Food imprinting cassette means

Food imprinting cassette means for use in combination with a food imaging process and apparatus incorporating a stylus for use in transferring images, said cassette comprising, a flexible image imprintable foodstuff sheet having at least one smooth surface capable of receiving the imprinting of an image thereon, said smooth surface normally maintained upon the upper side of the said sheet while located within the cassette, a support means for said sheet of foodstuff, said support means including a relatively nonflexible base member made of packaging material, said foodstuff sheet having a lesser diameter than the said base member upon which it rests, a pressure sensitive transfer sheet having a printing side which is disposed in proximity with and facing the smooth surface of the sheet of foodstuffs, said transfer sheet overlying said foodstuff sheet and extending beyond its diameter and being attached proximate its peripheral edges to a peripheral frame, said transfer sheet comprising a sheet of flexible material, having a layer of at least one edible coloring material applied to the printing side of the said flexible material, said frame being releasably adhered to the support means and said frame providing separation of the transfer sheet from the foodstuff sheet sufficient to prevent untimely contact between said sheets but spaced sufficiently close such that slight pressures achieve contact transfer of said coloring material between said sheets such that upon application of pressure to the opposite side of the transfer sheet by means of the apparatus stylus said coloring material is released upon contact onto the smooth surface of the sheet of foodstuffs, said coloring material being applied in such quantity to the flexible material to provide for its pressure transfer to the contiguous foodstuff upon application of pressure by said stylus to the opposite side of the transfer sheet, and packaging means enclosing said cassette providing for its packaging.