US 11,999,173 B2
Medium including heat-sensitive medium provided with base material having uneven shape, and adhesive medium bonded to heat-sensitive medium
Yuki Naruse, Toyoake (JP); Keisuke Nishihara, Nagoya (JP); and Akira Minami, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/561,573.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-219212 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203701 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/32 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/18 (2006.01); B65C 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/32 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B65C 9/1803 (2013.01); B65C 9/1865 (2013.01); B65C 11/0215 (2013.01); B65C 2210/0018 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium comprising:
a heat-sensitive medium subjected to printing by a thermal printer; and
an adhesive medium to be superimposed on the heat-sensitive medium in a thickness direction of the heat-sensitive medium and the adhesive medium and bonded to the heat-sensitive medium,
the heat-sensitive medium comprising:
a surface that makes contact with the adhesive medium;
a heat-sensitive medium base material having a transparency, the heat-sensitive medium base material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface in the thickness direction, the first surface being positioned closer to the surface of the heat-sensitive medium than the second surface is to the surface of the heat-sensitive medium, the heat-sensitive medium base material having an uneven shape having roughness greater than that of the surface of the heat-sensitive medium; and
a first color producing layer provided closer to the first surface than to the second surface of the heat-sensitive medium base material, the first color producing layer having a transparency, the first color producing layer being configured to become less transparent and to produce a first color when heated to a temperature higher than or equal to a first temperature,
the adhesive medium comprising:
an adhesive medium base material; and
an adhesive layer provided on the adhesive medium base material, the adhesive layer making contact with the surface of the heat-sensitive medium so that the adhesive medium is bonded to the heat-sensitive medium.