Abstract: A tape or label for sealing a container that provides visual evidence if the seal is forced open or cooled below a breakdown temperature. The tape includes a plastic strip, a layer of ink printed on a surface of the plastic strip, and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive. The tape can be incorporated into a bag for sealing the bag closed. The tape includes an ink layer that is sandwiched between the plastic strip and the adhesive layer. The adhesive can be secured to portions of a bag to seal it closed. If the seal is forced open, the ink layer visibly delaminates from the plastic strip. The adhesive layer and the plastic strip are chosen to have different rates of shrinking when cooled, so that when the tape is cooled below its breakdown temperature, the ink layer delaminates. In an alternative embodiment of the tape, two layers of ink are printed onto the plastic strip. The first layer of ink is clear and is printed onto the untreated plastic strip in a pattern.

Abstract: Single-layer laser label comprising aa) backing layer of plastic, whichb) contains an additive which changes color under laser irradiation and whichc) is coated on one side with a self-adhesive composition whichd) is optionally covered with a release paper or a release film.

Abstract: A doormat manufacturing apparatus contains a spinning pack having a plane rectangular shape for spinning a large number of monofilaments, a plurality of extruders disposed at symmetrical positions in the longitudinal direction of the spinning pack for supplying a plurality of molten synthetic resins to the spinning pack, and a collecting mechanism for collecting monofilaments discharged from the spinning pack. The spinning pack contains a resin flowpath changeover unit arranged over a multihole nozzle plate, and the resin flowpath changeover unit is connected to each extruder by a respective communicating pipeline. The communicating pipelines are arranged at symmetrical positions in the longitudinal direction of the spinning pack. The resin flowpath changeover unit has a plurality of longitudinally extending main flowpaths, each of which communicates with a respective communicating pipeline via a respective zone flowpath and with a respective branch flowpath extending crosswise from the main flowpath.

Abstract: A display which when illuminated by a light source is adapted to present selectively to an observer colors and images that depend both on the angular position of the observer and on the angular position of the light source relative to the display. The display includes a substrate on which is coated an opaque base layer having a color image printed thereon. Coated over the base layer is an intermediate layer of transparent material having interference pigment particles dispersed therein which impart goniochromatic properties to this layer, the color seen by the observer depending on said angular positions. Overlying the intermediate layer is a retroreflectivity layer formed by transparent beads whereby light reflected from the base layer or from the intermediate layer, as seen by the observer, passes through the retroreflectivity layer to enhance the brilliance of the colors or images presented to the observer.

Abstract: This invention relates to glass microsphere (bead) coated articles having an upper surface comprising a layer of low refractive index transparent glass microspheres such as those made from recycled ordinary glass. The articles of the invention have an extremely smooth tactile feel and a low friction surface even though they can be prepared from glass microspheres intermixed with abrasive irregularly shaped glass particles. The invention also relates to the method making the bead coated articles of the invention and transfer articles that can be used to make the bead coated articles of the invention.

Abstract: A color image is displayed by using a display panel with a color pattern layer which is formed on one side of a transparent substrate and has, for example, three separate sets of transparent pixel areas in red, green and blue colors which constitute a regularly repetitive pattern and a set of opaque band-like areas by which each pixel area is bordered. An opaque toner is applied to the opposite side of the transparent substrate in areas opposite to selected pixel areas of the color pattern layer, and the display panel is backlighted from the side on which the color pattern layer exists. A clear color image appears when the backlighted display panel is viewed from the opposite side.

Abstract: One or more panels define a support for an image layer and a relatively dark layer. Holes extend through the panel and the layer. The holes allow viewing through the panels in one direction without seeing the image, yet the image can be viewed by looking at the panel assembly from the opposite direction. Thus, the image is suitable as an advertising medium as applied to the transparent windows of buildings, vehicles and the like. A person sitting in a building or in a vehicle cannot see the image on a window by looking outwardly through the window. Looking in the opposite direction, from outside to inside the vehicle, a person will see the image through the assembly of panels.

