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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1998
Kiyoshi Watanabe, Shimizu, JP;
Nobuyuki Hori, Shimizu, JP;
Hidekazu Hanada, Ihara-gun, JP;
Hisao Tanaka, Fuji, JP;
Koji Sugiyama, Numazu, JP;
Sadayuki Kawakami, Fujinomiya, JP;
Cubic Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A method for producing a steering wheel to which a liquid pressure transfer print is applied. In this method, by adjusting a transfer angle formed when the steering wheel is pressed onto a transfer film and selecting a part in a rim section at which the wheel begins to be brought into contact with the transfer film, a joint line of a transfer pattern is made invisible from the driver-side, and pattern-missing and pattern-distortion can be eliminated or decreased, resulting in a fine and precise liquid pressure transfer print being applied to the steering wheel. This method is characterized by that a front-face of the steering wheel is faced to the transfer film floated and advanced on a liquid-surface, the transfer angle is determined to be e.g., 30 to 45.degree., and first contact of the steering wheel with the transfer film occurs at a larger rim arc which is apart from portions where spokes are connected to the rim section, respectively.