GB2391513A - Decorative applique laminate - Google Patents
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- GB2391513A GB2391513A GB0318333A GB0318333A GB2391513A GB 2391513 A GB2391513 A GB 2391513A GB 0318333 A GB0318333 A GB 0318333A GB 0318333 A GB0318333 A GB 0318333A GB 2391513 A GB2391513 A GB 2391513A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B32—LAYERED PRODUCTS
- B32B—LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- B32B7/00—Layered products characterised by the relation between layers; Layered products characterised by the relative orientation of features between layers, or by the relative values of a measurable parameter between layers, i.e. products comprising layers having different physical, chemical or physicochemical properties; Layered products characterised by the interconnection of layers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C63/00—Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor
- B29C63/0095—Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor using a provisional carrier
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B32B—LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- B32B27/00—Layered products comprising a layer of synthetic resin
- B32B27/30—Layered products comprising a layer of synthetic resin comprising vinyl (co)polymers; comprising acrylic (co)polymers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B32—LAYERED PRODUCTS
- B32B—LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- B32B7/00—Layered products characterised by the relation between layers; Layered products characterised by the relative orientation of features between layers, or by the relative values of a measurable parameter between layers, i.e. products comprising layers having different physical, chemical or physicochemical properties; Layered products characterised by the interconnection of layers
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- B32B7/12—Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
- B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
- B44C5/00—Processes for producing special ornamental bodies
- B44C5/04—Ornamental plaques, e.g. decorative panels, decorative veneers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C63/00—Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor
- B29C63/02—Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor using sheet or web-like material
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Abstract
A method of making laminate (5) comprising providing a preformed plastics film shape (2) releasably adhered (7) or bonded to a release liner (1); applying a sealing film (4) to at least the exposed surface (3) of the plastics film shape (2);and heating the so-formed laminate (5) to within a predetermined temperature range to adhere or bond the sealing film (4) to at least the surface (3) of the plastics film shape (2), whereby, after cooling of the substrate (6), the strength of adhesion or bonding between the sealing film (4) and the shape (2) is greater than the strength of adhesion or bonding between the shape (2) and the release liner (1), so that separation of the sealing film (4) therefrom detaches the plastics film shape (2) from the release liner (1), and the strength of adhesion or bonding between the sealing film (4) and the shape (2) is less than the strength of adhesion or bonding between the shape (2) and a substrate (6) to which the shape (2) is subsequently applied, so that the sealing film (4) can be detached from the shape (2) without detaching the shape (2) from the substrate (6).
Description
LAMINATE
DESCRIPTION
5 This invention relates to a laminate and is especially, but not exclusively, related to a laminate for providing a releasable vinyl film shape, particularly one with an acid-etched effect, to be applied to a substrate or other support, such as a 1O window pane, for decorative purposes.
Conventionally, acid-etched effect, vinyl film is self-adhered to a release liner which can then be cut to any required shape by a plotter and "weeded" by 15 removing excess vinyl film to reveal the desired shape. Then, an adhesive application tape is applied to the shape to pull it from the release liner and then 20 apply it to a substrate or other support.
This conventional method is not foolproof, as part of the vinyl film shape may remain on the release liner, thereby damaging the shape before it is applied 25 to a substrate or other support.
This method is used normally by skilled vinyl film fitters and is very difficult to implement without training.
Accordingly, there has been developed a substantially foolproof technique, whereby skilled and
unskilled users can apply vinyl and other plastics shapes to substrates or other supports.
Accordingly, one aspect of the invention provides 5 a method of making a laminate comprising: providing a preformed plastics film shape releasably adhered or bonded to a release liner; lo applying a sealing film to at least the exposed surface of the plastics film shape;and heating the soformed laminate to within a predetermined temperature range to adhere or bond 15 the sealing film to at least the surface of the plastics film shape, whereby, after cooling of the substrate, the strength of adhesion or bonding between the 20 sealing film and the shape is greater than the strength of adhesion or bonding between the shape and the release liner, so that separation of the sealing film therefrom detaches the plastics film shape from the release liner, and the strength of 25 adhesion or bonding between the sealing film and the shape is less than the strength of adhesion or bonding between the shape and a substrate to which the shape is subsequently applied, so that the sealing film can be detached from the shape 30 without detaching the shape from the substrate.
