Reversible recording medium and exterior member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11104109-B2
Application number	US-201716348991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2017
Priority date	Nov 18, 2016
Publication date	Aug 31, 2021
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021

Abstract

A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first layer that reversibly changes between an achromatic state and a transparent state, and a second layer that reversibly changes between a chromatic state and a transparent state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A reversible recording medium comprising:
a first layer that reversibly changes between an achromatic state and a transparent state; and
a second layer that reversibly changes between a chromatic state and a transparent state.

2. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer has an optical reflectance of 30% or higher in the achromatic state.

3. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer has an optical reflectance of 70% or higher in the transparent state.

4. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer and the second layer are stacked on each other.

5. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein
the second layer includes a plurality of layers having different color hues in the chromatic state, and
the plurality of layers are disposed on the same plane.

6. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein
the second layer includes a plurality of layers having different color hues in the chromatic state, and
the plurality of layers are stacked on each other.

7. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , comprising a support base material, wherein
the first layer is disposed on the support base material and the second layer is disposed on the first layer.

8. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer comprises
a macromolecular matrix material, and
an organic low molecular weight compound having a molecular weight in a range from 150 to 700.

9. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer comprises a photothermal conversion agent.

10. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer comprises
a coloring compound having an electron-donating property, and
an electron-accepting compound.

11. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer comprises a photothermal conversion agent.

12. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the change of the first layer between the achromatic state and the transparent state and the change of the second layer between the chromatic state and the transparent state occur at different temperatures.

13. An exterior member having at least one surface provided with a reversible recording medium on a support base material,
the reversible recording medium comprising, as a recording layer that reversibly changes between a recorded state and a deleted state:
a first layer that reversibly changes between an achromatic state and a transparent state; and a second layer that reversibly changes between a chromatic state and a transparent state.

14. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer in the achromatic state has a white color.

15. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer comprises a first fatty acid.

16. The reversible recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein the first layer further comprises a second fatty acid, wherein the first fatty acid has a first melting point and the second fatty acid has a second melting point different from the first melting point.

17. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer comprises a first photothermal conversion agent and the second layer comprises a second photothermal conversion agent, wherein the first photothermal conversion agent and/or the second photothermal conversion agent have an absorption peak in a wavelength range from 700 nm to 2000 nm.

18. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer comprises one or more leuco pigments.

19. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer comprises a color developing/quenching agent comprising a phenol derivative, a salicylic acid derivative, and/or a urea derivative.

20. The reversible recording medium according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat-insulating layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Kurihara Kenichi
• Oishi Yuki
• Kaino Yuriko
• Shuto Aya
• Hirai Nobukazu
• Asaoka Satoko
• Takahashi Isao

Classifications

• B41M5/42

  Intermediate, {backcoat}, or covering layers {(B41M5/405 takes precedence; multilayer thermal transfer systems in general B41M5/38214)} · CPC title

• B41M2205/04

  Direct thermal recording [DTR] · CPC title

• B32B27/20 Primary

  using fillers, pigments, thixotroping agents · CPC title

• B41M2205/42

  Multiple imaging layers · CPC title

• B32B7/027

  Thermal properties · CPC title