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US 5,948,586 AGranted
Hand application to fabric of heat transfers imaged with color copiers/printers
AssigneeFoto-Wear, Inc.
InventorDonald S. Hare
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for applying an image to a fabric, which comprises the steps of (i) hand ironing an imaged copier or printer transfer material having a support sheet and a transfer coating to a receptor element having valleys on the surface of the receptor element, (ii) peeling away the support sheet to obtain an imaged receptor element, (ii) placing a tack-free overlay sheet over the imaged receptor element, and (iv) pressing the overlay sheet by hand ironing to drive the coating into the valleys of the receptor element.
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A method for applying an image to a receptor element which comprises the steps of:
- (i) hand ironing the rear surface of an imaged transfer material comprising a support sheet, a transfer coating and an image thereon, said support sheet having a front and back surface, said transfer coating and said image positioned on said front surface of said support sheet, said transfer coating melts and adheres to a receptor element having valleys or pores on the surface thereof as a result of said hand ironing on the rear surface of said imaged transfer material, said image and non-image areas are carried with the transfer coating to the receptor element and the transfer coating resolidifies within the receptor element embedding the image and non-image areas therein, said transfer coating and image are in contact with the receptor element,
- (ii) peeling away the support sheet to obtain an imaged receptor element,
- (iii) placing a non-stick sheet over the imaged receptor element, and
- (iv) pressing the non-stick sheet with a hand iron in order to press the transfer coating into the valleys of the receptor element.
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A method for applying an image to a receptor element, which comprises the steps of:
- (i) hand ironing an imaged transfer material comprising a support sheet having a front surface and a rear surface and a transfer coating to a receptor element having valleys on the surface thereof, wherein said transfer coating is both a release layer and an adhesive layer, said transfer coating is capable of transferring and adhering image and non-image areas from said front surface of said support upon the application of heat energy to the rear surface of the support, said transfer coating strips from said front surface of the support by liquefying and releasing from said support when heated, said transfer coating providing adherence to a receptor element by flowing onto said receptor element and solidifying thereon, said adherence does not require an external adhesive layer, said adhesion is across the surface of the receptor element and the adhesion is due to the transfer coating,
- (ii) peeling away the support sheet to obtain an imaged receptor element such that said support is released in the absence of water,
- (iii) placing a non-stick sheet over the imaged receptor element, and
- (iv) pressing the non-stick sheet with a hand iron in order to press the transfer coating into the valleys of the receptor element.
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A method for applying an image to a receptor element, which consists essentially of the steps of:
- (i) hand ironing the rear surface of an imaged transfer material comprising a support sheet, a transfer coating and an image thereon, said support sheet having a front and back surface, said transfer coating and said image positioned on said front surface of said support sheet, said transfer coating melts and adheres to a receptor element having valleys or pores on the surface thereof as a result of said hand ironing on the rear surface of said imaged transfer material, said image and non-image areas are carried with the transfer coating to the receptor element and the transfer coating resolidifies within the receptor element embedding the image and non-image areas therein, said transfer coating and image are in contact with the receptor element,
- (ii) peeling away the support sheet to obtain an imaged receptor element,
- (iii) placing a non-stick sheet over the imaged receptor element, and
- (iv) pressing the non-stick sheet with a hand iron in order to press the transfer coating into the valleys of the receptor element.
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A method for applying an image to a receptor element, which consists essentially of the steps of:
- (i) hand ironing an imaged transfer material comprising a support sheet having a front surface and a rear surface and a transfer coating to a receptor element having valleys on the surface thereof, wherein said transfer coating is both a release layer and an adhesive layer, said transfer coating is capable of transferring and adhering image and non-image areas from said front surface of said support upon the application of heat energy to the rear surface of the support, said transfer coating strips from said front surface of the support by liquefying and releasing from said support when heated, said transfer coating providing adherence to a receptor element by flowing onto said receptor element and solidifying thereon, said adherence does not require an external adhesive layer, said adhesion is across the surface of the receptor element and the adhesion is due to the transfer coating,
- (ii) peeling away the support sheet to obtain an imaged receptor element such that said support is released in the absence of water,
- (iii) placing a non-stick sheet over the imaged receptor element, and
- (iv) pressing the non-stick sheet with a hand iron in order to press the transfer coating into the valleys of the receptor element.
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