Transfer Or Decalcomania Patents (Class 428/914)
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Patent number: 7074477Abstract: A transfer label comprises a support layer (1), further an overprint layer (5) detachably affixed by adhesive to the support layer (1) and affixable to an object, and a protective film (3) mounted between the support layer (1) and the overprint layer (5) and detachable from the support layer (1). The protective film is substantially non-plasticizing and directly adheres to the support layer (1) but is detachable from the label substantially independently of label temperature and is a thoroughly polymerized material.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2001Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Zweckform Etikettiertechnik GmbHInventor: Hans-Peter Ast
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Patent number: 7063924Abstract: The invention relates to an image device comprising a base material having a pattern of diffuse and specular metallic reflectivity and overlaying said pattern an image.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Cheryl J. Kaminsky, Robert P. Bourdelais
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Patent number: 7056551Abstract: Disclosed is a protective transparent overcoat comprising a protective polymer and a surfactant compound having multiple non-end-group hydrogen bonding groups directly or indirectly bonded to the backbone chain of the surfactant compound. The coating enables simplified manufacturing of a thermal sublimation dye transfer donor of high quality.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Rukmini B. Lobo, David C. Boris, Scott A. Strong, Anita M. Fees
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Patent number: 7052755Abstract: A bonding agent having an adhesive and a curing agent is formed on a bonding surface of a dial member. A transfer sheet is attached to a convex side of the dial members, and a release sheet is attached to its bonding agent side to form a dial label. When this dial label is attached to a dial base, the release sheet is peeled off and the dial label is attached to the dial base. The transfer sheet is peeled off together with the excess of the bonding agent, and then the bonding agent is cured by a curing agent. Since the bonding agent in the peripheral portions of the dial members is cured while bonding force is maintained, there is no adherence of fine particles of foreign matter, and a satisfactory appearance can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Seiko Epson Co.Inventors: Shigemi Sasaki, Yoshimitsu Misawa
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Patent number: 7041722Abstract: The invention relates to a noble metal preparation for the production of noble metal decorations on firable decoration substrates by direct printing and indirect printing (decalcomania method). The print quality of the noble metal compounds and preparations containing a binder system on markedly curved glass may be improved when the decalcomania method is used in that the binder system consists of a resin mixture comprising (a) 25 to 50 wt. % of polyamide resins, (b) 5 to 30 wt. % of sulphurized recent resins, (c) 10 to less than 20 wt. % of colophony-modified resins, (d) 10 to 40 wt. % of alkyl phenolic resins and (e) 0 to 30 wt. % of other resins compatible therewith, wherein two or more components of said resin mixture may be present in the form of a reaction product formed at 50 to 150° C. and/or wherein one or more components of said resin system or reaction product thereof may be present in the form of a reaction product formed at 50 to 150° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2001Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Ferero GmbHInventors: Elisabeth Clamer, Anne Kraus-Klapper, Andreas Schulz, Elisabeth Zimmerbeutel
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Patent number: 7021666Abstract: The invention relates to a greeting card containing a thermal transfer sheet. The transfer sheet of the present greeting card includes a (1) a support; (2) optionally at least one transfer layer; and (3) an image or an image receiving layer. According to the present greeting card, if the transfer material contains only (1) a support, and (3) an image, the image is not formed using a transferable ink. However, transferable inks may be used under specific conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Foto-Wear Inc.Inventor: Donald Hare
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Patent number: 7014895Abstract: An ultraviolet post cure heat transfer label for application to an item includes a carrier web, a release coat applied to the carrier web and a composition including a cationic ultraviolet curable ink applied to the release coat. The ink has a solvent in a concentration of at a least about 20 percent by weight of the ink. The ink is dried in a non-UV process to form a storable film on the carrier web. The composition is transferred to the item and the ink is cured, by application of ultraviolet energy, following transfer to the item. A method for making the label and a method for marking an item are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2004Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.Inventors: Alan C. Grotefend, Paul Giusto, Michael B. Colella
