CN1348414A - Articles bearing image graphics - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention provides an article bearing image graphics assembled by attaching two components, a substrate component and an imageable component. The substrate component comprises (i) a base sheet having a face side and thickness of at least 0.13 millimeters and (ii) an adhesive layer having first and second surfaces, the second surface disposed on the face side of the base sheet. The base sheet is an integral part and is the primary structural component of the inventive article. The imageable component comprises (i) a light transmissible imageable film having first and second surfaces and (ii) an image layer disposed in reverse image on the second surface of the imageable film. The components are assembled in such a fashion that the image layer lies adjacent to the first surface of the adhesive layer and appears as a right reading image to a viewer looking at the imaged side of the article.
Description
The present invention relates to the goods of bearing image graphics or presentation of information.Particularly, goods of the present invention have the imaging component of substrate parts and bearing image graphics, and each parts is formed by sandwich construction usually.These component set form monolithic article together, and image is embedded in the goods of the present invention.
Background
Owing on decoration, information and the function, graphic image is applied on the various surfaces.Herein, " graphic image " and " presentation of information " is synonym, all be meant by being applied to one or more layers dyed layer in the substrate (generally being polymer), reach the purpose that information is passed to the observer such as printing or lamination such as printing or lamination techniques.These images include but not limited to literal, photograph, icon and the four looks and skills art images that produced by image device such as four-color press.For example, businessman and advertiser wish display graphics pattern or presentation of information on various substrates (for example signboard of window, wall, automotive surfaces, back lighting etc.), pass to their consumer.
In the art, known can directly image being applied to goods provides in the substrate of initial configuration layer.For example, United States Patent (USP) 5,468,532 (Ho etc.) have described a kind of multi-layer product of bearing image graphics.This goods comprise one deck have structure substrate, be positioned at this suprabasil nonferrous layer and cover nonferrous layer and the transparency protected surface above the substrate.Some manufacturing firm provides the directly polymeric layer of imaging.For example, be positioned at St.Paul, the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M) of Minnesota provides many dissimilar substrates, as 3M
TMPanaflex
TMSign Face Material, 3M
TMScotchlite
TMReflectiveSheeting.Also have the various sign substrates of making such as Fasson-Avery and Cooley company.In some purposes, this substrate can be sent into image device, as serigraphy platform, ink-jet printer or thermal transfer printer, image is applied in the substrate.And in some other purposes, require to cut out the image layer, and it is laminated on the polymeric substrates, form the goods that carry image.
Image is being pressed layer by layer, printed, or otherwise be applied directly under the suprabasil situation as the goods main structural components, image printing usually becomes right reading image, is readable when it at first is printed in the substrate promptly.After this further processing can not change the readability of this image.Different therewith, mispronounce image (being called " oppositely image " sometimes) when printing surface is observed, what present to the observer at first is the visual mirror images that requires.Under one situation of back, it should be to make carrying right reading image goods that mirror images is applied to suprabasil mode.This image that applies generation is embedded in the structure of goods, produces more durable image usually.
Some technical staff of this area have used reverse image to make the goods of bearing image graphics.For example, United States Patent (USP) 5,209,959 (McMaul etc.) have disclosed a kind of inferior top layer printed sheet material that is used to form wear resistence printing laminate such as outdoor sign.
A kind of multiple component system that 3M provides is by 3M
TMTransparent image-forming medium (production code member 8510) and 3M
TMTranslucent diffuser (production code member 8572) constitutes.In the use, 3M
TMTransparent image-forming medium is the polyester film of a kind of 0.004 inch (about 0.10mm), and first and second surfaces are arranged, the image that the second surface carrying applies with reverse image mode at first.3M
TMTranslucent diffuser is the vinyl film of 0.002 inch (about 0.05mm), and first and second surfaces are arranged, and is equipped with adhesive phase on the first surface.By with 3M
TMTranslucent back sheet is pressed onto 3M
TMBecome goods on the transparent medium, this moment, image was close to adhesive phase.This goods are used for the signboard of back lighting, and information is passed to the observer.
General introduction
Although goods discussed above have many purposes, still need to provide can bearing image graphics large scale (about 2 feet * 4 feet or more large scale) goods, the imaging of this goods partly is to separate with base part.
The invention provides a kind of method that the imaging part and the base part of bearing image graphics goods are separately made.Such separating method can improve makes efficient, because consider numerous image formation methods, numerous substrate parts can use together with numerous imaging components.And each parts can be optimized respectively.For example, imaging component can be optimized corresponding to a kind of specific imaging technique, and substrate parts can be optimized corresponding to different durable needs.
The invention provides a kind of by the goods of the bearing image graphics of assembling easily that a plurality of parts are fixed together.In the embodiment, goods comprise or mainly are made up of following parts: (a) substrate parts, comprise (i) substrate, it is an integral part of goods, this substrate has a front, this substrate thickness is at least 0.10mm, and the adhesive phase of first surface and second surface is (ii) arranged, and its second surface is on the front of substrate; (b) imaging component, comprise (i) but the imaging film of printing opacity, it has first surface and second surface, (ii) image layer, but it is positioned on the second surface of imaging film with reverse graphic form.Imaging component is contained on the substrate parts, makes the first surface of image layer near adhesive phase.Be preferably, but also have an extra play on the second surface of imaging film, be used to promote bonding with ink, toner and dyestuff.Also second adhesive phase and a kind of optional backing layer can be applied to positive that the opposing face of substrate on.This second adhesive phase is to be used for being convenient to be applied to certain facility, for example on the surface of floor, ceiling, wall, window such as glass of building, motor vehicle side, billboard, road sign etc.
Substrate parts of the present invention comprises a substrate, and this substrate is the integral part of pattern article.Substrate mainly is for goods of the present invention provide intensity and structure, is the main structural components of invention goods.The not direct bearing image graphics of substrate.But but by imaging film bearing image graphics.But the imaging film provides the certain structure globality for goods of the present invention, but is not the primary structure part.
The invention provides the advantage that the substrate of imaging component and substrate parts is separately handled, substrate generally is more expensive material in the goods of many bearing image graphics.Therefore, if when the imaging step, operating personnel slip up in forming image, on another imaging component once more the cost of imaging be significantly less than the cost of imaging on another substrate usually.And the goods for bearing image graphics known in the art provide many substrates of structural integrity to be difficult to direct imaging, and these substrates are because its thickness, hardness or heat sensitivity can't adopt many imaging techniques.
The present invention is providing another advantage aspect the resource control.Substrate parts can be used as the intermediate products storage to the most of products that use this kind substrate.Then, different imaging components fixedly can be got on, these imaging components be according to the imaging technique that is adopted, to the durable requirement of the concrete purposes of goods and each self-optimizings of factor such as permission cost on given facility.Use parts of the present invention, operating personnel may be taken as and resemble parts, its imaging are made produce the image that requires, and are laminated on the substrate parts then.Like this, the fine control manufacturing time of energy, and the storage of minimizing product.
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Further specify the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the sectional view of graphic articles before assembling of prior art,
Fig. 2 is the sectional views of each parts of goods of the present invention before assembling.
These accompanying drawings are illustrated, and not in scale drafting, only are used for explanation, are not construed as limiting.
The detailed description of invention
Fig. 1 represents the prior art image goods before the assembling, will be discussed in detail below, and it is that system of the present invention is discussed With the basis of making comparisons, an embodiment of goods of the present invention is shown among Fig. 2 during the unexpected advantage of product.
Prior art as shown in Figure 1, goods comprise sheet material 20, and sheet material 20 is three part composite constructions, By belt carrier 23, apply be with 22 and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film 21 form. On the exposing surface 33 of PVC film The sign 4 that gets on reverse image mode printing is arranged. Film 21 can have transparent being coated with on an one surface 32 Layer 32a. Transition zone 40 is laminated on the sheet material 20. Transition zone 40 comprises substrate 41 and at 41 1 tables of substrate Transfering adhesive layer 42 on the face, substrate 41 are dippings or have been coated with suitable remover (such as organosilicon or amino Formic acid esters coating) paper wood or plastic foil. By transfering adhesive layer 42, with transition zone 40 be connected in sheet material 20 (as Shown in the arrow 50), be bonded on the PVC film surface 33 of sheet material 20. Transition zone 40 is with after sheet material 20 is connected, Belt carrier 23 can be removed. At next step, also can remove to apply and be with 22. Visual goods to be applied to certain The operating personnel of individual substrate such as trailer side remove substrate 41, transfering adhesive layer 42 are pressed onto the side of trailer On the face. The essential part of structure when substrate 41 is not this image goods use.
Shown in Figure 2 is each parts of goods of the present invention, comprises substrate parts 102 and imaging component 108. Substrate Parts 102 comprise substrate 104 and adhesive phase 106. Substrate 104 has a positive 104a and back side 104b. Sticking Mixture layer 106 has first surface 106a and second surface 106b, and second surface 106b is on the front of substrate. In fact, this substrate parts can store the available adhesive phase 106 first surface 106a that are added in the form of volume On the backing layer (not shown) protect it.
But imaging component 108 comprises the imaging film 122 of printing opacity, and first surface 122a and second surface 122b are arranged, But also comprise the image layer 120 that is positioned on the imaging film second surface. As shown in the figure, between image layer 120 can be Break, but be applied on the imaging film 122 with the form of reverse image. In fact, General Requirements is at surperficial 122b A upper in addition extra play (not shown) is used for promoting ink, toner, dyestuff and these material blends Bonding. If use this extra play, but should before using the image layer, it be applied on the imaging film.
Substrate parts comprises substrate and adhesive phase.Unlike the prior art, substrate of the present invention can be thin polymer film printing opacity or lighttight, retroreflection sheet or their combination.Substrate provides structural integrity to whole goods of the present invention.Therefore, substrate can not be too thin or too soft.The thickness of substrate should be at least 0.005 inch (0.13mm), better is about 0.010-0.030 inch (0.25-0.76mm), but also can uses thicker substrate.
The reflex reflection substrate generally is a sandwich construction.Retroreflective is to describe the process that the incident light on the directive goods is reflected in its incident oppositely.Mainly contain two types retroreflection sheet: based on the sheet material (so-called " pearl matrix material ") of microballoon with based on the sheet material of cube corner.Retroreflection sheet has a front, is defined as that incident light is penetrated up and by that surface of its reflection.All retroreflection sheets that the present invention uses all provide sufficient retroreflective, and promptly they can reflect incident light, do not need sheet material is carried out any additional processing, for example do not need to fix on sheet material any other parts again.Retroreflection sheet known or that remain to be developed all can be used for enforcement of the present invention at present.
It (is microballoon that the pearl sheet material uses many independently pearls, can be glass or the pottery), usually be partially embedded at least in adhesive phase, have relevant minute surface reflection or diffuse-reflective material (as granules of pigments, sheet metal or metallic vapour coating) to be used for reflecting incident light.Pearl plays optical element.The visible United States Patent (USP) 4,950,525 of an illustrative example (Bailey) of pearl matrix material.Can buy and comprise 3M from 3M implementing the useful illustrative reflex reflection pearl sheet material of the present invention
TMScotchlite
TMHigh Intensity Grade ReflectiveSheeting Series 2870,3870,5870 and 6870; 3M
TMScotchlite
TMEngineer GradeReflective Sheeting Series 2200,3200,5200 and 3290-I; 3M
TMScotchlite
TMHighIntensity Fleible Work Zone Sheeting Series 3810.