-3 Thus, the plastics film shape remains on the sealing film when the release liner and sealing film are separated but the sealing film can be detached from the shape when the latter is subsequently adhered 5 or bonded to a substrate.
Preferably, the surface of the preformed plastics film shape in contact with the release liner, has an adhesive coating which still permits the shape to be 10 removed from the release liner upon removal of the sealing film but which has an adhesive force greater than that between the sealing film and the other surface of the shape, such that, upon subsequent application of the shape to a substrate, the shape is 15 not then peeled or otherwise detached from the substrate when the sealing film is detached from the shape. The release liner, sometimes known as the 20 "backing sheet" with the plastics film shape upon it, may be of any suitable material, for example, a release paper or plastics film.
The plastics film shape is preferably of vinyl 25 film, which may be that sold as Scotchcal (TM) Series 7725 SE by 3M United Kingdom plc.
The sealing film is preferably in the form of a laminate, such as a plastics film coated with a layer 30 of adhesive, and may be of any suitable thickness but preferably in a range of 125 microns to 175 microns, with the heat sealing temperature of the method
preferably being in the range of 100 C - 140 C, more preferably 100 C 125 C.
If the sealing temperature is too high, then s adhesion or bonding of the sealing film to the shape would be greater than that between the shape and a substrate to which the shape has been applied, in which case, the sealing film could not be detached from the shape when the latter is adhered or bonded to 10 the substrate.
If the sealing temperature is too low, then the strength of the adhesion or bond between the sealing film and the shape would be insufficient for the 15 sealing film to adhere or bond properly to the shape, in which case, the shape would not become detached from the release liner when the sealing film is separated from that liner.
20 Thus the range of sealing temperatures is important. A second aspect of the invention resides in a laminate comprising: a release liner; a preformed plastics film shape having one surface releasably adhered or bonded to the 30 release liner; and
-5 a film heat sealed to at least the other surface of the plastics film shape, wherein the strength of adhesion or bonding 5 between the sealing film and the plastics film shape is greater than the strength of adhesion or bonding between the shape and the release liner but the strength of adhesion or bonding between the sealing film and the shape is less than that between the shape lo and a substrate to which the shape is applied.
Again, the release liner may be of any suitable material, such as a release paper or plastics material, whilst the plastics film shape is preferably 15 made of a vinyl plastics film, such as that sold as Scotchcal (TM) Series 7725 SE, a special effects film by 3M United Kingdom ply.
As in the case of the inventive method defined 20 above, the thickness of the sealing film is preferably in the range of 125 microns - 175 microns, whilst the sealing film itself is preferably in the form of a laminate, such as a plastics film coated with a layer of adhesive.
Preferably, the sealing film has been sealed to at least the other surface of the shape at a temperature in the range of 100 C - 140 C, more preferably 100 to 125 Celsius.
In order that the invention may be more fully understood, a laminate in accordance therewith, as
-6 well as its method of manufacture and use, will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawing in which: 5 Figure 1 is a section of the laminate being manufactured; Figure 2 is a section of the laminate after its manufacture; Figure 3 is a section of the laminate of Figure 2 being usedi Figure 4 is a section of part of the laminate of 15 Figures 2 and 3 in further used and Figure 5 is a section of a vinyl acid-etched effect shape applied to a window by using the laminate of Figures 2 to 4.
Referring firstly to Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, a release liner 1 has releasably adhered to its upper surface a preformed, cut-out (weeded) vinyl film shape 2 which exhibits an acid-etched effect, a 25 suitable layer 7 of adhesive being provided between the underside surface of the shape 2 and the release liner 1.