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Patent number: 6991259Abstract: The present invention is a business form with an integrated card. The form comprises a base paper layer having top and bottom surfaces and a periphery, a primary film layer having top and bottom surfaces and a periphery, a breakaway layer coated on the top surface within the periphery of the primary film layer, and an adhesive layer wherein the breakaway layer is adhesively secured to the bottom of the secondary film layer, at least one die cut through the top and bottom surfaces within the periphery of the form layer, through the adhesive layer, and through the breakaway layer. The die cut base paper layer, adhesive layer and breakaway layer comprise an information card wherein the breakaway layer has a greater affinity for the adhesive layer than the top surface of the primary film layer such that when the information card is removed from the form, the breakaway layer stays adhered to the bottom surface of the base paper layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2001Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Strata-Tac, Inc.Inventors: Andrew M. Schwarzbauer, Charles L. Casgrande
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Patent number: 6984424Abstract: Disclosed are a thermally transferable image protective sheet and a method for protective layer formation that can provide a protective layer which can protect an image of a record produced by a nonsilver photographic color hard copy recording method, can impart lightfastness and other properties to the record, and can realize a record having a glossy impression comparable to silver salt photographs. The thermally transferable image protective sheet comprises a support and a thermally transferable resin layer having a single-layer or multilayer structure stacked on the support so as to be separable from the support.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taro Suzuki, Daisuke Fukui, Masahiro Fujita
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Patent number: 6984429Abstract: A laminate from which decorative films can be precisely applied to a substrate. The laminate includes a polymeric cover sheet having opposite outer and inner major surfaces. A layer of structured pressure sensitive adhesive is adhered to the inner major surface of the cover sheet. The structured pressure sensitive adhesive has a plurality of spaced passageways extending to at least one edge of the layer of structured pressure sensitive adhesive. A decorative film is adhered to the structured pressure sensitive adhesive. A second layer of pressure sensitive adhesive is adhered to the major surfaces of the decorative film opposite the layer of structured pressure sensitive adhesive. A release liner extends substantially across the second layer of pressure sensitive adhesive and a portion of the structured pressure sensitive adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kristin L. Thunhorst, James F. Pitzen
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Patent number: 6982115Abstract: An interactive-design garment which has heat-affixed thereto a flexible substrate formed of a laminate including a layer of plastisol ink which includes a primary graphic image therein of a particular theme and a plurality of flexible PVC sheet appliques which have secondary graphic images thereon and are positionable onto the substrate by a user to cooperate artistically with the graphic theme of said substrate on the garment.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Inventors: Harry K. Poulos, Steven Heimlich
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Patent number: 6977099Abstract: A liquid crystalline transfer sheet 10 includes a liquid crystal layer 12 formed on the surface of a substrate 14, where the surface hardness of the liquid crystal layer 12 is higher on the releasing surface 12A side, which is on the substrate 14 side, than on the adhering surface 12B side, which is on the receiving object 16 side. Therefore, the adhesion between the adhering surface 12B of the liquid crystal layer 12 and the receiving object 16 becomes stronger than that between the releasing surface 12A of the liquid crystal layer 12 and the substrate 14. It is thus possible to securely transfer the liquid crystal layer 12 to the receiving object 16 without leaving a part of the liquid crystal layer 12 on the substrate 14.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2001Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Umeya, Keiji Kashima, Hideo Fujimura
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Patent number: 6974610Abstract: A roll stock of a graphic transfer strip for use in making a high visibility safety garment for wearing by an individual exposed to a higher than normal risk of injury from vehicular traffic. The safety garment complies with the visibility requirements of a published standard such as the American National Standards Institute for High Visibility Safety Apparel. The safety garment has one or more high visibility safety stripes that encircle the torso. The safety stripe is formed of a plurality of separate but closely spaced stripe segments in a generally repetitive pattern that is substantially continuous for the length of the stripe. The stripe segments are formed of a retroreflective material. The stripe segments occupy a portion of the total area of the stripe sufficient to impart to the stripe a coefficient of retroreflectivity that meets or exceeds that required by the standard being addressed for the safety garment.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Safe Reflections, Inc.Inventor: Robert D. Koppes
