Thermosensitive recording material and production method thereof

• US 8,530,379 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2010
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Shimizu, Kenji, Okada, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess, Bruce H
• Application Number:
  US12/879,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20110065575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,096 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 503/226
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 5/423 characterised by non-macromolecular compounds, e.g. waxes

Abstract

To provide a thermosensitive recording material, containing a base, a thermosensitive recording layer disposed on the base and containing a leuco dye and a color developer, an intermediate layer disposed on the thermosensitive recording layer, and a protective layer disposed on the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer contains a resin, and an aziridine compound.

Claims

1. A thermosensitive recording material, comprising:

a base;

a thermosensitive recording layer disposed on the base, and containing a leuco dye and a color developer;

an intermediate layer disposed on the thermosensitive recording layer; and

a protective layer disposed on the intermediate layer,

wherein the intermediate layer contains a resin, and an aziridine compound, and the resin contained in the intermediate layer includes a polyamine resin, or a polyamide resin, or both a polyamine resin and a polyamide resin, and

wherein the intermediate layer further contains polyvinyl alcohol.

2. The thermosensitive recording material according to claim 1, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyamine resin and a polyamide resin.

3. The thermosensitive recording material according to claim 1, wherein the aziridine compound contains at least two functional groups per molecule.

4. The thermosensitive recording material according to claim 1, wherein an amount of the aziridine compound in the intermediate layer is 15 parts by mass to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin contained in the intermediate layer.

5. The thermosensitive recording material according to claim 1, wherein an amount of the polyamine resin, or the polyamide resin, or both thereof in the intermediate layer is 10 parts by mass to 40 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin contained in the intermediate layer.

6. The thermosensitive recording material according to claim 1, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol is carboxylic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol.

7. The thermosensitive recording material according to claim 1, wherein the leuco dye in the thermosensitive recording layer contains a black coloring leuco dye, a red coloring leuco dye, and a blue coloring leuco dye.

8. The thermosensitive recording material according to claim 1, wherein the protective layer contains an acrylate resin which is cured by UV or electron beam radiation.

9. The thermosensitive recording material according to claim 1, further comprising a back layer.

10. A method for producing a thermosensitive recording material, comprising:

applying an intermediate layer coating liquid containing an ammonium aqueous solution onto a thermosensitive recording layer so as to form an intermediate layer,

wherein the thermosensitive recording material comprises;

a base;

the thermosensitive recording layer disposed on the base, and containing a leuco dye and a color developer;

the intermediate layer disposed on the thermosensitive recording layer; and

a protective layer disposed on the intermediate layer,

wherein the intermediate layer contains a resin, and an aziridine compound.