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US 12,447,735 B2Granted
Systems and methods for film positive print transfers
OwnerTodd Cooperinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for film positive print transfers during screen printing utilize positive artwork, one or more film positive design backups and one or more presses are presented. A screen having positive artwork creates one or more positive artwork design backups, which are stored for later use or used immediately. One or more items are screen printed with the positive artwork design. The one or more positive artwork design backups may be removed from storage and used to transfer the positive artwork to one or more replacement items.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- preparing a screen having at least one positive artwork;
- placing the screen into a screen printing press;
- screen printing the at least one positive artwork onto a soluble transfer substrate using the screen;
- placing a mask film onto the at least one positive artwork on the soluble transfer substrate subsequent to the screen printing, the mask film is an adhesive non-soluble masking film;
- exposing the soluble transfer substrate, with the at least one positive artwork, to a solvent to adhere the at least one positive artwork to the mask film;
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- transferring the at least one positive artwork from the mask film to one or more replacement items made of fabric or textiles.
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A system for screen printing comprising:
- one or more screens having a positive artwork;
- at least one screen printing machine configured to screen print the positive artwork onto one or more items made of fabric or textiles using the one or more screens, the at least one screen printing machine further configured to screen print the positive artwork onto one or more soluble transfer substrates;
- one or more mask films placed onto the soluble transfer substrate subsequent to the screen printing to transfer the positive artwork from the one or more soluble transfer substrates by exposing the soluble transfer substrate, with the positive artwork, to a solvent to adhere the positive artwork to one of the one or more mask films, the mask film is an adhesive non-soluble masking film;
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- one or more presses configured to press and heat the one or more mask films for transfer of the positive artwork to one or more replacement items made of fabric or textiles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.