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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2000
Minoru Suzuki, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroshi Orita, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Saito, Saitama, JP;
Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Furusawa, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Process for forming fine speckle-shaped depressions over an outer surface of a shell wall of a microcapsule encapsulating a dye, including cohering fine ceramic particles to the microcapsule, due to triboelectrification acting therebetween, such that a plurality of fine spaces are defined among the cohered fine ceramic particles around the outer surface of the shell wall; immersing the microcapsule with the cohered fine ceramic particles in a solvent over a predetermined period of time such that a plurality of fine speckle-shaped depressions is formed in the outer surface of the shell wall at locations corresponding to the plurality of fine spaces defined around the outer surface of the shell wall; withdrawing the microcapsule with the cohered fine ceramic particles from the solvent; and washing off retained solvent from the microcapsule with the cohered fine ceramic particles, wherein the period of time, over which the microcapsule with the cohered fine ceramic particles is immersed in the solvent, is regulated such that the fine speckle-shaped depressions do not completely pass through the shell wall.