US4517237A
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Transfer including substrate with deformable thermoplastic coat
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-09-30
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Granted: 1985-05-14
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Expires: 2002-09-30
Abstract
Abstract A heat transfer sheeting combination of the type for being applied onto a fibrous article (10) to imprint a design thereon including a fibrous substrate (12) and a design coating disposed on the substrate (12). An adhesive layer (22) is disposed on the design coating for adhesively securing the design coating to the article (10). The combination is characterized by including a deformable thermoplastic layer (28) disposed between the substrate (12) and the design coating for deforming about the fibers of the article (10) during the application of the design coating to form a reversible mechanical bond with the article (10).
Inventors
- 👤 Vincent S. Pernicano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 20:35
CPC Classifications
B; B44; B44C; B44C1/00; B44C1/16; B44C1/165; B44C1/17; B44C1/1712; B44C1/1716; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/914; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24826; Y10T428/24843; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24868; Y10T428/24876; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2848; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2993; Y10T428/2996
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A heat transfer sheeting combination of the type for being applied onto a fibrous article (10) to imprint a design thereon, said combination comprising: a substrate including a support layer (24); a design coating disposed on said substrate (12); an adhesive layer (22) disposed on said design coating for adhesively securing said design coating to the article (10); and characterized by said substrate (12) including deformable means (28) disposed over said support layer (24) and between said substrate (12) and said design coating for deforming about the fibers of the article (10) during application of said design coating to form a reversible mechanical bond with the article (10).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
A heat transfer sheeting combination of the type for being applied onto a fibrous article (10) to imprint a design thereon, said combination comprising: a substrate including a support layer (24); a design coating disposed on said substrate (12); an adhesive layer (22) disposed on said design coating for adhesively securing said design coating to the article (10); and characterized by said substrate (12) including deformable means (28) disposed over said support layer (24) and between said substrate (12) and said design coating for deforming about the fibers of the article (10) during application of said design coating to form a reversible mechanical bond with the article (10).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by said deformable means (28) including a thermoplastic coat disposed adjacent said support layer (24) of substrate (12).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 2 further characterized by said thermoplastic being polyethylene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by said support layer (24) of said substrate (12) including a fibrous material (24), said deformable means (28) coating said fibrous material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 4 further characterized by said fibrous material (24) consisting of paper.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by said substrate (12) including at least one stabilizing coating (26, 28) for stiffening said substrate (12) and protecting said substrate (12) from contamination.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 6 further characterized by said stabilizing coating (26, 28) being a layer of a thermoplastic material (26, 28).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 7 further characterized by said thermoplastic material (26, 28) including polyethylene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 8 further characterized by including a second layer of fibrous material (30) over said thermoplastic material (26).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 9 further characterized by said second layer of fibrous material (30) being a layer of tissue paper.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by including an acrylic color ink (18).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 11 further characterized by including a white backing coat (20) disposed between said color ink (18) and said adhesive layer (22).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 12 further characterized by said white backing coat (20) including a phenolic acrylic white ink.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
37 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by said adhesive layer (22) including an adhesive that is responsive to heat and pressure to adhesively secure said acrylic color coating (18) to the article (10).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by said design coating including a lithographic heat transfer ink.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 15 further characterized by including a plastisol layer disposed between said lithographic heat transfer ink and said adhesive layer (22).
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 16 further characterized by including a polyurethane layer disposed between said lithographic heat transfer layer and said adhesive layer (22).
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 16 or 17 further characterized by including a white phenolic layer disposed between said design coating and said adhesive layer (22).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by said adhesive layer (22) including a clear plastisol.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
51 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by including a releasing agent coat (32) disposed between said deformable means (28) and said design coating for facilitating the removal of said substrate (12) and deformable means (28) from said design coating after the application thereof onto the article (10).
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
21 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 20 further characterized by said releasing agent coat (32) including a silicone release agent.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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