Appeal No. 1997-4284
Application No. 08/471,760
12. A method for transferring a reflective protective
overcoat onto an imaged transparency, the method comprising
the steps of:
providing an imaged transparency, the imaged transparency
comprising an image surface supported on a transparent
substrate;
providing a laminar transfer sheet, the laminar transfer
sheet comprising a transferable reflective protective overcoat
releasably carried on a carrier web, the transferable
reflective protective overcoat having a reflective opaque area
corresponding at least with the extents of the image surface,
the reflective protective overcoat comprising at least a
durable layer, the reflective protective overcoat capable of
being made bondable to the image surface upon activation of
the laminar transfer sheet;
bringing the laminar transfer sheet and the image surface
of the imaged transparency into substantial interfacial
association such that the opaque area blanketwise covers the
extents of the image surface and the durable layer is
interposed between the carrier web and the image surface of
the imaged transparency;
activating the laminar transfer sheet to effectuate
substantially interfacial bonding of the reflective protective
overcoat to the image surface of the imaged transparency; and
removing the carrier web from the laminar transfer sheet
such that the reflective protective overcoat is released from
the carrier web and remains substantially interfacially bonded
to the image surface of the imaged transparency, whereby the
image surface is protected and made viewable as a reflected
image.
THE REFERENCES
Takeuchi et al. (Takeuchi) 4,856,857 Aug. 15,
1989
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