Image transfer system

Claim 2

AN IMAGE TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR RELEASING A SELECTED IMAGE FROM A CLAY-COATED IMAGE BEARING SURFACE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PLACING A FLEXIBLE TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE HAVING A PRESSURESENSITIVE, ADHESIVE-COATED LAYER OVER THE IMAGE WITH THE ADHESIVE LAYER IN CONFRONTING RELATIONSHIP TO THE IMAGE, APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE SUBSTRATE TO EFFECT INITIMATE CONTACT BETWEEN THE ADHESIVE LAYER AND THE IMAGE, SOAKING THE IMAGE BEARING SURFACE IN A LIQUID IN WHICH THE CLAY COATING IS SOLUBLE TO THEREBY RELEASE THE IMAGE, SEPARATING THE IMAGE BEARING SURFACE FROM THE TRANSPARENT SUBSRATE WITH THE IMAGE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE ADHESIVE LAYER ON THE TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE, REMOVING THE CLAY RESIDUE FROM THE TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE, CONTACTING A SOFT, FLEXIBLE COHESIVE PLASTIC LIMPID OVERLAY LAMINA HAVING AN EXPOSED SMOOTH CLINGABLE FACE TO THE IMAGE TO FORM A PLIABLE IMAGE CARRIER WHEREBY THE CARRIER MAY BE RELEASABLY SECURED TO A SELECTED SMOOTH SUPPORTIVE SURFACE.

Claim 3

A method of transferring images in accordance with claim 1 further including the step of providing a carrier storage leaf having a smooth surface, affixing the pliable image carrier to the storage leaf by placing the overlay lamina and the smooth surface of the storage leaf in intimate juxtaposed relationship.

Claim 4

An image transfer method in accordance with claim 1 including the step of preparing a projectionable transparency slide of the image by providing a substantially planar translucent generally smooth supportive surface and affixing the image carrier to the supportive surface to form a projectionable transparency slide.

Claim 5

An image transfer method in accordance with claim 3 wherein the image carrier is affixed to the supportive surface by placing the overlay in intimate juxtaposed relationship with the supportive surface.

Claim 6

An image display method in accordance with claim 4 further including the step of providing a projector, positioning the projectionable transparency slide in the projector, providing a light reflective display surface, and projecting the image onto the display surface.

Claim 7

A method of providing a slide program in accordance with claim 1, said method including the steps of preparing a series of pliable image carriers, each with a different yet related image, and affixing each of the image carriers to a smooth carrier storage surface.

Claim 8

A method of displaying a viewable slide program in accordance with claim 6, said method comprising removing the series of image carriers bearing interrelated images from the storage surface, affixing each image carrier to a smooth translucent supportive surface and serially projecting each image in programmed relationship upon a display surface.

Claim 9

A method in accordance with claim 7 wherein the image carriers are affixed to the supportive surface by placing the overlay lamina of each carrier in intimate juxtaposed relationship to the supportive surface.

Claim 10

An image transfer system as claimed in claim 1 further iNcluding the step of providing a glass window pane having a smooth surface, affixing the pliable image carrier to the window pane by placing the overlay lamina and the smooth surface of window pane in intimate juxtaposed relationship.

Claim 11

A packaged kit suitable for the fabrication of a projectionable slide in accordance with claim 3, said kit including a flexible transparent substrate having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface, the substrate being suitable for adhesive securement to a selected image imprinted on a clay-coated image bearing surface, means for applying pressure between the substrate and the image bearing surface to effect intimate contact between the adhesive and the image, a soft limpid plastic lamina having a smooth polished surface, the lamina being dimensioned for registry against the substrate in a position overlying the image in contact with the adhesive layer to form a pliable image carrier having an encased image and a translucent supportive member having a smooth surface adapted for supporting the pliable image carrier for image projection, the image carrier being attachable, adhesive-free, to the supportive surface with the overlay lamina in intimate juxtaposed relationship with the smooth surface to thereby form a projectionable transparency slide.

Claim 12

A KIT CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAIM 10 FURTHER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATES, EACH OF THE SUBSTRATES BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN IMAGE, A PLURALITY OF LAMINA, AND A PLURALITY OF TRANSLUCENT SUPPORTIVE SURFACES WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF TRANSLUCENT SUPPORTIVE SURFACES

Claim 13

A kit constructed in accordance with claim 11 wherein the number of supportive surfaces is less than the number of lamina, each image carrier being pliably removable from or attachable to a selected translucent supportive surface.

Claim 14

A kit constructed in accordance with claim 11 further including an image carrier storage leaf having a smooth face, a plurality of image carriers being attachable to the storage leaf with the overlay lamina in intimate juxtaposed relationship to the supportive surface.

Claim 15

A kit constructed in accordance with claim 10 further including framing means for determining boundaries of a selected image, the framing means defining an image aperture no greater than the size of the substrate.

Claim 16

A kit constructed in accordance with claim 11 further including a plurality of images, each image being imprinted on a clay-coated, image-bearing surface.

Claim 17

A kit constructed in accordance with claim 11 further including a soaking tank, said tank being adapted to carry a liquid capable of separating the image from the image-bearing surface, said tank dimensioned such that an image-bearing surface may be immersed in the liquid therein.

Claim 18

A pliable image carrier constructed in accordance with claim

Claim 19

A PROJECTIONABLE TRANSPARENCY SLIDE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAIM 3.