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(11) EP 0 360 218 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/12

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/13

(21) Application number: 89117297.5

(22) Date of filing: 19.09.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41M 5/26
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 20.09.1988 JP 235406/88

(71) Applicant: VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
Kanagawa-ku Yokohama (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Takahashi, Toshinori
    Kawasaki (JP)
  • Takanashi, Itsuo
    Kamakura-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Tanaka, Hideshi
    Yokohama (JP)
  • Kitamura, Hiroki
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Nibe, Toru
    Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Shinya, Tadao
    Yokohama (JP)
  • Mizoguchi, Yutaka
    Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Terada, Katsuhiko
    Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Bühling, Gerhard, Dipl.-Chem. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


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    (54) Heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet


    (57) A heat-sensitive hot-melt image transfer sheet transfers an ink image to a recording sheet when selectively heated by the heating element of the thermal head of a ther­mal printer. The image transfer sheet comprises a base coated on a surface thereof with a matrix of circular hot-­melt ink dots at a regular pitch. The hot-melt ink dots are selectively meltable with heat applied through the base by the heating elements for transferring an ink image to the recording sheet held against the matrix of hot-melt ink dots.







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