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Article having permanent indicia thereon

US4969402A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 1989
Grant dateNov 13, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24901
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Permanent white indicia are applied to a polymeric surface, preferably of a black, heat-recoverable marker sleeve for wire or cable, using an ink composition comprising a pigment that is thermally stable at a temperature of at least about 350.degree. C., preferably titanium dioxide and a binder, such as nitrocellulose, and then heating the surface to permatize the mark. The marked article passes MIL-STD-202 in mark permanence.

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