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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy A Park, Derby, GB;
Brian C Turner, Bletchley, GB;
Assignee:
Ano-Coil Limited, Bletchley, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F / ; B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 / ; 8471 ; 101470 ; 156240 ; 204 / ;
Abstract
A process is provided for continuously printing anodized aluminum strip by transfer from a carrier web of a design in printing ink containing colored sublimable components, the process comprising feeding an unsealed anodized aluminum strip to a heated moving surface, such as an internally heated drum, and simultaneously feeding the carrier web into contact with the aluminum strip so that the printing ink is heated by contact with the anodized aluminium surface and colored components of the ink are caused to transfer by sublimation from the carrier web to the aluminum strip.