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Patent number: 6969442Abstract: A method of using an overlay (310) to verify or form folding, embossing, or rule die (320) comprising the steps of: forming an overlay consisting of the steps of: creating an imaged receiver sheet (140) having an image (210), a first thermal print layer (224), and a support layer (145); laminating a plastic sheet (260) with the imaged receiver sheet thereby encapsulating the image; removing the support layer forming an overlay with an electrostatic charge; and using the overlay to verify or form a folding, embossing, or rule die.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Roger S. Kerr, William L. DeMarco
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Patent number: 6964722Abstract: A method and system is provided for producing an image on one or more surfaces of a wood or wood composite substrate by applying a receptor coat to at least the one or more surfaces of the substrate, transferring the image to the receptor coat using a variety of image transfer processes and applying a topcoat to the image and receptor coat. The system implements the above method using a series of stations and includes a series of platens connected together by a chain and a set of rollers that allow the substrate to travel through the stations on the platens. The resulting wood or wood composite product includes a substrate, a receptor coat disposed on one or more surfaces of the substrate, an image disposed on or within the one or more surfaces of the receptor coat and a top coat disposed on the image and receptor coat.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2002Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Trio Industries Holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: Dene H. Taylor, Jon H. Hardesty, Evan R. Daniels
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Patent number: 6953816Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer composition for film formation which provides a film having sufficient elongation and strength even on the surface of the film with sharp irregularities by rewetting with water after coating and drying. The polymer composition for film formation contains at least one component selected from the group consisting of an emulsion comprising a homopolymer of polyvinyl acetate or a copolymer of polyvinyl acetate with a monomer selected from acrylic ester, acrylic amide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, methacrylic ester, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, and fumaric acid, and an aqueous solution of sap, fruit liquid, honey, and saccharide.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2001Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventor: Chizuko Okazaki
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Patent number: 6951594Abstract: Printed placemats, potholders, and oven mitts, and process for producing same using a high definition color sublimation printing technique. The sublimation printing technique applies a high quality image onto a print receiving layer that is incorporated into a printed placemat, potholder, or oven mitt. The print receiving layer can be adhesively bonded to the printed placemat, potholder, or oven mitt.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Tweel Home Furnishings, Inc.Inventors: Donald E. Tweel, Joseph R. Missry
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Patent number: 6951696Abstract: A transfer sheet which uses a toner image, obtained by an electrophoto copying machine. Designs, patterns, photos and letters are fixed on a base sheet through a hair-like transplant sheet having a parting agent and a short fiber layer is provisionally bonded on the hair-like transplant sheet is clearly transferred with the short fiber layer over a subject receiver of a cloth or a wooden panel. The hair-like transplant sheet having the parting agent furnished with an acrylic solvent cohesive layer is provisionally bonded on a base sheet, and the fixed toner image is obtained by the electrophoto copying machine image on the short fiber layer. Finally, an acrylic ester resin binder layer is placed on the short fiber having the fixed toner image, while a hot-melt adhesive layer is placed on the binder layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ozaki ScreenInventor: Masahiro Ozaki
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Patent number: 6949278Abstract: A water-repellent sheet has a water-repellent layer that is effectively protected from friction damage by a protective film which does not deadhere during compression bonding of the water-repellent sheet to an application surface. The protective film is easily removable after completion of compression bonding application of the water-repellent sheet to an application surface. The water-repellent sheet with a protective film contains a base layer 3 and a water-repellent layer 4 fixedly disposed on one surface of the base layer 3. A protective film 5 is bonded to the other major surface of the water-repellent layer 4. The water-repellent layer 4 contains a fluorocarbon-based polymer binder and a fluorocarbon-based resin powder dispersed in the fluorocarbon-based polymer binder and the protective film 5 is removable in such a way that a water-repellent layer 4 remains on the base layer 3 after removal of the protective film.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Tsuneyoshi Saitoh
