrogen, c is from 1 to 2, d is from 4 to 3000, e is from 10 to 30, and the general formula II has a molecular weight of from 800 to 500,000, preferably from 3000 to 100,000; wherein general formula III comprises: ##STR3## wherein R' is selected from the group consisting of methyl, phenyl, substituted aliphatic groups, unsubstituted aliphatic groups, substituted aromatic groups, and unsubstituted aromatic groups; wherein f is from 4 to 3000, and g is from 10 to 30, and the general formula III has a molecular weight of from about 800 to 500,000 and preferably are between 3000 and 100,000, and an organic solvent. The present invention also includes a photographic element produced by the method.

Simultaneous coatings of polymeric lubricant layer and transparent

The present invention is a method of producing an imaging support which includes providing a support, simultaneously coating on a side of the support; a transparent magnetic recording layer comprising magnetic particles, a polymeric binder and an organic solvent, and a lubricating overcoat layer farthest from the support, the lubricating overcoat layer comprising wax particles having a size from 0.01 .mu.m to 0.5 .mu.m, and an organic solvent; and drying the magnetic recording layer and the lubricating overcoat layer.

Simultaneous coatings of wax dispersion containing lubricant layer and

Simultaneous coatings of stearamide lubricant layer and transparent

A process for manufacturing a dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising coating a cushion intermediate layer, a subbing layer, and a dye image-receiving layer on a support, wherein the cushion layer and subbing layer are simultaneously coated, and wherein the subbing layer includes a hydroxylated siloxane polymer surfactant having random recurring units of the following structures I or II: ##STR1## wherein A is --CH.sub.3 or B, and B is a C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 straight chain or branched primary or secondary hydroxy terminated alkylene group, and x, y, and z are such as to provide a molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 20,000 and from 1 to about 20 hydroxyl groups per polymer molecule. The invention further comprises a receiving element comprising a support having thereon a cushion intermediate layer, a dye image-receiving layer, and a subbing layer between the cushion layer and the dye image-receiving layer, wherein the subbing layer contains a surfactant of the above structures I or II.

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Hilton, NY, United States of America

Michael J Corrigan