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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1991
Yoshihiko Hiyoshi, Shimizu, JP;
Tetsuji Kunitake, Numazu, JP;
Shigeru Miyajima, Fuji, JP;
Yuichi Taka, Numazu, JP;
Moriyasu Nagai, Numazu, JP;
Tadafumi Tatewaki, Numazu, JP;
Youji Ide, Mishima, JP;
Nobuyuki Maeda, Susono, JP;
Kumi Surizaki, Numazu, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal image transfer recording medium is composed of a support and a thermofusible ink layer formed thereon, and the thermofusible ink layer contains as the main components a coloring agent, a wax component and a rubber elastomer component which is discontinuously dispersed in the form of layers in the thermofusible ink layer, or is composed of a first ink layer containing a wax component and a rubber elastomer and a second ink layer containing a coloring agent, a wax component and a binder resin, which is overlaid on the first ink layer.