The cube corner retroreflection sheet uses the arrangement that can play many cube corner elements of reflex reflection effect to incident light.Basic cube corner retroreflective elements generally is a tetrahedral structure, has triangular base (so-called " basal plane ") and three orthogonal basically optical surfaces, and these three optical surface synergies are carried out reflex reflection to incident light.These three optical surfaces intersect on the summit.Basal plane is over against the summit.When work, the incident light that is mapped on the basal plane is transmitted in the cube corner element, reflects separately from three optical surfaces, changes direction and penetrates towards light source.Illustrative examples based on the sheet material of cube corner is disclosed in United States Patent (USP) 4,588, among 258 (Hoopman) and 5,450,235 (Smith etc.).Can buy and comprise 3M from 3M implementing the useful illustrative cube corner base sheet of the present invention
TMScotchlite
TMDiamond Grade
TMLDP Reflective Sheeting Series 3970,2970; 3M
TMScotchlite
TMDiamond Grade
TMFluorescent LDP Reflective Sheeting Series 3960; 3M
TMScotchlite
TMDiamond Grade
TMVIP Reflective Sheeting Series 3990,2990; 3M
TMScotchlite
TMDiamond Grade
TMFluorescent Roll Up Sign Sheeting SeriesRS24.
Substrate can also be a thin polymer film.Polymer matrix film has been preferably flexibility, has enough intensity again, can provide structural integrity for goods of the present invention.The polymeric material illustrative example that is suitable as substrate of the present invention comprises nylon, Merlon, polyvinyl chloride (PVC); Alpha-olefin such as polyethylene, polypropylene and their mixture or copolymer; The mixture of the copolymer of ethene modification such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene-acrylic acid, ethylene-methyl methacrylate, ethylene-methyl acrylate and these materials and mixed polymer such as ethylene-methyl acrylate-acrylic ternary copolymer; Polyurethane; Polyolefin of rubber polymer such as ethylene propylene diene monomer terpolymer, modified rubber (as ethylene-propylene rubber, alkene etc.) and SBR styrene butadiene rubbers.Substrate can strengthen with fiber that is selected from polymer or glass fibre or film.Can buy and be applicable to that implementing illustrative substrate of the present invention comprises 3M from 3M
TMPanaflex
TMEnhanced Image Sign FacingSeries 930h 945GPS.These commercially available polymer matrix film great majority are because its thickness, antistatic property or shortage antistatic property and heat sensitivity are not suitable for adopting known technology (to carry out direct imaging as electrostatic printing, hectographic printing, ink jet printing, backing plate printing (pad printing) and electric photographic printing.Useful illustrative electrostatic imaging or printing technology are disclosed in United States Patent (USP) 5,262, among 259 (Chou etc.).
Second part of substrate parts is the adhesive phase that places the substrate front.Be applicable to that adhesive of the present invention comprises contact adhesive (PSA) and hotmelt.PSA generally is solvent base or water material, and they are cast on a base material such as the wadding, then, and dry and curing in baking oven usually.Conventional pouring procedure includes but not limited to notch bar coating and scraper coating.The PSA that pours into can be laminated on the front of substrate, makes substrate parts.This cast is an advantage of the method for lamination then, is that those skilled in the art can select the wadding that can allow substrate parts directly roll.In the another kind method, PSA can directly be poured on the substrate front, dry then and curing.If it is temperature required that substrate can bear PSA dry and the curing cast, this method can adopt.
