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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Tyler J. Rattray, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US);
Jonathan J. O'Hare, Oakdale, MN (US);
Peter T. Benson, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Karl K. Stensvad, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Glen A. Jerry, Blaine, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A process for applying a coating material onto a substrate as a non-uniform discontinuous pattern of coating material, the method including the present disclosure describes a method of applying a coating material onto a substrate, including providing a first distribution manifold having a cavity and a multiplicity of first dispensing outlets in fluid communication with the cavity, creating relative motion between a substrate and the dispensing outlets in a first direction; dispensing a first coating material from the dispensing outlets while maintaining the relative motion and translating the multiplicity of dispensing outlets in a second direction non-parallel to the first direction, and varying a rate of dispensing of the first coating material in a predetermined fashion to form a discontinuous pattern of the first coating material on a major surface of the substrate. Useful non-uniformly patterned coated articles can be prepared using the process.