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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Yoshikazu Kaneko, Numazu, JP;
Yasutomo Mori, Numazu, JP;
Mitsuru Naruse, Tagata-gun, JP;
Kunio Hayakawa, Mishima, JP;
Mitsunobu Morita, Numazu, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermosensitive recording material having a support, a thermosensitive recording layer containing a leuco dye and a color developer, and an intermediate layer interposed therebetween. The intermediate layer contains hollow particles having a hollowness of 60 to 98%, a maximum particle diameter (D100) of 5.0 to 10.0 &mgr;m and a ratio D100/D50 of the maximum particle diameter (D100) to the median volume equivalent particle diameter (D50) in the range of 1.5 to 3.0. The hollow particles may be composed of a crosslinked polymer of a chlorine-free vinyl monomer.