Provided are a decorative molded article that prevents sparkle and has a high contrast, a method for producing the decorative molded article, and a transfer sheet for use for the decorative molded article. The decorative molded article 10 is provided with a protective layer 2 having unevenness on a resin molded article 1, wherein in the surface of the protective layer 2, the arithmetic average roughness (Ra.sub.x1) according to JIS B0601:1994 at a cutoff value of 0.8 mm, the arithmetic average roughness (Ra.sub.y1) according to JIS B0601:1994 at a cutoff value of 0.08 mm, and the ten-point average roughness (Rz.sub.x1) according to JIS B0601:1994 at a cutoff value of 0.8 mm satisfy the following requirements (1) to (3): 0.30≤(Ra.sub.x1−Ra.sub.y1)/Ra.sub.y1≤0.85 (1), Rz.sub.x1/Ra.sub.x1≤15.0 (2), Ra.sub.x1≥0.14 μm (3).

A design transfer sheet of one embodiment of the present disclosure contains a release layer and a design transfer layer releasably mounted on the release layer, and the design transfer layer contains a thermally adherable first surface layer and a thermally adherable second surface layer in that order from the release layer side.

Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material from a transfer component 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 embodiments, the method may utilize a printer such as an inkjet printer. In some cases, the transfer material may be a UV curable ink and/or adhesive. When the transfer material is UV curable, the transfer component may be permeable to UV radiation to allow curing of the ink and/or adhesive therethrough. UV curable adhesives including thiol-acrylate and thiol-ene acrylate inkjet-able adhesives are disclosed.

The present invention relates to biaxially oriented polyester films having a release coating of polyolefin wax on at least one side as release film for applying thin polyacrylate layers from organic solvents by means of a printing process. The invention further relates to a method for producing such films and also to their use.

A transfer article with a thickness of less than 3 micrometers includes a first acrylate layer that is releasable from a metal or doped semiconductor release layer at a release value of from 2 to 50 grams/inch. The article includes a functional layer overlaying the first acrylate layer. The functional layer includes at least one microfractured inorganic layer about 3 nanometers to about 200 nanometers thick, which has a plurality of toolmarks interspersed with cracks.

A patterned article includes a carrier layer having a microstructured first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The first major surface includes pluralities of upper and lower edges spaced apart along a thickness direction of the carrier layer and defining respective upper and lower portions of the first major surface. The lower portion is disposed between the upper portion and the second major surface. The article includes a first functional layer disposed on the lower, but not the upper portion of the first major surface. The first functional layer includes at least one first micro-cut inorganic layer including a plurality of cut edges substantially coextensive with the plurality of lower edges. A method of making the patterned article is provided. Articles that can be made by transferring a functional layer from the patterned article are provided.

Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material from a transfer component 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 embodiments, the method may utilize a printer such as an inkjet printer. In some cases, the transfer material may be a UV curable ink and/or adhesive. When the transfer material is UV curable, the transfer component may be permeable to UV radiation to allow curing of the ink and/or adhesive therethrough. UV curable adhesives including thiol-acrylate and thiol-ene acrylate inkjet-able adhesives are disclosed.

A release film including a monoaxially or biaxially oriented multilayer polyolefin-based film having a crystallizable polyolefin core film layer and at least one coextruded skin layer having a poly-4-methyl-1-pentene composition blended with an olefin copolymer elastomer modifier. The film's release surface has a peeling force value of 1500 g/inch or less and a 60 angle surface gloss of below 50 gloss units (GU). An embodiment is a film structure having (a) a metal transfer carrier film having polyolefin as described above and (b) a coated metal layer having a metal layer and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer lies between the metal layer and the metal transfer carrier film, wherein the metal transfer carrier film is configured to allow transfer of the coated metal layer onto a substrate, so that after transfer of the coated metal layer onto the substrate, the coating layer is located on top of the substrate.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a transfer sheet which can impart a sufficient function to an adherend. The method for manufacturing a transfer sheet includes performing the following steps (1) and (2) in order: (1) applying a coating liquid for forming a transfer layer onto a release substrate 1 to form a transfer layer comprising at least one functional layer; and (2) laminating a release substrate 2 onto the transfer layer to obtain a transfer sheet A comprising the release substrate 1, the transfer layer and the release substrate 2 in the presented order and having a peel strength 2 between the release substrate 2 and the transfer layer larger than a peel strength 1 between the release substrate 1 and the transfer layer.

A transfer sheet has a structure in which a polyester layer as a backing layer, a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) layer, and a transfer layer, are stacked in this order, where the polyvinyl alcohol layer contains a diol compound and/or triol compound whose adjacent hydroxyl groups are positioned at or farther positions with respect to each other, and which satisfies the condition in (i): (i) a T-peel strength at a peel rate of 100 mm/min between the polyester layer and the polyvinyl alcohol layer before a transfer layer is formed but after a humidity has been adjusted in an environment of 23 C., 50% RH, is 30 mN/20 mm or greater. The transfer sheet is intended to offer a single-sheet solution for achieving both normal temperature transfer and thermal transfer when transferring a material having high adhesion to polyester or other material constituting the backing.