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US 8,940,387 B2Granted
Applique to provide a design on a fabric
AssigneeItw Ireland
InventorsCaroline OLeary, Marcello Venturelli, John OSullivan, David Jones
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AssigneeItw Ireland
InventorsCaroline OLeary, Marcello Venturelli, John OSullivan, David Jones
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An appliqué of the invention comprises a disposable carrier film onto which a release layer and PU inks are printed using layering techniques. The ink layers can be multicoloured and each color is applied sequentially using a conventional screen-printing method. A back-up, a lacquer layer, and an adhesive layer are printed in sequence over the ink layers. The ink includes reflective particles providing the optical effect of a 3-dimensional appliqué. The artwork is created by overlapping design layers to controlled specification sequences. The ink, because of the additives, creates a desired color tone, and this may be enhanced by layering of the ink in an overlapping region. Thus, there are three main regions, namely a central region with reflective ink, a “shoulder” region with overlapping matt and reflective inks and an outer region with only matt ink.
An appliqué for applying a design to a fabric, the appliqué comprising:
An appliqué for applying a design to a fabric, the appliqué comprising:
An appliqué for applying a design to a fabric, the appliqué comprising:
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