| 摘要 |
A method of decorating cylindrical articles made from fabric-coated, neoprene rubber sheet material through the use of dye sublimation means, said method comprising placing a said article on a cylindrical mandrel; wrapping around and securing to said article a sheet of image transfer medium carrying a pre-printed decoration to be applied to said article; placing said image transfer medium-wrapped article in the bore of a pre-heated, metal platen, said bore being greater than the external diameter of said wrapped article; allowing said neoprene rubber material to thermally expand to bring said image transfer medium into contact with said heated bore for the required period to transfer said decoration to said article; removing said wrapped article from said platen and removing said sheet of image transfer medium from said article.
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