Heat transfer label for fabric with thermochromic ink and adhesive surface roughness

US7906189B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Avery Dennison Corporation · US

Inventors

• Kuolih Tsai · Arcadia, US
• Dong-Tsai Hseih · Arcadia, US
• Li Shu · Arcadia, US
• David N. Edwards · Arcadia, US
• Alan Morgenthau · Keene, US
• Yi-Hung Chiao · Temple City, US
• Xiao-Ming He · Midland, US
• Yukihiko Sasaki · Claremont, US
• Scott Wayne Ferguson · Pasadena, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/2848
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for labeling fabrics, such as fabric garments, and a heat-transfer label (311) well-suited for use in said method. In one embodiment, the heat-transfer label (311) comprises (i) a support portion (313), the support portion (313) comprising a carrier (315) and a release layer (317); (ii) a wax layer (319), the wax layer overcoating the release layer (317); and (iii) a transfer portion (321), the transfer portion (321) comprising an adhesive layer (323) printed directly onto the wax layer (319) and an ink design layer (325) printed directly onto the adhesive layer (323). Each of the adhesive layer (323) and the ink design layer includes a non-cross-linked PVC resin. The ink design layer may be screen printed onto the adhesive layer (323) or may be printed onto the adhesive layer (323) using thermal transfer printing, ink jet printing or laser printing.