The general component of using of hotmelt comprises solventless polymer and some additives such as tackifying resin and plasticizer.These components in the hotmelt can be processed, and occur in flowing or creep under the stress this moment.The general extrusion molding that adopts is processed melt adhesive.United States Patent (USP) 5,257,491 (Rouyer etc.) disclose a kind of to adhesive composition, are particularly useful for implementing the method that thermoplasticity of the present invention or thermosetting hotmelt are packed.Rouyer provides the form pillow packs form adhesive composition.These packaging material are integral parts of adhesive.Rouyer has listed useful thermoplastic resin, thermosetting resin and various tackifying resin and plasticizer.The hotmelt of Rouyer is used for can directly being expressed on the substrate front when of the present invention, solidifies then.Hotmelt also can be expressed on the wadding, solidifies, and is laminated to then on the substrate front.According to the chemical property of hotmelt, can pass through ultraviolet light or electronic beam curing.United States Patent (USP) 5,539,033 and 5,550,175 (Bredahl etc.) have also disclosed other solvent-free, hot melt method preparation and can be used for non-thermosettable contact adhesive of the present invention (PSA).
Used adhesive be can printing opacity or opaque.Adhesive phase should be enough thick, can make between substrate and the imaging component fully bonding.Yet using blocked up adhesive phase is irrational on cost.
When substrate is a retroreflection sheet, when the user needed the reflex reflection advantage, adhesive phase should be a printing opacity, made the part of incident light can pass through this adhesive phase, arrived pearl type element or cube corner element in optical element such as the substrate.When adhesive phase be used for the reflex reflection substrate in conjunction with the time, its refraction coefficient should be close with the parts that use in the reflex reflection substrate.For example, many retroreflection sheets have polymer teleblem (outermost layer in sheet material front), and its refraction coefficient is about 1.5.Under the situation, adhesive also should have about 1.5 refraction coefficient except printing opacity like this.
When goods of the present invention were used for the signboard of back lighting, adhesive phase better was a printing opacity, but it also can be translucent, as long as part light is passed through.The light source of back lighting signboard is generally in the back of bearing image graphics goods, and whole assembly is packaged in a structure such as the box.When goods of the present invention on motor vehicle side, wall, window, billboard during as decorative pattern or advertisement image, and its substrate is not when being not retroreflection sheet, this structure can not be taked back lighting, this moment, the opacity of adhesive phase was unimportant.This moment, adhesive can be painted, for whole goods provide color contrast or the effect of better matching colors.Adhesive better is a printing opacity.
The similar adhesive that is used for Fig. 2 adhesive phase 106 also can be used as and is used on the second surface 104b goods of the present invention directly are fixed to one second adhesive phase that uses the surface.This fixes second adhesive phase and needs not to be printing opacity, but reply substrate 104 has good bonding force, finally goods of the present invention can be fixed to and use on the surface.Those skilled in the art should remember that these require careful second adhesive phase of selecting.
But imaging component comprises the imaging film of printing opacity, and this film has first surface and second surface, and image is placed on the second surface of cocoa imaging film.But the imaging film can also be painted, as long as at least a portion incident light can transmit by this film in visible spectrum (between about 400-700 nanometer).But the imaging film generally is a thin polymer film.But the illustrative example of suitable imaging film comprises the polyester that can accept image, polyvinyl chloride, acrylic compounds, polymethyl methacrylate, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyamide, Merlon, polyacetals, polyolefin (as polyethylene and polypropylene), the polyester of dihydroxylic alcohols modification (PETG), cellulose butyrate, ETFE (EFTE), polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), ethylene vinyl acetate, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyketone, transparent thermoplastic elastomer and elastomer, and the polyolefin of sour modification and ionomer.The film of the present invention that can be used for that some are commercially available comprises Spectar
, available from Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, the PETG film of USA; Tefzel
, available from Du Pont Co., Williminton, DE, the EFTE film of USA; Surlyn
, available from the acid modified polyolefin of DuPont Co..
But on the second surface of imaging film, requirement applies and can promote the layer bonding to ink, toner and/or dyestuff usually.But those skilled in the art should carefully select or prepare this imaging film, so that provide and the enough bonding force of image layer.This adhesion-promoting layer is good for printing opacity also.
