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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:
Jan. 30, 1996
Filed:
May. 30, 1995
Douglas A Cahill, Belchertown, MA (US);
Donald A Brault, Granby, MA (US);
Richard S Himmelwright, Wilbraham, MA (US);
Dene H Taylor, Holyoke, MA (US);
Rexam Graphics, South Hadley, MA (US);
Abstract
Novel electrographically produced products are disclosed which include large format posters, billboards and the like produced by a process employing a novel electrographic element which includes a base, a release layer and a combined transparent dielectric and adhesive layer which is substantially tack-free, at ambient pressure and temperature. The new product is made by an imaging process involving: A) producing a toned image layer on the surface of the electrographic element and B) pressure laminating a receptor substrate at an elevated temperature to the toned image layer to form the completed electrographic image. The base and release layer may be stripped from the dielectric/adhesive layer which then serves to protect the transferred, toned, electrographically generated image from abrasion and environmental contaminants.