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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stanley E Rohowetz, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
American Can Company, Greenwich, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428469 ; 427 27 ; 427 541 ;
Abstract
An ultraviolet treatment of organic titanates on metal surfaces to increase adhesion of inks and coatings is disclosed wherein the adhesion of subsequently applied inks and coatings is improved. The method includes an initial treatment of the lubricated metal substrate with an organic titanate such as tetrakis (2-ethyl hexyl) titanate and then exposing same to ultraviolet light to accelerate the reaction of the titanate with the metal surface.