But the imaging film should have enough thickness and flexibility, makes it to operate by some devices, and the image layer is applied in the above.But the imaging film thickness should be about 0.001-0.10 inch (about 0.025-0.25mm).Yet, can use the film of any thickness, as long as it can be handled by image device.Also require this film can accept to be used for forming ink, pigment, adhesive and/or the toner of image layer.But the imaging film can provide by conventional web form or sheet material.Such common version goes for the different image devices that can use.
If desired, but can on the second surface 122a of the imaging film of Fig. 2, apply the protective finish of one deck printing opacity.But this coating can make the imaging film durable in use with the image layer, if used.This protective finish is a kind of extruded polymer film or solution casting film.Protective finish can prepare earlier on a wadding, but for example is fixed on the second surface of imaging film by lamination then.But protective finish also can be with solution or emulsion directly cast be applied on the second surface of imaging film, also can with adhesive it.The illustrative example that is fit to protective finish of the present invention includes but not limited to: aliphatic urethane and acrylic compounds (can be solvent base or water base), fluoropolymer coating such as Tefzel
And Tedlar
With silanol acid resin coating.Solvent base acrylic resin soln has the ﹠amp available from Rohm preferably; Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA, the Acryloid of USA
But the image layer is positioned on the surface of imaging film with reverse graphic form.The image layer can be continuous or be interrupted.But can cover the whole second surface 122b of imaging film, or only cover its part.But use diverse ways to apply multilayer image layer at the imaging film.The usability methods that applies the image layer comprises image formation method and solution coat method.Image formation method comprises for example electrostatic printing, static printing, hectographic printing, ink jet printing and backing plate printing.The solution coat method comprises for example intaglio printing, serigraphy, notch bar coating and their combination.
Owing to produce the computer extensive use of image, better use the digital imaging method.Using an advantage of image formation method among the present invention, is to be easy to make complexity and special image, but prints machine as long as the imaging film is sent into the look that for example is connected with computer.But the imaging film is imported commercially available look seal machine and is got final product generally with the cut lengths supply.Owing to can adopt multiple image formation method, but those skilled in the art should carefully select the imaging film, make it to be applicable to used image formation method, but will consider that multiple factor is as the thickness of imaging film, flexibility, the acceptance of ink, pigment, adhesive and/or toner to using in printing machine or the imaging system and the thermal sensitivity of film this moment.But those skilled in the art can also prepare the imaging film that is suitable for used image formation method.
The method of this bearing image graphics goods comprises or mainly is made up of the following step: substrate parts (a) is provided, this substrate parts comprises the substrate of (i) metal products integral part, this substrate has a front, substrate thickness is at least 0.10mm, the adhesive phase that first surface and second surface are (ii) arranged, second surface place on the front of substrate; (b) provide imaging component, but this imaging component comprises the imaging film of printing opacity, it has first and second surfaces, (c) but image layer is applied on the second surface of imaging film with reverse graphic form, (d) substrate parts is laminated on the imaging component, makes the first surface of image layer near adhesive phase.
Lamination step can be undertaken by any method that substrate parts and imaging component are fitted together.Conventional laminating method uses two rollers that abut one another, and between two rollers a slit is arranged.Make roller of imaging component contact, but make the imaging film be affixed on this roller surfaces, the image layer is exposed.Make substrate parts contact with another roller, make its substrate be affixed on the surface of second roller, its adhesive phase is exposed when substrate parts enters roll gap.Situation is optionally exerted pressure and is heated, and two parts are just laminated together in roll gap, makes the wrinkle that contracts, bubble and diminish the similar defective of goods overall appearance minimum.
