Decal applying
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF TRANSFERRING OR APPLYING A DECAL OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A WATER SOLUBLE GLUE OR SIMILAR SOLUBLE ADHESIVE TO A SURFACE OF AN ARTICLE TO BE DECORATED. SUCH DECAL IS DISPOSED AGAINST A GENERALLY FLAT SURFACE OF A FIRST OF A PAIR OF COMPLEMENTALLY COOPERATIVE MEMBERS AND IS HERE THERETO BY VACUUM WHILE SUCH MEMBER AND THE DECAL ARE DIPPED INTO A CONTAINER OF WATER OR OTHER SOLVENT SUITABLE FOR DISSOLVING THE SPECIFIC ADHESIVE EMPLOYED IN THE DECAL. THE BACKING PAPER OF THE DECAL IS THEN REMOVED THEREFROM. SAID SURFACE OF SAID FIRST MEMBER IS THEN DISPOSED AGAINST AN ANNULAR SURFACES OF THE SECOND MEMBER OF SAID PAIR OF MEMBERS, SUCH SURFACE SURROUNDING THE ENTRANCE TO A CAVITY IN THE SECOND MEMBER IN WHICH SAID ARTICLE IS DISPOSED WITH THE SURFACE THEREOF TO BE DECORATED FACING THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVITY. PRESSURIZED AERIFORM FLUID IS THEN SUPPLIED TO THE TRANSFER FILM OF THE DECAL AND VACUUM IS SUPPLIED TO SAID CAVITY TO CAUSE THE TRANSFER OF THE FILM AND ITS ASSOCIATED DECORATION TO SAID SURFACE OF SAID ARTICLE.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert W Bennett
- 👤 Wendell S Blanding
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