An improved growing tray apparatus including means for moveable positioning the tray with respect to a support surface such that the tray and/or the surface may be transferred while the tray is in use. The apparatus incorporates a side wall configuration which permits the tray to be secured on a pallet or similar support structure and moved therewith, but does not interfere with plant care and nurture. Off-season storage is also facilitated by the side wall configuration. Choice of construction ...

A heat transferable sheet to be heat transfer printed when used in combination with a heat transfer printing sheet has a receptive layer for receiving a dye transferred from the heat transfer printing sheet upon being heated, the receptive layer comprising first and second regions having respective specific properties.

An improved release coating for heat transferable laminates wherein an ink design layer is transferred from a carrier web onto an article such as a plastic or glass container upon application of heat and pressure. The improved release coating transfers with the ink design layer and forms an optically clear protective coating over the transferred ink design layer. The transferred release coating upon resolidification has an exceedingly high optical clarity, with no hazing, spotting, or halo disce...

An improved release formulation for use in a heat transferable laminate wherein an ink design image is transferred from a carrier support to an article by application of heat to the carrier support. On transfer the release splits from the carrier and forms a protective coating over the transfered design. The improved release is coated onto the carrier as a solvent based-wax release. The release coating is then dried to evaporate the solvent contained therein. The improved release has the propert...

An improved release coating for heat transferable laminates wherein an ink design layer is transferred from a carrier web onto an article such as a plastic or glass container upon application of heat and pressure. The improved release coating transfers with the ink design layer and forms an optically clear protective coating over the transferred ink design layer. The transferred release coating upon resolidification has an exceedingly high optical clarity, with no hazing, spotting, or halo disce...

A novel transfer element for protecting, graphic arts images is disclosed. The transfer element consists essentially of, a temporary carrier layer, a substantially silane-free protective layer, and an adhesive layer permanently adhered to the protective layer. In particular, the temporary carrier layer is a polymeric sheet material, a foraminous sheet material, or composites thereof; and the protective layer comprises a cross-linked cellulose ester. When the transfer element of this invention is...

A donor element for use in a thermal transfer process comprising a support having on one side thereof a thermally transferable fluorescent heterocyclic compound dispersed in a polymeric binder, characterized in that said fluorescent compound corresponds to one of the following general formulae (A) and (B): ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 represents a hydrocarbon group or a substituted hydrocarbon group; R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group, a substituted hydrocarbon group, a carboxylic aci...

An improved release system for heat transferable laminates wherein a transferable substrate which contains a design layer is transferred from a carrier web onto an article such as a plastic bottle or container upon application of heat and pressure. The carrier web includes a nonwax polyethylene layer. The improved release system includes a polyethylene layer portion of the carrier web in contact with and adhered to a nonwax transfer layer portion of the transferable substrate. The transferable s...

A donor element for thermal transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a fluorescent oxazole compound dispersed in a polymeric binder, and on the other side thereof a slipping layer comprising a lubricant. In a preferred embodiment, the compound has the formula: ##STR1## wherein: J represents an ethylenic linking group; each J.sup.1 independently represents a monovalent bond or J; and each X and Y independently represents hydrogen; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkylene or ...

A donor element for thermal transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a fluorescent diphenylpyrazoline compound dispersed in a polymeric binder, and on the other side thereof a slipping layer comprising a lubricant. In a preferred embodiment, the compound has the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is hydrogen, cyan; carboxyalkyl; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to about 6 carbon atoms; or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of about 6 to about 10 carbon atoms; and ...