Process for printing and molding a flocked article
AssigneeHigh Voltage Graphics, Inc.
InventorLouis Brown Abrams
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Abstract
The articles of the present invention are directed to flocked articles having a plurality of conductively coated concentric multi-component flock fibers. The flock fibers are: adhered between a release adhesive layer and a permanent adhesive layer; orientated substantially perpendicular to the release adhesive and permanent adhesive layers; and maintained substantially parallel to one another along their entire length. In one embodiment the multi-component flock fibers are bi-component fibers having an outer polymer composition of poly(cyclohexylene-dimethylene terephthalate).
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An article, comprising:
- a carrier sheet having opposing first and second sides;
- a release adhesive applied to the first side of the carrier sheet;
- a plurality of flock fibers, wherein the flock fibers are conductively coated, concentric multi-component fibers, wherein the multi-component flock fiber outer surface;
- comprises a polyester or a co-polymer or blend thereof and wherein the flock fibers have opposing first and second ends, and wherein the first ends are adhered to the release adhesive;
- a permanent adhesive having a first and second opposing sides, wherein the second ends of the flock fibers are adhered to the first side of the permanent adhesive and wherein at least most of the flock fibers are substantially parallel to one another along their entire lengths.
An article, comprising:
- a carrier sheet having opposing first and second sides;
- a release adhesive applied to the first side of the carrier sheet;
- a plurality of flock fibers, wherein the flock fibers are conductively coated concentric multi-component fibers, wherein the flock fibers have opposing first and second ends, and wherein the first ends or the flock fibers are substantially perpendicular to the first side of the carrier sheet and adhered to the release adhesive;
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- a permanent adhesive layer having opposing first and second sides, wherein the second flock fiber ends are substantially perpendicular to the permanent adhesive layer and adhered to the first side of the permanent adhesive layer.
An article, comprising:
- a carrier sheet having opposing first and second sides;
- a release adhesive applied to the first side of the carrier sheet;
- a plurality of flock fibers, wherein the flock fibers are conductively coated, concentric multi-component fibers, wherein the flock fibers have first ends and opposing second ends, and wherein the first ends are adhered to the release adhesive and wherein at least one component is selected from the group consisting of poly(cyclohexylene-dimethylene terephthalate), poly(ethylene tereplithalate co-1,4-cyclohexylene dimethylene tereplithalate), and blends and copolymers thereof;
- a permanent adhesive having a first and second opposing sides, wherein the second flock fiber ends are adhered to the first side of the permanent adhesive;
- wherein at least most of the flock fibers are substantially parallel to one another along their entire length;
- and wherein the flock fiber first ends are substantially perpendicular to the first side of the carrier sheet and the flock fiber second ends are substantially perpendicular to the first side of the permanent adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.