US Patent Issued to Sekisui Kydex on April 7 for "Systems and methods for applying a positive pressure within a dye sublimation machine" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,780, issued on April 7, was assigned to Sekisui Kydex LLC (Bloomsburg, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for applying a positive pressure within a dye sublimation machine" was invented by Jeffrey Humenick (Bloomsburg, Pa.), Jym Kauffman (Bloomsburg, Pa.) and Rebecca Gallup (Bloomsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may comprise a pressure housing in the heating component. The pressure housing may apply a positive pressure on a membrane covering a combination of a printed sheet and a substrate. The positive pressure applied by the pressure housing may cause the printed sheet and substrate to snu...