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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1990
Kunio Hayakawa, Gotenba, JP;
Hiromi Furuya, Shimizu, JP;
Hisanori Shimada, Numazu, JP;
Masahiro Nakata, Kawanishi, JP;
Kaoru Kodera, Toyonaka, JP;
Kouji Oohara, Osaka, JP;
Nobuo Akagi, Sakai, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording material employing at least one leuco dye having formula (I), which is colored when brought into contact with a color developer capable of inducing color formation in the leuco dye: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form a ring in combination or a morpholine ring through an oxygen atom; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aralkyloxy group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R.sup.6 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen.