Inventors:
Thomas J. Guastaferri - Carol Stream IL
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL
International Classification:
B41F 906
US Classification:
101163, 101395, 1014011, 101170, 101 41
Abstract:
A transfer pad printing systems, pad printing plates and methods therefor including forming a metal plate having a Rockwell C scale hardness not less than approximately 55 and a thickness between approximately 0. 015 inches and approximately 0. 020 inches, preferably from a cold rolled strip steel, etching an image on the metal plate and mounting the metal plate on a base plate prior to transferring images therefrom with a transfer pad.