JPH11192326A - Transfer film for golf ball, production thereof and golf ball printed by using the transfer film - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print the image of a photographic film on a golf ball in plural colors as a picture pattern. SOLUTION: A color original 11 is photographed while using complementary color filters 12-14, and image decomposition films 16-19 corresponding to respective colors are prepared. Then, the image decomposition films 16-19 are respectively placed on a printing plate base stock having a photosensitive material and irradiated with light, only the hardened part of the photosensitive material is taken out and printing plates 30-33 corresponding to the respective colors are prepared. Then, respective transfer pads provided with respect to the respective printing plates 30-33 are pressed onto the respective printing plates 30-33 applied with the corresponding inks to stick inks thereto, successively overlapped and pressed at prescribed positions on a base film while sticking inks so that a transfer film 40 having an ink layer 42 composed of plural colors can be prepared.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer film for a golf ball, a method for producing the same, and a golf ball printed using the transfer film, and belongs to the field of pattern printing technology for golf balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of printing marks and the like on a golf ball, for example, a thermal transfer printing method as disclosed in JP-A-53-63137 is known.

In the thermal transfer printing method, a predetermined character or pattern is printed on one side of a strip-shaped base film by, for example, gravure printing or screen printing to prepare a transfer film having a transfer ink layer. The design is transferred to the golf ball side by heating and pressing from the back surface of the base film in a state where the ink layer is positioned on the surface of the golf ball.

[0004] In addition, a direct printing method of printing a predetermined character or pattern on a golf ball by directly pressing a transfer pad on which ink having a predetermined print pattern is applied to a golf ball is also generally used. Currently, multicolor printing on golf balls is mainly performed by this method.

[0005]

By the way, in recent years, it has become possible to take a picture of one's own appearance and scenery and print the image on the surface of a telephone card or the like to create an original card or the like. .

[0006] There is a need for individualizing golf balls by applying such a design, but in the conventional thermal transfer printing method, only a single color ink layer is printed on a transfer film. In the direct printing method, a predetermined pattern is printed by overlapping and pressing each transfer pad with the ink layer of each color against a golf ball.
In that case, especially because the printing surface is a curved surface, etc., misregistration between the ink layers of each color occurs and the finish is not good,
At present, it is not possible to print such complicated shapes and colors as described above.

Therefore, in order to meet the above-mentioned needs, the present invention uses a transfer film having a design using a color photograph as a manuscript, thereby making it possible to meet the above-mentioned needs for attaching a golf ball to a golf ball, and a golf club therefor. The task is to provide a ball.

[0008]

First, claim 1 of the present invention is provided.
(Hereinafter referred to as a first invention) is a golf ball transfer film having a transfer ink layer having a predetermined pattern on one surface of a base film and an adhesive layer, wherein the base film is formed of the ink layer. The pattern is characterized by being composed of a plurality of colors using a color photograph as a document.

The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as "second invention") provides a method for producing a golf ball transfer film having a transfer ink layer and an adhesive layer on one surface of a base film. In, from a positive film of a color photograph in which a predetermined image is taken, by using a complementary color filter that transmits only light of a specific wavelength, to create an image separation film in which the image is separated into a plurality of reference colors, these A printing plate for each of the above reference colors is prepared using the image separation film of the above, and ink of a color corresponding to each printing plate is applied and printed on the base film by overlapping, so that the color plate is photographed. The method is characterized in that an ink layer in which the image formed as a pattern is formed, and then an adhesive layer is formed so as to cover the ink layer.

In the present invention, a printing method for printing a separation image for each reference color on a base film includes:
Pad printing, gravure printing, screen printing, and other printing methods are used.

The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as a third invention) uses a transfer film having a transfer ink layer having a pattern composed of a plurality of colors using a color photograph as an original. The symbol is printed on the surface.

According to the first to third aspects, the following operation can be obtained.