To the release liner 1 and vinyl film shape 2 is 30 applied a plastics film 4, the so-formed laminate then being heated to a temperature within the range of 100 C - 125 C. The plastics sealing film 4, which may
-7 be laminar, for example, a plastics film provided with an adhesive or other bonding layer, is thus adhered or bonded to at least the upper surface 3 of the acid-
etched effect vinyl film shape 2. Preferably, the s remaining, exposed upper surface of the release liner 1, also has the sealing film 4 adhered or bonded to it. Prior to heat sealing, the plastics sealing film JO is applied to the exposed surface of the vinyl film shape 2 and the release liner in the direction of the arrows A. The resulting, cooled laminate 5 is shown in 15 Figure 2.
In that laminate 5, the adhesion or bonding of the acid-etched effect, vinyl film shape 2 to the laminar sealing film 4 is greater than of the film 20 shape 2 to the release liner 1.
The release liner 1 may be made of any suitable material, for example, paper or other fibrous material or, more preferably, a plastics material, whilst the 25 sealing film 4, which is bonded or adhered by heat sealing to the top surface of the shape 2 and, in this case, the release liner 1 also, preferably has a thickness in the range of 125 microns microns, whilst the film shape 2 is preferably that sold as 30 Scotchcal (TM) Series 7725 SE special effects film sold by 3M United Kingdom plc.
-8 After cooling the substrate 5 can be stored in any suitable manner.
In use, and as shown initially in Figure 3, the 5 sealing film 4 is separated from the release liner 1, in the direction of the arrows B. with the acid-etched effect vinyl film shape 2 still adhered or bonded to that film 4.
10 Then, the sealing film 4, and hence the shape 2, can be applied to the surface of a pane of glass 6, as shown in Figure 4, with subsequent removal of the sealing film 4, whereby the acid-etched effect, vinyl film shape 2 is retained on that window pane 6, after IS the sealing film 4 has been peeled therefrom and as shown in Figure 5, to provide a decorative, acid-
etched effect image on the pane 6.
The sealing temperature range is important, in 20 that, on the one hand, if the sealing temperature is too high, then the adhesion or bonding of the sealing film 4 to the shape 2 tends to be greater than that between the shape 2 and the substrate 6, in which case, the sealing film 4 can not be detached from the 25 shape 2 when the latter is adhered to the substrate.
On the other hand, if the sealing temperature is too low, then the strength of the adhesion or bond between the sealing film 4 and the shape 2 would be 30 insufficient for the sealing film 4 to adhere or bond properly to the shape 2, in which case, the shape 2 would not become detached from the release liner 1
when the sealing film 4 is separated from that liner 1.
It is to be appreciated, that the materials of 5 the laminate 5 may be different to those described above in relation to the preferred embodiment and, also, that such is not specifically limited to acid-
etched effect shapes 2 but may be used with other decorative surfaces and shapes of different colours 10 and finishes.
Claims (16)
- - lo -CLAIS A method of making a laminate comprising: 5 providing a preformed plastics film shape releasably adhered or bonded to a release liner; applying a sealing film to at least the exposed surface of the plastics film shape; and heating the so-formed laminate to within a predetermined temperature range to adhere or bond the sealing film to at least the surface of the plastics film shape, whereby, after cooling of the substrate, the strength of adhesion or bonding between the sealing film and the shape is greater than the strength of adhesion or bonding between the shape 20 and the release liner, so that separation of the sealing film therefrom detaches the plastics film shape from the release liner, and the strength of adhesion or bonding between the sealing film and the shape is less than the strength of adhesion 25 or bonding between the shape and a substrate to which the shape is subsequently applied, so that the sealing film can be detached from the shape without detaching the shape from the substrate.
- 2. A method as claimed in claim l, wherein the surface of the preformed plastics film shape in- 11 contact with the release liner, has an adhesive coating.
- 3. A method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the s release liner comprises a release paper or plastics film.!
- 4. A method as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the plastics film shape comprises a vinyl film.
- 5. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the sealing film is in the form of a laminate.
