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Hot stamping glass

  • US 5,391,247 A
  • Filed: 05/06/1994
  • Issued: 02/21/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of decorating a glass substrate with hot stamping foil consisting essentially of:

  • a) applying a radiation curable adhesive ink to the glass substrate in a predetermined design that leaves some areas of the glass ink-free, said ink being operable, when cured, to bond to glass and, when heated after curing to adhere to hot stamping foil,b) curing the ink on the substrate by exposing it to the radiation by which it is curable, thereby bonding the ink design to the glass;

    c) pressing a sheet of hot stamping foil against the substrate with a compress heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the foil to adhere to the heated, cured ink design but not to the ink-free areas of the glass; and

    d) peeling the foil away from the substrate, thereby leaving behind a portion of the foil adhered to the adhesive ink design.

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