Patents by Inventor Eric Goncalves

Eric Goncalves has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of making laminated, thermally imageable tag, such as baggage tag
    Patent number: 5092949
    Abstract: A method of making a laminated, thermally imageable tag, such as a baggage tag, as made from a top sheet. The top sheet is precoated on one surface with a thermally sensitive material. A hot-melt adhesive is applied to the bottom sheet. The top sheet, the reinforcing fibers, and the bottom sheet are pressed together, as by two pressing rolls defining a nip. A laminate thus is formed with the reinforcing fibers between the top and bottom sheets. The hot-melt adhesive is applied and the top sheet, the reinforcing fibers, and the bottom sheet are pressed together under conditions insuring that the thermally sensitive material is not heated to its activation temperature by heat transfer from the hot-melt adhesive, through the top sheet, to the thermally sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Rand McNally & Company
    Inventor: Eric Goncalves