Patents by Inventor Peter T. Aylward

Peter T. Aylward 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).

  • Lamination with curl control
    Patent number: 6273984
    Abstract: A method of curl control for lamination of a polymer sheet to each side of a core material comprising providing a bottom polymer sheet, bringing said bottom sheet into contact with a heat source, providing said core material, bringing said core material into contact with said bottom polymer sheet while simultaneously applying a binder between said bottom sheet and said core to form a laminate, providing a top polymer sheet, bringing said top sheet into contact with said laminate and while simultaneously applying a binder between said top sheet and said laminate to form a composite wherein each sheet to core modulus ratio is greater than 1 and wherein said composite has a desired curl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Thaddeus S. Gula, Peter T. Aylward
  • Photographic base with oriented polyolefin and polyester sheets
    Patent number: 6270950
    Abstract: A photographic element comprising a laminated base wherein said base comprises a voided polyester sheet having laminated thereto a biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet on the bottom of said polyester sheet and a biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet laminated to the top of said polyester sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Alphonse D. Camp, Peter T. Aylward
  • Photographic clear display material with coextruded polyester
    Patent number: 6268117
    Abstract: This invention relates to a photographic member comprising at least one photosensitive layer and an integral base material comprising at least one polyester layer and an upper surface layer comprising a polyester or polyolefin polymer and a bluing tint wherein said integral base material has a spectral transmission of greater than 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais, Thomas M. Laney, Alphonse D. Camp
  • Reflective imaging display material with biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet
    Patent number: 6261994
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a transparent polymer base, at least one layer of biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and at least one image layer wherein said polymer sheet has a stiffness of between 20 and 100 millinewtons, and said biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet has a spectral transmission of less than 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Alphonse D. Camp, Peter T. Aylward
  • Duplitized photographic depth imaging
    Patent number: 6258494
    Abstract: This invention relates to a photographic element comprising a transparent sheet having a developed photographic image on each side, adhesively connected to a reflective base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward, Alphonse D. Camp
  • Photographic element with invisible indecia on oriented polymer back sheet
    Patent number: 6255043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a paper base, at least one photosensitive silver halide layer, and a layer of biaxially oriented polymer sheet adhered to the backside of the said paper base opposite to the side where said at least one said silver halide photosensitive layer is located, wherein said polymer sheet is provided with machine readable indicia on the surface of said sheet between said base paper and said polymer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Douglas N. Haydock, Thaddeus S. Gula, Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Paper base transmission display material
    Patent number: 6248483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission display material comprising a paper base, a lower layer of biaxially oriented polymer sheet, a polyethylene layer on the upper side of said paper base, and at least one image layer overlaying said polyethylene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Alphonse D. Camp, Robert P. Bourdelais, Geoffrey Mruk
  • Nontransparent transmission display material with maintained hue angle
    Patent number: 6242142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a translucent base and a color forming layer comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and dye forming coupler, wherein said base comprises at least one polymer sheet comprising a transparent polymer sheet containing voids, with the proviso that said translucent sheet is substantially free of white light reflecting pigments and wherein said translucent sheet has a light transmission of between 15% and 85%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Alphonse D. Camp, Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Imaging element with fuser layer to aid splicing
    Patent number: 6232056
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a bottom layer of writable conductive material and above said writable conductive material layer a fusible layer between said writable conductive material and a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais, Alphonse D. Camp, Edgar E. Riecke, Dennis E. McGee
  • Tough reflective image display material
    Patent number: 6218059
    Abstract: This invention relates to a photographic element comprising at least one photosensitive layer, and a base material comprising an upper and lower biaxially oriented polymer sheet separated by a paper sheet, wherein said base material has a thickness of greater than 254 micrometers, a stiffness of greater than 325 millinewtons in any direction, and an upper surface roughness of less than 0.45 micrometers at a spatial frequency of between 0.30 and 6.35 millimeters, and a transmission percent of less than 15 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais, Alphonse D. Camp
  • Tough durable imaging cellulose base material
    Patent number: 6207362
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a base comprising a cellulose fiber containing paper, wherein said paper has a tear resistance of between 200 and 1800 Newton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sandra J. Dagan, Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Photographic transmission display materials with biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet
    Patent number: 6200740
    Abstract: The invention relates to an photographic element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, at least one layer of biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and at least one image layer wherein said polymer sheet has a stiffness in any direction of between 20 and 100 millinewtons, and said biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet has a spectral transmission of at least 40% and a reflection density less than 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Alphonse D. Camp, Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Transmission imaging display material with biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet
    Patent number: 6197416
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, at least one layer of biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and at least one image layer wherein said polymer sheet has a stiffness of between 20 and 100 millinewtons, and said biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet has a spectral transmission of at least 40% and a reflection density less than 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais, Alphonse D. Camp
  • Tough imaging member with voided polyester sheet
    Patent number: 6187523
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a base paper having adhered to its upper surface an integrally formed biaxially oriented polymer sheet comprising at least three layers, wherein said integrally formed biaxially oriented polymer sheet comprises at least one layer of voided polyester polymer and above said voided polyester layer an upper solid polymer layer and below said voided polyester layer a lower solid polymer layer, and at least one backside oriented polymer sheet below said base paper, and wherein said upper polymer layer comprises a white pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Imaging member with tough binder layer
    Patent number: 6187501
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging member comprising a substrate, at least one oriented polymer sheet adhered to said substrate and a binder layer between said at least one oriented polymer sheet and said substrate, wherein said binder layer comprises a binder polymer that has an energy to break of between 9.0×105 J/m3 and 3.5×107 J/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais, Thaddeus S. Gula
  • Translucent imaging paper display materials with biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet
    Patent number: 6180304
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a paper base, one layer of biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and at least one image layer wherein said paper base sheet has a basis weight of between 40 and 120 g/m2, and said biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet has a spectral transmission of at least 40% and a reflection density less than 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Alphonse D. Camp, Peter T. Aylward
  • Digital clear display material with bluing tint
    Patent number: 6180227
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging member comprising at least one image receiving layer and an integral base material comprising at least one polyester layer and an upper surface layer comprising a polyester or polyolefin polymer and a bluing tint wherein said integral base material has a spectral transmission of greater than 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward, Thomas M. Laney, Alphonse D. Camp
  • Imaging element with hindered amine stabilizer in the base
    Patent number: 6171751
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laminated base for an imaging element comprising a paper having adhered to each side a biaxially oriented sheet of polyolefin polymer, wherein the top biaxially oriented sheet on the image side has incorporated therein a stabilizing amount of hindered amine light stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas H. Mourey, Peter T. Aylward, William A. Mruk
  • Photographic display material with nonglossy surface
    Patent number: 6165700
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a photographic element comprising a base, at least one color forming layer comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and one dye forming coupler, wherein said base comprises a transparent polymer sheet having laminated thereto a microvoided biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and wherein said polymer sheet has an upper surface that has a roughness of between 0.3 and 2.0 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Alphonse D. Camp, Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais
  • Day/night imaging display material with biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet
    Patent number: 6162549
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, at least one layer of biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and at least one image receiving layer wherein said polymer sheet has a stiffness of between 20 and 100 millinewtons, and said biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet has a spectral transmission of between 35% and 90% and a reflection density of between 15% and 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Alphonse D. Camp, Peter T. Aylward, Robert P. Bourdelais