US4747346A
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Method of stencil printing a substrate with foam
Assignee: Lantor BV
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Filing: 1987-04-16
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Granted: 1988-05-31
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Expires: 2007-04-16
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a method of printing a substrate in a pattern with a viscous mass in the form of a foam using a screen printing machine. In order to provide new structures, especially in combination with the printing of fibrous webs, the invention is characterized in that the foam used has meta-stable foam properties. The structure of the foam is maintained intact during transfer and subsequent treatments.
Inventors
- 👤 Adam P. Geel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 11:15
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C44/00; B29C44/02; B29C44/12; D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/58; D04H1/64; D04H1/68; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/902; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24926; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/24992; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249978; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/254; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2998; Y10T428/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
A method of printing a substrate comprising the following steps: a. employing at least one screen printing machine having at least one patterned stencil; b. transferring a foam having meta-stable foam properties into said substrate through said stencil, resulting in a printed pattern; and c. subjecting the substrate to a firation treatment by drying said printed pattern in said substrate so that said printed substrate has substantially retained the structure of said foam and the pattern of said stencil, said pattern in said printed substrate being a viscous mass in the form of a foam.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
95 words
A method of printing a substrate comprising the following steps: a. employing at least one screen printing machine having at least one patterned stencil; b. transferring a foam having meta-stable foam properties into said substrate through said stencil, resulting in a printed pattern; and c. subjecting the substrate to a firation treatment by drying said printed pattern in said substrate so that said printed substrate has substantially retained the structure of said foam and the pattern of said stencil, said pattern in said printed substrate being a viscous mass in the form of a foam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said substrate is a fibrous web.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said screen printing machine includes a squeegee system, said squeegee system having a pressure applied within said squeege system so that when transferred to the substrate, said foam can penetrate the substrate to a desired, adjustable depth while maintaining its foam structure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said substrate is printed at least two times, using at least one of said screen printing machines each having one of said rotating stencils before subjecting the substrate thus printed to said fixation treatment.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein said step of printing with said rotating stencils occurs simultaneously and in registry, on opposite sides of the substrate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein said step of printing with said rotating stencils is carried out using a plurality of viscous pastes, at least one of which is said meta-stable foam.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the substrate has a structure resulting from the combination of a fibrous web with a net-like structure.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the substrate has a woven structure.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the substrate has a foam structure.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the substrate has a structure resulting from the combination of a fibrous web with a woven fabric.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the substrate has a structure resulting from the combination of a fibrous web with a knitted fabric.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein said foam contains unexpanded microspheres that are pressed into said fibrous web during said foam transfer step.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 12, wherein after said unexpanded microspheres are pressed into said fibrous web, said microspheres are expanded.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 12, wherein said microspheres are arranged in a regular pattern.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 14, wherein the printed areas of said fibrous web substrate, containing said microspheres are substantially similar in shape, and said printed areas are separated from each other by unprinted areas containing virtually no microspheres.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 12, wherein at least 75% of said web is printed with said microspheres.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 12, wherein between 80 to 95% of said web is printed with said microspheres.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 13, wherein after said expansion of microspheres, 10-60% by volume of said web is occupied by said expanded microspheres.
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