Transfer decorating machine and method for transferring an image

A transfer decorating machine (1) that utilises powdered material or granules (9) comprising:

• a rest surface (10) that is mobile in a predetermined direction;
• a device for the application of a decoration, operating above the said rest surface (10) and provided with a mobile transfer belt (3), which is a closed loop between movement rollers (2, 20), and serves the function of receiving a decoration realised with powdered material or granules (9) and transferring the decoration towards said rest surface (10), said device comprising a first unit (100) suitable for composing one said decoration on the transfer belt (3) and a second unit (200) suitable for carrying out the transfer of the said decoration from said transfer belt (3), said mobile transfer belt (3) being commanded to move in an advancement direction (Y),
• wherein said second unit (200) comprises a lower section (K) of the said transfer belt (3) that has the external side thereof facing downwards and facing said mobile rest surface (10);
• said section (K) extending between a first abutment (2, 17, 30) arranged upstream and a second abutment (S, 19, 20, 30) arranged downstream;
• there being provided actuator means (12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 23) operating on the internal side of the said section (K) and suitable for rapidly moving a gas present in the proximity of the said section (K) and for transmitting a vibration to the said section (K) by means of the said gas, characterized in that said actuator means (12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 23) comprise jets of gas produced by nozzles arranged in an array along a transversal direction with respect to the advancement direction (Y) of the mobile transfer belt (3), wherein the nozzles produce jets of the gas that are inclined at an angle of incidence (W) with respect to the advancement direction (Y).