EP0861150B1 - Method of transferring images of biological specimens onto leather - Google Patents

Method of transferring images of biological specimens onto leather Download PDF

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EP0861150B1
EP0861150B1 EP96933809A EP96933809A EP0861150B1 EP 0861150 B1 EP0861150 B1 EP 0861150B1 EP 96933809 A EP96933809 A EP 96933809A EP 96933809 A EP96933809 A EP 96933809A EP 0861150 B1 EP0861150 B1 EP 0861150B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C1/00—Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects
    • B44C1/24—Pressing or stamping ornamental designs on surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C5/00—Processes for producing special ornamental bodies
    • B44C5/06—Natural ornaments; Imitations thereof
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C14—SKINS; HIDES; PELTS; LEATHER
    • C14B—MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES
    • C14B1/00—Manufacture of leather; Machines or devices therefor
    • C14B1/44—Mechanical treatment of leather surfaces
    • C14B1/56—Ornamenting, producing designs, embossing

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  • the present invention relates to the transferring of biological images onto leather using the already established plates disclosed in U.S. patent 3,298,881. These plates provide an indented imprint of biological specimens; such as butterflies, seahorses, or plant life, and the application for this invention refers to any and all biological specimens encompassed by U.S. patent 3,298,881.
  • stain By applying stain to the transferred images on the leather, the intricate details of the specimens are enhanced, giving a 3-D view of the duplicated original biological specimen.
  • patent 3,298,881 from a scientific viewpoint was that the images produced in said plate were only available for studying from a fixed location, because only one single image could be produced from the original specimen per plate at a time. This caused a problem when said plate of an exact specimen was needed to be viewed by more than one person at different locations. Another disadvantage of U.S. patent 3,298,881, was that one could not bend the imprinted specimens due to the nonflexibility of the plates themselves. Also, the original transparent plate (U.S. patent 3,298,881) did not allow color shading to enhance the image of the biological specimens, (other than the color of the polymeric sheet of which the plate was derived), thus only providing a single transparent dimensional view.
  • the present invention provides a flexible raised 3-D exact duplicate image of the specimen, allowing the viewer to not only see the raised transferred biological image on the leather, but, actually feel the replica of the specimen without the original specimen being present.
  • This new application allows one to view the transferred specimen anytime or anywhere he or she desires, as the image from the said plate may be transferred over and over again, supplying as many exact duplicates of the original specimen as needed from one single plate.
  • the ability to make duplicates of the desired specimen allows more than one viewer to examine the exact same specimen from different locations at the same time. This is accomplished by the first step of placing a (preferably smooth) side of (preferably wetted) leather over the indented imprints formed by the specimens from U.S. patent 3,298,881.
  • the present invention requires no heat, and only the use of one plate per design, per application in order to transfer the desired biological images.
  • the leather is then removed from the plate and if necessary allowed to dry, thus, setting the transferred images.
  • a stain or dye is then applied to the leather which brings out the intricate details of the transferred Image of the biological specimen.
  • this invention relates solely to the use of leather when transferring those designs as encompassed in U.S. patent 3,298,881,as afore described.
  • U-S- 3298881 describes a method of forming an indented facsimile impression of a thickly contoured, semi-rigid bilogical specimens in a transparent thermoplastic sheet to faithfully and substantially microscopically reproduce three-dimensional thickness detail of the specimen without materially distorting or otherwise impairing the light-transmitting proportices of the bordering area of the plastic sheet surrounding the facsimile impression therein.
  • the method comprises subjecting the specimen to cushioned pressure and elevated temperature for a substantial time by; sandwiching a flat-faced thermoplastic sheet and the biological specimen directly in contact with one another; directly interposing said sheet and specimen between polished plates; backing at least one of said plates with a flat sheet of cushioning material; uniformly applying to said plates sufficient pressurization to cause an impression to be made in the thermoplastic sheet when in a new-plastic condition but insufficient pressurization to permanently upset the surface confugurations of the specimen, the pressurization of the specimen being characterized by an initial pressurization for an intial period, and intermediate pressurization for an intermediate period and maximum pressurization for a final period, such successive periods of pressurization each being about equal, and the initial pressurization being about one-third the final pressurization, while the intermediate pressurization is about two-thirds the final pressurization, and final pressurization being from about 2,07 - 13,79 bars (30 - 200 psi) with relatively greater maximum pressures being used for relatively more rigid specimens; heating the pressur
  • US 1 175 998 describes a leather press.
  • US 1 470 535 describes a method for ornamenting leather, which involves temporarily embossing the leather.
  • the present invention is the method of transferring biological images onto leather and solely employs the use of transfer plate Fig. 1 fabricated through a special process as discussed in U.S. patent 3,298,881.
  • This particular type of transfer plate is found to have both extensive economies of production and fidelity in the type of impression it may receive and transmit and was produced for the sole purpose of preserving the images of biological specimens for studying and viewing through the monochromatic, single dimensional flat form each biological imprint provided.
  • the wetted leather is then placed with the smooth side down over the indented images Fig. 3, formed by the plates from U.S. patent 3,298,881 as described in Fig. 1.
  • the leather and plated Fig. 3 are placed into a press Fig.
  • the raised image produced on the selected section of leather is of such extreme fineness, that a transverse motion of a blotting felt at a suitable pressure produces a coloring only in the finer details of the relief (e.g. veins of a butterfly wing) and thus the 3-D effect along with the intricacy of every detail in the specimen itself is achieved, Fig. 8.

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  • Treatment And Processing Of Natural Fur Or Leather (AREA)
  • Decoration By Transfer Pictures (AREA)
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EP96933809A 1996-09-18 1996-09-18 Method of transferring images of biological specimens onto leather Expired - Lifetime EP0861150B1 (en)

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US1175998A (en) * 1915-08-05 1916-03-21 Fred H Shaw Leather-press.
US1470535A (en) * 1922-06-03 1923-10-09 Kolb Fred Anthony Method of decorating leather or similar material
US3298881A (en) * 1963-04-15 1967-01-17 George A Higley Method of forming facsimile impressions of biological specimens
BE762698A (fr) * 1970-02-19 1971-07-16 Weigert Franz Procede et dispositif pour la realisation de reproductions fideles a l'original de petrifications
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US4073853A (en) * 1975-12-31 1978-02-14 Jaclyn, Inc. Method of forming a design and an accessory article
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PT861150E (pt) 2003-10-31
EP0861150A1 (en) 1998-09-02
ATE242110T1 (de) 2003-06-15
WO1998012039A1 (en) 1998-03-26
EP0861150A4 (en) 2001-05-02
ES2200073T3 (es) 2004-03-01

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