IP Library Granted Patent US 7,160,840
Granted Patent B2
US 7,160,840 · App. 10/481,958 · Granted Jan 9, 2007

Thermal recording material

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Patent No.
US 7,160,840
App. No.
10/481,958
Granted
Jan 9, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermal recording material having a support and, formed thereon, a thermal coloring layer containing an electron donating colorless dye and an electron accepting compound, wherein the electron accepting compound comprises 4-hydroxybenzenesulfoneanilide and the support comprises a used paper pulp as a primary component; the thermal recording material which further comprises at least one of calcium carbonate of calcite type, amorphous silica and aluminum hydroxide as an inorganic pigment; and the thermal recording material wherein the electron donating colorless dye comprises a specific colorless dye and the recording material is formed through the use of a liquid pigment dispersion having a pH of 7 to 10.

Claims (5)

1. A thermal recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive color-developing layer disposed on the support, the heat-sensitive color-developing layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound, wherein the heat-sensitive color-developing layer contains 4-hydroxy-benzene-sulfone anilide as the electron-accepting compound, and the support contains waste paper pulp as a primary component thereof.

2. The thermal recording material of claim 1 , wherein the heat-sensitive color-developing layer further contains a basic pigment.

3. The thermal recording material of claim 2 , wherein the basic pigment is at least one selected from the group consisting of bur-shaped calcium carbonate, aluminum hydroxide, basic magnesium carbonate, and magnesium oxide.

4. The thermal recording material of claim 1 , wherein the heat-sensitive color-developing layer contains 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.

5. The thermal recording material of claim 4 , wherein a surface of the support has a paper surface pH of 6 to 9.

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 24, 2003
From: IWASAKI, MASAYUKI; WATANABE, TSUTOMU; MITSUO, HIROFUMI
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015435/0436 →