MAGNETIC HOLDING DEVICE

摘要

A magnetic holding device (10) and a method for the manufacture thereof. The device (10) is used in the field of graphic arts such as foil stamping. the device (10) secures a steel back polymer plate to a heating element, for the purposes of transferring thin metal foil or leaf to paper, card, plastics material or similar media. The device (10) has a space locations a plurality of magnets (13) embedded in a body (14) of the device (10). The magnets (13) are preferably Samarium Cobalt Disk magnets and are held within the body (14 ) by means of an adhesive such as Loctite 620 (.RTM.*).