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US 4,362,591 AGranted
Large poster apparatus and method of constructing for back-lighted signboard
OwnerCharles H. Tracyinventor
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Abstract
A large poster apparatus for a back-lighted signboard and a method of constructing same from a plurality of smaller poster sections, including improving the translucent quality of the poster material, aligning respective adjacent sections for exact image continuity, laminating a clear film over a first poster layer, laminating a second poster layer over the clear film, and applying heat and pressure to create a composite laminated poster apparatus having registered images throughout.
Claims5
A method of constructing a large poster from a plurality of sheets containing image portions, for use on a back-lighted signboard, comprising the steps of
- (a) immersing the plurality of poster sheets in a liquid solution of a type which renders said sheets light translucent, and removing the sheets from said solution and drying them;
- (b) aligning a first group of adjacent image sheets in abutting image edge alignment;
- (c) overlaying the edge-aligned sheets with a clear film layer having adhesive surfaces
- (d) overlaying the clear film layer with a second group of matching image sheets and aligning said sheets in image registration with said first group of sheets;
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- (e) forming a laminated whole from said first group, said clear film layer, and said second group.
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