Adhesive articles with improved air egress and methods of making the same
First Claim
1. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
- providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material forms to the lower surface of the adhesive layer, each of said non-adhesive material forms having a bottom surface; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer so that the bottom surface of the non-adhesive material forms are above the plane of the lower surface of the adhesive layer.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an adhesive article which provides air egress. Air egress is provided by supplying a route, such as areas of no initial adhesion for the air to flow out from under the construction. The invention relates to an adhesive article comprising a facestock having a front surface and a back surface, a continuous layer of adhesive having an upper surface and a lower surface wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is adhered to the back surface of the facestock, and a plurality of spaced-apart non-adhesive material which is in contact with the lower surface of the adhesive layer wherein the lower surface of the adhesive layer has a Sheffield roughness of at least about 10 and the adhesive article provides air egress. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the adhesive articles. These articles have usefulness as industrial graphics images, as well as decorative coverings, etc. The articles provide air egress and optionally repositionability and slideability.
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58 Claims
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1. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material forms to the lower surface of the adhesive layer, each of said non-adhesive material forms having a bottom surface; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer so that the bottom surface of the non-adhesive material forms are above the plane of the lower surface of the adhesive layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material forms to the lower surface of the adhesive layer, each of said non-adhesive material forms having a bottom surface;
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer so that the bottom surface of the non-adhesive material forms are above the plane of the lower surface of the adhesive layer;
applying a release liner having a release surface to the adhesive layer, wherein the release surface is adhered to the lower surface to the adhesive layer, and wherein the release surface has a non-adhesive material printed thereon and embedded into the release surface.
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17. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the lower surface of the adhesive layer, wherein the non-adhesive material comprises a porous non-adhesive material; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces, wherein the front surface of the facestock has a release surface; and
a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the lower surface of the adhesive layer; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer, wherein the embedding step comprises winding the material so that the patterned lower surface of the adhesive is in adhesive contact with the front surface of the facestock.
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20. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the lower surface of the adhesive layer;
applying randomly distributed non-adhesive particulate material onto the lower surface of the adhesive layer prior to the embedding step; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer.
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21. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the lower surface of the adhesive layer;
applying a release liner having a release surface to the adhesive layer, wherein the release surface is adhered to the lower surface of the adhesive layer;
applying randomly distributed non-adhesive particulate material onto the release surface of the release liner; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying a second layer of adhesive to the front surface of the facestock;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the lower surface of the adhesive layer; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a release liner having a release surface and a front surface, and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the adhesive layer is in releasable contact with the release surface of the release liner;
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the upper surface of the adhesive layer; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a release liner having a release surface and a front surface, and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the adhesive layer is in releasable contact with the release surface of the release liner, and wherein the release surface of the release liner has non-adhesive material printed thereon; and
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the upper surface of the adhesive layer; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer.- View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a release liner having a release surface and a front surface, and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the adhesive layer is in releasable contact with the release surface of the release liner, and wherein the release surface of the release liner has randomly distributed non-adhesive particulate material applied thereto; and
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the upper surface of the adhesive layer; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer.
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47. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a release liner having a release surface and a front surface, and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the adhesive layer is in releasable contact with the release surface of the release liner, and wherein the release surface of the release liner has randomly distributed non-adhesive particulate material embedded therein; and
applying a pattern of a non-adhesive material to the upper surface of the adhesive layer; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer.
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48. A method of making an adhesive article comprising the steps of:
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providing a construction comprising a facestock with front and back surfaces and a layer of adhesive having an upper and lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is in adhesive contact with the back surface of the facestock layer;
applying by vacuum metalization or sputtering a pattern of a non-adhesive material forms to the lower surface of the adhesive layer, each of said non-adhesive material forms having a bottom surface; and
embedding the non-adhesive material into the adhesive layer so that bottom surface of the non-adhesive material forms are even with or below the plane of the lower surface of the adhesive layer. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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