Thermal transfer printing device for transferring a printing image onto a recording medium
US5801742A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/005
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing image is transferred onto a first fabric tape (1), which can be wetted with a liquid (19), at a printing image transfer point (3) as a result of the partial evaporation of the included liquid (19). At a subsequent transfer printing point (12), the first fabric tape (1) is located between a heating device (10) and a second fabric tape (4). Printing ink (11) is included in the second fabric tape (4). This printing ink (11) is expelled from the second fabric tape (4) by the liquid (19), which remained in the first fabric tape (1) and represents the printing image and which evaporates at the transfer printing point (12), and is transferred onto a recording medium (9).
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