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Patent number: 6942950Abstract: Disclosed is a protective transparent overcoat comprising a protective polymer and a surfactant compound having multiple non-end-group hydrogen bonding groups directly or indirectly bonded to the backbone chain of the surfactant compound. The coating enables simplified manufacturing of a thermal sublimation dye transfer donor of high quality.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Rukmini B. Lobo, David C. Boris, Scott A. Strong, Anita M. Fees
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Patent number: 6939627Abstract: A scratch layer transfer sheet comprising a substrate film and a transferable scratch layer disposed on one surface of the substrate film, the transferable scratch layer comprising a hiding layer, being able to be thermally transferred to the print surface of a transfer-receiving material and being able to be removed from the print surface by scratching it after it is transferred. The scratch layer transfer sheet is overlapped on a transfer-receiving material such that the transferable scratch layer faces the print surface of the transfer-receiving material to transfer said transferable scratch layer to the print surface by heating.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daigo Morizumi, Keiji Hirose, Masafumi Hayashi, Nobuho Ikeuchi, Mikio Asajima
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Patent number: 6933006Abstract: A process for the production of a coating layer from a coating composition curable with high-energy radiation on a substrate, comprising the successive steps: a) providing a substrate to be coated, b) applying a backing foil coated on one side with an uncured or at least only partially cured coating layer of a coating composition curable by means of high-energy radiation, with its coated side on the entire surface or at least one sub-zone of the surface of the substrate, c) irradiating the entire coating applied in step b) with high-energy radiation, and d) removing the backing foil from the coating which remains on the substrate; wherein irradiation of the coating proceeds through the backing foil and/or after removal of the backing foil.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Thomas Fey, Oliver Reis, Carmen Flosbach, Stuart Kernaghan, Karl-Friedrich Doessel
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Patent number: 6929846Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a decorative sheet which can be adhered on a surface of an article having a three-dimensional curved surface, even when the operation is conducted in a place of operation at such a temperature as 40 to 60° C., and which does not use vinyl chloride resin. The present invention discloses a decorative sheet having a decorative layer, a protective layer disposed on a surface of the decorative layer, and an adhesive layer formed on the other surface of the decorative layer, wherein the decorative layer comprises a thermoplastic resin, the protective layer is composed of a resin composition comprising an amorphous polyester resin, and both the decorative layer and the protective layer have a glass transition temperature of 20 to 60° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Kehju Kamiyama
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Patent number: 6926788Abstract: A method of forming an overlay (310) to form a rule die (320) comprising the steps of: forming an overlay using a method consisting of the steps of: creating an imaged receiver sheet (140) having an image (210), a first thermal print layer (224), and first support layer (150); laminating an imageless receiver sheet (160) having a second thermal print layer (228) and a second support layer (170) with the imaged receiver sheet, thereby encapsulating the image; removing the first support layer; and removing the second support layer. The overlay has an electrostatic charge to verify or form the rule die.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Roger S. Kerr, William L. DeMarco
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Patent number: 6923881Abstract: A transfer material comprises a temporary support and an electroluminescent element layer, and positioned between said temporary support and said electroluminescent element layer. Using the above transfer material, an organic electroluminescent device is produced by a method comprising the steps of superposing the transfer material on an electrode layer side of a substrate has partially or wholly transparent or opaque electrode layer, contacting the transfer material and the substrate, and transferring at least one electroluminescent element to the electrode layer side of a substrate with at least one heating means and pressing means.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomomi Tateishi, Makoto Yamada, Nobuhiro Nishita
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Patent number: 6921859Abstract: The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave shielding method and window capable of bringing a conductive shielding layer into conduction to the outside without a connecting structure, and a manufacturing apparatus, a transport system, and a building construction each having the electromagnetic wave shielding window. In the invention, a conductive shielding layer having a visible light transmitting property is provided on a surface of window face members having an electrical insulating property and a visible light transmitting property, and the window face members provided with the conductive shielding layer are brought into close adhesion and thereby fixed to a conductive window frame member through an insulation layer provided to a rim portion, whereby electrostatic-capacitance coupling is induced between the conductive shielding layer and the window frame member.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2004Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Hikita, Takashi Kakimoto
