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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1990
Louis A Blanco, Eastchester, NY (US);
Commerical Decal, Inc., Mt. Vernon, NY (US);
Abstract
Ceramic decalcomania adapted to be applied to virtreous surfaces are disclosed including a back sheet, a first prefused glass flux layer which is substantially free of lead oxide and which is at least about 2 microns thick disposed on the backing sheet, a design layer including at least one ceramic oxide pigment disposed on the first flux layer, and a second prefused glass flux layer disposed on the design layer. Methods for producing these ceramic decalcomanias are also disclosed, which include offset printing the first flux layer onto the backing sheet, forming a wet ink formulation free of glass and including a liquid printing vehicle and at least one oxide coloring agent, wet printing the wet ink formulation onto the first flux layer, and depositing a second flux layer onto the design layer.