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Patent No.:

US 5548317 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996

Filed:

May. 07, 1993

Cel production by thermal transfer processes

Applicant:
Inventors:

Richard S Fisch, St. Paul, MN (US);

David A Larshus, Maplewood, MN (US);

Assignee:

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorneys:

Griswold; Gary L.

Kirn; Walter N.

Litman; Mark A.

Primary Examiner:

Huan H Tran

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347171 ; 347172 ; 347176 ;
Abstract

A process for the formation of a cel for use in color animation motion picture production comprises the steps of providing electronic information of a color image to a thermal printer, thermally printing a first image having at least some opaque areas therein onto a transparent carrier sheet from said electronic information, and optically combining said first image with a second image on a separate transparent sheet, the composite of the first and second image forming a cel.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Fisch, Richard. (1996). Cel production by thermal transfer processes (U.S. Patent No. 5548317). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5548317

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