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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1992
Toshinori Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Itsuo Takanashi, Kamakura, JP;
Hideshi Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Nibe, Yokosuka, JP;
Tadao Shinya, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Mizoguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiko Terada, Yokosuka, JP;
Toshinori Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Itsuo Takanashi, Kamakura, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet transfers an ink image to a recording sheet when selectively heated by the heating element of the thermal head of a thermal printer. The image transfer sheet comprises a base coated on a surface thereof with a matrix of circular hot-melt ink dots at a constant pitch. The hot-melt ink dots are selectively meltable with heat applied through the base by the heating elements for transferring an ink image to the recording sheet held against the matrix of hot-melt ink dots.