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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1998
Yukio Konagaya, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takao Igawa, Numazu, JP;
Fumihito Masubuchi, Mishima, JP;
Akihide Itoh, Mishima, JP;
Tohru Nogiwa, Numazu, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reversible thermosensitive recording medium having a support, a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon which contains a matrix resin and an organic low-molecular-weight material dispersed in the matrix resin, capable of reversibly assuming a transparent state and a white opaque state depending on the temperature thereof, and a magnetic recording layer formed on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, and optionally, an anchor layer, which is provided on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer. The magnetic recording layer is integrally provided in a part of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer or the anchor layer by a step of fusion-bonding, applying, or transferring.