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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard P Henzel, Webster, NY (US);
Noel R Vanier, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 8471 ; 427256 ; 428327 ; 428341 ; 428484 ; 4284884 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a dye layer and on the other side a slipping layer comprising an organic lubricating material in a binder, the lubricating material comprising a nonhomogenous layer of a particulate ester wax comprising an ester of a fatty acid having at least 10 carbon atoms and a monohydric alcohol having at least 6 carbon atoms, the ester wax having a particle size of from about 0.5 .mu.m to about 20 .mu.m.