KR950012790B1 - Heat transferable laminate - Google Patents

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[Name of invention]

Thermal transfer laminate

Detailed description of the invention

[Field of Invention]

The present invention relates to thermal transfer laminates, in particular thermal transfer laminates useful for the production of compact disks or other similar articles.

[Background of invention]

There are many examples of thermal transfer laminates and their improvements in the prior art, and many valued novelty prints, usually in the form of ink patterns, are coated on both natural and synthetic substrates by various adhesive carriers. It was used to transcribe. In particular, the application of such prior art transfer laminates has so far been used in conjunction with substrates including plastics or glass, or even for printing other non-porous, non-moisturizing irregularly shaped surfaces. Moreover, other uses of thermal transfer laminates include decoration of multidimensional objects.

In general, conventional transfer laminates typically have at least three functional coatings, although a large number of coatings can be used, for example up to eleven in some cases, to those skilled in the art. It is known. As shown in US Patent No. 4,581,278 to Margerum and his colleagues, the greater the desired decorative effect, the greater the number of coatings required. As described in the above patents and other prior art patents, a thermal transfer laminate of films generally requires a significant number of separate layers, ie, separate layers of each of the various functions typically associated with the laminate. do. Moreover, due to the transfer layer, which is typically an ink pattern to be released, it typically contains a coating that acts as a primary release agent. As can be appreciated, incorporating a large number of different layers in a laminate has practically costly results in the concept of production of the material and the laminate.

Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that several adhesive carriers have been used to secure the ink design of thermal transfer laminates to various non-porous, non-moisturizing irregular surfaces. For example, U.S. Patent No. 4,557,964 to Magnotta discloses the use of thermoplastic, sticky polymers in the composition, in combination with paraffin wax and Montan wax, to make the ink design layer an artificial material such as plastic or glass. An adhesive combination was formed having the desired properties for fixing to the phase.

Furthermore, with respect to US Pat. No. 3,922,435 to Asnes, in order to achieve the desired bonding force between the emitting dye and the transfer layer and the fluorescent dye for accurate display using ultraviolet light during printing. An adhesive layer containing an incompatible crosslinked resin is described. In this reference, the crosslinked resin is acrylic resin; Polyamide resin; Polyester resin; Vinyl resin; Epoxy resin; Epoxy-acrylate resins; Allyl resin; Aldehyde resins such as phenol-formaldehyde resins and amino-aldehyde resins and combinations thereof. Furthermore, in the case where the thermosetting resin is used as the release coating, it is preferable that the thermosetting resin is not plasticized to the extent that it does not have the desired stickiness or adhesion.

Although the various thermal transfer laminates discussed in the prior art are practiced at varying success rates, these prior art thermal transfer laminates also have some serious drawbacks that degrade all commonly obtainable substrate utility. For example, the improvements described in US Pat. No. 4,557,964 relate to the use of release coatings, where, for resolidification, blurring, stains or halos, etc., recognizable on the transferred ink designs, Has extremely high transparency. This is a common defect in the prior art.

Various related to providing thermal transfer labels that can be utilized on compact discs and can also be used for any type of compact disc reader or player in both industrial and domestic use. There are other difficulties. In this respect, current methods of decorating compact discs include labeling with pad printing, screen printing and pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions applied thereto and defective printing. As can be appreciated, so far these methods have attempted to provide a means by which these methods can mark or otherwise decorate a compact disc in a manner that does not damage the substrate, in particular their machine-readable surface. Was utilized. In each of the above methods, there are several disadvantages in itself. For example, both methods of pad printing and screen printing, which are well known in the art, use the method of performing printing directly on a disk. These methods can be referred to as "wet" methods because the ink applied directly to the surface of the substrate must be rolled before packing the compact disc. As can be appreciated, this causes problems for compact disc producers because they are used to these printing methods. Moreover, by utilizing the "wet" method, the production rate is generally limited by the drying time of the ink. Although these problems can be solved to some extent by the use of automatic presses, improved dryers and UV curing inks, these methods continue to be closely related to environmental, health and safety regulations in view of the various solvent carriers used in the same manner. This is an undesirable method.

