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Metal leaf

US4100317A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 1975
Grant dateJul 11, 1978
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Expiry dateMay 19, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31692
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A metal leaf comprising (1) a resinous layer having a thickness of 0.35 to 1.mu., (2) a deposition layer, made of a metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, aluminum and copper, having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.1.mu., and (3) a resinous layer having a thickness of 0.35 to 1.mu.; which being integrated in order of (1), (2) and (3) and having a thickness of 0.73 to 2.1.mu. and a tensile strength of 0.01 to 1.4 kg./mm.sup.2. It has the same characteristics as those of a conventional metal leaf by handicrafting, and is produced by providing the metal leaf on a base film, elongating the base film to peel out of the leaf and recovering.

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