Patents by Inventor Italo Goffi

Italo Goffi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for the production of variously painted and/or decorated artefacts by means of the technique of transfer from a sublimable color support
    Patent number: 7077926
    Abstract: Process for the production of variously decorated artefacts, comprising the steps of: preliminary preparation of the surfaces of the artefact, possible application of preliminary painting cycles or other surface treatments; covering or tight-wrapping up of the artefact with a transfer support bearing the decorations desired, realized from gas-tight thermoformable plastic material such as polyvinyl alcohol; creation of a vacuum between said transfer support and the artefact covered by the same, so that the support adheres to the shape of the artefact; and heating for the transfer of the decoration and the polymerization of the colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: V.I.V. International S.P.A.
    Inventors: Italo Goffi, Giancarlo Fenzi
  • PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VARIOUSLY PAINTED AND/OR DECORATED ARTEFACTS BY MEANS OF THE TECHNIQUE OF TRANSFER FROM A SUBLIMABLE COLOUR SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20010027839
    Abstract: Process for the production of variously decorated artefacts, comprising the steps of: preliminary preparation of the surfaces of the artefact, possible application of preliminary painting cycles or other surface treatments; covering or tight-wrapping up of the artefact with a transfer support bearing the decorations desired, realized from gas-tight thermoformable plastic material such as polyvinyl alcohol; creation of a vacuum between said transfer support and the artefact covered by the same, so that the support adheres to the shape of the artefact; and heating for the transfer of the decoration and the polymerization of the colors
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: ITALO GOFFI, GIANCARLO FENZI
  • Dry transfer sheet
    Patent number: 4880678
    Abstract: A dry transfer sheet comprises a colored film adhering to a backing sheet with the interposition of a layer or release varnish. The colored film includes a pigment, an acrylic polymer, a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin, a vinyl copolymer, a polyethylene wax, and the layer of release varnish includes an acrylic polymer, a vinyl copolymer and a polypropylene wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Miroglio Tessile S.p.A.
    Inventor: Italo Goffi