Moreover, in general, the quality of printing of the two methods defined above is more limited compared to other printing methods such as offset lithography printing. Furthermore, as discussed above, pressure-sensitive labels can be used in combination with compact discs, while they are not aesthetically appealing because they have a "post-applied" appearance. Moreover, many pressure-sensitive labels use adhesive compositions that are not particularly active, so the pressure-sensitive labels can be peeled off the compact disc fairly easily.

In view of the above, for a considerable period of time there has been a discussion among compact disc producers regarding the types of packaging best suited for these products. For years, although only "jewel boxes" are standard in the rest of the world, compact disc manufacturers have been producing bulky cardboard containers for packaging their products. In this respect, the producers chose the original bulky paper packaging to fit the container they have been using for vinyl albums. Moreover, the producers agree that large bulky containers are useful because they can alleviate the occurrence of bites.

However, as sales of compact discs soared, environmentalists and other activists began to demand more responsible packaging.

The United States Record Industry Association, a record industry trade association, applies new and arbitrary standards, valid for compact discs after April 1993, whereby all compact discs are 5 x 5 1/2 inch (127 mm x 139.7 mm). Recently announced that it will be sold in packaging. This new package is about half the size of a disposable long box. This new standard box is the size of the current plastic "jewel box," and most record companies are expected to choose to pack in only one existing jewel box, rather than invest in new packaging for the same size box.

Thus, the convenience of being able to mark compact discs with labels that are not "labeled" and can also provide excellent graphics quality of similarity to that obtainable by the application of dry methods and offset lithography. And a cost effective means is needed.

[OBJECTIVE AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION]

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved thermal transfer laminate, which is particularly well suited for use in combination with compact discs or similar machine readable substrates.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer laminate in which an ink design is deposited on a laminate, wherein the ink design is gravure printing, flexographic printing, offset lithography, screen printing or other similar printing. It can be applied using the method.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer laminate containing an adhesive composition deposited in a cover relationship to an ink design, wherein the adhesive composition in its first form is from about 5% to about 60% by weight. Polyamide resin polymers; From about 20% to about 80% by weight of the solvent carrier mixture, wherein the solvent carrier mixture contains about 66% by weight of n-porophyll alcohol and about 34% by weight of toluene; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer laminate containing an adhesive composition deposited in a cover relationship to an ink design, wherein the adhesive composition in the second form is from about 5% to about 60% by weight. Acrylic resin; From about 20 wt% to about 80 wt% of the solvent carrier mixture, wherein the solvent carrier mixture contains about 25 wt% methylethylketone and about 75 wt% toluene; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10% by weight of a suitable plasticizer; And 0 to about 5% by weight antifoaming agent and / or antioxidant.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer stack having no detrimental effect on the ability of a compact disc to be read by a suitable compact disc reader, player or the like.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer laminate that can utilize existing production machinery without modifying or retrofitting substantially the same.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer laminate containing an adhesive composition deposited in a cover relationship to an ink design, wherein the adhesive composition in the third form is about 5% to about 60% by weight. Resins wherein the resin is selected from the group of resins comprising urethane, vinyl, ethylvinylacetate and polyvinyl esters; From about 20% to about 80% by weight of the solvent carrier, wherein the solvent carrier is selected from the group of solvent carriers comprising aromatics; ketones; esters; ethers; acetates and mixtures thereof; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide an aesthetically appealing thermal transfer laminate that can be applied without being substantially costly and has no adverse effect on the environment, health or safety at practically the same production cost.

Moreover, the objects and advantages of the present invention are various drawbacks resulting from durable, thermal transfer laminates that are easy to apply to conventional production techniques, and prior art thermal transfer laminates used to substantially the same purpose. It is to provide a thermal transfer laminate having no.

[Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiments]

Preferred thermal transfer laminates for use on compact discs or other polymer-coated substrates, in the first form, comprise a carrier sheet having a surface and an opposite bottom surface, wherein the surface is discharged. coating ; An ink design deposited on the release coating; And an adhesive composition deposited in relation to the cover with respect to the ink design, wherein the adhesive composition is about 5 wt% to about 60 wt% polyamide resin polymer; From about 20% to about 80% by weight of the solvent carrier mixture, wherein the solvent carrier mixture contains about 66% by weight of n-propyl alcohol and about 34% by weight of toluene; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant.

