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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1999
Shigeo Hatada, Shizuoka, JP;
Keishi Taniguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image transfer sheet (1) includes a support having water permeability, and a releasing layer, an adhesive layer, and an image transfer layer which are overlaid in this order on the support, the surface of the adhesive layer having an inclined-type ball tack value of 6 or less as measured in accordance with a procedure defined in Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) Z 0237 when the image transfer sheet is immersed in water and the support is peeled away therefrom, and an image transfer sheet (2) includes a support having water permeability, and a releasing layer, an adhesive layer comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive material, and an image transfer layer which are overlaid in this order on the support, the pressure-sensitive adhesive material having an inclined-type ball tack value of 11 or less as measured in accordance with a procedure defined in Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) Z 0237. An image formation method and an image transfer method, using any of these image transfer sheets are provided.