Abstract: Methods, apparatus and system for decorating plastic articles having an uneven surface or hollow structure are disclosed. An assembly comprising a transfer pad and a flexible heat transfer die comprising a thermal interface material (TIM) replace the hard rubber die in a hot-stamping process to fuse indicia into the surface. The assembly modifies ordinary pad printing into a hot-stamping process that transfers indicia onto uneven surfaces. A pad printing machine or other robotics is used to move the assembly from a position of heating to a position of compressing the ink transfer to the surface of the article.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 10, 2021
Publication date:
August 26, 2021
Applicant:
POLYFUZE GRAPHICS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Michael J. Stevenson, Robert A. Reeves, Corey R. Dibrom, Darren Gemmill
Abstract: A thermal indicia transfer comprises a fixing layer between a carrier sheet and a printed ink layer. The ink comprises plastic particles, a solvent, an indicia additive, a dispersing agent, and optionally a binder. The fixing layer is coated onto the carrier sheet and cured. The ink layer is printed onto the fixing layer where the plastic particles are held in place by the tackiness and structure of the fixing layer. The printed ink layer is dried at a temperature high enough to remove the solvent from the ink layer, but low enough to prevent melting of the plastic particles.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 11, 2019
Publication date:
July 29, 2021
Applicant:
POLYFUZE GRAPHICS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Robert A. Reeves, Michael J. Stevenson, Corey R. Dibrom
Abstract: Methods, apparatus and system for decorating plastic articles having an uneven surface or hollow structure are disclosed. An assembly comprising a transfer pad and a flexible heat transfer die comprising a thermal interface material (TIM) replace the hard rubber die in a hot-stamping process to fuse indicia into the surface. The assembly modifies ordinary pad printing into a hot-stamping process that transfers indicia onto uneven surfaces. A pad printing machine or other robotics is used to move the assembly from a position of heating to a position of compressing the ink transfer to the surface of the article.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 20, 2020
Publication date:
November 5, 2020
Applicant:
Polyfuze Graphic Corporation
Inventors:
Michael J. Stevenson, Robert A. Reeves, Corey R. Dibrom, Darren Gemmill
Abstract: Methods, apparatus and system for decorating plastic articles having an uneven surface or hollow structure are disclosed. An assembly comprising a transfer pad and a flexible heat transfer die comprising a thermal interface material (TIM) replace the hard rubber die in a hot-stamping process to fuse indicia into the surface. The assembly modifies ordinary pad printing into a hot-stamping process that transfers indicia onto uneven surfaces. A pad printing machine or other robotics is used to move the assembly from a position of heating to a position of compressing the ink transfer to the surface of the article.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 20, 2020
Publication date:
September 3, 2020
Applicant:
POLYFUZE GRAPHICS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Michael J. Stevenson, Robert A. Reeves, Corey R. Dibrom, Darren Gemmill
Abstract: Methods, apparatus and system for decorating plastic articles having an uneven surface or hollow structure are disclosed. An assembly comprising a transfer pad and a flexible heat transfer die comprising a thermal interface material (TIM) replace the hard rubber die in a hot-stamping process to fuse indicia into the surface. The assembly modifies ordinary pad printing into a hot-stamping process that transfers indicia onto uneven surfaces. A pad printing machine or other robotics is used to move the assembly from a position of heating to a position of compressing the ink transfer to the surface of the article.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 12, 2020
Publication date:
August 13, 2020
Applicant:
POLYFUZE GRAPHICS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Michael J. Stevenson, Robert A. Reeves, Corey R. Dibrom, Darren Gemmill