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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1996
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The improved package of thermal recording sheets comprises a container of a stack of thermal recording sheets and a humidity control agent that is secured to the container having an opening through which the thermal recording sheets can be taken out individually. The improved magazine comprises an enclosure for accommodating sheetings that have their sensitivity varied with humidity changes, a cover that is adapted to be opened or closed with respect to the enclosure and a mechanism for engaging the cover with the enclosure, wherein all areas of the cover that mate with the enclosure are furnished with a moisture resisting structure. Both the package and magazine ensure that a plurality of sheetings such as thermal recording films that are highly sensitive to moisture can be held at all times in a desired humidity environment in a moisture controlled state, especially in the interior of a thermal image recording apparatus. In addition, the thermal recording sheets can be easily supplied to the thermal image recording apparatus without touching them directly by hand and, hence, images of high quality can be recorded in a consistent manner.