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Camouflaged composite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1987-01-02
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Granted: 1988-05-31
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Expires: 2007-01-02
Abstract
Abstract A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having a camouflaged appearance has a cellular of foamlike pressure-sensitive core layer and at least one relatively thin, dense, pigmented pressure-sensitive adhesive surface layer. The thickness of the core layer may be about 0.1 mm and that of a surface layer about 0.03 mm. The surface layer of such a composite tape appears to be more intense in color than does either the core layer or the surface layer by itself. When viewed edgewise, the composite tape appears to present a color that is more intense than one would expect from viewing the edges of the core layer and surface layer by themselves.
Inventors
- 👤 George F. Vesley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 08:08
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09J; C09J7/00; C09J7/30; C09J7/38; C09J7/381; C09J7/385; C09J133/00; C09J133/04; C09J133/06; C09J133/08; C09J7/10; C09J2433/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/906; Y10S428/919; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/1405; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/252; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2878; Y10T428/2887; Y10T428/2891; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
Composite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a pigmented microbubble-filled or cellular pressure-sensitive adhesive core layer to which is adhered a relatively thin, dense surface layer of pigmented pressure-sensitive adhesive that is substantially free of microbubbles wherein the surface layer of the composite tape appears more intense in color than does the face of either layer alone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
55 words
Composite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a pigmented microbubble-filled or cellular pressure-sensitive adhesive core layer to which is adhered a relatively thin, dense surface layer of pigmented pressure-sensitive adhesive that is substantially free of microbubbles wherein the surface layer of the composite tape appears more intense in color than does the face of either layer alone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein each of said core and surface layers contains a black pigment and by itself is grey in color, and the surface layer of the composite tape appears black.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 having a relatively thin, dense, pigmented surface layer covering both faces of said core layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein the core layer comprises at least 90% of the thickness of said pressure-sensitive adhesive composite.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as defined in claim 4 having a flexible backing sheet which has a low-adhesion surface from which said pressure-sensitive adhesive composite is readily removable.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as defined in claim 5 wherein the uncoated face of the backing sheet has a low-adhesion surface, and the tape is wound upon itself in roll form.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein glass microbubbles comprise from 25 to 55 volume percent of the core layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
103 words
Method of making a composite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising the steps of (1) mixing together photopolymerizable monomers, microbubbles of an average density not exceeding 1.0 g/cc, and pigment in an amount that would not unduly inhibit polymerization of the monomers by ultraviolet radiation, (2) coating the mixture onto a backing sheet to a thickness of at least 0.25 mm, (3) subjecting the coating to ultraviolet radiation to photopolymerize the monomers to a pressure-sensitive adhesive state, and (4) laminating to the exposed surface of the resulting microbubble-filled pressure-sensitive adhesive layer a dense, pigmented pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is less than 0.125 mm in thickness.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
103 words
Method of making a composite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising the steps of (1) mixing together photopolymerizable monomers, microbubbles of an average density not exceeding 1.0 g/cc, and pigment in an amount that would not unduly inhibit polymerization of the monomers by ultraviolet radiation, (2) coating the mixture onto a backing sheet to a thickness of at least 0.25 mm, (3) subjecting the coating to ultraviolet radiation to photopolymerize the monomers to a pressure-sensitive adhesive state, and (4) laminating to the exposed surface of the resulting microbubble-filled pressure-sensitive adhesive layer a dense, pigmented pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is less than 0.125 mm in thickness.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
Method as defined in claim 8 wherein the face of the backing sheet onto which the microbubble-filled mixture is coated has a low-adhesion surface bearing a second dense, pigmented pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is less than 0.125 mm in thickness.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
Method as defined in claim 8 wherein the uncoated face of the backing sheet has low-adhesion surface, and step (4) is followed by the step of winding the composite tape with its backing sheet into roll form for convenient storage and shipment.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
Method as defined in claim 8 wherein the dense, pigmented pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has been coated from solution or emulsion.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
Method as defined in claim 8 wherein said dense, pigmented pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has been photopolymerized.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
114 words
The method of making a composite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising the steps of (1) mixing together photopolymerizable monomers and pigment in an amount that would not unduly inhibit polymerization of the monomers by ultraviolet radiation, (2) coating the mixture onto a backing sheet to a thickness of at least 0.0125 mm, (3) mixing together photopolymerizable monomers, microbubbles of an average density not exceeding 1.0 g/cc, and pigment in an amount that would not unduly inhibit polymerization of the monomers by ultraviolet radiation, (4) coating the mixture of step 3 onto the layer prepared in step 2, and (5) subjecting the two coatings to ultraviolet radiation to photopolymerize the monomers to a pressure-sensitive adhesive state.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
114 words
The method of making a composite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising the steps of (1) mixing together photopolymerizable monomers and pigment in an amount that would not unduly inhibit polymerization of the monomers by ultraviolet radiation, (2) coating the mixture onto a backing sheet to a thickness of at least 0.0125 mm, (3) mixing together photopolymerizable monomers, microbubbles of an average density not exceeding 1.0 g/cc, and pigment in an amount that would not unduly inhibit polymerization of the monomers by ultraviolet radiation, (4) coating the mixture of step 3 onto the layer prepared in step 2, and (5) subjecting the two coatings to ultraviolet radiation to photopolymerize the monomers to a pressure-sensitive adhesive state.
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