EP0413569A3 - Thermal imaging system - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0413569A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: imaging system; thermal imaging; thermal; imaging
Prior art date: 1989-08-15
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19900308954

Other versions

EP0413569B1 (en

EP0413569A2 (en

Inventor

David Peter Henry Smith

Mark Terence Leonard

David Walter Swan

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

3M Co

Original Assignee

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1989-08-15

Filing date

1990-08-15

Publication date

1991-10-16

1990-08-15 Application filed by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co filed Critical Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co

1991-02-20 Publication of EP0413569A2 publication Critical patent/EP0413569A2/en

1991-10-16 Publication of EP0413569A3 publication Critical patent/EP0413569A3/en

1994-12-07 Application granted granted Critical

1994-12-07 Publication of EP0413569B1 publication Critical patent/EP0413569B1/en

2010-08-15 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
- B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
- B41M5/382—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
- B41M5/3825—Electric current carrying heat transfer sheets
- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G5/00—Recording members for original recording by exposure, e.g. to light, to heat, to electrons; Manufacture thereof; Selection of materials therefor
- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G5/00—Recording members for original recording by exposure, e.g. to light, to heat, to electrons; Manufacture thereof; Selection of materials therefor
- G03G5/02—Charge-receiving layers
- G03G5/028—Layers in which after being exposed to heat patterns electrically conductive patterns are formed in the layers, e.g. for thermoxerography
- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G5/00—Recording members for original recording by exposure, e.g. to light, to heat, to electrons; Manufacture thereof; Selection of materials therefor
- G03G5/153—Charge-receiving layers combined with additional photo- or thermo-sensitive, but not photoconductive, layers, e.g. silver-salt layers

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Electronic Switches (AREA)
Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
Fax Reproducing Arrangements (AREA)

EP90308954A 1989-08-15 1990-08-15 Thermal imaging system Expired - Lifetime EP0413569B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB898918622A GB8918622D0 (en)	1989-08-15	1989-08-15	Thermal imaging system
GB8918622		1989-08-15

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0413569A2 EP0413569A2 (en)	1991-02-20
EP0413569A3 true EP0413569A3 (en)	1991-10-16
EP0413569B1 EP0413569B1 (en)	1994-12-07

Family

ID=10661671

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP90308954A Expired - Lifetime EP0413569B1 (en)	1989-08-15	1990-08-15	Thermal imaging system

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0413569B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPH03197053A (en)
KR (1)	KR910005103A (en)
DE (1)	DE69014768T2 (en)
GB (1)	GB8918622D0 (en)

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2798959A (en) *	1953-10-01	1957-07-09	Rca Corp	Photoconductive thermography
FR2087778A5 (en) *	1970-03-16	1971-12-31	Ibm
FR2368066A1 (en) *	1976-10-12	1978-05-12	Eastman Kodak Co	Electro-photothermographic material - with semiconductor between electrically conductive substrate and charge-sensitive thermographic layer (BE 12.4.78)
GB2004077A (en) *	1977-09-10	1979-03-21	Philips Nv	Storing deformation images
US4470055A (en) *	1982-03-10	1984-09-04	Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.	Photo-thermal ink transferring device

1989
- 1989-08-15 GB GB898918622A patent/GB8918622D0/en active Pending
1990
- 1990-08-14 KR KR1019900012483A patent/KR910005103A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1990-08-14 JP JP2215693A patent/JPH03197053A/en active Pending
- 1990-08-15 EP EP90308954A patent/EP0413569B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-08-15 DE DE69014768T patent/DE69014768T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US2798959A (en) *	1953-10-01	1957-07-09	Rca Corp	Photoconductive thermography
FR2087778A5 (en) *	1970-03-16	1971-12-31	Ibm
FR2368066A1 (en) *	1976-10-12	1978-05-12	Eastman Kodak Co	Electro-photothermographic material - with semiconductor between electrically conductive substrate and charge-sensitive thermographic layer (BE 12.4.78)
GB2004077A (en) *	1977-09-10	1979-03-21	Philips Nv	Storing deformation images
US4470055A (en) *	1982-03-10	1984-09-04	Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.	Photo-thermal ink transferring device

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0413569B1 (en)	1994-12-07
KR910005103A (en)	1991-03-30
DE69014768D1 (en)	1995-01-19
GB8918622D0 (en)	1989-09-27
JPH03197053A (en)	1991-08-28
EP0413569A2 (en)	1991-02-20
DE69014768T2 (en)	1995-07-13

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