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...

An extruded film article such as a bag comprises a blend of a thermoplastic polymer such as ethylene vinyl acetate and an olefinic oxide polymer such as poly (ethylene oxide), with a modifier such as liquid smoke absorbed in the blend. The modifier is transferable from the film to a receiving surface such as a food body in fluid transfer relationship with the film.

An image-receiving for use in combination with a heat transfer sheet has a substrate, an image-receiving layer provided thereon, and optionally a layer of a mold releasing agent provided on at least a part of the image-receiving layer. This image-receiving sheet exhibits good mold releasability and also provides a colored image having a high density, resolving power and continuous gradation.

A process and composition are provided that provide for thermal transfer of ink compositions and eliminate the need to prepare articles such as sign faces, particularly flexible sign faces, by painting with ink compositions that contain solvents. The present process and composition permit thermal transfer from a carrier to a receptor at low temperatures with the use of vacuum pressure. The transferred ink adheres tenaciously to the receptor and is flexible.

A heat transferable laminate wherein an ink design image is transferred from a carrier support to a receiving article, typically a plastic bottle or container, by application of heat to the carrier. The heat transferable laminate is composed of a carrier support, release coating, an ink design layer, and improved adhesive coating thereon. The improved adhesive coating is prepared from a mix containing an adhesive component and a film-forming component blended in a miscible solvent. The solvent e...

A transferable roadway lane dividers which consist of individual sections hingedly joined together. The lane dividers are picked up from one side of the lane by a transfer device mounted beneath a vehicle or trailer, travelling along the center of the lane, and are slid along the transfer device and one continuously deposited on the roadway at the desired new position on the other side of the lane.

A donor element for thermal transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a fluorescent derivative of a 1,8-naphthalimide 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; a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to about 6 carbon atoms; or a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of about 5 to about 10 atoms; and D is a monovalent, ...

A donor element for thermal transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a fluorescent europium complex dispersed in a polymeric binder. In a preferred embodiment, the complex has the formula: ##STR1## wherein: D is a substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic, 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic moiety; and J is --CF.sub.3, --CH.sub.3, --CH.sub.2 F or --CHF.sub.2. In another preferred embodiment, the europium atom may also have attached thereto at least one monodentate ligand w...

This invention comprises a transferable support comprising a substantially flat sheet having on a surface thereof encoded data in the form of dot code or two-dimensional bar code wherein the data is capable of being read by a sensor. The invention also comprises object having affixed to a surface thereof a support comprising a substantially flat sheet having on a surface thereof encoded data in the form of dot code or two-dimensional bar code wherein the data is capable of being read by an senso...

An improved method for transferring heat transferable dyes comprises diffusing the dyes into a dye receiving element comprising a transparent layer containing an amorphous, solvent-soluble, aromatic polyester having at least 30 mole percent of its recurring units comprised of the condensation residue of a diol and a dicarboxylic acid, the residue containing a saturated gem-bivalent radical having a saturated polycyclic three-dimensional structure that includes a saturated bicyclic atomic bridged...