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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1998
Joseph C Camillus, Dayton, OH (US);
Mark A Johnson, Chillicothe, OH (US);
John M Taylor, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Darrell A Terry, Greenwood, SC (US);
William Lippke, Dayton, OH (US);
S Thomas Brammer, Dayton, OH (US);
Cycolor, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A sealed self-contained photohardenable imaging assembly comprising in order: a first transparent support; a subbing layer; an imaging layer comprising a developer material and a plurality of photohardenable microcapsules encapsulating a photohardenable composition and a color precursor wherein the imaging layer exhibits a residual stain of less than about 0.3 density units; an adhesive; and a second support which may be opaque or transparent, wherein the subbing layer is interposed between the first support and the imaging layer and the subbing layer includes a polymer having chemical moieties which bond to the microcapsules and the adhesive is interposed between the second support and the imaging layer.