Abstract: The present invention provide a composite structure comprising an image receiving layer having an image disposed thereon and a light emitting layer, wherein said light emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent or fluorescent material capable of illuminating said image.
Abstract: Novel electrographically produced products are disclosed which include large format posters, billboards and the like produced by a process employing a novel electrographic element which includes a base, a release layer and a combined transparent dielectric and adhesive layer which is substantially tack-free, at ambient pressure and temperature. The new product is made by an imaging process involving:A) producing a toned image layer on the surface of the electrographic element and B) pressure laminating a receptor substrate at an elevated temperature to the toned image layer to form the completed electrographic image. The base and release layer may be stripped from the dielectric/adhesive layer which then serves to protect the transferred, toned, electrographically generated image from abrasion and environmental contaminants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 30, 1995
Date of Patent:
January 30, 1996
Assignee:
Rexam Graphics
Inventors:
Douglas A. Cahill, Donald A. Brault, Richard S. Himmelwright, Dene H. Taylor
Abstract: A novel process is disclosed for the manufacture of protected, distortion-free, full-color electrographic images for use on large format posters, billboards and the like. A novel electrographic element is also disclosed, which includes a base, a release layer and a combined transparent dielectric and adhesive layer which is substantially tack-free, at ambient pressure and temperature. The novel electrographic imaging process includes the steps of: A) producing a toned image layer on the surface of the electrographic element and B) pressure laminating the receptor substrate, optionally at an elevated temperature to the toned image layer to form the completed electrographic image. The base and release layer may be stripped from the dielectric/adhesive layer which then serves to protect the transferred, toned, electrographically generated image from abrasion and environmental contaminants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 29, 1994
Date of Patent:
January 9, 1996
Assignee:
Rexam Graphics
Inventors:
Douglas A. Cahill, Donald A. Brault, Richard S. Himmelwright, Dene H. Taylor
Abstract: A current collector which uses a conductive primer layer under an electrode layer to improve the contact and adhesion of the electrode layer to a supporting member, wherein the conductive primer layer is composed of a polymeric material having pendant carboxylic acid groups crosslinked with a multifunctional crosslinking agent, and a conductive filler. The current collector may be used inter alia for making batteries.