Apparatus and method for making information carrying cards through radiation curing, and resulting products
AssigneeX-Card Holdings, LLC
InventorMark A. Cox
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a method for forming an information carrying card or a core layer of an information carrying card using a radiation curing, and an apparatus configured to provide such a radiation curing. The method includes providing a carrier layer that defines at least one cavity, providing an inlay layer supporting at least one electronic component, and positioning at least a portion of the inlay layer in the at least one cavity. The method further comprises dispensing a radiation crosslinkable polymer composition over the inlay layer, and irradiating the radiation crosslinkable polymer composition.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, each of the bottom portion and the top portion comprising:
- at least one support layer having both a plurality of ribs and a plurality of channels between two adjacent ribs;
- a plurality of radiation sources, wherein more than one of the plurality of radiation sources are disposed in one respective channel and is configured to provide radiation;
- and
- a radiation transparent layer coupled with the at least one support layer and configured to protect the plurality of radiation sources,
- wherein each of the plurality of radiation sources comprises light emitting diode (LED) configured to emit ultraviolet (UV) light, visible light, or a combination thereof.
A system comprising
- a bottom portion of an apparatus;
- and
- a top portion of the apparatus, wherein each of the bottom portion and the top portion comprises
- at least one support layer having both a plurality of ribs and a plurality of channels between two adjacent ribs;
- a plurality of radiation sources, wherein more than one of the plurality of radiation sources are disposed in one respective channel and is configured to provide radiation;
- and
- a radiation transparent layer coupled with the at least one support layer and configured to protect the plurality of radiation sources, and
- the radiation transparent layer in the bottom portion and the radiation transparent layer in the top portion face to each other and are configured to cure a layered structure having a radiation crosslinkable polymer composition disposed therebetween,
- wherein each of the plurality of radiation sources comprises light emitting diode (LED) configured to emit ultraviolet (UV) light, visible light, and a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.