Abstract: A machine for continuously stamping at least one advancing product strip has a stamping wheel, the rotatable wheel having at least one heated stamping die positioned about its outer circumference, and has a rotatable shaft for driving the stamping wheel and pairs of rotatable synchronizing rollers affixed on rotatable shafts upstream and downstream of the stamping wheel in the line of the advancing strip for positioning the advancing strip for stamping and for delivering the advancing stamped strip for cutting. The stamping wheel driving shaft and the shafts of the synchronizing rollers are connected to a motor for being driven in synchronism so the stamping wheel and rollers have a peripheral speed equal to the linear speed of advance of the product strip.

Abstract: An in-line processing system for processing a supply of paper into a disposible programmable rack or organizer is provided. The processing system may be integrated into a publishing or assembly system for making a magazine or other booklet from a paper supply. Paper is processed into a programmable organizer by laying down a pattern of adhesive stripes on the surface of the paper and by cutting a pattern of slits in the paper and then folding the paper over itself forming a two-ply sheet held together by the adhesive stripes and defining longitudinal pockets across the two-ply sheet. The pattern of slits form openings in the pockets. A programmable rack may be made as a unit or may be integrated into a magazine.

Abstract: The method involves forming a laminate capable of generating a substantially non-dichroic color by a light interference and absorption phenomenon by depositing a layer of a metal of medium light reflectivity by a vapor deposition technique on a suitable substrate, anodizing a surface of the metal in the presence of fluorine ions to form a detachable film of an oxide of the metal on the surface having a thickness suitable for color generation, and adhering a flexible strip of transparent or translucent material over the oxide film in such a manner that the strength of attachment of the flexible strip to the oxide film exceeds the adhesive strength between the oxide film and said surface of said metal.

Abstract: This temporarily sticking material includes a base material opaque at least partly, an inter-layer peel ply formed on the principal surface of the base material, a synthetic resin layer transparent at least partly formed on the principal surface of the inter-layer peel ply and an adhesive layer formed on the principal surface of the synthetic resin layer being transparent in the part corresponding to the transparent part of the synethic resin layer. The synthetic resin layer of the temporarily sticking material is stuck on a material to be sticked with the adhesive layer. The base material of the temporarily sticking material can be easily peeled off the synthetic resin layer in the part where the inter-layer peel ply is formed. And the secret information shown on the principal surface of the material to be sticked is visible through the synthetic resin layer when the base material is peeled off the synthetic resin layer.

Abstract: A process for peeling a protective film stuck to an upper-side of a wafer is disclosed. The protective film is peeled by adhering an adhesive tape to the upper side of the rear end of said protective film stuck on the wafer by means of a press roller, lifting the press roller and sliding said press roller forward, sliding a peeling unit forward to peel the adhesive tape together with the protective film by utilizing the adhesive force of the adhesive tape. The wafer is prevented from being damaged.

Abstract: A surface laminate film ideally suited for application by lamination onto a substrate such as wall covering and a process for laminating said surface laminate film onto said paper substrate is disclosed. The surface laminate film comprises a polyvinylchloride film plasticized with a polymeric plasticizer and combined with an acrylic adhesive. The adhesive should most ideally be an acrylic adhesive.

Abstract: In a one step process a body of woodchips or lignocellulosic fibres impregnated with a heat curable polar resin adhesive is contacted with EP(D)M rubber sheet containing peroxide curative and subjected to hot pressing. The rubber is thereby cured and caused to convulcanize and adhere to the woodchips to produce a weather resistant construction element.

Abstract: Process of decorating an article having a substantially transparent surface portion, wherein a decorative design formed of sublimable coloring agents contained on a support is transferred into an opaque monolayer contrast sheet. The opaque monolayer contrast sheet is adhered to the surface portion to form a surface portion/contrast sheet complex having a joint therebetween. This complex is assembled to the remainder of the article to be decorated by applying heat for a period of time sufficient to adhere the complex to the article and to achieve further sublimation and migration of the coloring agents from the opaque monolayer contrast sheet into the joint.

Abstract: A process for surface coating of materials with plane surfaces in which on the material with plane surface paint- and lacquer material(s) is(are) applied as wet paint in one or several layers, each layer being dried (cured) separately before the application of the next layer and where the total paint layer thickness is 40-300 microns, and then a plastic sheet is applied by lamination directly on top of the hot paint surface.

Abstract: A method or technique of preparing or producing distinctive decorative graphic materials. The method utilizes commercially available transfer print foils which are in the form of a thin film including a thin lamination of metallic material which provides the coloration which can transfer to the product. The areas to which coloration is to be applied are delineated such as by embossing paper or other materials or by drawing or printing the areas. Adhesive is then applied to the delineated areas to which coloration is to be applied, and the adhesive is allowed to dry sufficiently to become tacky. A strip of the transfer print foil is then laid over the delineated areas to which adhesive has been applied and is pressed down manually. The strip is then lifted and the coloration provided by the colored metallic lamination releases and transfers to the delineated areas and is held by the adhesive. Iridescence is produced by applying one color over another.

