Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110070390 | LASER METHODS TO CREATE EASY TEAR OFF MATERIALS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - A method of creating an easily torn material using laser etching, as well as articles produced therefrom is provided. As opposed to standard perforations, a laser is used to etch a line in a sheet of material. The line allows the material to be easily torn by a user, yet exhibits enough tensile strength to prevent tearing during regular use. | 03-24-2011 |
20110187025 | LASER ETCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of laser etching materials is provided. A series of optical elements are used to reduce the spot size of a laser for a given field size, allowing fine detailed graphics associated with small spot sizes to be etched with larger field sizes. This may be accomplished, for example, by increasing the size of a laser beam beyond its natural state before passing the beam through a focusing lens, such expander lens, focus lens and mirror system increased in size so as to generate a laser spot size less than or equal to 0.5 mm at a field size equal to or larger than 1500 mm square. | 08-04-2011 |
20110261141 | LASER ETCHING OF AN ACRYLIC AND POLYVINYLCHLORIDE COMPOSITION, AND LASER ETCHED ARTICLE - A laser-markable acrylic and PVC composition (commonly known as Kydex®) is lased using a CO | 10-27-2011 |
20120263904 | LASER METHODS TO CREATE EASY TEAR-OFF MATERIALS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - A method of creating an easily torn material using laser etching, as well as articles produced therefrom is provided. As opposed to standard perforations, a laser is used to etch a line in a sheet of material. The line allows the material to be easily torn by a user, yet exhibits enough tensile strength to prevent tearing during regular use. | 10-18-2012 |
20130265350 | SURFACE MARKED ARTICLES, RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A method of surface marking an article, especially a building product, is provided. One described method includes the steps of laser marking a first graphic design element on a surface of an article and ink-jet printing a second graphic design element in registry with the first graphic design element on the surface of the article to create a high quality overall graphic design. Also provided are articles made according to this method, and systems for carrying out the method. | 10-10-2013 |
20150030821 | SURFACE MARKED ARTICLES, RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A method of surface marking an article, especially a building product, is provided. One described method includes the steps of laser marking a first graphic design element on a surface of an article and ink-jet printing a second graphic design element in registry with the first graphic design element on the surface of the article to create a high quality overall graphic design. Also provided are articles made according to this method, and systems for carrying out the method. | 01-29-2015 |
20150183231 | SURFACE MARKED ARTICLES, RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A method of surface marking an article, especially a building product, is provided. One described method includes the steps of laser marking a first graphic design element on a surface of an article and ink-jet printing a second graphic design element in registry with the first graphic design element on the surface of the article to create a high quality overall graphic design. Also provided are articles made according to this method, and systems for carrying out the method. | 07-02-2015 |
20150298253 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATTERNING USING A LASER - The present invention generally relates to a surface treatment of fabric with a laser and, more specifically, to a system and method for generating a pattern used to process a surface of a fabric through laser irradiation and the fabric resulting from such treatment. The present invention provides small laser spot sizes while operating a laser at large field size by 1) using a laser system with post-objective scanning architecture; 2) using multiple lasers across the width of a fabric roll; and/or 3) increasing the size and weight of the laser scanning mirrors. The spot size normally associated with a smaller laser field size (e.g. 500 mm) may be achieved with a laser having a larger field size (e.g. 950 mm or greater) by practicing the teachings of this invention. | 10-22-2015 |