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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Jeffrey Michael Howell, Ipswich, GB;
Peter Charles William Butcher, Tollesbury, GB;
Inventors:
Jeffrey Michael Howell, Ipswich, GB;
Peter Charles William Butcher, Tollesbury, GB;
Assignee:
Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V., Arnhem, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for thermal transfer printing of an image from a thermal retransfer sheet onto an article, includes heating means adapted to supply a flow of heated gas for causing dye transfer, and oscillating vane means for directing the heated gas in a direction transverse to the direction of flow, for distributing the heated gas over article(s) during dye transfer. Also disclosed is a method of printing an image, and the resulting printed article.