Abstract: A method for thermal transfer printing by heating a transfer sheet having a printing ink layer formed on a base sheet with a hot roll, wherein the base sheet comprises biaxially stretched plastic film, and, at the same time, pressing with the hot roll the transfer sheet against a substrate for printing, thereby transferring the printing ink layer to the substrate, wherein the substrate for printing is preheated prior to the pressing, and a transfer printing machine having a supplying roll axle for a roll of transfer paper urged to rotate in the rewinding direction by an urging force, a heat roll for performing heat transfer by pressing one surface of the transfer paper on which printing ink is not applied so as to cause the transfer paper to pressingly contact an object of transfer with a surface to which printing ink has been applied, and a takeup roll axle adapted for intermittently rotating and rewinding, for each rotation thereof, one pitch of the transfer paper having undergone the transfer, an improveme

Abstract: The invention also relates to a process for dressing a flat, water-absorbing and water-permeable substrate having a rough surface with depressions at least on that side to be provided with the dressing.

Abstract: A method and transfer sheet for transferring creative and personalized designs onto a tee shirt or similar fabric is described. The design can be created manually, electronically or a combination of both using personal computers, video cameras or electronic photocopiers. The transfer sheet includes a polymer-based iron-on transfer sheet supplied with an additional overcoating of resin mixed with abrasive particles. When cured, the abrasive particles in combination with the resin serve to enhance the receptivity of the transfer sheet to various inks and wax based crayons used in the creation and coloring of the designs.

Abstract: A plastic article such as key tops of a key board needs wear resistant printing. This is attained in a styrene-based resin body suitable for such an article including key tops, by a process for permeation printing, comprising the steps of printing an article with an ink comprising a medium having a solubility parameter of 8.5 to 11.5 (cal/cc).sup.1/2 and then closing the printed surface of the article to permeate the ink into the article. Further, a system suitable for permeation printing a plastic article is provided which comprises a transfer-type printing device and a body heating and covering device, the body heating and covering device comprising a covering body which is heated and covers the printed surface of the plastic article to cause ink permeate into the plastic article.

Abstract: An automatic application device for dispensing an adhesive transfer tape with the liner removed includes a hub for rotatably supporting a roll of adhesive transfer tape and an application head for pressing the adhesive transfer tape unwound from the roll onto a product to which it is to be applied. An idler roller is disposed above the application head to pull the liner away from the application head. A motor driven take-up roller and corresponding nip roller are provided to pull the liner along its path over said idler roller away from the application head. A brake roller is provide along the path of the transfer tape between the roll and the application head to selectively stop the tape's advance. When the brake roller is released, the product to which the adhesive is applied pulls the tape underneath the application head, unwinding it from the roll. When the brake roller is stopped, the tape stops advancing and the adhesive strip carried on the liner is broken.

Abstract: In the manufacture of a padded element, such as a seat cushion for motor vehicles, the cushion cover of cloth, leather, synthetic material or the like is applied to the padding usually of expanded plastics material after having been formed to the shape of the surface of the padding by means of pressing in the metal die and the simultaneous application of steam. The flow of steam reaches the cover by passing through the lower part of the die and emerging from passages provided in the wall which is in contact with the material. The steam used during the operation of pressing of the material is drawn from a reservoir of pressurised steam, whose chamber is not in direct communication with the passages and whose body is of metal and is in a thermally conducting relationship with the wall of the die.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of decorative intermediate films used in laminated glass sheets which comprises the following steps: (a) forming a transfer sheet with a desired printed pattern printed over a transfer sheet substrate with an ink capable of dyeing an intermediate film made of a thermoplastic resin and used in a laminated glass sheet; (b) applying over the printed pattern surface of the transfer sheet thus obtained and/or the surface of the intermediate film, a solvent composition capable of softening to some extent the vehicle of the printing ink and the intermediate film; (c) superposing the surface of the printed pattern over the surface of the intermediate film through the solvent-composition-coated surface and then pressing them against each other at a low temperature less than the glass transition point of the intermediate film, thereby transferring and impregnating the printed pattern over and into the surface of the intermediate film; and (d) separating the transfer sheet substrate from th

Abstract: A labeling apparatus applies transfer labels to the curved peripheral surface of articles, such as bottles and other containers. An article support positions the article at a label transfer station within the apparatus with the curved peripheral surface of the article exposed and the article freely rotatable about its longitudinal axis. A labeling carriage, mounted for reciprocating movement back and forth relative to the transfer station, moves a web of transfer labels relative to the supported article, such that the label web and the curved surface of the article are in tangential rolling contact. A heating plate, mounted on the carriage adjacent that portion of the web in contact with the article, releases one label from the web for transfer onto the curved surface of the article.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wire harness retainer stud adhesively bonded to an automobile body panel. This stud is used to mount a wire harness to automobile body panels. The stud contains a contact adhesive and an uncured adhesive. The contact adhesive is used to mount the stud to the body panel until the stud and panel are heated to cure the uncured adhesive, thereby bonding the stud to the panel. A method of, and apparatus for, automated assembly of the stud is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for modifying and joining a sheet of foam to a non-elastic component that includes slitting the foam to form a plurality of openings, forming the slit foam into a U shaped slack condition and joining surfaces of the foam sheet to a non-elastic component adhering the two together.