Decorating containers
CA 1233958 A · Owner: Metal Box Public Limited Company · Inventors: Jenkins, Leonard A.; Turner, Terence A.
Overview
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In a method in which containers such as, cylindrical metal cans, are printed by means of dye diffusion transfer, from a flexible paper carrier which is heated to shrink the carrier into intimate contact with a dye receptive coating on the surface of the container, and to effect dye transfer the, carrier has a weight of 35-110 grams per square metre, an equilibrium moisture content of 2-15% when exposed to air with a relative humidity of 50% and, is applied to the container so that the direction of grain of the paper is parallel to the axis of symmetry passing through the centre of the base of the container.
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- Granted March 15, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 15, 2005.
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