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US 7,034,857 B2Granted
Light and thermal energy image-recording apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsNobufumi Mori, Akinori Harada, Shintaro Washizu
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Abstract
An image-recording apparatus. In a housing of the apparatus are a casing section that encases a light and heat sensitive recording material, an optical recording section that exposes the light and heat sensitive recording material fed from the casing section to record a latent image, a thermal developing section that develops the latent image by heating, an optical fixing section that fixes the developed image by irradiating it with light, and an outlet through which the image-recorded material is taken out.
Claims90
An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases a light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes the light and heat sensitive recording material to visible light, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiates visible light for fixing the developed image wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a light and heat sensitive recording layer containing:
- a color-forming component A encapsulated in heat-responsive microcapsules;
- and
- a photo-polymerizable composition outside the heat-responsive microcapsules, the photo-polymerizable composition including at least a substantially colorless compound B, which has in one molecule a polymerizable group and a site capable of reacting with the color-forming component A to form color, and a photo-polymerization initiator.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases a light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes the light and heat sensitive recording material to visible light, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiates visible light for fixing the developed image wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a light and heat sensitive recording layer containing:
- a color-forming component A encapsulated in heat-responsive microcapsules;
- and
- a photo-polymerizable composition outside the heat-responsive microcapsules, the photo-polymerizable composition including at least a substantially colorless compound C capable of reacting with the color-forming component A to form color, a photo-polymerizable compound D, and a photo-polymerization initiator.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases a light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes the light and heat sensitive recording material to visible light, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiates visible light for fixing the developed image wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a light and heat sensitive recording layer containing:
- a substantially colorless compound C that is encapsulated in heat-responsive microcapsules and is capable of reacting with a color-forming component A to form color;
- and
- a photo-polymerizable composition outside the heat-responsive microcapsules, the photo-polymerizable composition including at least the color-forming component A, a photo-polymerizable compound D, and a photo-polymerization initiator.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases a light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes the light and heat sensitive recording material to visible light, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiates visible light for fixing the developed image wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a photo-curable light and heat sensitive recording layer which contains:
- an oxidant precursor E encapsulated in heat-responsive microcapsules;
- an activator G outside the heat-responsive microcapsules, the activator G being capable of reacting with the oxidant precursor E to form an oxidant F;
- and
- a dye-forming coupler H capable of coupling with the oxidant F to form a dye,
- and wherein light irradiation cures an irradiated portion of the light and heat sensitive recording layer.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases a light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes the light and heat sensitive recording material to visible light, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiates visible light for fixing the developed image wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a photo-curable light and heat sensitive recording layer which contains:
- an oxidant precursor E outside heat-responsive microcapsules;
- an activator G encapsulated in the heat-responsive microcapsules, the activator G being capable of reacting with the oxidant precursor E to form an oxidant F;
- and
- a dye-forming coupler H capable of coupling with the oxidant F to form a dye,
- and wherein light irradiation cures an irradiated portion of the light and heat sensitive recording layer.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes, using at least a short wavelength light source that has an intensity maximum in a wavelength range of 300 to 450 nm, the light and heat sensitive recording material, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiated visible light for fixing the developed image,
- wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises non-contact heating wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises a far infrared heat source, and
- wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a light and heat sensitive recording layer containing:
- a color-forming component A encapsulated in heat-responsive microcapsules;
- and
- a photo-polymerizable composition outside the heat-responsive microcapsules, the photo-polymerizable composition including at least a substantially colorless compound B, which has in one molecule a polymerizable group and a site capable of reacting with the color-forming component A to form color, and a photo-polymerization initiator.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases a light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes the light and heat sensitive recording material to visible light, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiates visible light for fixing the developed image provided with a cutter after said optical fixing section,
- wherein the optical recording section uses at least a short wavelength light source that has an intensity maximum in a wavelength range of 300–450 nm,
- wherein the short wavelength light source is a semiconductor laser, and
- wherein the semiconductor laser is a Group III element nitride semiconductor laser.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes, using at least a short wavelength light source that has an intensity maximum in a wavelength range of 300 to 450 nm, the light and heat sensitive recording material, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiated visible light for fixing the developed image,
- wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises non-contact heating wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises a far infrared heat source, and
- wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a light and heat sensitive recording layer containing:
- a color-forming component A encapsulated in heat-responsive microcapsules;
- and
- a photo-polymerizable composition outside the heat-responsive microcapsules, the photo-polymerizable composition including at least a substantially colorless compound C capable of reacting with the color-forming component A to form color, a photo-polymerizable compound D, and a photo-polymerization initiator.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes, using at least a short wavelength light source that has an intensity maximum in a wavelength range of 300 to 450 nm, the light and heat sensitive recording material, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiated visible light for fixing the developed image,
- wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises non-contact heating wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises a far infrared heat source, and
- wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a light and heat sensitive recording layer containing:
- a substantially colorless compound C that is encapsulated in heat-responsive microcapsules and is capable of reacting with a color-forming component A to form color;
- and
- a photo-polymerizable composition outside the heat-responsive microcapsules, the photo-polymerizable composition including at least the color-forming component A, a photo-polymerizable compound D, and a photo-polymerization initiator.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes, using at least a short wavelength light source that has an intensity maximum in a wavelength range of 300 to 450 nm, the light and heat sensitive recording material, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiated visible light for fixing the developed image,
- wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises non-contact heating wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises a far infrared heat source, and
- wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a photo-curable light and heat sensitive recording layer which contains:
- an oxidant precursor E encapsulated in heat-responsive microcapsules;
- an activator G outside the heat-responsive microcapsules, the activator G being capable of reacting with the oxidant precursor E to form an oxidant F;
- and
- a dye-forming coupler H capable of coupling with the oxidant F to form a dye,
- and wherein light irradiation cures an irradiated portion of the light and heat sensitive recording layer.
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An image-recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing section which encases light and heat sensitive recording material;
- an optical recording section, downstream of the casing section, which exposes, using at least a short wavelength light source that has an intensity maximum in a wavelength range of 300 to 450 nm, the light and heat sensitive recording material, which has been fed from the casing section, for recording a latent image;
- a thermal developing section, downstream of the optical recording section, which develops the latent image by heating;
- and
- an optical fixing section, downstream of the thermal developing section, which irradiated visible light for fixing the developed image,
- wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises non-contact heating wherein the thermal developing apparatus comprises a far infrared heat source, and
- wherein the light and heat sensitive recording material is provided with a photo-curable light and heat sensitive recording layer which contains:
- an oxidant precursor E outside heat-responsive microcapsules;
- an activator G encapsulated in the heat-responsive microcapsules, the activator G being capable of reacting with the oxidant precursor E to form an oxidant F;
- and
- a dye-forming coupler H capable of coupling with the oxidant F to form a dye,
- and wherein light irradiation cures an irradiated portion of the light and heat sensitive recording layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.