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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:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Samuel H Stein, Westborough, MA (US);
Onsy Y Makar, Framingham, MA (US);
Jean Paul Laprade, North Smithfield, RI (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A heat-transfer label particularly well-suited for styrene-acrylonitrile surfaces and containers. In one embodiment, the label includes a support portion, a skim coat of wax on top of the support portion, and a transfer portion on top of the skim coat of wax. The support portion includes a sheet of paper overcoated with a release layer of polyethylene. The transfer portion includes an acrylic protective lacquer layer, an ink layer over the protective lacquer layer, and a heat-activatable adhesive layer over the ink layer. The protective lacquer layer includes a methyl/n-butyl methacrylate copolymer and a methyl methacrylate copolymer. The ink layer includes a polyamide and/or acrylic ink. The adhesive layer includes an acrylic resin and a chlorinated polyolefin resin.