METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A MATERIAL ONTO ARTICLES USING A TRANSFER COMPONENT

Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto one or more surfaces 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. The apparatuses and method...

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Hauptverfasser: Donner, Christopher Gerald, Sawin, Philip Andrew, Clare, Benjamin Jacob, Allen, Matthew Richard, Cassoni, Robert Paul, Yeagle, Todd Michael, Bourgeois, Marc Richard, Hargett, Mark Mason, Orndorff, Jason Matthew
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto one or more surfaces 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. The apparatuses and methods may include 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 one or more surfaces of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the one or more surfaces of the article.