First, according to the transfer film of the first invention,
Since the pattern composed of the ink layer is composed of a plurality of colors using a color photograph as an original, the use of this transfer film makes it difficult for a golf ball having a curved surface and irregularities on its surface. A pattern having various shapes and colors can be printed in a single transfer, so that a pattern composed of a plurality of colors can be precisely printed on a golf ball.

According to the manufacturing method of the second aspect of the present invention, the printing of each of the above-mentioned reference colors is performed by using an image separation film formed by using a complementary color filter on the basis of a color photograph and separated into a plurality of reference colors. After the printing plate is created, the transfer pad is applied with ink on the printing plate and transferred onto the base film one after another to create a transfer film. It is possible to construct a design having a complicated shape and color, and to print an image taken in a color photograph as a design on a golf ball.

According to the golf ball of the third aspect of the present invention, since the pattern is printed using a transfer film having an ink layer having a pattern composed of a plurality of colors using a color photograph as an original, the pattern is composed of a plurality of colors. Thus, a golf ball on which the printed precise pattern is printed can be obtained.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the transfer film 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention has an ink layer 3 composed of a plurality of colors on a band-shaped base film 2 made of synthetic resin. A plurality of prints are made at intervals and the ink layer 3 is printed.
However, this constitutes a symbol 5 as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

An adhesive layer 4 is provided on the upper surface of the ink layer 3.
When the ink layer 3 is transferred to a golf ball, the ink layer 3 is securely bonded to the golf ball.

Thus, a pattern having a complicated shape and color can be printed by a single transfer to a golf ball having a curved surface and irregularities on the surface. It becomes possible to print the constituted design on a golf ball precisely.

Next, a method for manufacturing the transfer film according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, a positive film 11 of a color photograph in which an object is appropriately photographed is prepared, and a yellow filter 12, a blue filter 13, and a complementary filter for transmitting only light of a specific wavelength are provided. A red plate filter 14 is prepared, and the color positive film 11 is photographed through the complementary color filters 12 to 14 with a plate making camera in which a monochrome film is set.

Thus, each of the complementary color filters 12
The monochrome film is exposed by the light transmitted through １４14, the yellow plate filter 12 is used for the yellow plate image separation film 16, the blue plate filter 13 is used for the blue plate image separation film 17, and the red plate filter is used. 14
As a result, the image separation film 18 for the red plate is formed.

Further, the image separation film 19 for black plate is
Each of the above complementary color filters 12 on a single monochrome film
The image separation films 16 to 19, which are created by taking pictures one after another by using the images Nos. To 14, and the images are decomposed for each of the four kinds of reference colors, are obtained.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
A base 21 serving as a base of the material 20 and a base 2
1 and a photosensitive material 22 which is cured only in response to light of a specific wavelength, and the printing plate material 20 is provided in the same number as the above-mentioned image separation films 16 to 19.

Then, on the upper surface of the photosensitive material 22 of the printing plate material 20, for example, an image separation film 16 for yellow plate is placed, and light is irradiated from above the image separation film 16.

As a result, light is transmitted through a portion other than the photosensitive portion 16a of the image decomposition film 16, and as shown in FIG. 5, only the exposed portion 22a of the photosensitive material 22 is exposed by the transmitted light. It will be exposed and cured.

Thereafter, the unexposed portion 22b of the photosensitive material 22 is dissolved by using a chemical, so that only the cured portion 22a remains on the base 21. The pattern composed of the specific light extracted by the steps # 15 to # 15 is reproduced as a concave plate 30 as shown in FIG. 6, for example.

This operation is also performed for the remaining three types of image separation films 17 to 19, and the yellow plate 30 and the blue plate 3
1, a total of four types of printing plates 30 to 33, a red plate 32 and a black plate 33
(See FIG. 3).

Next, inks of colors corresponding to the four types of printing plates 30 to 33, for example, yellow ink are applied to the yellow printing plate 30, respectively, and each of the printing plates 30 to 33 is provided with a yellow ink. Transfer pads are respectively attached to the above printing plates 30 to 33
, The ink of the pattern constituted on the printing plates 30 to 33 is respectively adhered.

