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EP 0 440 388 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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18.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/38 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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07.08.1991 Bulletin 1991/32 |
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Date of filing: 28.01.1991 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41M 5/40 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE FR GB |
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Priority: |
29.01.1990 JP 20783/90
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Applicant: KANZAKI PAPER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. |
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Tokyo-to (JP) |
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Inventors: |
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- Seki, Shigetoshi
Kita-ku,
Kobe-shi,
Hyogo (JP)
- Fukui, Terunobu
Nishinomiya-shi,
Hyogo (JP)
- Ishida, Koichi
Amagasaki-shi
Hyogo (JP)
- Takayama, Yukio
Toyonaka-shi,
Osaka (JP)
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Representative: Seaborn, George Stephen et al |
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c/o Edward Evans & Co.
Chancery House
53-64 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1SD
London WC2A 1SD (GB) |
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Heat-sensitive recording material useful for labels |
(57) A heat-sensitive recording material useful for labels has on a suface of a base sheet
a heat-sensitive recording layer which comprises a colorless or pale colored basic
chromogenic material and a color developer developing a color by contacting with the
chromogenic material, and an adhesive layer on the back of the base sheet There is
formed, on the back or both surfaces of the base sheet, a coating layer which mainly
comprises inorganic and/or organic pigments together with a binder and in which the
K & N ink absorption is adjusted to from 5.0 g/m
2 to 10.0g/m
2 to improve the image-retainability and the plasticizer resistance of the heat-sensitive
recording material.