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MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DESIGN MEMBER AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSFERRING TOOL

  • US 20140130976A1
  • Filed: 10/21/2013
  • Published: 05/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A manufacturing method of a design member for transferring a decorative layer, onto a design surface of a base body, the base body having the design surface that is a three-dimensional shape and a general surface that is a surface other than the design surface, and the manufacturing method including:

  • with using the base body comprising, in the general surface, a recessed parting groove that is formed in at least a part of a border to the design surface,a preparing step for arranging the base body in a chamber having a gas pressure adjusting device, placing, on the design surface of the base body, a transfer film in which a transfer layer including an adhesion layer and the decorative layer is laminated on a film base material, and changing a gas pressure in the chamber by the gas pressure adjusting device to crimp the transfer film onto the design surface; and

    a heat transferring step for, with crimping the transfer film onto the design surface by the gas pressure adjusting device, pressing the transfer film against the design surface under a heated state by a three-dimensional transferring tool comprising an elastic body.

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