Method and apparatus for making a metalized indicium
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A METALIZED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE BACKED INDICIUM FROM A LAMINATE HAVING A POLYPROPYLENE BACKING LAYER IN WHICH THE LAMINATE IS PROVIDED WITH A METALIZED POLYESTER FILM OUTER LAYER, A VINYL FILM INTERLAYER ADJACENT THE METALIZED FILM LAYER, A RUBBER SATURATED PAPER INTERLAYER ADJACENT THE VINYL FILM INTERLAYER AND A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE INTERLAYER BETWEEN THE VINYL FILM INTERLAYER AND THE POLYPROPYLENE BACKING LAYER. THE POLYPROPYLENE BACKED LAMINATE IS PROVIDED BY REPLACING A SILICONE-COATED PAPER BACKING LAYER OF A STARTING LAMINATE WITH THE POLYPROPYLENE BACKING LAYER. THE INDICIUM IS FORMED BY HOT-DIE CUTTING THE POLYPROPYLENE BACKED LAMINATE, WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED ON A PLATEN, WITH A DIE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY WORN OR BLUNTED. THE PLATEN IS PROVIDED WITH A STACKED PLURALITY OF SHEET-LIKE MATERIALS INCLUDING A FIRST 20 MIL SPRING STEEL BEARING PLATE UPON WHICH THE LAMINATE IS PLACED, A SECOND 20 MIL SPRING STEEL PLATE, A PAPER MAKE-READY BETWEEN THE SPRING STEEL PLATES, AND A COLD-ROLLED STEEL UNDERLYING PLATE ADJACENT THE SECOND SPRING STEEL PLATE.
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- 👤 Irving Kornstein
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