A major advantage of the present invention is that these two parts can separate storage or supporting storage.Require one givenly when visual, allow the imaging component imaging,, be assembled on the substrate parts, produce the goods of bearing image graphics then by lamination step as described above.The matching component that is used to make the bearing image graphics goods comprises: (a) substrate parts, comprise (i) substrate as the goods integral part, this substrate has a front, substrate thickness is at least 0.10mm, the adhesive phase that first surface and second surface are (ii) arranged, second surface are placed on the front of substrate; (b) imaging component, but include the printing opacity imaging film on first and second surfaces.The substrate parts of making can self roll.In this case, shown in 104b among Fig. 2, can there be remover at the back side of substrate, and adhesive phase 106 is not bonded on the back side of substrate.Yet remover should not produce harmful effect to the bonding force between adhesive phase and the image layer.One preferably in the embodiment, on adhesive phase first surface 106a, be equipped with the additional wadding (not shown among Fig. 2) of one deck, for adhesive phase provides protection, substrate parts can be rolled.
When needing the goods of bearing image graphics, but the form of image layer with reverse image is applied on the second surface of imaging film.Imaging component after such imaging is laminated on the substrate parts, makes the first surface of image layer this moment, just obtain the goods of bearing image graphics near adhesive phase.As a result, the image layer is embedded in the article construction of the present invention.
Embodiment
The following examples are provided, embodiment of the present invention and details are described.Although these embodiment are used for this purpose, the concrete composition of use and amount and other condition and details do not constitute limitation of the scope of the invention.
Embodiment 1
According to following described manufacturing substrate parts.Buy the acrylate adhesive layer from 3M and (be called 3M
TMScotch
TMLaminating Adhesive 467 MP), on this adhesive phase two sides first and second backing layers are arranged respectively.About 0.002 inch of adhesive bed thickness (about 0.05mm).Buy substrate from 3M and (be called 3M
TMPanaflex
TMEnhanced Image 645 EI Sign Facing), it has a front, substrate thick about 0.015 inch (about 0.38mm).Peel off second backing layer of removing adhesive phase, expose the second surface of this adhesive phase.Use conventional roll equipment, this second surface of adhesive phase is laminated to Panaflex
TMOn the front of substrate, make substrate parts.This equipment mainly contains first roller, is positioned at the top of second roller, and is close to each other, leaves certain roll gap therebetween.First roller is exerted pressure on second roller.During lamination, second wadding of adhesive is contacted with roller surfaces.The substrate parts that makes is a multilayer form, has Panaflex
TMSubstrate, adhesive phase and first backing layer.
According to following described manufacturing imaging component.But buy the imaging film from 3M and (be called 3M
TMClear ImagingMedia 850 CP, a kind of polyester film), it thick about 0.004 inch (about 0.10mm).This film has first and second surfaces.Use the hot ink-jet printer of Hewlett-Packard (model Deskjet 1200C), but on the second surface of imaging film, print out four color picture layers.This image layer prints with reverse graphic form, but this image layer cover part imaging film only.
According to following described, substrate parts is laminated on the imaging component, make the goods of whole bearing image graphics.Peel off first backing layer of removing on the substrate parts, expose the first surface of adhesive phase.This surface laminated to imaging component, is made the first surface of image layer near adhesive phase.But the part of the second surface of imaging film (being its part that is not covered by the image layer) contacts with the adhesive phase first surface.Goods have the image layer of just reading to (being its part that is not covered by the image layer) of this assembling, are that imaging surface is observed as the observer in the front of goods of the present invention.
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1. the goods of a bearing image graphics, these goods comprise:
(a) substrate parts comprises the substrate of (i) metal products integral part, and described substrate has a front, and substrate thickness is at least 0.10mm, and the adhesive phase of first surface and second surface is (ii) arranged, and second surface places on the front of substrate;
(b) imaging component, comprise (i) but the imaging film of printing opacity, it has first and second surfaces, (ii) visual layer, but place with reverse graphic form on the second surface of imaging film, imaging component places on the substrate parts in the goods, and the image layer is near the first surface of adhesive phase at this moment.
2. goods as claimed in claim 1, but it is characterized in that described imaging component also comprises the printing opacity protective finish that is positioned on the described first surface of described imaging film.