Abstract: An actinic radiation-curable colored coating composition for use in vacuum forming film, containing, as the essential components, (A) a resin containing at least 0.1 of polymerizable unsaturated group per 1,000 of molecular weight and having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 300,000, (B) a coloring material and (C) an organic solvent, a colored coating layer obtained by coating or printing the colored coating composition, followed by removing the organic solvent therefrom prior to curing and comprising the components (A) and (B) being tack-free and heat-softening; a vacuum forming film therefrom; and a vacuum-formed product obtained therefrom.

Abstract: Sleeve intended to be placed around a container, such as a can or the like, in order to constitute an information medium and formed by a body made of a plastic sheet which is shaped in order to fit on the perimeter of the container and capable of taking printing, wherein at least two flap-forming parts (7, 8) are fixed to the sleeve body (6) by a fixing mechanism (5), each by a first edge parallel to the generatrix of the body (6), and extending so as to be able to end up covering all or part of the sleeve body (6), and wherein at least one of the faces of the flap-forming parts is also capable of taking or displaying printing.

Abstract: A dual substrate, single-pass printing process prints a high basis weight substrate and a low basis weight substrate. Ink striking through the low basis weight substrate is collected and absorbed by the high basis weight substrate. The printed substrates are then separated and rewound for subsequent transport and handling.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for producing a color filter, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of color inks having different color properties from each other and a black ink; and ejecting the inks directly on a base or on a composition provided on the base using an ink-jet system to form a colored pattern, wherein a black matrix is formed with a black ink having a polarity opposite to that of the color inks.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a thermosetting coating composition provided with workability, excellent adhesion, weatherability, good appearance, etc. capable of use in a primerless colored base coat and top clear coat by a 2-coat, 1-bake method on a polyolefinic substrate. Moreover, the present invention intends to provide a coated body having excellent adhesion, weatherability, good appearance, etc. realized by a 2-coat, 1-bake method. This thermosetting coating composition is a composition comprising a graft copolymer obtained by copolymerizing acrylic monomer, unsaturated carboxylic acids, acrylic monomers containing hydroxyl group with chlorinated polyolefin containing anhydride in the presence of organic solvents. This coating composition is available for use as a primerless colored base coat 2-coat, 1-bake coating on the polyolefinic substrates.

Abstract: A label substrate comprising an inorganic powder shaped in a sheet form with a silicone resin, an ink comprising a coloring agent and a silicone resin, and a label comprising the label substrate having formed thereon a pattern comprising the ink, are disclosed. The label is flexible, can form a pattern according to circumstances, and can fix onto an article by a low-temperature heating, a pattern having excellent opacifying strength or reflectivity, weather resistance, heat resistance, resistance to chemicals, and the like.

Abstract: Labelstock for in-mold labeling purposes which is characterized by a tensile ultimate elongation per ASTM D-882 of at least about 10% in one or both of the machine and transverse directions, and which contains a sufficient amount of one or more slip additives to prevent a significant degree of edge-welding between adjacent stacked sheets of the labelstock on a high type die cutter in an in-mold labeling process.

Abstract: A transfer printing method is provided which comprises the steps of: selectively melt-transferring at least one of heat-meltable ink layers Y, M and C containing heat-migrating dyes for respective colors onto a foundation to form an ink image on the foundation, selectively melt-transferring a heat-meltable layer T containing a readily dyeable heat-meltable resin onto the ink image, giving a master sheet, and placing the master sheet on an image receptor and heating the resulting assembly under pressure to form a dyed image on the image receptor. The transfer printing method gives a clear dyed image, especially a clear full-color dyed image, on any image receptor regardless of the kind thereof.

