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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1996
Kentaro Ogata, Toyota, JP;
Motohito Nakashima, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Toyota, JP;
Kyoji Inoue, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Haga, Seto, JP;
Keiji Miyatake, Sanda, JP;
Tsutomu Nagasao, Toyono-gun, JP;
Takeshi Tomiyama, Hiratsuka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kansai Paint Company Limited, Amagasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method of forming reproduced in images on the surface of cured coating, the method including the steps of treating a surface of a cured coating with an organic solvent which does not dissolve the cured coating, but slightly dissolves a reproduced image layer and has a solubility parameter of about 7.5 to about 8.2, superposing, over the cured coating, a copying sheet which comprises a copy support having a reproduced image layer formed thereon to bring the reproduced image layer of the copying sheet into contact with the organic solvent-treated surface of cured coating, heat-transferring the reproduced image to the treated surface of cured coating, releasing the copy support to provide a transfer product on the cured coating, and forming a clear coating on the surface of the transfer product.