WO1998047129A1 - Improved signs - Google Patents
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- WO1998047129A1 WO1998047129A1 PCT/AU1998/000257 AU9800257W WO9847129A1 WO 1998047129 A1 WO1998047129 A1 WO 1998047129A1 AU 9800257 W AU9800257 W AU 9800257W WO 9847129 A1 WO9847129 A1 WO 9847129A1
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- image
- sheet
- sign
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- reflective
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F13/00—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising
- G09F13/16—Signs formed of or incorporating reflecting elements or surfaces, e.g. warning signs having triangular or other geometrical shape
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- This invention relates to signs and in particular to signs of a type which are intended to be used along the sides of roads so that they will be useful both during the day by reason of incidental illumination, and during the night by reason of reflection from vehicle headlights.
- One of the problems applicable to this application is the difficulty of matching the effectiveness of the sign at night with the effectiveness of the sign during the day.
- This effect is well known and is used in a number of applications applicable to roads at the present time for instance this effect is used in cats eyes in the middle of the road and in rear and front reflectors used for signalling purposes.
- the viewer will then see in part, a first reflection by reason of some incidental light, and then the remainder of the image will be visible because of the reflected light having passed twice through the image.
- One of the significant problems then is also to ensure that there is sufficient light left after the light passes twice though the image.
- Sheet material providing very high reflectivity by reason of this prismatic effect is available but it is very expensive indeed and has not therefore been considered to be a useful material in a commercial sense for this application.
- a sign having a prismatic lens reflective sheeting supported and positioned to be a reflective backing for the sign and an image carrying sheet and/or sheets separable from the reflective sheeting, positioned and supported to be in front of the reflecting face of the reflective sheeting and being such as to allow light to pass through the image carrying sheet and/or sheets to then be reflected by the reflective sheeting back along an incoming direction.
- At least one of the image carrying sheets is a separate transparent sheet and is positioned so that its rear side is in very close vicinity of a front surface of the reflective sheeting.
- the separate image carrying sheet is held by means holding the sheet with the image to have its rear side in contact with a reflective sheet.
- the reflective sheet of which we talk is a very high performance material because it is this type of material that is expensive but also it is this type of material that provides the effective reflectivity to an efficiency that assists significantly in the visual effect of a sign.
- the separable sheet carries the image in the form either of an image applied to one or both front and rear surfaces of the sheet and wherein at least a substantial proportion of the image is comprised of an ink or inks which allow a significant proportion of light to pass therethrough.
- the inks from which the image is printed are transparent inks.
- the images are printed using the technique of four colour printing wherein the effect of the image is achieved by a selection of separate dots which are placed on the surface either singularly or in partially or fully overlapping relationship to provide for an effect of the visual image.
- One of the earlier problems described relates to the difficulty of matching both daylight and night time visual effect of an image with a reflective surface.
- a further difficulty is that using a very high efficiency prismatic lens reflective sheeting such as that sold by 3M as "visual impact performance reflective sheeting series 3990", this is not of itself during daylight hours an apparent white colour.
- a number of advantages arise by firstly separating the highly efficient prismatic lens reflective sheeting material from the material on which the image is based.
- a sheet of transparent material on which an image is printed has the image printed on a rear face so that the dot structure of the image in the event that a four colour printing process is used, is as close as possible to the reflective sheeting.
- the light white screen is printed on the rearward side of the existing image.
- a clear sheet which includes a clear adhesive of a type which provides for adhesion to the surface of the reflective material and allows for subsequent non damaging removal or separation of the clear sheet from the surface of the reflective backing.
- the type of clear film or sheet material that can be used is chosen to be appropriate for the application and is such as to hold a printed image.
- the separable sheet whether separable by reason of the type of adhesive or otherwise carries the image in the form either of an image applied to one or both front and rear surfaces of the sheet and wherein at least a substantial proportion of the image is comprised of an ink or inks which allow a significant proportion of light to pass therethrough.
- such inks are transparent.
- the images are printed using the technique of four colour printing wherein the effect of the image is achieved by a selection of separate dots which are placed on the surface either singularly or in partially or fully overlapping relationship to provide for an effect of the visual image.
- the sheet has a clear adhesive which is selected such that the adhesive will not substantially affect the transparency of the image but will allow for substantial adhesion through substantial changes of temperature and humidity but is also removable by simple pulling from one corner so that it will progressively separate.
- Figure 1 is a cross sectional view of a part of a sign constructed in accord with the embodiment. Referring specifically to the drawing and further, describing the embodiments there is provided in relation to the first embodiment a frame 1 including a backing sheet 2 and a front peripheral frame member 3 which has immediately behind it a foam pad 4 which also extends around the periphery of the frame 1.