Abstract: A display marking tag for marking an item has an adhesive fastening strip for fastening the tag to the item to be marked, and a second strip, which can be adhered to the fastening strip, and which has a surface for being printed upon. On the side of the second strip disposed in contact with the fastening strip there can preferably be a semitransparent coating for decreasing the translucency of the second strip.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) product having a label that includes information pertaining to the type of material of the product for recycling purposes. The label is covered on its back surface side with a transparent surface mat. The product is formed by coating a surface of a mold with a gel coating to become an outer surface through a mold release agent, laying a glass mat of unsaturated polyester resin-impregnated reinforced fiber on the gel coating, further laying a glass mat of the same material and applying pressure of a roller or a brush on the gel coating, laying a label with printed material for indicating the material at an arbitrary position on one of the glass mats, laying, for example, a transparent surface mat of unsaturated polyester resin-impregnated glass fiber by pressure of a presser such as a roller or a brush or the like on the label, and consolidating each of the components to form the final product.

Abstract: A process for preparing a part for a vehicle, the part having a weather sealed mirror finish decorative portion integral therewith is presented. The inventive process includes the steps of providing a sheet of relatively clear, weather resistant polymeric material having two surfaces, an external surface and an internal surface; providing a sheet of a formable substrate material having a internal surface and an external surface; metallizing a portion of at least one of the internal surfaces of the polymeric material and the substrate material, such that metallization is contained within the edge of the metallized material; adhering the internal surface of the substrate material to the internal surface of the polymeric material such that the metallization is disposed between the polymeric material and the substrate material to form a sandwich; and forming the sandwich into a vehicle part having a weather sealed mirror finish decorative portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat transfer cover film characterized in that a specific transparent resin layer (2) is releasably provided on a substrate film (1). This transparent resin layer (2) can be easily laminated on the surface of the resulting image (7Y, 7M and 7C) by heat transfer means, making it possible to provide expeditious provision of image representations which are improved in terms of such properties as durability, gloss and color development and is curl-free.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive sheet comprising a base sheet, an undercoat layer formed on the base sheet, a release agent layer formed on the undercoat layer, an adhesive layer formed on the release agent layer and a face stock disposed on the adhesive layer, wherein the undercoat layer comprises (a) a copolymer obtained by emulsion-copolymerizing at least one hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic ester with at least one of other monomers copolymerizable therewith and (b) a pigment.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous correcting fluid, the use of which prevents bleeding of aqueous ink dyes during correction of writing errors or erasure of documents using white out. This is accomplished according to the present invention by the fact that the correcting fluid contains an anionic or non-ionic active binder plus an aminosilanes.The aminosilane-modified correcting fluid of this invention may be substituted for solvent-based fluids, without adversely affecting other properties such as water resistance, opacity and curing.

Abstract: A security laminate comprising a protective layer having first and second surfaces, an embossing layer bonded to at least a portion of the second surface of the protective layer, a reflective layer bonded to at least a portion of the embossed layer/protective layer composite, an adhesion enhancing layer bonded to a portion of the reflective layer/embossed layer/protective layer composite, an adhesive bonded to at least a portion of the adhesion enhancing layer/reflective layer/embossed layer/protective layer composite wherein the bond between the reflective layer and the adhesion enhancing layer and the bond between the adhesion enhancing layer and the adhesive are each more tenacious than the bond between the reflective layer and the embossed layer and further wherein the bond between the adhesive and the adhesion enhancing layer is more tenacious than the bond between the adhesive and the reflective layer.

Abstract: A product having a textured surface thereon (and its process of manufacture) is disclosed wherein the textured surface is obtained by relieving the stress in pre-stressed polymeric chips that have been distributed as a single layer throughout a polymeric layer superimposed on a substrate.

Abstract: A heat-transferable film and a method for providing a tick pattern on a film-decorated substrate is provided. The heat-transferable film comprises (1) a transfer layer in facing engagement with a substrate having a first gloss level, at least one color, and a heat-activatable adhesive layer; (2) a plurality of individual spaced-apart markings, the markings having a color different from the color or colors within the transfer layer and a second gloss level different from the first gloss level, the markings adhered to the top of the transfer layer; and (3) a carrier sheet adhered to the top of the individual spaced-apart markings. Heat and pressure are applied to the top of the carrier sheet such that the heat-activatable adhesive affixes the heat-transferable film to the substrate.

