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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1999
Filed:
May. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Green, Livingston, NJ (US);
Horace L Freeman, Burlington, NC (US);
William Robert Craft, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427-231 ; 427176 ; 427264 ; 427270 ; 427275 ; 427288 ; 4273981 ; 427412 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of printed orthopedic casting tapes. A knit, open mesh fibrous tape having elastic filaments extending in the length direction is stretched in a predetermined amount and a pattern is printed onto the stretched fibrous tape using a low temperature drying ink. The printed tape is thereafter passed through a drying zone maintained at a temperature of less than about 100.degree. C. while the tape is maintained in the stretched condition. The printed tape is thereafter allowed to relax and is subsequently coated with a hardenable liquid resin.