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US 5,633,113 AGranted
Mass transfer imaging media and methods of making and using the same
AssigneePolaroid Corporation
InventorErnest W. Ellis
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Abstract
An image media assembly comprising: a donor element, a receptor element, and means for maintaining at least the elements in a predetermined position wherein one element overlies the element, said means including a vacuum present between the elements.
Claims19
An image media assembly comprising:
- a donor element, a receptor element, and means for maintaining at least the elements in a predetermined position wherein one element overlies the other element, said means including a vacuum present between the elements, further wherein said means includes a seal between said elements to maintain the vacuum.
An image media assembly comprising:
- a donor element, a receptor element, and means for maintaining at least the elements in a predetermined position wherein one element overlies the other element, said means includes an air-tight enclosure for enclosing both of said elements, wherein said enclosure is a flexible envelope and said assembled elements are flexible so as to be closely conformable to objects which they will be mounted on.
A method of holding a mass transfer image donor element in overlying relationship with a receptor element comprising the steps of:
- assembling a laser mass transfer imaging element in overlying relationship with a receptor element;
- applying a vacuum between the elements such that the vacuum assists in holding the elements together in a predetermined relationship;
- and sealing the elements together so as to maintain the vacuum between the elements.
A method of holding a laser mass transfer image donor element in overlying relationship with a receptor element comprising the steps of:
- assembling a laser mass transfer imaging element in overlying relationship with a receptor element;
- enclosing the assembled elements in an enclosure which is transmissive to imaging radiation;
- applying a vacuum to the enclosure so that the vacuum maintains the elements together in a predetermined relationship;
- and sealing the enclosure so as to maintain the vacuum between the elements.
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An image media assembly comprising:
- a donor element, a receptor element, and means for maintaining at least the elements in a predetermined position wherein one element overlies the other element, said means including a vacuum present between the elements, said means includes an air-tight enclosure for enclosing at least a portion of one element to the other element, wherein said air-tight enclosure is made of material transmissive to imaging energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.