Abstract: Equipment for decorating a section, comprising: a cavity filled with a material having a melting temperature corresponding to the temperature suitable for transferring the decorative materials; and a flexible die formed by a resiliently deformable conical casing having an inlet cross-section larger than the cross-section of the section to be decorated and an outlet cross-section smaller than the cross-section of the section to be decorated, said die being surrounded by the melted material and connected to two opposing surfaces of the above-mentioned cavity in order to form a leakproof through-duct.

Abstract: A process for decorating an article, including preparing a transfer sheet of flexible paper by printing with at least one subliming substance; applying the transfer sheet to the article to be decorated; and applying heat by dipping the article to be decorated and the transfer sheet into a bath of non-ferrous metal alloy maintained at a nominal temperature to activate the subliming substance.

Abstract: A method of decorating an article. The method includes preparing a transfer sheet by printing same with at least one heat-activated substance and transferring the heat-activated substance to the article by applying said transfer sheet to the article to form an assembly and heating the assembly, wherein heating is performed by quenching the assembly in a non-ferrous metal alloy bath, which is maintained at a nominal temperature for the activation of said heat-activated substance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of decorating an article. The inventive method includes the steps of preparing a transfer sheet by printing the same with at least one heat-activated ink and applying the sheet to an article to be decorated and heating the assembly. The invention is characterized in that the transfer sheet includes a flocked material. A transfer sheet, used to implement the invention, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for sublimating a decoration on a surface of an object including opposing elastic membranes sealed at their peripheral edges and capable of elastic deformation in all directions when the device is placed under vacuum.

Abstract: A device for sublimating a decoration on a surface of an object including at least one elastic membrane retained by sealing elements and capable of elastic deformation in all directions when the device is placed under vacuum.

Abstract: A process for decoration of the surfaces of an object by sublimation of ink consisting in; using as a sublimable ink support a material which is sufficiently extensible and air-permeable so as to conform to the shape of the object to be decorated without adversely effecting the decoration to be sublimated, enveloping the object in the ink support, and placing the enveloped object in a vacuum machine which is introduced into a heated space to thereby cause transfer of the decoration to the object.