Method of recording and transferring design indicia
Abstract
Abstract A HEAT-SENSITIVIE RECORDING LAYER OF THE TYPE DISCLOSED IN USP 3,476,937 AND FORMED ESSENTIALLY OF A DISPERSION OF SOLID HYDROPHOBIC THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER PARTICLES IN A HYDROPHILIC BINDER, AFTER EXPOSURE TO A HEAT PATTERN TO REDUCE THE WATER PERMEABILITY IN THE HEATED AREAS OF THE LAYER AND AFTER WASHING TO REMOVE FROM THE THE LAYER THE AREAS THEREOF OF UNCHANGED WATER-SOLUBILITY, LEAVING THE HEATED AREA THEREOF IN RELIEF, IS CONTACTED WITH A RECEIVING MATERIAL AND SUBSTANTIAL MECHANICAL PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO SUCH REMAINING PORTIONS TO CAUSE THEM TO ADHERE TO THE RECEIVING MATERIAL SO THAT WHEN THE RECORDING LAYER AND THE RECEIVING MATERIAL ARE SEPARATED BY PEELING, A STRATUM OF THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE RECORDING LAYER REMAINS ADHERED TO THE RECEIVING MATERIAL FORMING THEREON A REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL HEAT PATTERN APPLIED TO THE HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING LAYER. EITHER OR BOTH OF THE SURFACE OF THE RECORDING LAYER AND RECEIVING MATERIAL CAN BE PROVIDED WITH A WEAKLY ADHESIVE LAYER TO FACILITATE TRANSFER OF THE STRATUM OF THE RECORDING LAYER TO THE RECEIVING MATERIAL.
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- 👤 Jan Bernard Lambrechts
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