Method of and apparatus for decorating substrates
US4314814A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 1980 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1705
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This is a method of decalcomania by thermic transfer, the pattern to be printed upon the substrate (10) to be decorated being produced by means of sublimable inks upon a flexible support skin (15) and the latter being applied to the said substrate (10) in a vacuum chest (20) with which heating means (38) are associated. According to the invention, the closure of the vacuum chest (20) is effected by the flexible support skin (15). Application particularly to the decoration of a spectacle frame front. FIGS.1 to 8 attached.
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