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Patent number: 6916517Abstract: A composition comprising, by weight, the total being 100%: 5 to 40% of an amorphous polyamide (B) which results from the condensation of at least one aromatic diacid and with at least one diamine said diamine being optionally cycloaliphatic, and, optionally with at least one monomer chosen from: ?,?-aminocarboxylic acids, aliphatic diacids, aliphatic diamines, 0 to 40% of a supple polyamide (C) chosen from copolymers containing polyamide blocks, polyether blocks and copolyamides, 0 to 20% of a compatibilizer (D) for (A) and (B), (C)+(D) is between 2% and 50%, with the condition that (B)+(C)+(D) is not less than 30%, and the difference to 100% is made up with a semi-crystalline polyamide (A). This composition can be molded into transparent sheets treated by a sublimation printing process at relatively low temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: ArkemaInventors: Thibaut Montanari, Christelle Recoquille
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Method of producing transfer stickers with metal powder and transfer stickers produced by the method
Patent number: 6916518Abstract: A transfer sticker with metal powder made by the steps of coating a substrate with a first isolating layer; coating the first isolating layer with a resin layer; coating the resin layer with a metal powder layer by an electroplating process; printing a first protecting resin layer pattern on the metal powder layer; etching the metal powder layer for shape and to cause the patterns to protrude; washing away the etching reagents; printing a second protecting resin layer on the first protecting resin layer to protect the patterns in shape; printing an adhesive layer on the second protecting resin layer; and then attaching a second isolating layer to the adhesive layer. The transfer sticker made in accordance with this method has exquisite patterns that can be transferred completely without other residual parts of the sticker.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Inventor: Teng-Kuei Chen -
Patent number: 6913813Abstract: A method is provided for producing double labels (1). Two large labels (7, 9) of different size, each of the labels being detachably applied to respective carriers (11, 13) by their adhesive surfaces (35, 37), are respectively detached from their carriers (11, 13), and are adhered together by their facing adhesive surfaces (35, 37). The two labels (7, 9) are dimensioned in such a way that, for the double label, a free end (5) of the adhesive surface of one label (2) protrudes beyond the other label (3). A device for producing such double labels (1) comprises a dispenser (25) for detaching the labels (7, 9) from their carriers (11, 13) and for assembling the labels and adhering them together. The dispenser (25) has parallel dispensing edges (27, 29). The double label (1) has a fixed element, which can be written or printed on, and a free, flexible element (5) for fixing the double label (1) to an object to be labeled or to another carrier strip.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2004Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Checkpoint Systems International GmbHInventor: Georg Bannert
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Patent number: 6911107Abstract: A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric film type actuator, which is provided with a piezoelectric film and an oscillating plate structural member bonded therefor, comprises the steps of forming a piezoelectric film on an intermediate transfer member; bonding the piezoelectric film on the intermediate member and the oscillating plate structural member; and peeling off the intermediate transfer member from the piezoelectric film. Through the steps thus arranged, it becomes possible to enhance the bonding strength and durability of the piezoelectric film and the oscillating plate structural member without using a bonding agent in the manufacture of a highly reliable piezoelectric film type actuator.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2001Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yutaka Kagawa, Akira Unno, Tetsuro Fukui
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Patent number: 6908527Abstract: A method of making a printed identification card core, a printable sheet for manufacturing cores for laminated identification cards and a core for a laminated identification card. The method includes the steps of extruding polyethylene onto one side of a release film, laminating a porous, printable polyolefin film to the polyethylene side of the release film, die cutting the polyolefin film and the polyethylene film to form rectangular bodies each having a die cut transversely extending fold line dividing each of the rectangular bodies into two identically sized rectangular panels, printing on the porous, printable polyolefin film within said panels, removing a rectangular panel from the release sheet and folding the rectangular body about the fold line to locate the printed polyolefin surfaces on the exterior of the core. The core so manufactured can be inserted into a laminatable pouch and laminated to the core to form a tamper resistant identification card.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2002Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Transilwrap Company, Inc.Inventor: Gary M. Mann