Abstract: A transfer sheet material for forming retroreflective graphic images on a substrate, the sheet material comprising a monolayer of transparent microspheres; a color layer printed over the microspheres in a first graphic segment of the sheet material in an imagewise pattern, the color layer comprising a colorant in a transparent resin; a reflective layer printed over the microspheres in a second graphic segment of the sheet material in an imagewise pattern, the reflective layer comprising reflective flakes in a transparent binder, wherein the microspheres are partially embedded in at least one of the color layer and the reflective layer, individual microspheres having the reflective flakes arranged in cup-like fashion about their embedded portions; and a bonding layer printed over the color layer and the reflective layer, the bonding layer being sufficiently thick to embed all exposed surfaces of the color layer and the reflective layer and being adapted for use in securing the sheet material to a substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a means and method for securing objects onto mounts such as cards, windows, cones, columns and the like. The adhesive mount incorporates the use of pressure-sensitive adhesive covered by at least one release sheet. The release sheets are made of a thin and flexible material which can be rolled and peeled back upon itself. Guiding elements in some embodiments are supplied on the release sheet. In other embodiments the shape of the release sheet guides the object relative to the mount. In still other embodiments, a template is temporarily adhered onto the mount. In still other embodiments guiding elements may be omitted. The adhesive may be supplied on either or both the object or the mount. The adhesive is covered by a minimum of one release sheet. Each release sheet has a tab, a edge, or a handle for removal. These tabs, edges, or handles extend out from behind, beneath, and beyond the perimeter of the object.

Abstract: This invention relates to a decorative laminated sheet having a sense of being coated and having improved surface hardness, which is produced by laminating a polyester film excellent in transparency on the surface of a semi-rigid thermoplastic resin film supplied with a colored layer or a pattern-printed layer, and then coating a hard coat layer comprising a UV-curable coating on the surface of the polyester film of the resulting laminated film, and a process for producing same. This invention can provide a sheet not only excellent in scratch resistance, specular reflectivity and sharpness of the surface, but having a sense of being deeply coated as well.

Abstract: A reflector tape assembly includes a reflective tape, a release liner, and a protective liner. The protective liner is attached to the reflective surface of the reflective tape. The protective liner protects the reflective surface of the reflective tape from scratches and other damage or contamination occurring during shipping, handling, and assembly. The protective liner is removed after the illuminator system is installed in the machine. The release liner protects the adhesive surface of the reflective tape during handling. The release liner ensures that the adhesive surface does not lose any tackiness or otherwise become damaged so as to have adhesion failure due to contamination during shipping and handling.

Abstract: In the case of a method of producing a corrugated board for protecting electrostatically endangered articles 10 against electrostatic: discharges and electric fields, at least one corrugated layer 1 and at least one flat layer 2, 3 are glued together, a shield means 4, which contains carbon and/or graphite, being applied, prior to the glueing of said layers 2, 3, to the surface 40, 50, 60 of at least one layer which will be located in the interior of the corrugated board structure. This shield means 4 is applied as a layer, which comprises interconnected layer components 80 and intermediate interspaces 90 occupying a certain area, before the layers 1, 2, 3 are glued together in the area of said interspaces 90. The interspaces 90 are either completely free or covered by thinner layer components 90'occupying a certain area and constituting part of the shield means 4.

Abstract: A table top advertising display (10) includes table top (12), indicia (14), and clear polymer coming (16). The indicia (14) may include screen printed ink, or adhesively mounted pictures arranged upon uppermost surface (18) of table (12).

