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Apparatus and method for forming thermal transfer printing sheet, thermal transfer printing sheet and thermal transfer printing method

US9636904B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2016
Grant dateMay 2, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/00
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for forming a thermal transfer printing sheet, including (a) feeding a release sheet having a release surface; (b) transferring an image, which is to be thermally transferred and printed on a transfer medium, onto the release surface of the release sheet; (c) forming a thermoplastic resin pattern, which corresponds to the image as a transfer base material and which is to be colorless and transparent by heat and pressure, and transferring the thermoplastic resin pattern onto the release surface of the release sheet; and (d) fixing the image and the thermoplastic resin pattern onto the release surface of the release sheet in a film shape, through heat and pressure.

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