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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1991
Junko Yamaguchi, Shimizu, JP;
Shuhei Shiraishi, Mishima, JP;
Shigeyuki Harada, Numazu, JP;
Masanaka Nagamoto, Susono, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal image transfer sheet comprises a support and an ink layer formed thereon, which ink layer comprises as the main components a colorant and at least one binder resin selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl butyral resin, vinyl chloride resin, vinylidene chloride resin, vinylidene chloride-acrylonitrile copolymer resin, fluorine-containing resin, polyamide or a copolymer thereof, polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, polyester resin, NBR, and ethylene - vinyl acetate copolymer resin, and a thermal image transfer recording medium comprises the thermal image transfer sheet and an image-receiving member is composed of a support and an image-receiving layer preferably comprising as the main component a polyamide and/or a copolymer of the polyamide, or an image-receiving layer made of nylon 6 or nylon 66.