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US 2023/0407140 A1Published application
Printable films
AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorsGuangXue WEI, Nikhil R. AGASHE
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Abstract
Printable films, such as retroreflective, graphic and label film materials, comprising a substrate layer, which is formed from a composition comprising a polymethyl methacrylate and an acrylic copolymer comprising hard segments and soft segments, and products formed therefrom are disclosed. Methods of improving print quality of a printable are also disclosed.
Claims21
A printable film, comprising a composition,
- wherein the composition comprises:
- a polymethyl methacrylate material;
- and
- an acrylic copolymer comprising hard segments and soft segments;
- wherein the hard segments comprise polymerized residues of methyl methacrylate;
- and
- wherein the soft segments comprise polymerized residues of a monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature less than about 50° C.
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A method of improving print quality of a printable film, comprising the steps:
- providing a composition comprising:
- an polymethyl methacrylate material;
- and
- an acrylic copolymer comprising hard segments and soft segments;
- wherein the hard segments comprise polymerized residues of methyl methacrylate;
- and
- wherein the soft segments comprise polymerized residues of a monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature less than about 50° C.;
- and
- forming a film from the composition.
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The method of claim 19, further comprising:
- printing the film with an ink selected from the group consisting of at least one solvent-based ink, at least one UV-curable ink, and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.