Device for carrying a beaker and clampingly positioning a heat transfer sheet around the beaker

A method for clamping against a substrate a heat trans-fer sheet by means of a combination device, the method comprising the steps of:

• positioning a heat transfer sheet around the substrate with a layer of ink to be transferred directed towards the substrate;
• positioning over the heat transfer sheet a flexible and stretchable clamping sheet having a width and a length situated between longitudinal ends of the clamping sheet, wherein coupling members are provided at the longitudinal ends of the clamping sheet, which coupling members comprise straight rods projecting in the width direction of the clamping sheet, and wherein the width of the clamping sheet is directed in a height direction of the substrate;
• stretching the clamping sheet around the substrate and moving the coupling members towards each other;
• and
• interconnecting the coupling members, and wherein:
• in the method the coupling is performed by means of a device comprising first recesses for accommodating straight rods of a first width side positioned on opposite longitudinal ends of the clamping sheet and comprising second recesses for accommodating straights rods of a second width side positioned on opposite longitudinal ends of the clamping sheet, and which also comprises a support member distinct from the clamping sheet for carrying the device and the substrate and containing the recesses, and
• the method further comprises supporting the device via the support member.