Patents Assigned to AKZO NOBEL COATIINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
  • THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING
    Publication number: 20100188471
    Abstract: Apparatus for thermal transfer printing of an image from a thermal retransfer sheet onto an article, includes heating means adapted to supply a flow of heated gas for causing dye transfer, and oscillating vane means for directing the heated gas in a direction transverse to the direction of flow, for distributing the heated gas over article(s) during dye transfer. Also disclosed is a method of printing an image, and the resulting printed article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: AKZO NOBEL COATIINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Howell, Peter Charles William Butcher