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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul C Adair, Germantown, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brady USA, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428206 ; 156230 ; 156234 ; 156235 ; 156236 ; 156240 ; 156247 ; 430 18 ; 430107 ; 430126 ;
Abstract
Rigid signs are prepared by a facile method of fixing an image to a rigid substrate coated with a thermally tackifiable coating. The image is readily produced through the use of a computer graphics program, and the image is printed onto a transfer film using a conventional computer printer. The image-bearing surface of the transfer film is then joined in pressing contact with the thermoplastic coating which has been warmed to a softened or tacky state. Upon cooling the thermoplastic coating to a hard, durable state, the transfer film is removed leaving the image securedly affixed to the rigid substrate.