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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:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dene Harvey Taylor, Holyoke, MA (US);
Douglas Allan Cahill, Belchertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Rexam Graphics Incorporated, South Hadley, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428195 ; 428346 ; 428355 ; 428402 ; 4284111 ; 4284231 ; 4284884 ; 428500 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
An element for using hot melt inks in an image transfer system is disclosed. The element has a particular structure which can be imaged with inkjet apparatus and hot melt ink, and the image may be transferred onto a substrate which is difficult to image directly, using heat and pressure. The resulting imaged article and process of obtaining it is also disclosed. The element contains, in order, a temporary carrier sheet, a protective layer and an image receptive adhesive layer, both layers having well defined composition and properties.