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Article capable of displaying defined images
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1992-04-10
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Granted: 1994-10-11
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Expires: 2012-04-10
Abstract
Abstract An article capable of being marked by application of a colored or non-colored fluid thus creating a visible image thereon, said article comprising a substrate bearing a patterned or discontinuous barrier to said fluid.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert P. Arens
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 10:39
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/50; B41M5/52; A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/06; A63F3/065; A63F3/0685; B41M5/502; B41M5/508; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249967; Y10T428/249969; Y10T428/249978; Y10T428/249994; Y10T428/249995
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
An article capable of being marked with a fluid so as to provide an area of a localized image comprising (a) a substrate, and (b) a patterned treatment of a barrier material on or in said substrate; wherein said treatment of barrier material confines said fluid to said area by preventing the migration of said fluid from said area, and wherein said barrier is selected from the group consisting of an oleophobic material, a hydrophobic material, an oleophobic-hydrophobic material and a jellifying material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
An article capable of being marked with a fluid so as to provide an area of a localized image comprising (a) a substrate, and (b) a patterned treatment of a barrier material on or in said substrate; wherein said treatment of barrier material confines said fluid to said area by preventing the migration of said fluid from said area, and wherein said barrier is selected from the group consisting of an oleophobic material, a hydrophobic material, an oleophobic-hydrophobic material and a jellifying material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said barrier comprises a coating thereon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
An article according to claim 1 in the form of a sheet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said barrier material is selected from the group consisting of an eloephobic material, a hydrophobic material, and an oleophobic-hydrophobic material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
An article according to claim 4 wherein said barrier material is an oleophobic fluorochemical.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
An article according to claim 4 wherein said barrier material is an oleophobichydrophobic fluorochemical.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein said barrier material is a hydrophobic material selected from the group consisting essentially of C 14 H 29 COOH, stearic acid, silicone materials and hydrocarbon waxes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
An article according to claim 1 wherein patterned treatment of said barrier material is essentially imperceptible with normal viewing.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
An article of the type which can be locally transparentized when a transparentizing fluid is applied thereto, comprising a substrate having therein a patterned barrier to said transparentizing fluid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
An article of the type which can be locally transparentized when a transparentizing fluid is applied thereto, comprising a substrate having therein a patterned barrier to said transparentizing fluid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
An article according to claim 9 wherein said substrate comprises a microvoided structure.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
An article according to claim 10 wherein said microvoided structure comprises an organic polymer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
An article according to claim 11 wherein said microvoided structure comprises paper.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
An article according to claim 10 wherein said patterned barrier is present substantially throughout the thickness of said microvoided structure.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
An article according to claim 9 wherein said barrier comprises an oleophobic material which prevents said transparentizing fluid from penetrating said substrate where said barrier is present.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
An article according to claim 9 wherein said barrier comprises a hydrophobic material which prevents said transparentizing fluid from penetrating said substrate where said barrier is present.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
An article according to claim 9 wherein said barrier comprises a material which causes said transparentizing fluid to jell when contacted therewith.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
12 words
An article according to claim 9 in the form of a sheet.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
48 words
An article capable of being locally marked by application of a liquid, said article having throughout a patterned barrier to said liquid which pattern defines at least one area for being locally marked wherein said barrier is an oleophobic fluorochemical material that confines said liquid to said area.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
48 words
An article capable of being locally marked by application of a liquid, said article having throughout a patterned barrier to said liquid which pattern defines at least one area for being locally marked wherein said barrier is an oleophobic fluorochemical material that confines said liquid to said area.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
48 words
An article capable of being locally marked by application of a liquid, said article having throughout a patterned barrier to said liquid which pattern defines at least one area for being locally marked wherein said barrier is an oleophobic-hydrophobic fluorochemical material that confines said liquid to said area.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
48 words
An article capable of being locally marked by application of a liquid, said article having throughout a patterned barrier to said liquid which pattern defines at least one area for being locally marked wherein said barrier is an oleophobic-hydrophobic fluorochemical material that confines said liquid to said area.
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