Furthermore, the thermal transfer laminate, and particularly the adhesive composition thereof, in the second form is from about 5% to about 60% by weight of acrylic resin; From about 20% to about 80% by weight solvent carrier mixture, wherein the solvent carrier mixture contains about 25% methylethyl ketone and about 75% toluene by weight; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent of a suitable plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant.

Finally, in a third aspect of the invention, an adhesive composition is provided that can be used for compact discs covered only with a solvent-based coating. This is in contrast to the first and second forms of the invention described above, which can also be used in compact discs with ultraviolet-cured coatings or otherwise solvent-based coatings. In this regard, the adhesive composition comprises about 5% to about 60% by weight of a resin, wherein the resin is selected from the group of resins including urethane, vinyl, ethylvinylacetate and polyvinyl esters; From about 20% to about 80% by weight of the solvent carrier, wherein the solvent carrier is selected from the group of solvent carriers comprising aromatics; ketones; esters; ethers; acetates and mixtures thereof; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant.

The carriersheet component of the thermal transfer laminate of the present invention comprises various flexible, sheet-shaped natural celluloses, or other polymerizable or synthetic materials, produced by various manufacturers, which are known in the art It is known to those skilled in the art. For example, suitable carriersheets include poly-propylene coated stock; Polyethylene coated stock; Polyester ; High density polyethylene; And a cellulose-based carrier coated with a Werner-type chromium complex in a 30% solution of stearetochromic chloride in isopropanol. This last stock is often identified with Cologne ^TM material. Cologne ^TM stock is sold by the James River Company. In this regard, a suitable polypropylene coated stock is produced by the Schoieier Paper Company and can be purchased under the trade name "SG200-6998-02". Moreover, the same manufacturer produces a suitable polyethylene stock under the trade name "SN8502". In addition, polyester stock can be purchased from Douglas Company under the trade name "Type D". Moreover, polyethylene stock, including high density polyethylene, can be purchased from Release Technologies Company. As will be appreciated, any of the above materials, like others, may be utilized in accordance with the present invention and may further be coated with a silicon release layer.

In addition, under certain production environments, it may be used to clay coat the surface of selected stock materials. This clay coating has the property of providing a uniform layer of silicone that is advantageously located on the surface of the carrier sheet, whereby it is practically non-shielding to the carrier sheet when placed in a stored, wrapped arrangement. (nonblocking).

Suitable silicone-based release coatings can be purchased from Release Technologies. In addition, proper dot coating is located. blood. Commercially available from H. P. Smith Company. It will be appreciated that in certain cases, no release coating of silicon is needed. More specifically and if a polypropylene or polyethylene coating stock is used, for example, no emissive layer is necessary. Of course, still the silicon release layer can be coated on the same substrate, thereby making it easier to release the laminate.

For use in the thermal transfer laminate of the present invention, a number of different inks can be applied by various carriers. For example, layers of inks including, but not limited to, UV curable or aqueous or solvent ink systems include, but are not limited to, gravure printing, flexographic printing, opsen litho printing, and screen printing. It can be applied utilizing a number of various commonly known printing processes that are not limited. In the present invention, the ink design is deposited on the release coating of the carrier sheet. Inks may be screen printable or contain water-based ink and may be purchased from several companies, such as Advance or TW Graphics, namely. Screen printable, solvent or aqueous inks may further comprise vinyl-acrylic or acrylic-based inks. In addition, suitable rotogravure or offset inks can be purchased from General Printing Ink Company. Finally, suitable flexographic inks can be purchased from Sun Chemical and rotary letter pressinks can be purchased from General Printing Ink Company.

The adhesive composition is deposited in a cover relationship to the ink design and includes the first and second forms more.

As mentioned above, in the first form of adhesive composition that can be utilized on a compact disc having an ultraviolet curing or solvent-based coating, the preferred composition is from about 5% to about 60% by weight of a polyamide resin polymer: about 20% to about 80% by weight of the solvent carrier mixture, wherein the solvent carrier mixture contains about 66% by weight of n-propyl alcohol and about 34% by weight of toluene; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant. The adhesive compositions and more particularly polyamide resin polymers of the present invention can be purchased from Schering Berlin PoIymers Inc. and are also sold under the trade name "Euremelt". Further, solvent carrier mixtures comprising about 66% n-Porphophilal alcohol and about 34% toluene by weight can be purchased from a number of other companies including the Chem Central Company of New Berlin, Wisconsin, USA. Can be.