Abstract: When a temporary adhesive layer for peelable bonding a transfer-recieving material to a thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate film and a heat-fusible ink layer disposed on one side thereof is caused to comprise a specific adhesive, an excellent composite thermal transfer material is provided. In such a composite thermal transfer sheet, the thermal transfer sheet is firmly bonded to the transfer-recieving material so as not to cause wrinkles or deviation, both of these members may easily be peeled from each other so that the ink layer is exactly transferred to the paper in a transfer region and is not transferred thereto at all in a non-transfer region, whereby the transfer-recieving material is not contaminated. Further, when at least one one end portion of a sheet-type composite thermal transfer sheet is fixed, there is provided a composite thermal transfer sheet wherein unintended peeling is prevented.

Abstract: An image light-transmitting transparent film comprises a first transparent resin layer which is a base film; and a second transparent resin layer, the surface of which is a roughened surface which can be smoothed out by heating and pressure, in which the roughened surface of the second transparent resin layer is formed of a second transparent resin and particles of a resin soluble into the second transparent resin.

Abstract: A laminate sheet for protecting a thermally transferred image formed on one of surfaces of a material to be protected including a base material, a first bonding layer having one surface contacting one of surfaces of the base material and a second bonding layer having one surface contacting another surface of the first bonding layer and another surface contacting one surface of the material to be protected on which a thermally transferred image is formed. The base material including a base film having transparency to an extent through which the thermally transferred image can be observed. The first bonding layer is formed of polyethylene resin, ionomer resin, polyamide resin or polypropylene resin, and the second bonding layer is formed of polyamide resin or vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer. The laminate sheet of the structure described above is utilized for the formation of a pouch-card, a flash-card or the like.

Abstract: Polymeric blends suitable for making plastic sheets and laminas which exhibit improved flexural durability while retaining stiffness and impact strength include a core made from a blend comprising polyvinyl chloride resin, a vinyl chloride-vinyl ester copolymer, one or more acrylic polymers or copolymers, a chlorinated polyolefin, a solid tin stabilizer, and one or more ester waxes. The lamina, which is suitable for use as an extended life credit card, is prepared by forming a polymeric blend of a core material into a base layer sheet material which is subsequently treated to reduce surface tension and improve ink adhesion thereto, then printed with desired indicia, and finally provided with a contact-transparent protective overlay which is laminated thereto.

Abstract: A coating film which can sufficiently improve the wear resistance of a cutting tool or a wear-resistant tool and which reveals excellent qualities as a wear-resistant or protective film for an electric or electronic part or a sliding or machine part. Such a coating film is in the form of an ultra-thin film laminate comprising at least one nitride or carbonitride of at least one element selected from the group consisting of the elements in the groups IVa, Va and VIa in the periodic table and Al and B and having a cubic crystal structure and having mainly metallic bonding properties, and at least one compound having a crystal structure other than the cubic crystal structure at normal temperature and normal pressure and under equilibrium state and having mainly covalent bonding properties, the at least one nitride or carbonitride and the compound being alternately laminated in the form of layers, each layer of the compound having a thickness of 0.

Abstract: A window sticker for pricing and fuel economy information about a motor vehicle can be readily positioned and repositioned on a motor vehicle window, and finally removed from the window without leaving an adhesive residue, and in integral form so that it serves as a customer receipt. A continuous web of bond paper with an adhesive-coated backing is moved in a first direction to a press where fixed indicia, including fuel economy and price related word indicia, is applied to a first face of the front web sheet. A record sheet web is applied to the dual ply-web of bond paper and backing. The front web sheet has a release coating on a second face that releasably adheres to the backing sheet. The front web sheet also includes a removable boarder surrounding the window sticker. Removal of this border exposes a corresponding border section of the adhesive coated backing which secures the window sticker to a vehicle window.

