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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:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideki Suematsu, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Fujicopian Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428212 ; 428195 ; 428484 ; 4284881 ; 4284884 ; 428500 ; 428511 ; 428516 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer recording medium having a wax-type heat-meltable ink layer provided on a foundation wherein the vehicle of the ink layer contains an oxidized polyethylene wax as the major component and the melting point of the ink layer is not lower than 95.degree. C. Also disclosed is a thermal transfer recording medium having a release layer containing a wax as the major component and a resin-type heat-meltable ink layer provided on a foundation in this order wherein the melting point of the release layer is not lower than 90.degree. C. The recording media can be used in a high-temperature environment of about 60.degree. to 90.degree. C.