Hydrocarbon-based resins used herein greatly improve adhesion and also improve the specific adhesion of the adhesive composition. These are, for example,

(a) Natural or modified rosin such as gum rosin, wood rosin, total-oil rosin, refined rosin, hydrogenated rosin, dimerized rosin and polymerized rosin ;

(b) glycerol esters of pale wood rosin and glycerol esters of hydrogenated rosin, glycerol esters of polymerized rosin, pentaerythritol ester of fail wood rosin, pentaerythritol ester of hydrogenated rosin, Glycerol and pentaerythritol esters of natural and modified rosins, such as pentaerythritol esters of de euro rosin and phenol-modified pentaerytriol esters of rosin;

(c) a polyterpene resin having a softening point of about 60 ° C. to 140 ° C. as described by ASTM method E28-58T, which generally is at a moderately low temperature, in the presence of a Friedel-Krafts catalyst Obtained from polymerization of terpene hydrocarbons such as monoterpene and the like known as pinene, and also include hydrogenated polyterpene resins;

(d) copolymers and terpolymers of natural terpenes such as styrene / terpene, α-methylstyrene / terpene and vinyltoluene / terpene;

(e) phenol-modified terpene resins such as terpenes and resin products obtained from condensation reactions in acidic solvents of phenols;

(f) aliphatic petroleum hydrocarbon resins having a ball and a ring at a softening point of about 60 ° C. to about 140 ° C., the resin originally obtained from the polymerization of monomers consisting of olefins and diolefins; Also included are hydrogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon resins;

(g) aromatic petroleum hydrocarbons and their hydrogenated derivatives;

(h) aliphatic / aromatic petroleum-derived hydrocarbons and their hydrogenated derivatives

Include them. Also, for some compositions, mixtures of two or more of the above-mentioned adhesive resins may be included. Suitable hydrocarbon resins can be purchased from two companies, Westvaco Chemical Company and Arizona Chemical Company, respectively.

In addition to the polyamide resin and solvent carrier mixtures defined above, the adhesive composition deposited in the relationship of the cover to the ink design may comprise 0 to about 10% by weight of a plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant. As can be appreciated, various plasticizing oils or extending oils are present in the composition in amounts as mentioned above, which can also be practiced to provide wetting and / or viscosity control. have. These oils, like vegetable and animal oils and derivatives of these oils, are not only conventional plasticizing oils, but also olefin oligomers and low molecular weight polymers. Petroleum-derived oils that can be used are relatively high boiling point materials which contain only a small proportion of aromatic hydrocarbons. In this respect, the aromatic hydrocarbon should preferably be at most 30% by weight of oil, and more preferably at most 15% by weight. The oligomers can be polypropylene, polybutene, hydrogenated polyisoprene, hydrogenated butadiene and the like having an average molecular weight of about 10,000. Suitable vegetable and animal oils include glycerol of common fatty acids and polymerization products thereof. In addition, DINP and phthalate esters can be used in place of the above-mentioned plasticizers. These materials are known to those skilled in the art.

Suitable plasticizing oils are from the Witcochemical Company under the trade name "Kaydol" or otherwise under the trade name "Paraplex G-62". It can be purchased from C.P.Hall Company.

Stabilizers used in the present invention help to protect the adhesive composition from the detrimental effects of enthusiasm and oxidative degradation often encountered in other, similar compositions during the production and application of the same, as in normal use of the finally produced product. It is embodied to give. As can be appreciated, such degradation usually manifests itself as a deterioration of the adhesive composition in appearance, physical properties and performance. Among the most useful stabilizers are high molecular weight, sterically hindered phenols such as sulfur and phosphorus containing phenols, and polyfunctional phenols. In this regard, sterically hindered phenols are known to those skilled in the art and may also be characterized as phenolic compounds containing steric phenomenal radicals in close proximity to phenolic hydroxyl groups. In particular, tertiary butyl groups are substituted on the benzene ring at least in the ortho position relative to the phenolic hydroxyl groups in general. The presence of three-dimensionally huge, substituted radicals in the vicinity of the hydroxyl group is believed to negate its oscillation frequency and its corresponding reactivity. Such steric hindrance is believed to provide stabilizing properties to phenolic compounds. The performance of various hindered phenols known in the art is known to include synergists such as, for example, thiodipropionate esters and phosphites and, for example, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, salts thereof, and dissalilapropylene. By utilizing in combination with chelating agents such as imines and metal deactivators, it can be further increased. Suitable antioxidants / stabilizers can be purchased from Ciba-Geigy Compa-ny under the trade name “Irganox”.

