Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Bernard S Truskolaski

Daniel P Pohl

Paul E Hansen

Eugene L Baratto

David L Nelson

Paul R LaBrosse

Donald J David

Maan-Shi S Wu

An ink composition comprising a resinous binder comprising a polyamide, a coloring agent, a chlorinated polyolefin and a solvent, with the chlorinated polyolefin comprising from about 3 to about 12 weight percent of the composition. The ink composition is suitable for printing on the low adhesion backsize coating of a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape.

Ink for directly printable tape bearing release coating

Directly printable tape comprising a polymeric film backing having a low adhesion backsize coating on one major surface thereof and a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the other major surface thereof. The low adhesion backsize coating comprises a mixture of a low adhesion backsize compound and an ink adhesion promoter. Also, a method of printing on the low adhesion backsize coating and an ink composition. The ink comprises a conventional flexographic ink composition containing an ink adhesion promoter. The tape is heated to a temperature sufficiently high to soften the backsize coating but not so high as to distort the polymeric backing or degrade the adhesive, with the ink being applied while the backsize coating is in a softened state.

Method of printing the backside of adhesive tape

A prefabricated bow form comprising sets of loop forming portions that are oriented relative to each other by generally triangular portions of the bow form when the bow is formed. The bow form can be configured to form bows that have the shape of Pom bows or shapes similar to Pom bows.

Prefabricated bow form

Decorative sheet material is provided. The sheet material has a thermally bonded nonwoven tissue-like base layer having a web of 20 to 90 weight percent thermally bondable polymeric staple fibers and 10 to 80 weight percent rayon staple fibers and 5 to 50 weight percent thermobonding resin based on the weight of the web, and at least a monolayer of a multiplicity of substantially parallel continuous multifilament acetate yarns substantially covering a first side of said base layer and thermally laminated to said base layer. The second side of said base layer is sufficiently sonically sealable to a base layer of a second sheet material to form durable ribbon asemblies.

Decorative ribbon and sheet material

Ink composition comprising a conventional flexographic ink stock, a low adhesion backsize compound, and, optionally, a chlorinated polyolefin. This ink composition can be used to print on webs, e.g. tapes, bearing a low adhesion backsize on one major surface thereof and a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the other major surface thereof.

Printing ink

This invention relates to decorative sheet useful for making ribbons, bows, and the like. The invention relates to the field of synthetic textiles. The decorative sheet material comprises

Directly printable tape comprising a polymeric film backing having a low adhesion backsize coating on one major surface thereof and a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the other major surface thereof. The low adhesion backsize coating comprises a mixture of a low adhesion backsize compound and an ink adhesion promoter. The disclosure further involves a method of printing on the low adhesion backsize coating and an ink composition. The ink comprises a conventional flexographic ink composition containing an ink adhesion promoter.

Directly printable tape with novel release coating

A ribbon assembly including face-to-face bow ribbons attached together at spaced locations around a pull member attached to their ends that can be pulled to gather the bow ribbons into a bow. Upon such pulling an end portion of the assembly is pulled between the attachment locations to hold the bow ribbons together in the shape of a bow.

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Lake Elmo, MN, United States of America

Bernard S Truskolaski