- 6. A method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the 15 sealing film laminate comprises a plastics film coated with a layer of adhesive.
- 7. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the thickness of the sealing film is in a 20 range of 125 microns to 175 microns.
- 8. A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the heat sealing temperature is in the range of 100 C to 140 C, preferably 100 C - 125 C.
- 9. A laminate comprising: a release liner; 30 a preformed plastics film shape having one surface releasably adhered or bonded to the release liner; and-12 a film heat sealed to at least the other surface of the plastics film shape, 5 wherein the strength of adhesion or bonding between the sealing film and the plastics film shape is greater than the strength of adhesion or bonding between the shape and the release liner but the strength of adhesion or bonding between 10 the sealing film and the shape is less than that between the shape and a substrate to which the shape is applied.
- 10. A laminate as claimed in claim 9, wherein the 15 release liner comprises a release paper or plastics material.
- 11. A laminate as claimed in claim 9 or 10, wherein the plastics film shape comprises a vinyl plastics 20 film.
- 12. A laminate as claimed in claim 9, 10 or 11, wherein the thickness of the sealing film is in the range of 125 microns - 175 microns.
- 13. A laminate as claimed in any of claims 9 to 12, wherein the sealing film itself comprises a laminate, such as a plastics film coated with a layer of adhesive.
- l4. A laminate as claimed in any of claims 9 to 13, wherein the sealing film has been sealed to at least-l3 the other surface of the shape at a temperature in the range of 100 C - 140 C, preferably 100 to 125 Celsius. 5
- 15. A method of manufacturing a laminate, substantially as hereinbefore described.
- 16. A laminate substantially as hereinbefore describe with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB0218121A GB0218121D0 (en) | 2002-08-05 | 2002-08-05 | Vizi strip acid etch image (Lametch/sealetch |
| GB0218276A GB0218276D0 (en) | 2002-08-07 | 2002-08-07 | Vizi strip acid image (Lametch/Shaletch) |
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| GB0318333D0 GB0318333D0 (en) | 2003-09-10 |
| GB2391513A true GB2391513A (en) | 2004-02-11 |
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| GB0318333A Withdrawn GB2391513A (en) | 2002-08-05 | 2003-08-05 | Decorative applique laminate |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| EP3112129A1 (en) * | 2015-07-01 | 2017-01-04 | W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH | Vent assembly |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB1438947A (en) * | 1972-08-08 | 1976-06-09 | Letraset International Ltd | Lettering products |
| EP0243198A1 (en) * | 1986-04-25 | 1987-10-28 | Esselte UK Limited | Sign-making materials |
| WO1994009983A1 (en) * | 1992-11-05 | 1994-05-11 | Avery Dennison Corporation | Exterior automotive laminate with pressure-sensitive adhesive |
| US6106645A (en) * | 1998-01-21 | 2000-08-22 | Gerber Scientific Products, Inc. | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a graphic product |
| EP1129687A2 (en) * | 1999-12-06 | 2001-09-05 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Low odor permanent waving compositions containing a disulfide |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB1438947A (en) * | 1972-08-08 | 1976-06-09 | Letraset International Ltd | Lettering products |
| EP0243198A1 (en) * | 1986-04-25 | 1987-10-28 | Esselte UK Limited | Sign-making materials |
| WO1994009983A1 (en) * | 1992-11-05 | 1994-05-11 | Avery Dennison Corporation | Exterior automotive laminate with pressure-sensitive adhesive |
| US6106645A (en) * | 1998-01-21 | 2000-08-22 | Gerber Scientific Products, Inc. | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a graphic product |
| EP1129687A2 (en) * | 1999-12-06 | 2001-09-05 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Low odor permanent waving compositions containing a disulfide |
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP3112129A1 (en) * | 2015-07-01 | 2017-01-04 | W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH | Vent assembly |
| WO2017001317A1 (en) * | 2015-07-01 | 2017-01-05 | W. L. Gore & Associates Gmbh | Vent assembly |
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