PURPOSE: To provide a method for transfer wherein feed of a transfer material and an in-mold decorating process is rapidly and efficiently processed and a space for a roll of a wound base film is small.
CONSTITUTION: A bottom-elevating plate 2 is laid on a mount stage 1 and an object 3 to be transferred is placed thereon and the surrounding of the object 3 to be transferred is surrounded by a frame body 4 to form a channel 5 between the frame body 4 and the object 3 to be transferred and a transfer layer of a transfer material 8 is faced to the object 3 to be transferred. Then, a supporting member 10 having a heated flexible sheet 9 is lowered to be brought into press-contact with the wall of the stage 1. Then, a space between a heating member and a flexible sheet 9 is expanded and the heated flexible sheet 9 and the transfer material 8 are situated along the solid shape of the object 3 to be transferred to transfer the transfer layer of the transfer material 8 to the object 3 to be transferred. In this case, the transfer material 8 is cut around the object 3 to be transferred by applying a pressure stretching the transfer material 8 which is not transferred to the object 3 to be transferred to at least breaking elongation in the channel 5.
OOKA SATOSHI