IMAGE TRANSFER MEDIUM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME
First Claim
1. A method for applying an image onto an article, said article comprising a light transmissible surface and a light source disposed under said light tranmissible surface, said method comprising steps of:
- providing an image-transfer medium comprising a transparent substrate and a transferable material formed on a first surface of said substrate;
removing a selected portion of said transferable material to obtain a hollowed transferable material with a specific pattern vacancy; and
adhering the remaining transferable material onto said light transmissible surface of said article, thereby allowing light emitted by said light source to penetrate through the specific pattern vacancy.
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Abstract
An image-transfer medium includes a transparent substrate and a transferable material formed on a first surface of the substrate. A selected portion of the transferable material can be transferred in an arbitrary shape to an article to form a personalized image by a cold transfer-printing operation. Moreover, the remaining hollowed portion after the removal of the selected portion, including the transparent substrate, can be adhered to the same or another article having a light-transmitting surface to exhibit special lightening effect.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for applying an image onto an article, said article comprising a light transmissible surface and a light source disposed under said light tranmissible surface, said method comprising steps of:
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providing an image-transfer medium comprising a transparent substrate and a transferable material formed on a first surface of said substrate;
removing a selected portion of said transferable material to obtain a hollowed transferable material with a specific pattern vacancy; and
adhering the remaining transferable material onto said light transmissible surface of said article, thereby allowing light emitted by said light source to penetrate through the specific pattern vacancy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A use of an image-transfer medium for applying an image onto an article, said image-transfer medium comprising a transparent substrate, a transferable ink layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, said use comprising:
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cold transfer-printing a first selected portion of said transferable ink layer onto the article when an ink pattern image is required; and
removing a second selected portion of said transferable ink layer, and adhering the remaining transferable ink layer along with said transparent substrate onto the article when a hollowed pattern image is required. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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an transparent film substrate; and
a transferable laminated material, said transferable laminated material comprising;
an inklayer;
a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; and
an isolation layer disposed between the ink layer and the pressure-sensitive layer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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