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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Jacek Paul Obuchowicz, Mirfield, GB;
Fredrick Claus Zumsteg, Wilmington, DE (US);
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
The invention provides a radiation sensitive plate which is imageable by exposure to thermal radiation and comprises (a) a substrate; (b) an imaging layer containing a disperse phase comprising a water insoluble heat softenable component, a continuous phase comprising a component which is soluble or swellable in aqueous medium and a substance capable of strongly absorbing radiation and transferring the energy as heat to the disperse phase to cause at least partial coalescence of the coating; and (c) a topmost covering layer having an optical density which is lower than that of the imaging layer at the wavelength of exposure and contains either a combination of a disperse phase and a continuous phase, or a polymer resin which is soluble or dispersible in aqueous medium.