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US 6,720,065 B1Granted
Decorative laminated panel with high distinctness of image
AssigneeDuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
InventorSteven R. Cosentino
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Abstract
A laminated structure having a film composite overlying a substrate sheet, used as a decorative panel for appliances and motor vehicles. The laminated structure has high distinctness of image in both the machine direction and the transverse direction, and a ratio of these approaching 1.0.
Claims30
An appliance panel comprising:
- a laminated structure comprising a substrate sheet having adhered thereto a biaxially oriented film composite comprising a colored polyester layer adjacent and coextensive with a clear layer comprising a polyester, the colored polyester layer between the substrate sheet and the clear layer, the laminated structure having a machine direction and a transverse direction corresponding to that of the film composite;
- wherein the laminated structure forms a viewable surface of the appliance panel;
- and
- wherein the laminated structure forming the viewable surface has a machine direction distinctness of image greater than about 80, a transverse direction distinctness of image greater than about 80, and a ratio of the machine direction to the transverse direction distinctness of image of less than 1.30.
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An appliance comprising a panel, the panel comprising:
- a laminated structure comprising a substrate sheet having adhered thereto a biaxially oriented film composite comprising a colored polyester layer adjacent and coextensive with a clear layer comprising a polyester, the colored polyester layer between the substrate sheet and the clear layer, the laminated structure having a machine direction and a transverse direction corresponding to that of the film composite;
- wherein the laminated structure forms a viewable surface of the appliance panel;
- and
- wherein the laminated structure forming the viewable surface has a machine direction distinctness of image greater than about 80, a transverse direction distinctness of image greater than about 80, and a ratio of the machine direction to the transverse direction distinctness of image of less than 1.30.
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A method of making an appliance, the method comprising:
- providing a laminated structure comprising a substrate sheet having adhered thereto a biaxially oriented film composite comprising a colored polyester layer adjacent and coextensive with a clear layer comprising a polyester, the colored polyester layer between the substrate sheet and the clear layer, the laminated structure having a machine direction and a transverse direction corresponding to that of the film composite;
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- forming the laminated structure to provide a viewable surface of the appliance;
- wherein the laminated structure has a machine direction distinctness of image greater than about 80, a transverse direction distinctness of image greater than about 80, and a ratio of the machine direction to the transverse direction distinctness of image of less than 1.30.
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A motor vehicle panel comprising:
- a laminated structure comprising a substrate sheet having adhered thereto a biaxially oriented film composite comprising a colored polyester layer adjacent and coextensive with a clear layer comprising a polyester, the colored polyester layer between the substrate sheet and the clear layer, the laminated structure having a machine direction and a transverse direction corresponding to that of the film composite;
- wherein the laminated structure forms a viewable surface of the motor vehicle panel;
- and
- wherein the laminated structure forming the viewable surface has a machine direction distinctness of image greater than about 80, a transverse direction distinctness of image greater than about 80, and a ratio of the machine direction to the transverse direction distinctness of image of less than 1.30.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.