Embodiments include a cap or hat decoration method by providing a press including a lower platen and upper platen, and coupling a pad to the lower platen, where the pad is dimensioned based on one or more dimensions of the cap or hat, and positioning the cap or hat onto at least a portion of the pad. Further, the method includes positioning at least one decoration onto at least a portion of the cap or hat, where the at least one decoration includes a heat-activated adhesive, and heating and compressing the decoration onto the cap or hat by compressing the cap or hat and decoration between the lower platen and upper platen.

The present invention provides a restickable lettering film and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the restickable lettering film includes steps of: preparing a lettering layer having a first surface and a second surface; disposing a thermo-bonding layer on the second surface of the lettering layer; adhering the first surface of the lettering layer to a temporary adhesive layer. The lettering layer can be many times repeatedly removed from and adhered to the temporary adhesive layer. Accordingly, a user can easily use the lettering film.

Provided is a decorative molded article that uniformizes the brightness of an uneven surface and inhibits whitening. The decorative molded article is provided with a protective layer having an uneven surface on an adherend, and satisfying the following requirement 1-1: <Requirement 1-1> A black plate is stuck to the surface of the article on the adherend side thereof via a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to prepare a sample A. A visible light inclined by 10 degrees from the normal direction of the sample A is made to run into the uneven surface, and based on the specular direction of the incident light as a reference angle, a luminous reflectance is measured every 0.2 degrees within a range of the reference angle±5.0 degrees. When the luminous reflectance at −5.0 degrees relative to the reference angle is represented by Y.sub.−5.0 and the luminous reflectance at −4.8 degrees is represented by Y.sub.−4.8, a value represented by an expression of [(Y.sub.−4.8−Y.sub.−5.0)/((Y.sub.−4.8+Y.sub.−5.0)/2)]×100 is defined as a change rate of the luminous reflectance at −5.0 degrees. When a change rate of the luminous reflectance at every measurement angle is calculated, and when an approximate straight line is drawn according to a least-square method in which the x-axis indicates the measurement angle and the y-axis indicates the change rate, the slope of the approximate straight line is −2.00 or more and −0.90 or less.

Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve providing a deposition device, such as a printing device; providing a transfer component; depositing a material onto a portion of the transfer component with the deposition device; modifying the portion of the transfer component with the transfer material thereon to conform the transfer component to at least a portion of the surface of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the surface of the article.

Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve providing a deposition device, such as a printing device; providing a transfer component; depositing a material onto a portion of the transfer component with the deposition device; modifying the portion of the transfer component with the transfer material thereon to conform the transfer component to at least a portion of the surface of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the surface of the article.

An apparatus for texturing a plastic substrate, while forming a dye sublimation image in the plastic substrate, wherein the plastic substrate has a first side and a second side, is provided. A textured cover is on a side of a platen, wherein the platen is on a first, untextured side of the textured cover. A first side of the dye carrier is on a second, textured side of the textured cover, and wherein the plastic substrate is supported on a second side of the dye carrier, wherein a first side of the plastic substrate is supported by the dye carrier, wherein the textured side of the textured cover has a texture to be transferred to the plastic substrate. A membrane is on the second side of the plastic substrate. A vacuum pump provides a vacuum between the membrane and the platen. A heater is positioned to heat the plastic substrate.

A decorative sheet includes a design layer, a primer layer and a surface protective layer formed by cross-linking and curing an ionizing radiation curable resin composition in this order on a base material. A surface of the surface protective layer is smooth. A ten point average roughness RzJIS on a rear face of the decorative sheet and a thickness T of the base material satisfies the following equation (I); and an arithmetic average roughness Ra on the rear face and a thickness T of the base material satisfies the following equation (II):
T×0.30≥RzJIS  (I)
T×0.20≥Ra≥T×0.005  (II)
Or an arithmetic average roughness Ra on a rear face of the decorative sheet is 1.0 to 10.0 μm. A decorated resin molded article is produced by integrating the decorative sheet with an outer surface of a resin molded article at the same time as injection molding.

An in-mold label includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface. When the in-mold label is molded on to, or into, a plastic product, the first surface faces outward with respect to the plastic product and the second surfaces faces inward with respect to the plastic product. The substrate includes a full graphics area on the second surface. Ink is applied in the full graphics area to provide a full graphics image. To facilitate the molding process, each of the substrate and the ink having a complementary property to a property of the plastic product.

A method for producing a multilayer film, with the steps: a) providing a base body with a carrier ply and a transfer ply, which comprises at least one layer; b) applying an in particular UV-curable adhesive to at least one partial area of the transfer ply of the base body; c) applying a stamping foil which comprises a carrier ply and a transfer ply, with the result that the transfer ply of the stamping foil comes into contact with the transfer ply of the base body coated with adhesive; d) curing the adhesive by UV irradiation; e) removing the carrier ply of the stamping foil.

A method for producing a polymeric vehicle add-on part having a decorative element is presented. According to one aspect, the method includes provision of a first polymeric material phase and transfer of a decorative element from a carrier film onto a first surface of the first polymeric material phase by hot stamping using a punch. A second polymeric material phase is then applied on the first surface of the first polymeric material phase so to arrange the decorative element between the first polymeric material phase and the second polymeric material phase. According to another aspect, the first polymeric material phase or the second polymeric material phase is transparent.