- the top of the frame 1 at 5 is open so that the three sheets that is a front cover sheet 6, an image carrying sheet 7 and a prismatic lens reflective sheeting 8 can each be separately slipped into position or removed from the frame 1.
- the prismatic lens reflective sheeting 8 consists of prismatic lenses that are formed in a transparent, synthetic resin which is sealed.
- the retroreflective axis is an axis perpendicular to the retroreflective surface.
- the image carrying sheet 7 has an image which is shown as a dotted line at 9 but in this case is comprised of 5 layers of printing a first four of these being a printing of an image in accordance with the four colour process printing which is applied to the rear surface of a clear polyvinyl chloride sheet and then a fifth coating is applied subsequent to the application of the four colour process, this fifth colour being white and being comprised of a white line colour at 5% intensity that is to say the dots cover 5% of the covered area across the full back of the sheet and across the existing image.
- the light white coating is applied only to selected areas namely those that are either behind effectively clear or only very lightly covered parts of an image and in each case of 5% intensity.
- the image carrying sheet is a sheet of plastics material which has applied over the image applied to an inner side, a contact adhesive which when pushed against the front face of the reflective sheet will adhere thereto and will be held in intimate contact thereby.
- the adhesive chosen is also chosen to allow for easy and quick removal in a non destructive way of the image carrying sheet from the reflective surface.
- the image carrying sheet is a plastics material that will be attracted and adhere by reason of electrostatic attraction. This is less attractive where the sign may be vulnerable to easy access by less desirable elements and it will be dependent on the atmospheric conditions maintaining sufficient attraction but it is highly desirable from the point of view of cost, ease of application and removal and long term stability where chemical adhesives may deteriate over time.
- the image is formed by being cut from transparent coloured sheeting where each element of the image is then secured in a removable fashion either to a clear transparent support sheet which is then held against the surface of the prismatic lens reflective sheeting or the elements are each held by adhesive directly against the surface of the prismatic lens reflective sheeting.
- the image is applied to a clear transparent sheet by a four colour printing process. This sheet is then held against the surface of the prismatic lens reflective sheeting.
- the printing can be varied although different printing techniques provide varied effects which can be of different benefit.
- digital printing can also be used.
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AU68146/98A AU735376B2 (en) | 1997-04-11 | 1998-04-14 | Improved signs |
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AUPO6172A AUPO617297A0 (en) | 1997-04-11 | 1997-04-11 | Improved signs |
AUPO6172 | 1997-04-11 | ||
AUPO9783A AUPO978397A0 (en) | 1997-10-15 | 1997-10-15 | Improvements to signs |
AUPO9783 | 1997-10-15 |
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Cited By (3)
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WO2007119082A1 (en) * | 2006-04-13 | 2007-10-25 | Dag Knepr | Construction of reflective advertising panel |
ITFI20110248A1 (en) * | 2011-11-14 | 2013-05-15 | Apuomarg S R L | "PROCEDURE FOR REALIZING A BACKLIT PANEL" |
EP2157457B2 (en) † | 2000-04-10 | 2022-08-24 | Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Retroreflective sheet having printed layer |
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GB1575609A (en) * | 1977-02-21 | 1980-09-24 | Jackson H | Reflective device for carrying variable information for example for advertising purposes |
AU6058686A (en) * | 1985-07-29 | 1987-02-05 | Robert Charles Ellingsen | Reflective signs |
GB2207273A (en) * | 1987-07-24 | 1989-01-25 | Jonathan Christopher Mott | Signs |
GB2245742A (en) * | 1990-06-28 | 1992-01-08 | Johnstone Safety Products Limi | Improvements relating to reflective sheets |
WO1992016928A1 (en) * | 1991-03-15 | 1992-10-01 | The Solicitor's Law Stationery Society Limited | Display apparatus |
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GB1575609A (en) * | 1977-02-21 | 1980-09-24 | Jackson H | Reflective device for carrying variable information for example for advertising purposes |
AU6058686A (en) * | 1985-07-29 | 1987-02-05 | Robert Charles Ellingsen | Reflective signs |
GB2207273A (en) * | 1987-07-24 | 1989-01-25 | Jonathan Christopher Mott | Signs |
GB2245742A (en) * | 1990-06-28 | 1992-01-08 | Johnstone Safety Products Limi | Improvements relating to reflective sheets |
WO1992016928A1 (en) * | 1991-03-15 | 1992-10-01 | The Solicitor's Law Stationery Society Limited | Display apparatus |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP2157457B2 (en) † | 2000-04-10 | 2022-08-24 | Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Retroreflective sheet having printed layer |
WO2007119082A1 (en) * | 2006-04-13 | 2007-10-25 | Dag Knepr | Construction of reflective advertising panel |
ITFI20110248A1 (en) * | 2011-11-14 | 2013-05-15 | Apuomarg S R L | "PROCEDURE FOR REALIZING A BACKLIT PANEL" |
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