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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG, Furth, DE;
Ljubisa Drinic, Nuremberg, DE;
Heribert Riehl, Allersberg, DE;
LEONARD KURZ STIFTUNG & CO. KG, Furth, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for stamping a non-planar surface () of a body () with a transfer layer of a hot-stamping foil (), in which a stamping region of the hot-stamping foil () is brought into abutment against the surface () of the body () and a heated stamping die () is pressed against the hot-stamping foil () and the surface () of the body () such that, in the stamping region, the transfer layer detaches from a support of the hot-stamping foil () and adheres to the surface () of the body (). In the invention, the hot-stamping foil () is pre-heated in a region comprising the entire stamping region before the stamping procedure, in particular by a heating apparatus () which is insertable and withdrawable into the device.