Abstract: There is disclosed a process for impregnating a sheet of wood-based unbleached virgin fibers comprised of 20 to 95 parts of hardwood fibers and 80 to 5 parts of softwood fibers with a saturant having a T.sub.G of from 5% to -50.degree. C. and comprising of from 5 to 50 percent by weight dry basis of a resulting dried sheet wherein the hardwood and softwood fibers are produced by chemical pulping of hardwoods and softwoods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 1990
Date of Patent:
December 15, 1992
Assignee:
The Lincoln Group, Inc.
Inventors:
Francis R. Brockington, Charles E. Snyder, Vance E. Gentry
Abstract: Adhesive sheet material (10) for signmaking machines including a carrier tape (20), a release liner (16) and a sign tape (21,21') between the carrier tape (20) and release liner (16). Either the carrier tape (20) or release liner (16) has a high degree of elongation, and characters are defined in the sign tape (21, 21') by contacting the high elongation carrier tape (20) or release liner (16) with a character-forming tool of a signmaking machine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 1990
Date of Patent:
June 23, 1992
Inventors:
Lori L. Aeschbacher, Richard J. Kiley, George F. Jambor, Brian P. Connolly, John H. Kiekhaefer