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Process for the production of a stamping foil

  • US 6,059,914 A
  • Filed: 08/21/1998
  • Issued: 05/09/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process for the production of a stamping foil comprising a carrier film and a decorative layer which is releasably arranged on the carrier film in a region-wise manner corresponding to a desired patterning for a substrate and which is adapted to be transferred onto a substrate, the process comprisingcontacting a recipient foil under action of at least one of heat and pressure applied directly to the recipient foil, with regions of the decorative layer in which no decorative layer is wanted on the carrier film of the stamping foil such that the decorative layer adheres to the recipient foil in said regions in which no decorative layer is wanted, wherein the decorative layer is present over a large area on the carrier film of the stamping foil, and the recipient foil comprises a carrier film and an adhesive layer portion, said adhesive layer portion having substantially better adhesion with respect to the carrier film of the recipient foil and with respect to the decorative layer of the stamping foil, than adhesion of the decorative layer of the stamping foil to the carrier film of the stamping foil, andpulling off the recipient foil with region-wise entrainment of the decorative layer from the carrier film of the stamping foil such that the decorative layer remains on the carrier film of the stamping foil in regions corresponding to the desired patterning.

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