The adhesive composition of the thermal transfer laminate of the present invention may be formulated using any technique known in the art. Exemplary embodiments of the prior art method are equipped with a jacketed mixing kettle, and more preferably a Baker-Perkin or Day type rotor, in which both plasticizing oil and stabilizer are insulated. It is placed in a heavy duty mixer with a thermal jacket, and the temperature of the mixture is then raised to a range of about 250 ° F. to 350 ° F. As can be appreciated, the exact temperature used in this step will depend on the melting point of the particular component such as the resin and other copolymers used and the like. When the aforementioned initial mixture is heated, carbon dioxide is applied to this mixture at low flow rates, and the aforementioned resin is slowly added. When the resin is dissolved and the desired temperature is reached, the resulting adhesive composition is stirred until all of the material is completely dissolved. Vacuum is then applied to remove the trapped air.

As described above, the thermal transfer laminate of the present invention further comprises a second form, which has a different adhesive composition, which also has a compact disc having the same coating as described so far for the first aspect. Can be applied. In this regard, the adhesive composition is about 5% by weight to about 60% by weight of acrylic resin; From about 20% to about 80% by weight solvent carrier mixture, wherein the solvent carrier mixture contains about 25% methylethylketone and about 75% toluene by weight; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10% by weight of a suitable plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or oxidizing agent. The above-mentioned components, ie hydrocarbon-base resins; Plasticizer; And foam inhibitors and / or antioxidants are substantially the same for the second form of the invention, and therefore are not described in detail herein for the sake of simplicity. However, the second form of the present invention comprises from about 5% to about 60% by weight of the acrylic resin component as mentioned above. As can be appreciated, suitable acrylic resins are produced by Du Pont Chemical company under the trade name "Elvicite". This acrylic resin is butyl methacrylate. Moreover, the inventors have also found that the ethyl methacrylate / butyl methacrylate polymer mixture may be used in place of butyl methacrylate.

As can be appreciated, a solvent carrier mixture comprising a mixture of 25 wt% methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and 75 wt% toluene can be purchased from a number of sources, such as the US state of Wisconsin, Chem Central, New Berlin, and the like. Can be.

The thermal transfer laminate of the present invention comprises a third form, which can be applied on compact discs with other adhesive compositions and also with solvent-based coatings. In this respect, the adhesive composition comprises about 5% to about 60% by weight of a resin copolymer, wherein the resin copolymer is selected from the group of resins including urethane, vinyl, ethylvinylacetate and polyvinyl esters; From about 20% to about 80% by weight of the solvent carrier, wherein the solvent carrier is selected from the group of solvent carriers comprising aromatics; ketones; esters; ethers; acetates and mixtures thereof; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant. As with the second form of adhesive composition mentioned above, the components associated with hydrocarbon-based resins, plasticizers, and foam inhibitors and / or antioxidants are substantially the same and are therefore not described in detail here for the sake of simplicity. Do not. However, for the abovementioned resin copolymers, suitable urethanes can be purchased from ICI Americas Company under the trade name "NeoTac"; Suitable vinyl may be purchased from Union Carbide Company under the trade name "Solution Vinyls"; suitable ethylene vinyl acetate may be purchased from DuPont Chemical Company under the trade name "Elvax". Suitable polyesters are available from the Bostik company under the same name; suitable acrylics are available from the Rohmand Haas Company under the trade name "Acryloid". .