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Patent number: 6908653Abstract: A system for making at least one visual advertisement using at least one stepped surface, comprising: an array of decals displaying one or more visual advertisements on a stepped surface; a plurality of signage substrates wherein the decals are applied to the signage substrates, and; at least one guide mechanism adhered to the stepped surface, wherein each of the signage substrates is positioned by the guide mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2003Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Inventor: Margaret A. Keane
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Patent number: 6905742Abstract: An image retaining card is disclosed. An image retaining card in accordance with the present invention may be utilized as an identification card, a driver's license, a passport, and the like. An image retaining card in accordance with the present invention comprises a substrate structure, a cover, and an image receptive material disposed between the substrate structure and the cover. The substrate structure comprises a substrate layer and a substrate tie layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Nagraj Koneripalli, Mark F. Schulz, Lori P. Engle, James M. Jonza
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Patent number: 6896757Abstract: This invention relates to light transmitting filters comprising: (a) a light absorbing layer of material having a front surface and a back surface, (b) transparent microspheres embedded in the light absorbing layer and contacting the front surface of the light absorbing layer with portions of the microspheres protruding through the back surface of the light absorbing layer for transmitting light through the light absorbing layer, and (c) a conformed layer of optically clear material having a front surface and a back surface wherein the front surface of the conformed layer is in contact with and conforming in shape with the protruding portions of the microspheres, and wherein the back surface of the conformed layer has a textured finish. The invention also relates to methods of making these light transmitting filters.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2003Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventor: Michael Hannington
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Patent number: 6890663Abstract: A process for forming an inorganic material layer pattern on a substrate. The process includes the steps of transferring an inorganic powder dispersed paste layer supported on a support film to the surface of the substrate to form the inorganic powder dispersed paste layer on the substrate; forming a resist film on the inorganic powder dispersed paste layer transferred to the surface of the substrate; exposing the resist film to light through a mask to form a latent image of a resist pattern; developing the exposed resist film to form the resist pattern; etching exposed portions of the inorganic powder dispersed paste layer to form an inorganic powder dispersed paste layer pattern corresponding to the resist pattern; and baking the pattern to form an inorganic material layer pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: JSR CorporationInventors: Hideaki Masuko, Tadahiko Udagawa, Hiroaki Nemoto, Nobuo Bessho
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Patent number: 6890623Abstract: A printed product and an accompanying method for forming the product wherein a transfer layer of an intermediate transfer recording medium can be transferred by a multi-layer transferring adhesive layer having a suitable adhesive product to either the transfer layer or a transfer-receiving material without the transferred images becoming turbulent.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2001Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiro Onishi, Shinichi Kurokawa, Katsuyuki Oshima
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Patent number: 6890627Abstract: A donor element adapted for use in making an OLED device, includes a donor support substrate; a light-absorbing layer disposed over the substrate which, in response to light, produces heat; an emissive layer disposed over the light-absorbing layer; and a hole-transporting layer disposed over the emissive layer such that when the donor element is positioned in a transfer relationship with the OLED device and when light is absorbed by the light-absorbing layer, heat is produced that causes the vaporization transfer across a gap, of hole-transporting materials and emissive materials to the OLED device.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Myron W. Culver, Lee W. Tutt, Mitchell S. Burberry, Ching W. Tang
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Patent number: 6887332Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a patterned thin film on a surface of a substrate having thereon a patterned underlayer of a self-assembled monolayer. The method comprises depositing a thin film material on the self-assembled monolayer to produce a patterned thin film on the surface of the substrate. The present invention further provides processes for preparing the self-assembled monolayer. The present invention still further provides solution-based deposition processes, such as spin-coating and immersion-coating, to deposit a thin film material on the self-assembled monolayer to produce a patterned thin film on the surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2000Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Cherie R. Kagan, Tricia Lynn Breen, Laura Louise Kosbar
