Systems, methods, and materials for temporary printing and indicia

US8915583B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Avery Dennison Corporation · US

Inventors

• David N. Edwards · Arcadia, US
• Ali R. Mehrabi · Glendale, US
• Haochuan Wang · La Cañada Flintridge, US
• Juan M. De Santos Avila · San Gabriel, US
• Pradeep Iyer · La Puente, US
• Liviu Dinescu · Calabasas, US
• Srikant Pathak · Diamond Bar, US
• Nagarajan Srivatsan · Pasadena, US
• Frank Y. Shih · Arcadia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 23, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2/2107
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and/or systems for printing or otherwise evincing temporary indicia on media with disappearing inks are described along with suitable disappearing ink formulations and media constructions for executing the same. In particular embodiments, the methods and/or systems described employ a plurality of disappearing inks with different disappearing rates. In one embodiment, a barrier layer that is selectively used to cover a major surface of the media is employed to substantially block or otherwise regulate a rate of phase transitions (e.g., evaporation and/or sublimation) experienced by ink borne by the media.