Sheets for slidable heating device

Abstract

The present invention provides a sheet comprising a support; a first layer which is formed on one side of the support and is contactable with a slidable heating device; and a second layer which is formed on the other side of the support and is contactable with a hot-melt resin layer formed on a fabric. The sheet is interposed between the hot-melt resin layer and a heating surface of the slidable heating device, and a wrinkle in the hot-melt resin layer is smoothed out by sliding the slidable heating device under a load. The support may comprise a paper. The first and second layers may comprise a silicone compound. Further, the present invention provides a transfer kit comprising the sheet and a transfer sheet in combination, wherein the transfer sheet comprises a substrate and a transfer layer separable from the substrate, and the transfer layer is receivable an image and comprises a hot-melt adhesive particle. The sheet ensures smoothness of a wrinkle in a hot-melt resin layer formed on a fabric without damaging the hot-melt resin layer and staining a slidable heating device.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A sheet comprising 
 a support,    a first layer which is formed on one side of the support and is contactable with a slidable heating device, and    a second layer which is formed on the other side of the support and is contactable with a hot-melt resin layer formed on a fabric,    wherein the sheet is interposed between the hot-melt resin layer and a heating surface of the slidable heating device, and a wrinkle in the hot-melt resin layer is smoothed out by sliding the slidable heating device under a load.    
     
     
         2 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the heating surface of the slidable heating device is slippery relative to the first layer, and the second layer is non-slippery relative to the hot-melt adhesive resin layer and separable therefrom.  
     
     
         3 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , which has a Clark stiffness of not more than 20 cm.  
     
     
         4 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the coefficient of dynamic friction of the first layer is not more than 0.4 relative to the heating surface of the slidable heating device, the coefficient of dynamic friction of the second layer is not less than 0.15 relative to the hot-melt resin layer, and the coefficient of dynamic friction of the second layer is larger than that of the first layer.  
     
     
         5 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and the second layers comprise a silicone compound.  
     
     
         6 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the support comprises a paper.  
     
     
         7 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the support is 10 to 250 μm, and the thickness of the first layer and that of the second layer are 1 to 100 μm, respectively.  
     
     
         8 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the slidable heating device is an iron.  
     
     
         9 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the hot-melt resin layer comprises a polyamide-series resin.  
     
     
         10 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the hot-melt resin layer is formed by thermal-transferring an image-formed hot-melt resin layer.  
     
     
         11 . A sheet according to  claim 1 , which has a Clark stiffness of 5 to 20 cm, wherein the support comprises a paper having the basis weight of 10 to 200 g/m 2 , and the coefficient of dynamic friction of the second layer relative to the hot-melt resin layer is larger than that of the first layer relative to the heating surface of the slidable heating device.  
     
     
         12 . A sheet according to  claim 11 , wherein the coefficient of dynamic friction of the first layer relative to the heating surface of the slidable heating device is 0.05 to 0.4, that of the second layer is 0.15 to 5 relative to the hot-melt resin layer, and the difference between the first layer and the second layer in the coefficient of dynamic friction is 0.01 to 0.3.  
     
     
         13 . A method for smoothing out a wrinkle in a hot-melt resin layer formed on a fabric, which comprises interposing a sheet recited in  claim 1  between the hot-melt resin layer and a heating surface of a slidable heating device, and sliding the slidable heating device under a load.  
     
     
         14 . A method according to  claim 13 , which comprises sliding the slidable heating device having a temperature of 100 to 200° C. under a load of 10 to 2000 Pa.  
     
     
         15 . A method according to  claim 13 , which comprises forming an image on a transfer layer of a transfer sheet, thermal-transferring the transfer layer onto a fabric to form the hot-melt resin layer, interposing the sheet between the hot-melt resin layer and the heating surface of the slidable heating device, sliding the slidable heating device under a load to unwrinkle the hot-melt resin layer.  
     
     
         16 . A transfer kit, which comprises a sheet recited in  claim 1  and a transfer sheet in combination, wherein the transfer sheet comprises a substrate and a transfer layer, for forming a hot-melt resin layer, separable from the substrate, and the transfer layer is formable an image and comprises a hot-melt adhesive particle.