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Patent number: 6878423Abstract: A transfer sheet comprises a support, and a transfer layer for receiving an ink, wherein the transfer layer is formed in the support by heating at a predetermined temperature and is separable from the support. The hot-melt adhesive particle comprises a first particle having a melting point more than the predetermined temperature and a second particle having a melting point not more than the predetermined temperature. The transfer layer may further comprise a film-forming resin component and a dye fixing agent. The hot-melt adhesive particle may comprise a polyamide-series particle. In particular, the average particle size of the first particle may be 3 to 100 mm. The transfer sheet is excellent in stability on delivery of a paper as well as can prevent the inside of the printer from staining.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hideki Nakanishi
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Patent number: 6878424Abstract: A connecting member, used for serially connecting two carrier tapes, comprises a base film, a belt-like reference band substantially fixed on the base film, a bonding tape adhering on the base film, and a cover film covering the bonding tape. A straight reference face is provided on a longitudinal side of the reference band closely to the bonding tape.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2001Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroto Sumida, Kunio Tanaka
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Patent number: 6878227Abstract: An improved ink-jet printable heat-transfer medium comprising a base substrate having a surface coated with a hot-melt layer and an ink-receptive layer is provided. The ink-receptive layer comprises: i) non-polymeric organic particles that are a reaction product of a diamine and two molecules, each molecule having at least one carboxylic acid group and at least five carbon atoms, ii) thermoplastic polymer particles, and iii) a thermoplastic film-forming binder. The heat-transfer paper can produce printed images having improved color quality, hand, and wash-durability on a variety of fabric materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2003Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Arkwright, Inc.Inventors: Zhong Xu, Robert M. Conforti, William M. Risen, Jr.
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Patent number: 6875497Abstract: A multilayer composite for applying printed graphics to a receptive substrate, comprising: a carrier sheet; a transparent breakcoat having an upper surface releasably bonded to the carrier sheet, and a lower print receptive surface on which graphics are permanently printed; and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive having an upper surface permanently adhered to the thus printed graphics, and a lower surface releasably adhered to a protective liner. The protective liner is separable from the adhesive without disrupting the bond between the carrier sheet and the breakcoat, and the adhesive, and the adhesive is removably bondable to the substrate during a wet out period, after which the carrier sheet is separable from the breakcoat, allowing the breakcoat/graphics/adhesive residue to remain firmly bonded to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: FLEXcon Company, Inc.Inventors: Philip R. Emery, Richard T. Skov
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Patent number: 6872276Abstract: A process for transferring a thin polymeric film to either woven or non-woven fabrics by first coextruding the thin polymeric film with a plastic support layer, then adhesively laminating the polymeric film to a fabric, followed by delaminating the support layer. The thin base layer remaining on the fabric imparts desired properties to the fabric while maintaining the soft feel, or drapeability, of the fabric, as opposed to lamination of thicker polymeric films to fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Cherpinsky, Yuan-Ping Robert Ting
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Patent number: 6869663Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of selectively coating wood composites in a single step, while maintaining registration of the coating to the design of the molded or contoured wood composite. The invention also is directed to a structure provided by preparing a wood composite according to the inventive method.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2003Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventors: Karine A. Luetgert, Raymond H. Pittman
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Patent number: 6868889Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a frame, first and second supply rolls and a substrate processing assembly including a resiliently deformable structure configured to apply pressure to the first and second supply rolls to perform a substrate processing operation. A method for processing a substrate includes providing first and second supply rolls rotatably mounted to the substrate processing apparatus, wherein at least one of the first and second supply rolls has pressure-sensitive adhesive provided thereon. The selected substrate is enabled to be fed in a substrate receiving opening with the first and the second substrates positioned on opposing sides thereof. The first and second substrates are advanced through the substrate receiving opening. A resiliently deformable structure deforms to apply pressure to the selected substrate and the first and second substrates as they are advanced through the substrate receiving opening, thereby bonding the adhesive to the selected substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2002Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Xyron, Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kvamme, Ronald J. Hoffman, Cory W. Worth, Daniel G. Reed
