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EP 0 950 541 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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01.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/31 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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20.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/42 |
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Date of filing: 12.04.1999 |
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AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE |
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AL LT LV MK RO SI |
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Priority: |
15.04.1998 IT MI980781
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Applicant: V.I.V. International S.p.A. |
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37030 Cazzano Di Tramigna VR (IT) |
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- Goffi, Italo c/o V.I.V. International S.P.A.
37030 Cazzano di Tramigna VR (IT)
- Fenzi, Giancarlo c/o V.I.V. International S.P.A.
37030 Cazzano di Tramigna VR (IT)
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Representative: Trupiano, Federica et al |
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Marietti, Gislon e Trupiano S.r.l. Via Larga, 16
20122 Milano
20122 Milano (IT) |
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Support for sublimable colour transfer for decorating objects and artifacts and the
process thereof |
(57) Sublimable colour flexible transfer support to decorate various objects by means
of the transfer technique, wherein the supporting layer is constituted by a film,
or a layer or a strip from gas-tight thermoformable support such as polyvinyl alcohol;
process for the realisation of said transfer support, comprising the following steps:
preparing a metal matrix by photoengraving or the like; applying a sublimable colour
decoration by means of said matrix on to a support from a flexible, non-extensible
material such as polypropylene or the like, according to known techniques of rotogravure
and the like; and transferring then said decoration from said support from polypropylene
to a flexible supporting base from gas-tight thermoformable plastic material such
as polyvinyl alcohol, by heat compression direct contact of the support from polypropylene
with said supporting layer