Abstract: This invention relates to a replaceable adhesive display comprising a paper, metallized paper, or foil substrate printed on one or both sides with the same or different images, and at least one side is provided with a transparent overlay. The exposed surface of the plastic film overlay is coated with a pressure-sensitive, replaceable adhesive, but in order to achieve proper bonding between the overlay and the adhesive, the overlay surface is treated to enhance the bond between the overlay and adhesive. Following the surface treatment, the overlay is coated with a pressure-sensitive, replaceable adhesive. When the display is removed or peeled from the mounting surface, there is a relatively clean separation at the interface between the adhesive and the surface of the adherend, and substantially no residue remains on the surface. The adhesive is reusable or resealable and permits remounting the display many times. Preferably, a quick-release member is provided over the coating to protect the coating.

Abstract: A plastic lens comprising a plastic lens base material having provided on at least one surface thereof (1) a primer layer comprising a resin containing at least one organosilicon compound represented by the following general formula (I):R.sup.1.sub.m R.sup.2.sub.n Si(OR.sup.3).sub.4-m-n (I)wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group or a halogen atom, R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group, an acyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group, and m and n are each 0 or 1, or a hydrolyzate thereof, (2) a hard coat layer and, optionally, (3) a reflection preventing layer in this order is disclosed. The plastic lens according to the present invention is characterized by having an excellent scratch resistance even though the lens has the primer layer, and also having an excellent impact resistance even though the lens has the hard coat layer.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a resilient, flexible surface covering that has a wear surface that meets the highest standards of stain, mar, scuff, and soil resistance and a method of making the same. The improved resilient surface covering comprises (a) a resilient support surface; and (b) a resilient wear surface adhered to the resilient support surface, the resilient wear surface comprising an underlying wear layer base coat and an overlying wear layer top coat adhered to the wear layer base coat, the wear layer base coat comprising a flexible, thermoset, polymeric composition having a flexibility such that the wear layer base coat passes a 1 inch mandrel diameter face out mandrel bend test when applied at a nominal dry film thickness of 1.0 mil over a flexible 80 mil underlying substrate, the wear layer top coat comprising, a hard, thermoset, UV-curable blend of acrylic or acrylate monomers, the wear layer top coat having a glass transition temperature of greater than 50.degree. C.

Abstract: A thermo-transfer sheet is composed of a base film and an ink layer to be transferred having a softening point of more than 120.degree. C. A label is formed by the thermo-transfer sheet and provided with an image ink layer formed on a thermo-transfer image receiving sheet through a temperature-sensitive adhesive layer and the image ink layer has a softening point of more than 120.degree. C. The thermo-transfer sheet and the thermo-transfer image receiving sheet are prepared and a temperature-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on at least one of the surface of the thermo-transfer sheet or the transfer ink layer of the thermo-transfer image receiving sheet. These sheets are laminated and the laminated sheets are heated by means of a thermal head to thereby transfer the image ink layer having a softening point of more than 120.degree. C. on the thermo-transfer image receiving sheet.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent thermoplastic resinous film of at least 10 generally parallel layers in which the contiguous adjacent layers are of diverse transparent thermoplastic resinous material differing in refractive index by at least about 0.03, the film containing a sufficient quantity of a transparent dye which is soluble in the thermoplastic resinous material of the layers in which it is located to enhance or modify the apparent color of at least one of the reflection and transmission colors of the film.

Abstract: There is disclosed an oriented, polyolefin film having a white-opaque cold seal receptive skin layer on one side of a core layer and a vacuum deposited metal layer on the other side of the core layer. The cold seal receptive polyolefin layer contains: (a) a slip agent in an amount sufficient to provide not more than about an 0.4 coefficient of friction to the surface of such layer; and (b) from about 10 to 40% by weight of titanium dioxide. The core layer is substantially free of opacifying filler and/or opacifying voids. The other side of the film is metallized to an optical density of at least 1.5 whereby the white pigment in the sealing layer in cooperation with the metallization gives a strong white-opaque appearance to the cold seal receptive layer.

Abstract: An ink sheet for making thermal transfer colour recordings, with practically acceptable high speed and high resolution using a semiconductor laser beam, comprises a support film coated with an opto-thermal conversion layer to generate heat by absorbing the laser beam, and an overlying thermal melt transfer ink layer, wherein the opto-thermal conversion layer is 5 .mu.m thick or less, and in the wavelength region of 700 nm to 900 nm has a laser beam transmittance of 5% or less.

