Patents by Inventor Maximilian P. Zaher

Maximilian P. Zaher 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).

  • Method to apply a colored decorative design on a substrate of plastics
    Patent number: 5997677
    Abstract: In a method of applying a decorative design of dyestuffs suitable for sublimation on to a substrate (10), provision is made for placing a dye carrier (12) on the substrate (10) and transferring the dye to the substrate by infrared heating of the carrier (10). The carrier is heated to temperatures below 170.degree. C., depending on the plastics of the substrate, and the carrier is pressed by its entire surface area against the substrate by means of electrostatic charging and vacuum. The side of the substrate (10) to which the decorative design is applied is heated less than the opposite side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Maximilian P. Zaher