Suitable thermal transfer laminates for use on compact discs are produced according to the following schemes;

The carrier is selected from the group of carriersheets or substrates described above, which weighs approximately 100 g / m ² (grams per cubic meter: GSM). The carrier sheet is coated with a polypropylene release layer in an amount of approximately 28 g / m ² (GSM). Since the carrier sheet is a polypropylene-coated stock, no silicon release layer is needed. However, it will also be appreciated that the silicon release layer may be coated onto the carrier sheet to facilitate release from the carrier sheet. The transfer layer is composed of a coating printed by offset lithography using a coating of a transparent varnish and the lithographic printing ink described above. This transfer layer is deposited in a sheathing relationship to the polypropylene emitting layer. In this respect, the drawing area is smaller than the area of the transparent varnish. Thus, the adhesive composition is deposited in the relationship of the cover to the drawing. The adhesive layer is coated in alignment, thereby covering the coating of the pattern and the transparent varnish. Then, a combination of heating and airflow is used to roll the thermal transfer laminate.

Adhesive compositions prepared according to the techniques of the invention and also found to be particularly useful for fixing the above-mentioned laminates are prepared by the general procedure described above. Moreover, this adhesive composition has the following components; Under the trade name "Macromelt 6240", about 25% by weight of polyamide resin sold by The Henkel Chemical Company was dissolved in about 75% by weight solvent solution mixture. The solution mixture comprises n-propyl alcohol and toluene and is more combined at a weight ratio of approximately 2: 1. Approximately 66.7% by weight of hydrocarbon resin and toluene and "Plasthall" available from Hercules Chemical Company under the trade name "Piccotac B", followed by polyamide resin dissolution. Mr. by the trade name. blood. About 7.5% by weight of the pre-dissolved resin mixture, consisting of approximately 2.5% by weight of plasticizer, available from the Hall Company, is added to the composition. After obtaining a homogeneous solution, about 0.025% by weight foam inhibitor and about 0.4% by weight antioxidant are added to the adhesive composition. After applying the adhesive in the manner as mentioned above, it is continuously rolled and the thermal transfer laminate is applied to a compact disc of conventional design using ordinary machinery. The compact disc is then evaluated to determine whether any drawbacks have been made to the machine readable of the disc by applying a thermal transfer stack on the opposite side of the machine readable side. There were no detectable defects on the compact disc or detectable defects on the performance scale after application of the thermal transfer stack. The carrier sheet is then removed, and the pattern or ink design is examined for defects. No drawbacks were found in the drawings.

Accordingly, it has been found that the novel thermal transfer laminate of the present invention provides a practical means, which is reliable enough to mark compact discs or other similar substrates, and can avoid further damage associated with the practice of the prior art. . In view of the above, the improved thermal transfer laminate of the present invention has a particularly preferred design as compared to the thermal transfer laminates of the prior art utilized up to now.

The above embodiments have been written for purposes of explanation, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that it is possible to vary ratios, procedures and materials without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention should be limited only by the following claims.

Claims (19)