Abstract: A decorative sheet comprises a transparent or translucent base sheet having a rear surface on which protrusion and recess patterns are formed and a bright set-solid print layer or bright pattern print layer formed on a side of the protrusion and recess patterns of the base sheet. Each of the protrusion and recess patterns is composed of parallel lines, continuous curved lines or a combination of the parallel lines and the curved lines each composed of protruded and recessed portions each in form of a groove having a width of 1 to 100 .mu.m. The base sheet has a front surface on which a transparent resin layer may be formed. The transparent resin layer is formed of a hardenable resin. The decorative sheet also comprises the base sheet having a rear surface on which protrusion and recess patterns are formed, grain patterns formed on a side of the protrusion and recess patterns of the base sheet, and a bright set-solid print layer formed on a rear side of the grain patterns.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat transfer cover film characterized in that a specific transparent resin layer (2) is releasably provided on a substrate film (1). This transparent resin layer (2) can be easily laminated on the surface of the resulting image (7Y, 7M and 7C) by heat transfer means, making it possible to provide expeditious provision of image representations which are improved in terms of such properties as durability, gloss and color development and is curl-free.

Abstract: The present invention broadly is addressed to the marking, labeling, or tagging of hot metal or hot coils at elevated temperature with human readable and/or machine readable (e.g., bar code) characters. To this end, the present invention broadly is directed to a label which can be secured to hot metal stock (e.g., coil stock) which is at a temperature of up to about 1200.degree. F. The label is formed from a sheet of metal having a face and a back. The sheet face is coated with a layer of paint that is resistant to temperature of the hot metal stock and receptive to being thermally transfer printed. The metal sheet label is of a thickness so that the paint layer can be thermally transfer printed using conventional markers designed for paper or films. Alternatively, this paint layer can be marked upon using conventional dot matrix (wire) printers with carbon ribbon.

Abstract: A transfer sheet (10) for heat transferring a temperature-responsive decal having personally applied crayon coloring (22) onto a section of fabric (20). The transfer sheet (10) includes a paper sheet (12) treated with a release agent and a printed image (14) disposed directly thereon. A single uniform and transparent transfer layer (16) of thermoplastic material is disposed over the printed image (14) and other selected areas on the paper sheet (12). A plurality of abrasive particles (18) are partially embedded within the transfer layer (16) for abrading crayon (22) rubbed thereover and for enhancing the mechanical bond between the transfer layer (16) and the fabric (20) when the transfer sheet (10) is applied to the fabric (20).

Abstract: A laminated plastic card provided a lamination of a dye accepting layer, a substrate of paper or the like, and a back coat layer, on which lamination one or more patterns are printed with a volatile dye, and a transparent plastic film adhered on the lamination by an adhesive agent, wherein the adhesive agent is a saturated polyester resin having an average molecular weight of approximately 18,000 gm/mole and produced by condensation polymerization of polypropylene glycol or trimethylol propane and adipic acid or azelaic acid.

Abstract: Aesthetically pleasing multicolored composite articles comprise a support substrate, e.g., a metal or alloy thereof, coated with a multicolored face surface coating composition including at least one crosslinked hydroxylated polymer, such at least one crosslinked hydroxylated polymer having dispersed therein a multicolored powder of at least one solid thermoplastic resin, e.g., a polyamide or polyetheramide, and, optionally, with at least one colored interlayer deposited between the support substrate and such multicolored face surface coating composition.

Abstract: A transfer film for use, for example, with security documents includes a pattern defining layer having concavities defining an inverted relief pattern, and a retaining layer overlying and releasably filling the concavities of the pattern defining layer. The pattern defining layer is removable from the retaining layer to transfer the relief pattern from the pattern defining layer to the retaining layer.