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US 6,317,947 B1Granted
Method of producing metallic flakes
AssigneeMeadowbrook Inventions, Inc.
InventorHenry W. Ruschmann
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Abstract
Decorative, protective metallic flakes are made by coating a polyplastic web with a release coating; depositing a resin on the release coating; depositing a metal layer on the resin to form a sandwich; and treating the sandwich with a solvent in order to remove the metal and resin layers in the form of metallic flakes.
Claims16
A process for producing metallic flakes, comprising:
- coating a polyplastic web with a release layer;
- depositing a resin on said release layer;
- depositing a metal layer on said resin to form a sandwich;
- and
- treating said sandwich with a solvent to remove the metal layer and resin in the form of metallic flakes.
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The process according to 1, wherein the polyplastic web has a thickness of about 0.00025 to about 0.0025 inch.
A process for producing flakes, comprising:
- coating a polyplastic web with a release layer;
- depositing a resin on said release layer;
- depositing a color layer on said resin to form a sandwich;
- and
- treating said sandwich with a solvent to remove the color layer and resin in the form of is colored flakes.
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A process for producing flakes comprising the steps of
- coating a polyplastic web with a release layer;
- thereafter coating said release layer with a resin to form a resin layer thereon;
- thereafter vacuum depositing a non-metal color coating on said resin layer to form a sandwich;
- and
- subsequently treating said sandwich with a solvent to separate said resin layer and said color coating layer from said release layer as flakes.
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