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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7776413 | Melt thermal transfer recording paper A melt thermal transfer recording paper suitable for melt thermal transfer recording comprising a stretched resin film, wherein stretched resin film contains from 30 to 75% by weight of an inorganic fine powder and/or an organic filler and from 25 to 70% by weight i... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7387824 | Support for image recording medium and image recording medium made from the support A support for an image recording medium includes base paper, a polymer coating layer formed on both top and wire side surfaces, and a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive agent which is formed under the polymer coating layer on one or both side surface... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7371444 | Aliphatic copolyester resin, a preparation method, an aliphatic polyester resin composition, uses thereof, a coating composition, a particle-state composition for agriculture and gardening coated by degradable layer In the present invention, there are obtained aliphatic polyesters having a controlled thermal decomposing property, hydrolizability, and biodegradability, in which OH terminals and COOR terminals are decreased to 50% and 30%, respectively, through a ring-opening pol... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361437 | Thermal transfer donor element with a carboxylated binder and a hydroxylated organic compound The invention provides a thermal transfer donor element comprising a support layer and a transfer layer supported by the support layer and comprising a binder containing carboxylic acid groups. The transfer layer includes an organic compound containing a plurality o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7323251 | Decorating sheet, decorated resin molded article and method for production thereof The present invention provides a decorative sheet having a base film made of a thermoplastic polyester resin and a decorative layer on the base film, and provides a decorated resin molding produced by using the decorative sheet. The base film is not broken in both o... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312178 | Base support for image recording medium and method of manufacturing the same and image recording medium A base support for an image recording material strikes a balance between high flatness and superb stiffness and is favorably available for various image recording mediums capable of providing high quality. The base support comprising at least base paper satisfying a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7267853 | Releasing composition, thermal transfer recording medium, and thermal transfer protective film A releasing composition and a thermal transfer recording medium capable of improving abrasion resistance are provided. The releasing composition of the invention includes a releasing composition containing releasing particles in a prescribed film forming material, a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7226890 | Thermal printing ribbon A thermal printing ribbon that has reduced or no wrinkling during printing includes inorganic particles in a polymeric host material in at least one layer of the ribbon. The ribbon has improved mechanical and thermal properties as compared to ribbons not incorporati... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7178904 | Ultra-low energy micro-fluid ejection device A micro-fluid ejection device for ultra-small droplet ejection and method of making a micro-fluid ejection device. The micro-fluid ejection device includes a semiconductor substrate containing a plurality of thermal ejection actuators disposed thereon. Each of the t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169546 | Thermally transferable image protective sheet, method for protective layer formation, and record produced by said method Disclosed are a thermally transferable image protective sheet and a method for protective layer formation that can provide a protective layer which can protect an image of a record produced by a nonsilver photographic color hard copy recording method, can impart lig... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157843 | Transfer film, method for forming metal back layer, and display device A transfer film comprising a base film (11), a parting-agent layer (12), a protective film (13), and a metal film (14), the latter three being formed on the base film (11) in order, wherein the protective film (13) contains ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7122232 | Expandable print medium A print medium that is expandable and collapsible comprises two sheets separated by at least one collapsible brace. The collapsible brace includes a first wall attached to one of the sheets and a second wall that swings in relation to the first wall. The swinging mo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7041349 | Thermal transfer image recording composite sheet A thermal transfer image recording composite sheet has a lamination structure: (2) image receiving sheet section (including image receiving layer (D), image recording sheet substrate (C) and adhesive layer (E)) and (1) release sheet section (including release layer ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6984424 | Thermally transferable image protective sheet, method for protective layer formation, and record produced by said method Disclosed are a thermally transferable image protective sheet and a method for protective layer formation that can provide a protective layer which can protect an image of a record produced by a nonsilver photographic color hard copy recording method, can impart lig... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6872501 | Antistat of onium salt and polyether polymer The invention relates to a material comprising a sheet wherein said sheet comprises at least one layer comprising polyether polymeric antistat and thermally processable onium salt. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6677010 | Thermal transfer sheet for the laser-induced coating of a printing form cylinder A thermal transfer sheet suitable for preparing a lighographic printing form cylinder is provided including a substrate layer and a donor layer. The substrate layer includes a first polymer having mechanical stability at temperatures greater than 150 degr... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6610384 | Laminated film for thermosensitive image transfer material A laminated film for thermosensitive image transfer material, comprises a biaxially oriented polyester film including at least one surface thereof a laminated layer containing 50% by weight or more of a wax-based compound, wherein the laminated layer has ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6277475 | Ink transfer ribbon An ink transfer band has (a) a microporous flexible substrate; (b) one or more optional intermediate layers; and (c) one or more layers of a transfer ink. The ink transfer ribbon is characterized in that the back side of the substrate has a surface roughn... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6267052 | Printing with differential receptivity A method of imaging a substrate is disclosed, the method consisting of applying a first layer to the substrate to form a "print pattern" and a second step of presenting an "addressed design" to the substrate both within an outside the area of the print pa... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6261995 | Thermal transfer intermediate material, a thermal transfer image forming material and a thermal transfer recording material set An intermadiate transfer material; to which an image is transferred from a thermal transfer image forming material by thermal transfer; which transfers said transferred image to a final support by thermal transfer; comprising: a support and a receiving layer t... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6245479 | Thermal imaging medium A high resolution thermal imaging medium including a support web having an image forming surface of a material which may be temporarily liquified by heat and upon which is deposited a particulate or porous layer of an image forming substance which is wett... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6180173 | Ribbon for smoothing print image and method for smoothing print image using the same A ribbon for smoothing a print image is disclosed which is used in a method which comprises bringing the ribbon into contact with a print image formed on a receptor by thermal transfer and heating the print image from the opposite side of the ribbon with ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177384 | Image transfer material for thermal recording An image transfer material for thermal recording capable of providing a highly precise printing quality suitable for multiple printing operations comprises a base film having, on one of its surfaces a layer of a colouring material. The base film is made o... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6017622 | Transfer film for providing pictures onto a molded product simultaneously with molding and producing method thereof In a method of producing a transfer film for providing pictures onto a molded product simultaneously with molding of the present invention, a resin which is dispersed in a dispersing medium to form a water-dispersed emulsion is coated on a substrate film ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5972480 | Transfer sheet for provision of pattern on three-dimensional object and transfer method using the same There is provided a transfer sheet for provision of a pattern on a three-dimensional object, comprising: an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer film as a substrate film; and at least a pattern layer as a transfer layer provided on the substrate.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5824420 | Intermediate transfer member for thermal transfer printer An intermediate transfer member for a thermal transfer printer adapted to an intermediate transfer method and comprising: an intermediate transfer member, which has a transfer layer, and on which an ink image is written by thermal transfer; and a printing... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5773128 | Method for forming porous film in thermal transfer recording medium, method for preparing thermal transfer recording medium, and thermal transfer recording medium A method is provided for forming a porous film having desired average pore diameter and pore density in a multi-printing-adaptive thermal transfer recording medium having a foundation, a heat-meltable ink layer formed on one side of the foundation and the... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5759684 | Transfer film for providing pictures onto a molded product simultaneously with molding and producing method thereof In a method of producing a transfer film for providing pictures onto a molded product simultaneously with molding of the present invention, a resin which is dispersed in a dispersing medium to form a water-dispersed emulsion is coated on a substrate film ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5739189 | Low energy thermal transfer formulation There is provided by the present invention a coating formulation for thermal transfer ribbons which employ active plasticizers that reduce the softening temperature of the ink layer and volatilize from the ink layer or react with components therein when h... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5679198 | Method of producing a transfer for forming retroreflective graphic images A transfer that is produced by the steps comprising: (a) printing imagewise on a support sheet that has a layer of microspheres embedded therein one or more colored layers that are prepared from a polyester resin and an isocyanate hardener, (b) if more th... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5654105 | Multi-layer thermally transferable printing ribbons Multi-layer thermally transferable printing ribbons and methods of making the same consisting of elongated backing elements having a subcoat layer requiring a relatively high level of thermal energy to transfer the subcoat layer and a topcoat layer which ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5654080 | Thermal transfer medium A thermal transfer medium comprising: a thermal transfer film comprising a substrate film and a hot-melt ink layer provided on said substrate film, said hot-melt ink layer containing a thermoplastic elastomer having a rubber elasticity; and an image recei... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5631092 | Sheet for thermal mass transfer printer A sheet for thermal mass transfer printers includes a non-oriented film containing 5-45 wt. % of inorganic pigment, the non-oriented film preferably being a non-oriented film of polypropylene or polyethylene and preferably being coated on at least one sid... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5387460 | Thermal printing ink medium A thermal printing ink medium which electrically generates heat to transfer an ink thereof to a transfer material to form an image thereon is disclosed, which comprises a first heating element layer, a second heating element layer in contact with said fir... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5376432 | Thermal transfer sheet There is used, as a substrate film, a polypropylene film having a tear strength in the range of 15 to 40 Kg with respect to an MD direction and a TD direction thereof; an elongation in the range of 40 to 200 with respect to the MD direction and the TD dir... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5258351 | Electrothermal transfer sheet An electrothermal transfer sheet including (i) a resistor sheet, and (ii) a dye layer formed on one surface of the resistor layer, comprising a heat-transferable dye and a binder, the resistor layer being prepared by subjecting a film which includes (a) a... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5223328 | Thermal ink transfer printing material A thermal ink transfer printing material having a specific coating layer on one surface of the base polyester film is described. By providing the specific coating layer, sticking to a thermal head of a printer can be prevented in the thermal ink transfer ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5122409 | Ink transfer medium of the electrically fusible type An ink transfer medium, and a method for manufacturing the medium are provided. The ink transfer medium is of the electrically fusible type, and has an anisotropically electrically conductive layer characterized by greater electrical conductivity in the d... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5081100 | Heat transfer recording material A heat-transfer recording material comprising a thin film support having a thermally meltable or thermally sublimable ink layer applied on one side thereof, said thin film support being made of a stretched, cross-linked polyethylene film. The ink layer co... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5072234 | Thermal transfer printing elements with mesomorphic inks Disclosed is a thermal transfer printing element which comprises a substrate upon which is situated an ink composition comprising a liquid crystalline material and a colorant. Diluent materials can also be contained in the ink. Also disclosed is a process... | 12/10/1991 |
