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US 12,576,662 B2Granted
Thermographic imaging element
AssigneeInternational Imaging Materials, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Jude Harrison, Jennifer Lynn Eskra, John Richard Przybylo
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Abstract
A thermographic substrate assembly includes a colorant and a flexible substrate. This assembly also contains a thermosensitive layer, and the thermosensitive layer contains an elastomeric binder and a multiplicity of voids.
Claims13
A thermographic substrate comprising:
- a flexible substrate;
- a color layer;
- a thermosensitive layer;
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- a thermosensitive foam layer;
- said color layer being between said flexible substrate and said thermosensitive layer;
- said thermosensitive layer being between said color layer and said thermosensitive foam layer;
- said thermosensitive layer including a binder and a thermal solvent;
- said thermosensitive foam layer including an elastomer binder, polymer particles, and voids;
- said thermosensitive foam layer being transparentizable in response to heat and pressure being applied thereto.
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