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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeo Hatada, Shizuoka, JP;
Keishi Taniguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156235 ; 347105 ; 428195 ; 428341 ; 428447 ; 428484 ; 4284881 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
An image transfer sheet has a support, a transfer layer formed on one side of the support, and a backing layer formed on the other side of the support, opposite to the transfer layer with respect to the support, the backing layer containing a silicone material which is in a solid state at room temperature. An image is formed on the transfer layer of the above-mentioned image transfer sheet by various image forming methods, and the image-bearing transfer layer of the image transfer sheet is transferred to an image-receiving member by the application of heat and/or pressure thereto.