A shower pan and method of manufacture are described. Embodiments of the shower pan can include, but are not limited to, a solid surface top layer and a PET second layer that can be thermoformed, molded, and laminated in a single step. The solid surface top layer can be approximately ⅛″ to ¼″ thick and the PET second layer can be approximately ⅞″ to 1⅛″ thick. The shower pan may further include a third layer being fiberglass.

A shower pan and method of manufacture are described. Embodiments of the shower pan can include, but are not limited to, a solid surface top layer and a PET second layer that can be thermoformed, molded, and laminated in a single step. The solid surface top layer can be approximately ⅛″ to ¼″ thick and the PET second layer can be approximately ⅞″ to 1⅛″ thick. The shower pan may further include a third layer being fiberglass.

The present invention relates to transfer media for transferring a functional active ingredient to a surface of an article by means of heat, to methods for preparing such transfer media and for providing of a surface of an article with a functional active ingredient. The transfer media can be used in various technical fields.

Disclosed herein is a method of sublimation printing, a heating system for sublimation printing and a printing device. The method of sublimation printing comprises generating an air flow through a print medium on which a printing substance is deposited and heating the air flow to a temperature at or above a sublimation temperature of the printing substance.

Provided are processes of applying a decorative imaging to a substrate that includes providing a stamp pad comprising a child and environmentally friendly disperse dye composition, inking a stamp with the disperse dye composition, optionally transferring the disperse dye composition from the stamp to an intermediate ink receptive surface using the rubber stamp to thereby place an image on an intermediate ink receptive surface, and transferring the image to a dye receptive object by application of sufficient heat and pressure. The disperse dye compositions provided herein are safe, environmentally friendly, and able to be used in stamp pad imaging processes.

Provided are processes of applying a decorative imaging to a substrate that includes providing a stamp pad comprising a child and environmentally friendly disperse dye composition, inking a stamp with the disperse dye composition, optionally transferring the disperse dye composition from the stamp to an intermediate ink receptive surface using the rubber stamp to thereby place an image on an intermediate ink receptive surface, and transferring the image to a dye receptive object by application of sufficient heat and pressure. The disperse dye compositions provided herein are safe, environmentally friendly, and able to be used in stamp pad imaging processes.

Heat transfer sheets for dye sublimation are provided, along with methods of their formation and use. The heat transfer sheet for dye sublimation may include a base sheet and a dye sublimation coating on a surface of the base sheet. The dye sublimation coating generally includes a plurality of microparticles dispersed in a polymeric binder, with the plurality of microparticles including a mixture of tack-inducing microparticles and oxide microparticles.

Heat transfer sheets for dye sublimation are provided, along with methods of their formation and use. The heat transfer sheet for dye sublimation may include a base sheet and a dye sublimation coating on a surface of the base sheet. The dye sublimation coating generally includes a plurality of microparticles dispersed in a polymeric binder, with the plurality of microparticles including a mixture of tack-inducing microparticles and oxide microparticles.

A pressureless high-frequency suspension thermal transfer printer is disclosed, in which a high-frequency signal of 60-100 Hz is generated by a high-frequency switching power supply, and a high-frequency energy conversion motor is driven to convert a signal into high-frequency mechanical vibration which produces 60-100 Hz high-frequency waves which propagate in a longitudinally diffused manner in which an entire transfer printing surface is covered in a direction that is perpendicular to the transfer printing surface, avoiding wasteful loss in the direction of lateral propagation parallel to the transfer printing surface, so that the high-frequency waves act on a molecular movement during the transfer printing process to the greatest extent, which effectively changes a state of the molecular movement, enhances a molecular penetration force, realizes replacement of physical pressure with the high-frequency waves, completely changes a thermal transfer printing process, and achieves pressureless thermal transfer printing.

A pressureless high-frequency suspension thermal transfer printer is disclosed, in which a high-frequency signal of 60-100 Hz is generated by a high-frequency switching power supply, and a high-frequency energy conversion motor is driven to convert a signal into high-frequency mechanical vibration which produces 60-100 Hz high-frequency waves which propagate in a longitudinally diffused manner in which an entire transfer printing surface is covered in a direction that is perpendicular to the transfer printing surface, avoiding wasteful loss in the direction of lateral propagation parallel to the transfer printing surface, so that the high-frequency waves act on a molecular movement during the transfer printing process to the greatest extent, which effectively changes a state of the molecular movement, enhances a molecular penetration force, realizes replacement of physical pressure with the high-frequency waves, completely changes a thermal transfer printing process, and achieves pressureless thermal transfer printing.