Method for transferring material with adhesive onto articles with a difference in degree of curing between the material and adhesive

• Main Authors: Allen, Matthew Richard, Baker, Paul Edmund, Cassoni, Robert Paul, Ishihara, Tadayoshi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.06.2020
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; COLOUR PRINTING; CONVEYING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DECORATIVE ARTS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES; LINING MACHINES; MOSAICS; PACKING; PAPERHANGING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; STAMPS; STORING; TARSIA WORK; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve providing a deposition device, such as a printing device; providing a transfer component; depositing a material onto a portion of the transfer component with the deposition device; modifying the portion of the transfer component with the transfer material thereon to conform the transfer component to at least a portion of the surface of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the surface of the article.