A carrier sheet having a surface covered with a release coating and an opposite bottom surface; An ink design deposited on the release coating; And from about 20% to about 80% by weight solvent carrier selected from the group of solvent carriers comprising from about 5% to about 60% by weight resins, aromatics, ketones, esters, ethers, acetates, and mixtures thereof. From about 20% by weight hydrocarbon-based resin, 0 to about 10% by weight plasticizer, and 0 to about 5% by weight foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant, deposited in the relationship of the lid to the ink design. A thermal transfer laminate for use on a support surface comprising an adhesive composition. The thermal transfer laminate according to claim 1, wherein said resin is selected from the group of polymers comprising urethane, vinyl, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyester, acryl and polyamide resin. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the resin is a polyamide resin, the solvent carrier is a solvent carrier mixture, and the solvent carrier mixture comprises about 66% by weight of n-propyl alcohol and about 34% by weight of toluene; The hydrocarbon resin A) natural or modified rosin; B) glycerol and pendaerythritol esters of natural or modified rosins; C) polyterpene resins; D) copolymers or terpolymers of natural terpenes; E) phenol-modified terpene resins and their hydrogenated derivatives; F) aliphatic petroleum resins and their hydrogenated derivatives; And G) aliphatic / aromatic petroleum resins and their hydrogenated derivatives; The thermoelectric laminate according to claim 1, which is any compatible resin or a mixture thereof. The method of claim 3 wherein the plasticizer is A) oligomers of polypropylene; B) polybutene; C) hydrogenated polyisophorene and hydrogenated butadiene; D) vegetable and animal oils including glycerol esters of fatty acids and polymerization products thereof; And E) phthalate esters Thermal transfer laminate, characterized in that naphthenic / paraffinic oil selected from the group comprising. The thermal transfer laminate according to claim 4, wherein the antioxidant and / or stabilizer is a phosphite antioxidant or hindered phenolic homeostasis. 6. The carrier sheet of claim 5 wherein the carriersheet comprises a polyporophile coated stock, a polyethylene coated stock, polyester, a high density polyethylene and a stock coated with a Werner-type chromium complex in a 30% solution of stearatomic chloride in isophoropanol. A thermal transfer laminate characterized in that it is selected from the group of carrier sheets. 7. The thermal transfer laminate according to claim 6, wherein the surface of the carrier sheet is clay-coated. 8. The thermal transfer laminate of claim 7, wherein the release coating comprises silicon and the ink design comprises aqueous and solvent inks and ultraviolet curable inks. A carrier sheet having a surface and an opposite bottom surface; A release coating deposited in the relationship of the cover to the surface of the carrier sheet; An ink design deposited on the release coating; And from about 20% to about 60% by weight of an acrylic resin, from about 25% to about 80% by weight of a solvent carrier mixture comprising about 25% by weight of ethyl ethyl ketone and about 75% by weight of toluene A deposited adhesive composition of the cover for the ink design, comprising a weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin, 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer and 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant. A thermal transfer laminate characterized by the above-mentioned. 10. The thermal transfer laminate according to claim 9, wherein the acrylic resin comprises a polymer or copolymer of butylmethyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, and mixtures thereof. The method of claim 10 wherein the hydrocarbon-based resin is A) natural or modified rosin; B) glycerol and pentaerythritol esters of natural or modified rosins; C) polyterpene resins; D) copolymers or terpolymers of natural terpenes; E) phenol-modified terpene resins and their hydrogenated derivatives; F) aliphatic petroleum resins and their hydrogenated derivatives; And G) aliphatic / aromatic petroleum resins and their hydrogenated derivatives; Thermal transfer laminate, characterized in that any compatible resin or a mixture thereof selected from the group comprising. The method of claim 11 wherein the plasticizer is A) oligomers of polypropylene; B) polybutene; C) hydrogenated polyisoprene and hydrogenated butadiene; D) vegetable and animal oils comprising glycerol esters of fatty acids and polymerization products thereof; And E) phthalate esters Thermal transfer laminate, characterized in that any naphthenic / paraffinic oil selected from the group comprising. 13. The thermal transfer laminate according to claim 12, wherein the antioxidant and / or stabilizer comprises a phosphite antioxidant or a hindered phenolic oxidizing agent. 14. The carrier of claim 13, wherein the carriersheet comprises a polypropylene coated stock, a polyethylene coated stock, polyester, a high density polyethylene, and a stock coated with a Werner-type chromium complex in a 30% solution of stearatochromic chloride in isopropanol. A thermal transfer laminate characterized in that it is selected from the group of sheets. 15. The thermal transfer laminate according to claim 14, wherein the surface of the carrier sheet is dot-coated. 16. The thermal transfer laminate of claim 15, wherein the release coating comprises silicone and the ink design comprises aqueous and solvent inks and ultraviolet curable inks. From about 5% by weight to about 60% by weight polyamide resin for fixing the thermal transfer laminate including the release coated carrier sheet having the deposited ink design on the surface of the synthetic substrate; From about 20% to about 80% by weight solvent mixture comprising about 66% by weight n-propyl alcohol and about 34% by weight toluene; Hydrocarbon-based value of 0 to about 20% by weight; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant. From about 5% to about 60% by weight acrylic resin for securing a thermal transfer laminate including a carrier sheet having a release coating and an ink design deposited thereon on the surface of the polymer-based substrate; From about 20% to about 80% by weight of a solvent solution mixture comprising about 25% methylethyl ketone and about 75% toluene; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant. Depositing the release coating onto the carrier sheet; Depositing an ink design with a covering light system for said emission coating; And from about 20 wt% to about 80 wt% of a solvent thin mixture comprising about 5 wt% methylethylketone and about 75 wt% toluene; 0 to about 20 weight percent hydrocarbon-based resin; 0 to about 10 weight percent plasticizer; And forming an adhesive layer coating on the ink design, wherein the adhesive layer coating comprises 0 to about 5 weight percent foam inhibitor and / or antioxidant. A method of making a dead laminate.