IP Library Granted Patent US 7,267,853
Granted Patent B2
US 7,267,853 · App. 10/896,439 · Granted Sep 11, 2007

Releasing composition, thermal transfer recording medium, and thermal transfer protective film

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Patent No.
US 7,267,853
App. No.
10/896,439
Granted
Sep 11, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A releasing composition and a thermal transfer recording medium capable of improving abrasion resistance are provided. The releasing composition of the invention includes a releasing composition containing releasing particles in a prescribed film forming material, and the releasing particle has a first releasing resin as a core material and a second releasing resin as a coating material. The first releasing resin has a relatively higher releasing property than the second releasing resin. The first releasing resin can include a surface tension of from about 0.01 N/m to about 0.025 N/m, and the second releasing resin may have a surface tension of from about 0.026 N/m to about 0.05 N/m.

Claims (6)

1. A thermal transfer recording medium comprising:

a support; and

a releasing composition layer thermally transferable and formed on the support, the releasing composition layer substantially composed of a resin composition, wherein the resin composition contains a plurality of particles, the particles including a first releasing resin as a core material and a second releasing resin as a coating material that has a lower releasing property than the first releasing resin.

2. A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a support having formed consecutively thereon a releasing layer and a thermal transfer ink layer, wherein the releasing layer mainly includes a resin composition, the resin composition containing a plurality of particles, the particles including a first releasing resin as a core material and a second releasing resin as a coating material that has a lower releasing property than the first releasing resin.

3. The thermal transfer recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein the thermal transfer ink layer contains a urethane-modified polyester resin having a number average molecular weight of about 25,000 or more and a ketone resin formed by polymerizing acetophenone and formaldehyde.

4. The thermal transfer recording medium according to claim 3 , wherein a mixing ratio of the urethane-modified polyester resin and the ketone resin is from about 1/1 to about 3/7.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 1, 2013
From: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION
To: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029908/0665 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2012
From: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029445/0268 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2007
From: MONJU, TAKUYA
To: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019660/0846 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2006
From: SONY CHEMICALS CORPORATION
To: SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018550/0258 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2004
From: MONJU, TAKUYA
To: SONY CHEMICALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015268/0580 →