Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

Seiji Kawahara

Hajime Kubota

Akira Kawai

A method for producing decorative plates, comprising the steps of (i) providing a transfer printing sheet which comprises (a) a substrate film comprising a synthetic resin, (b) a releasing layer formed, optionally, on the substrate film, (c) a pattern layer formed on the substrate film or on the releasing layer if it is provided, and (d) an adhesive layer formed on the pattern layer, (ii) superposing the transfer printing sheet on a base sheet, (iii) hot-pressing the transfer printing sheet and the base sheet, (iv) peeling the substrate film off the transfer printing sheet thereby to transfer the pattern layer on the base sheet, (v) impregnating the base sheet with a thermosetting resin, and (vi) hot-pressing the resulting base sheet to harden the thermosetting resin to give a decorative plate.

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Tokyo, Japan

Seiji Kawahara