A film for in-molding is configured with a transfer film which is transferred to a surface of an injection molding resin, and a carrier film which is not transferred. The transfer film includes a coloring layer which includes ink which is an organic material formed of a thermoplastic resin and applies a design to an in-mold molded product, and inorganic polymer layers formed of a thermosetting resin, and the coloring layer comes into contact with the inorganic polymer layers and is interposed between the inorganic polymer layers.

An ink-jet transfer system is disclosed, as well as a transfer printed product which is highly wash-resistant, color-fast and environment-friendly, and a process for producing the same and its use in a printing process by means of the disclosed ink-jet transfer system. The disclosed ink-jet transfer system has a substrate, a hot-melt layer applied on the substrate and at least one ink-absorbing layer which comprises a mixture of a highly porous pigment and a binder. The molecules of the pigment and if required of the binder and hot-melt layer can form chemical bonds with the dyeing molecules of the ink.

Decals with dimensional offsets are disclosed. The decals may be part of a decal kit or may be applied to an article. The decals include an overlay having multiple dimensional spacers. When applied to an article, the decal overlay bonds to the article, securing the dimensional spacers between the overlay and the article creating dimensional offsets. The dimensional offsets are positioned on an interior surface of the article so that contact with a wearer's skin is minimized, reducing the perception of cling.

A fast and reliable single or dual transfer process is provided. Unlike prior art foil transfer techniques, which rely on the very fragile nature of the transferred pattern and/or shape to obtain a clean break at the die edge, the present invention is directed toward relatively non-tearable or tear resistant materials that can be difficult or impossible to effectively transfer using these known foil transfer techniques. This problem is addressed by precision cutting, for example, patches in the relatively non-tearable or tear resistant material positioned on a carrier substrate and in one exemplary embodiment transferring areas surrounding the cut patches to a sacrificial carrier substrate. The resulting sharply defined, precision cut patches left on the carrier substrate may then be transferred to objects to be protected such as banknotes.

A vehicular decorative member is curved as a forward-bulging shape, and includes a transparent base, a transferred layer, a metallic layer, and a base layer. The transparent base includes a front face, and a rear face. The transparent base's rear face has an ordinary section, and a recessed section. The transferred layer, the metallic layer, and the base layer are disposed on the transparent base's rear-face side in this order. The vehicular decorative member further includes a transfer sheet turning into the transferred layer. The transfer sheet includes a support film, and an adhesive layer, a decorative layer and a release layer that are formed on the support film in this order. The transfer sheet makes the transferred layer when the support film is removed from the release layer after pressing the transfer sheet onto the transparent base's ordinary section while heating the transfer sheet.

Transfer assemblies, sheets, and methods for manufacturing the same, are provided for transferring images to articles, such as textiles, fabric or the like. A transfer sheet comprises a support layer, such as a backing paper, and an image transfer layer that includes a binder and an ink receptor. The image transfer layer further includes a release layer between the support layer and the image transfer layer. The release layer comprises a crosslinking agent and is configured so that the image transfer layer can be detached from the backing paper prior to the transfer of the image to the substrate or article. This allows the use of thin parchment paper as the protective cover for the image layer during the transfer process instead of the backing paper, which accelerates and enhances the transfer of heat to the image transfer layer and the article resulting in deeper penetration of the ink.

A process for decorating a metal substrate, in particular a metal substrate that is used as a can for food or beverage or for aerosols, whereby the decoration is printed using a digital printer. The process includes the following steps: applying a coating composition to the metal substrate; curing the coating composition at a temperature for a time sufficient to obtain a tack-free coating; printing the decoration on a polymer film using a digital printer; laminating the polymer film with the decoration onto the coated metal substrate, whereby the decoration is positioned between the surface of the coated metal substrate and the polymer film, and during lamination heating to a temperature and applying a pressure, and after the lamination exposing the substrate to a temperature a time sufficient to fully cure the coating

A polychromatic effects heat transfer label includes a carrier and a polychromatic effects design layer on the carrier. The polychromatic effects design layer is formulated from an ink having a polychromatic effects pigment present in a concentration of about 1 percent to about 25 percent by weight of the ink. The polychromatic effects heat transfer label is transferred from the carrier to an apparel item as a polychromatic effects feature and the polychromatic effects feature exhibits robust polychromatic effects on the item. The polychromatic effects feature exhibits no adhesion failure, no color change, no stain, and no visual change after being subjected to a Nike standard embellishment durability wash tests of an accelerated wash, 5 times at a temperature of 60 C. and an innovation standard wash, 15 times at a temperature of 60 C., and being tumbled dry after each wash and exhibits no color transfer, no abrasion and no visual change after being subjected to an AATCC standard crock test, 10 crocks with an SDLATLAS CM-5 AATCC crockmeter and an TIC crockmeter using 22 squares. Polychromatic effects heat transfer labels for transfer to plastic, carbon fiber and metal are disclosed.

The invention relates to an object with a heat pressed graphic, a surface of the object is provided with a fine graphic, and a surface of the graphic has materials. The graphic is a graphic formed by cutting a hot melt glue layer and heat pressed and adhered to the surface of the object; a transfer material is heat pressed and adhered to the graphic according to a shape and a contour of the graphic. The object has the transfer material on the graphic, and a shape of the transfer material is consistent with a shape formed by the hot melt glue layer.

A method for decorating objects by means of sublimatic inks, which provides for the steps that consist in providing a shrink-wrap sheet-like element to which at least one layer of sublimatic inks is applied and joining two opposite ends of the sheet-like element in order to obtain a sleeve with the face of the sheet-like element directed toward the inside of the sleeve, inserting axially in the sleeve at least one object to be decorated, applying heat in order to obtain an at least partial shrink-wrapping of the sleeve, creating a difference in pressure between the internal side and the external side of the sleeve in order to establish a lower hydrostatic pressure on the inner side of the sleeve than on its outer side, and applying heat in order to cause the sublimation of the sublimatic inks.