Method for making a decorative film with hot melt adhesive layer

US6146485A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Leonhard Kurz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Charles Iacono · Mount Laurel, US
• Robert E. Miller · Forbes, AU
• Werner Adel · Roßtal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S428/914
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

In a method of making such a decorative film, a thermoplastic adhesive formulation is heated to a temperature in excess of the softening temperature of the thermoplastic in the formulation to form a molten adhesive formulation, which is then applied to a decorative layer on the carrier sheet thereby forming a transfer layer having a transfer surface and the transfer layer and carrier sheet form the decorative film. The decorative film is then chilled.