(under subclass 46) Subject matter including the use of a plastic recording medium, onto which an electrostatic charge pattern corresponding to the television signal to be recorded is placed, then the plastic is heated so that it is deformed by electrostatic and surface tension forces in proportion to the charge laid down, the plastic is then allowed to cool, forming a recording of the television signal.
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347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information,
113, for electrostatic marking wherein a latent image is made visible by applying heat to cause plastic deformation of a charged medium.
365, Static Information Storgage and Retrieval,
47, for analog thermoplastic storage element and subclass 126 for information masking wherein radiation beam is altered as a function of a thermoplastic memory material.
