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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:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur L Piepmeier, Jr, Cookeville, TN (US);
Charles M Nunally, Baxter, TN (US);
Assignee:
Porelon, Inc., Cookeville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101327 ; 101348 ; 4283044 ; 4283142 ; 4283155 ; 4283213 ; 521 72 ; 521 51 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an ink impregnated material, particularly an ink roll, useful in the printing of high contrast images suitable for laser scanning. The ink roll according to the invention is a microporous polymeric structure impregnated with an ink. The ink is repetitively transferable to a surface in sufficient quantity to produce thousands of visible images. The invention further provides a method for printing a light scannable, coded image, and an apparatus therefor.