IP Library Granted Patent US 7,135,431
Granted Patent B2
US 7,135,431 · App. 10/479,256 · Granted Nov 14, 2006

Thermosensitive recording material

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Patent No.
US 7,135,431
App. No.
10/479,256
Granted
Nov 14, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermosensitive recording material of the present invention has a thermosensitive color developing layer on a support, and the thermosensitive color developing layer contains at least an electron-donating colorless dye and 4-hydroxybenzenesulfone anilide as an electron-accepting compound. The thermosensitive recording material of the invention meets any one of the following conditions: the thermosensitive recording surface of the thermosensitive recording material has an Oken smoothness of at least 300 seconds; 1,1,3-tris(2-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-tert-butylphenyl)-butane and/or 1,1,3-tris(2-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-cyclohexyl-phenyl)butane is contained as an image stabilizer; at least one selected from 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-butylaminofluorane and 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-amylaminofluorane is contained as the electron-donating colorless dye; a sensitizer and 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-(N-ethyl-N-p-benzyl)aminofluorane as the electron-donating colorless dye are contained; and the image stabilizer and at least one selected from 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-butylaminofluorane, 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-amylaminofluorane, and 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-(N-ethyl-N-p-benzyl)aminofluorane as the electron-donating colorless dye are contained.

Claims (11)

1. A thermosensitive recording material comprising a support having thereon a thermosensitive color developing layer containing at least an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound, wherein the thermosensitive color developing layer contains 4-hydroxybenzenesulfone anilide as the electron-accepting compound, and a thermosensitive recording surface of the thermosensitive recording material has an Oken smoothness of at least 300 seconds, wherein the thermosensitive color developing layer further contains at least one selected from 2-benzyloxynaphthalene, dimethylbenzyl oxalate, m-terphenyl, ethylene glycol tolyl ether, p-benzylbiphenyl, and 1,2-diphenoxymethylbenzene as a sensitizer.

2. A thermosensitive recording material comprising a support having thereon a thermosensitive color developing layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound, wherein the thermosensitive color developing layer contains 4-hydroxybenzenesulfone anilide as the electron-accepting compound and 1,1,3-tris(2-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-tert-butylphenyl)butane and/or 1,1,3-tris(2-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-cyclohexylphenyl) butane as an image stabilizer.

3. The thermosensitive recording material of claim 2 , wherein the amount of the image stabilizer used is from 10 to 100 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the electron-donating colorless dye.

4. The thermosensitive recording material of claim 2 , wherein a sensitizer in the thermosensitive recording material contains 2-benzyloxynaphthalene and stearic acid amide.

5. The thermosensitive recording material of claim 4 , wherein a mass ratio (x/y) of the 2-benzyloxynaphthalene (x) to the stearic acid amide (y) is from 95/5 to 40/60.

6. A thermosensitive recording material comprising a support having thereon a thermosensitive color developing layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye, an electron-accepting compound and a sensitizer, wherein the thermosensitive color developing layer contains 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-(N-ethyl-N-p-benzyl)aminofluorane as the electron-donating colorless dye and 4-hydroxybenzenesulfone anilide as the electron-accepting compound, wherein the sensitizer is at least one selected from 2-benzylnaphthyl ether, 1,2-bis(3-methylphenoxy)ethane, and 1,2-diphenoxymethylbenzene.

7. A thermosensitive recording material comprising a support having thereon a thermosensitive color developing layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound, wherein the thermosensitive color developing layer contains at least one selected from 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-butylaminofluorane and 2-anilino-3-methyl-6- di-n-amylaminofluorane as the electron-donating colorless dye and 4-hydroxybenzenesulfone anilide as the electron-accepting compound, wherein the thermosensitive color developing layer contains a sensitizer, and the sensitizer is at least one selected from 2-benzylnaphthyl ether, 1,2-bis (3-methylphenoxy)ethane, and 1,2-diphenoxymethylbenzene.

8. The thermosensitive recording material of claim 7 , wherein the sensitizer is contained in an amount of from 100 to 300 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the electron-donating colorless dye, wherein the sensitizer is contained in an amount of from 100 to 300 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the electron-donating colorless dye.

9. A thermosensitive recording material comprising a support having thereon a thermosensitive color developing layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye, an electron-accepting compound and an image stabilizer, wherein the thermosensitive color developing layer contains at least one selected from 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-butyl- aminofluorane, 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-amylaminofluorane and 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-(N- ethyl-N-p-benzyl)aminofluorane as the electron-donating colorless dye and 4-hydroxy- benzenesulfone anilide as the electron-accepting compound.

10. The thermosensitive recording material of claim 9 , wherein the image stabilizer is at least one of 1,1,3-tris(2-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-tert-butylphenyl)butane and 1,1,3-tris (2-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-cyclohexylphenyl)butane.

11. The thermosensitive recording material of claim 9 , wherein the image stabilizer is contained in an amount of from 10 to 100 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the electron-donating colorless dye.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2003
From: IWASAKI, MASAYUKI; WATANABE, TSUTOMU; MITSUO, HIROFUMI
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015349/0730 →