Article with curved patterns formed of aligned pigment flakes
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsVladimir P. RAKSHA, John HYNES, Laurence HOLDEN, Paul G. COOMBS
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Abstract
In a printed article, pigment flakes are magnetically aligned so as to form curved patterns in a plurality of cross-sections normal a continuous imaginary line, wherein radii of the curved patterns increase along the imaginary line from the first point to the second point. When light is incident upon the aligned pigment flakes from a light source, light reflected from the aligned pattern forms a bright image which appears to gradually change its shape and move from one side of the continuous imaginary line to another side of the continuous imaginary line when the substrate is tilted with respect to the light source.
Claims15
1-15. (canceled)
An article, comprising:
- a substrate coated with a magnetic ink that has been aligned in a magnetic field to form an image;
- wherein the image includes at least two curved bright lines separated one from another;
- and
- wherein the magnetic ink is aligned so that each of the at least two curved bright lines form a portion of a perimeter of a bow tie image at normal angle.
The article of claim 30, wherein the printed graphical component is visible in a region adjacent to the at least two curved bright lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.