Transfer foil and image recording material, and method for preparing image recording material

• US 6,413,687 B1
• Filed: 11/02/2000
• Issued: 07/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Konica Corporation (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Hidaka, Seiji, Takahashi, Hideki, Kitamura, Shigehiro, Hattori, Ryoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Schilling, Richard L.
• Application Number:
  US09/705,225
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 430/10, 430/259, 430/262, 430/263, 430/403, 430/2, 156/239, 428/352, 428/323, 428/327, 428/336, 428/914
• US Class Current: 430/10
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 7/0027 using protective coatings or layers by lamination or by fusion of the coatings or layers
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 1/1704 Decalcomanias provided with a particular decorative layer, e.g. specially adapted to allow the formation of a metallic or dyestuff layer on a substrate unsuitable for direct deposition B44C1/1716, B44C1/1737 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 1/1708 Decalcomanias provided with a layer being specially adapted to facilitate their release from a temporary carrier B44C1/172, B44C1/1741 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03F 7/11 having cover layers or intermediate layers, e.g. subbing layers G03F7/091 - G03F7/093, B41N3/03 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2250/10 arranged to be transferred onto a carrier body adhesive layer G03H2250/35
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/914 Transfer or decalcomania
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/25 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and including a second component containing structurally defined particles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/254 Polymeric or resinous material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/265 1 mil or less
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2839 with release or antistick coating

Abstract

A transfer foil for image transfer comprising a support, a releasing layer and a component layer is disclosed. The releasing layer contains inorganic or organic fine particles and

1<(average particle diameter of the inorganic or organic fine particle in releasing layer/thickness of releasing layer)×100<400.

Claims

1. A transfer foil comprising a support, a releasing layer and a component layer wherein the releasing layer contains inorganic or organic fine particles and

2. The transfer foil of claim 1 wherein the heat cross linking group or the light cross linking group comprises at least one of a vinyl group, an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, a glycidyl group, an isocyanate group, or a carboxyl group.

3. The transfer foil of claim 1 wherein an average particle diameter of the inorganic or organic fine particles is 0.01 to 10 μ

m.

4. The transfer foil of claim 3 wherein the heat cross linking group or the light cross linking group comprises at least one of a vinyl group, an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, a glycidyl group, an isocyanate group, or a carboxyl group.

5. The transfer foil of claim 1 wherein the component layer includes at least one of an adhesion layer, a transparent protective layer and an optical variable device layer.

6. An image recording material having a component layer transferred from a transfer foil to a support for the image recording material comprising

the support for the image recording material, an image receiving layer,

a releasing layer and

a component layer, wherein

the releasing layer contains inorganic or organic fine particles and

7. The transfer foil of claim 6 wherein the heat cross linking group or the light cross linking group comprises at least one of a vinyl group, an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, a glycidyl group, an isocyanate group, or a carboxyl group.