Thereafter, the above-mentioned transfer pads to which the ink is adhered are successively overlaid on predetermined positions of the base film 41 and pressed, whereby the ink layer 42 is formed on the base film 4.
The transfer film 40 as shown in FIG. 7 can be formed by forming the adhesive layer 43 on the upper surface of the ink layer 42 and applying an adhesive to the upper surface of the ink layer 42.

Thus, the ink layer on the transfer film can be composed of a pattern having a complicated shape or color such as a face or a scenery, and an image taken in a color photograph can be printed on a golf ball as a pattern. It is possible to do.

In this embodiment, an intaglio plate is prepared as a printing plate by etching.
If a negative film of the above-mentioned image decomposition film is used, a relief plate can be prepared.

Also, instead of the pad printing method described above,
Printing can be performed using a gravure printing method, or printing can be performed using another printing method such as screen printing by creating a printing plate using a predetermined method different from the above-described etching.

Next, an embodiment of the third invention will be described.

In the golf ball according to this embodiment, after the transfer film prepared in the second embodiment is aligned with the golf ball, the transfer film heated from the back surface of the transfer film is used. When the pad is pressed, the ink layer is transferred to the golf ball. As shown in FIG. 8, images 51 of a photographic film are printed on the surface of the golf ball 50 in a plurality of colors.

As a result, a golf ball can be obtained in which a color photograph image is used as a design and printed in a plurality of colors and precisely.

[0037]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the pattern composed of the ink layer is composed of a plurality of colors using a color photograph as an original, the surface is curved by using this transfer film. In addition, it is possible to print a pattern having a complicated shape and color in a single transfer on a golf ball having irregularities on its surface, so that a precise pattern composed of a plurality of colors can be formed on the golf ball. Can be printed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a printing plate for each of the above-described reference colors is prepared by using an image separation film, which is formed by using a complementary color filter and is separated into a plurality of reference colors, based on a color photograph. After that, the transfer pad is applied with the ink on the printing plate and transferred onto the base film one after another to create a transfer film.The ink layer in the transfer film has a complicated shape such as face and scenery. A design having a shape or color can be formed, and an image taken in a color photograph can be printed on a golf ball as a design.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the pattern is printed using the transfer film having the ink layer having the pattern composed of a plurality of colors on the basis of a color photograph as an original, the precision is constituted by the plurality of colors. As a result, a golf ball on which various patterns are printed can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a transfer film according to an embodiment of the first invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the transfer film.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a process of manufacturing a transfer film according to an embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a printing plate material.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a photosensitive state of the photosensitive material.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of a printing plate created similarly.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the transfer film.

FIG. 8 is a view of a golf ball according to an embodiment of the third invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1,40 Transfer film 2,41 Base film 3,42 Ink layer 4,43 Adhesive layer 11 Color positive document 12-15 Complementary color filter 16-19 Image separation film 30-33 Printing plate 50 Golf ball

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A golf ball transfer film having a transfer ink layer having a predetermined pattern formed on one surface of a base film and an adhesive layer, wherein the pattern formed of the ink layer is a color photograph. A transfer film for a golf ball, wherein the transfer film is composed of a plurality of colors. 2. A method for producing a golf ball transfer film having a transfer ink layer and an adhesive layer on one surface of a base film, the method comprising the steps of: By using a complementary color filter that transmits only light having a wavelength, an image separation film in which the image is separated into a plurality of reference colors is created, and a printing plate for each of the reference colors is created using these image separation films. At the same time, by applying ink of the corresponding color to each printing plate and printing it over the base film,
A method for producing a transfer film for a golf ball, comprising: forming an ink layer in which an image photographed in a color photograph is configured as a design, and thereafter forming an adhesive layer so as to cover the ink layer. 3. A golf ball having the above pattern printed on a surface thereof using a transfer film having a transfer ink layer having a pattern of a plurality of colors using a color photograph as a document.