Heat bonding of low energy surface substrates
AssigneeZephyros, Inc.
InventorsKenneth A. Mazich, Jeffrey R. Apfel, Kenneth S. Makuch
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Abstract
A method comprising providing a polymeric substrate having a melting point of from about 130° C. to about 190° C., and locating a material layer onto the substrate, wherein the material layer comprises one or more polymeric materials that liquefy upon exposure to temperatures of at least about 100° C., to blend with a softened portion of the polymeric substrate. Upon exposure of one or more of the substrate and the material layer to a stimulus, the temperature is increased in a predetermined temperature zone of one or more of the substrate and material layer to cause blending of the one or more polymeric materials of the material layer with the softened portion of the polymeric substrate.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- providing a polymeric substrate, wherein the polymeric substrate has a melting point of from about 130° C. to about 190° C.;
- locating a material layer onto the polymeric substrate, wherein the material layer comprises one or more polymeric materials that liquefy upon exposure to temperatures of at least about 100° C., to blend with a softened portion of the polymeric substrate;
- exposing one or more of the polymeric substrate and the material layer to a stimulus so that a temperature is increased in a predetermined temperature zone of the one or more of the polymeric substrate and the material layer to cause blending of the one or more polymeric materials of the material layer with the softened portion of the polymeric substrate;
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- wherein the material layer forms a foam upon exposure to the stimulus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.