Process for thermal dye transfer to arbitrarily shaped receiver
US5132277A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31942
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for formation of a dye image in an arbitrarily shaped object includes the following steps: (a) forming a dye transfer image by thermal dye transfer in a dye image-receiving layer of an intermediate dye receiving element comprising the dye image-receiving layer and a support, (b) separating the imaged dye image-receiving layer from the support, (c) placing the separated, imaged, dye image-receiving layer in contact with an arbitrarily shaped final receiver, (d) transferring the dye image out of the dye image-receiving layer and into the final receiver by the action of heat, and (e) removing the dye image-receiving layer from the imaged final receiver resulting from step (d).
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