3. goods as claimed in claim 1, but it is characterized in that described imaging film is selected from following polyester, cellulose butyrate, ETFE, ethylene vinyl acetate, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyketone and the polymethyl methacrylate that can accept visual polyester, polyvinyl chloride, acrylic compounds, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyamide, polyethylene, Merlon, polyacetals, polypropylene, dihydroxylic alcohols modification.
4. goods as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described adhesive phase is selected from contact adhesive and hotmelt.
5. goods as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described adhesive phase is a printing opacity.
6. goods as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described goods also comprise second adhesive phase in the described front that places described substrate.
7. goods as claimed in claim 1, these goods can be applied on the surface that is selected from glass of building, works surface and their combination.
8. goods as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described substrate is selected from retroreflection sheet and thin polymer film.
9. goods as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that described retroreflection sheet is selected from the sheet material of microballoon base and the sheet material of cube corner base.
10. goods as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that described thin polymer film is selected from nylon, Merlon, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene-acrylic acid, ethylene-methyl methacrylate, ethylene-methyl acrylate, ethylene-propylene diene monomer terpolymer, ethylene-propylene rubber and SBR styrene butadiene rubbers.
11. make the matching component of bearing image graphics goods, described matching component comprises:
(a) substrate parts comprises the substrate of (i) metal products integral part, and described substrate has a front, and substrate thickness is at least 0.10mm, and the adhesive phase of first surface and second surface is (ii) arranged, and this second surface places on the front of substrate;
(b) imaging component, but comprise the imaging film of printing opacity, and it has first and second surfaces.
12. matching component as claimed in claim 11, but it is characterized in that described matching component also comprises the image layer on the described second surface that places described imaging film.
13. matching component as claimed in claim 11, but it is characterized in that described matching component also comprises the printing opacity protective finish on the described first surface that places described imaging film.
14. matching component as claimed in claim 11, but it is characterized in that described imaging film is selected from following polyester, cellulose butyrate, ETFE, ethylene vinyl acetate, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyketone and the polymethyl methacrylate that can accept visual polyester, polyvinyl chloride, acrylic compounds, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyamide, polyethylene, Merlon, polyacetals, polypropylene, dihydroxylic alcohols modification.
15. matching component as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described adhesive phase is selected from contact adhesive and hotmelt.
16. matching component as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described adhesive phase is a printing opacity.
17. matching component as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described matching component also comprises second adhesive phase on the described front that places described substrate.
18. matching component as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described matching component also comprises the backing layer that places on the described first surface of described adhesive phase.
19. matching component as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described substrate is selected from retroreflection sheet and thin polymer film.
20. matching component as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that described retroreflection sheet is selected from the sheet material of microballoon base and the sheet material of cube corner base.
21. matching component as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that described thin polymer film is selected from nylon, Merlon, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene-acrylic acid, ethylene-methyl methacrylate, ethylene-methyl acrylate, ethylene-propylene diene monomer terpolymer, ethylene-propylene rubber and SBR styrene butadiene rubbers.
22. a method of making the bearing image graphics goods, this method comprises:
(a) provide substrate parts, this substrate parts comprises the substrate of (i) metal products integral part, and described substrate has a front, and substrate thickness is at least 0.10mm, and the adhesive phase of first surface and second surface is (ii) arranged, and described second surface places on the front of substrate;
(b) provide imaging component, but this imaging component comprises the imaging film of printing opacity, it has first and second surfaces;
(c) but image layer is applied on the second surface of imaging film with reverse graphic form;
(d) described substrate parts is laminated on the described imaging component, makes the described first surface of described image layer near described adhesive phase.
23. method as claimed in claim 22 is characterized in that the described method that applies described image is selected from image formation method and solution coat method.
24. method as claimed in claim 23 is characterized in that described image formation method is selected from electrostatic printing, static printing, hectographic printing and ink jet printing.
25. method as claimed in claim 23 is characterized in that described solution coat method is selected from intaglio printing, serigraphy, notch bar coating and their combination.
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