Method of making and using retroreflective fibers
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1. A method of making retroreflective fibers comprising:
- selecting a sheet of retroreflective material having at least one side thereof forming a corner cube array;
laminating the selected sheet of retroreflective material to a polymer sheet of material;
applying a coating over said retroreflective material; and
cutting said sheet of retroreflective material into a retroreflective thread;
whereby retroreflective fibers are formed for use to make retroreflective materials.
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Abstract
A method of making and using retroreflective fibers and especially to the making of retroreflective fibers from finely cut strips from a thin sheet of material having a corner cube array formed on one side thereof. Other layers of materials including a second thin sheet of material having a corner cube array may be attached to the first thin sheet of retroreflective material. The thin strips may be further chopped into shorter strips and added to coating compounds, such as paint.
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1. A method of making retroreflective fibers comprising:
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selecting a sheet of retroreflective material having at least one side thereof forming a corner cube array; laminating the selected sheet of retroreflective material to a polymer sheet of material; applying a coating over said retroreflective material; and cutting said sheet of retroreflective material into a retroreflective thread; whereby retroreflective fibers are formed for use to make retroreflective materials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of making a retroreflective coating comprising:
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selecting a sheet of retroreflective material having at least one side thereof forming a corner cube array;
said sheet of retroreflective material being laminating to a polymer sheet of material and cut into a retroreflective thread; andincorporating said retroreflective thread into a polymer material to make a retroreflective material. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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