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US 11,890,893 B2Granted
Digital printed heat transfer graphics for soft goods
AssigneeLion Brothers Company, Inc.
InventorsGillian Ross, Owen McGovern, Paul Weedlun, Stephen Mynott
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Abstract
A thermal transfer and process for producing it that provides a fully-digital printed heat transfer capable of little to no process changeover between different graphics. Specifically, the method comprises printing a digital image onto a treated adhesive substrate, applying the image side to a carrier substrate, then digitally cutting and removing substrate not containing graphic elements photographic quality, durable print transfers for the apparel and soft goods industry.
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A heat transfer product, comprising:
- a hot melt adhesive film comprising at least two stratified thermoplastic adhesive layers both composed essentially of thermoplastic hot melt adhesive and including a first adhesive layer that is toner/ink receptive and has a first softening point above 110° C., and a second adhesive layer having a second softening point below 110° C.;
- a printed image printed on the first adhesive layer and configured to define one or more graphic images and/or text;
- a protective layer comprising a transparent polymeric coating over the printed image;
- a carrier paper adhered by a release liner layer to the protective layer.
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A heat transfer product, comprising:
- a hot melt adhesive film comprising a plurality of stratified hot melt adhesive layers all composed essentially of thermoplastic hot melt adhesive and each having a different softening point;
- a printed image printed on one of said adhesive layers and configured to define one or more graphic images and/or text;
- a protective layer comprising a transparent polymeric coating coated over the printed image;
- a release liner layer;
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- a carrier paper adhered by said release liner layer to the protective layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.