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Patent number: 6857459Abstract: A system (30) is provided for interconnecting a first component (10) having multiple first bonding sites (16) and a second component (12) having multiple second bonding sites (18). The system (30) includes a leadframe (40) coupled to the first component (10) and the second component (12) that advances from a first position (50) to a second position (52). A film tape carrier (32) advances a wirefilm (20) removably coupled to the film tape carrier (32) into the first position (50). The wirefilm (20) includes a substantially planar film (22) and multiple wire strands (14), each wire strand (14) having a first end (24) that contacts a first bonding site (16) and a second end (26) that contacts a second bonding site (18). A film attach tool (62) contacts the first component (10) and the second component (12) with the wirefilm (20) at the first position (50) to interconnect the first component (10) and the second component (12).Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1999Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Ruben P. Madrid
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Patent number: 6855473Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for image formation using an intermediate transfer recording medium. An object of the present invention is to provide an intermediate transfer recording medium and a method for image formation which can yield a thermally transferred image possessing excellent various fastness properties even under severe service conditions, can transfer a protective layer onto an image on the object without transfer failure in an accurate and simple manner, and, in addition, can yield a highly lightfast image which is not deteriorated upon exposure to ultraviolet light. The intermediate transfer recording medium comprises: a sheet substrate provided with a resin layer; and a transparent sheet provided with a receptive layer, the sheet substrate provided with the resin layer having been put on top of the transparent sheet provided with the receptive layer so that the transfer sheet faces the resin layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kozo Odamura, Katsuyuki Oshima, Takayuki Imai, Shinji Kometani, Masayasu Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6852394Abstract: A pattern-transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transferring film under a liquid pressure so as to transfer the print pattern onto the objective body. The print pattern is obtained by being printed by using an optional printing ink or inks of blue, yellow, red black and white inks or an ink or inks prepared by blending the printing inks. The liquid pressure pattern-transferring ink or inks comprise at least a resin ingredient and a color pigment. The resin ingredient of each of the color inks is composed of a fluoropolymer resin and the color pigment of each of the color inks is an inorganic pigment.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: CUBIC Co., LtdInventors: Noboyuki Otaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Misao Sugiyama
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Patent number: 6849147Abstract: Disclosed is a container label comprising a base panel, a series of elongate perimeter tabs and a piggyback panel. The base panel has a base panel top surface coated with a release layer except for a series of elongate perimeter zones spaced along the base panel perimeter that are free of the release layer. The series of elongate perimeter tabs are sized complimentary to and are aligned with the perimeter zones. Each of the perimeter tabs defines a perimeter tab bottom surface coated with an adhesive layer such that the perimeter tabs are permanently bonded to the base panel. The piggyback panel is of a smaller size that the base panel. The piggyback panel has a piggyback panel bottom surface coated with the adhesive layer for releaseably bonding the piggyback panel to the base panel such that the piggyback panel may be peeled away from the base panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Inventors: Donald R. Havard, Jerry Foley, Robert E. Lonas
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Patent number: 6843875Abstract: The invention is a process for forming a press proof (190) by forming an imaged receiver sheet (140) comprising a first thermoplastic layer (240) and a first support layer (160) by disposing an image (290) with a first density on the first thermoplastic layer (240) by using a laser thermal transfer (220); forming a pre-laminate comprising a second thermoplastic layer (250) and a second support layer (170); laminating the pre-laminate (260) to a medium and removing the second support layer (170) forming a supported pre-laminate (270); laminating the imaged receiver sheet (140) to the supported pre-laminate (270) changing the density of the image to a second density using a temperature that exceeds the glass transition point of the thermoplastic layer (230) and a speed of between 10 and 40 inches per minute forming a supported color proof (310); and removing the first support forming a color proof (300).Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Roger S. Kerr