On-demand printable construct
AssigneeWS Packaging Group, Inc.
InventorsHans O. Ribi, Chauncey T. Mitchell, Jr.
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Abstract
Multi-ply thermally printable constructs include a thermal print medium sandwiched between two opaque substrates that are temporarily bonded together to prevent information that is thermally printed through one of the substrates from being viewed until the substrates are separated. The thermal print medium, opaque substrates, and the means for bonding the substrates can take various forms for achieving particular objectives.
Claims21
An on-demand printable construct comprising
- first and second substrates straddling a thermally printable medium,
- a bonding agent that secures the substrates together enclosing the thermally printable medium between the two substrates,
- the thermally printable medium including an area designated within the construct for thermal printing through the first substrate, and
- the bonding agent being excluded from overlapping with the designated area of the thermally printable medium arranged within the construct for thermal printing.
An on-demand printable construct comprising
- top and bottom plies straddling a thermally printable medium,
- a bonding agent that secures the plies together enclosing the thermally printable medium between the two plies,
- the top ply being thermally transmissive,
- the thermally printable medium being located adjacent to the top ply so that the top ply and the thermally printable medium are in direct contact during thermal printing through the top ply, and
- the bonding agent being arranged in a pattern around a margin of an area within which the top ply and thermally transmissive medium contact during thermal printing.
An on-demand printable construct comprising
- top and bottom plies straddling a thermally printable medium,
- a bonding agent that secures the plies together enclosing the thermally printable medium between the two plies,
- the top ply being thermally transmissive,
- the thermally printable medium being located adjacent to the top ply so that the top ply and the thermally printable medium are in direct contact during thermal printing through the top ply,
- the top ply being a metalized film, and
- the metalized film including a film with a metallized layer oriented adjacent to the thermally printable medium.
An on-demand printable construct comprising
- top and bottom plies straddling a thermally printable medium,
- a bonding agent that secures the plies together enclosing the thermally printable medium between the two plies,
- the top ply being thermally transmissive,
- the thermally printable medium being located adjacent to the top ply so that the top ply and the thermally printable medium are in direct contact during thermal printing through the top ply,
- the top ply being a metalized film, and
- a confusion pattern being embossed in the metalized film of the top ply.
An on-demand printable construct comprising
- top and bottom plies straddling a thermally printable medium,
- a bonding agent that secures the plies together enclosing the thermally printable medium between the two plies,
- the top ply being thermally transmissive,
- the thermally printable medium being located adjacent to the top ply so that the top ply and the thermally printable medium are in direct contact during thermal printing through the top ply, and
- the thermally printable medium being a transfer/sublimation medium carried by the top ply and the bottom ply is arranged to capture ink thermally transferred or sublimated from the transfer/sublimation medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.