EP 2390109 B1 20130306 - Method for imprinting a three-dimensional design into a synthetic material
Title (en)
Method for imprinting a three-dimensional design into a synthetic material
Title (de)
Verfahren zum Prägen eines dreidimensionalen Entwurfs in ein synthetisches Material
Title (fr)
Procédé pour imprimer un design tridimensionnel sur un matériau synthétique
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 10164340 A 20100528
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP2390109A1] A method, product, and apparatus for imprinting a three-dimensional design into a textured surface of a synthetic material includes laser-ablating the design into the synthetic material and then imprinting the design. The design is laser-ablated into the textured surface of the synthetic material by vaporizing a portion of the material in an x-y shape of the design to a predetermined z-depth. The vaporized portions of the material form a design-shaped void that extends a prescribed distance into the textured surface of the synthetic material. In one implementation, the design is imprinted by inserting a tool in the design-shaped void of the laser-ablated design. The tool has a substantial conformance fit with the void, thereby forming a substantially distortion-free imprint of the design on the synthetic material.
IPC 8 full level
B44C 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B44C 1/228 (2013.01); B44C 1/24 (2013.01); B44F 9/12 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2390109 A1 20111130; EP 2390109 B1 20130306; CA 2738159 A1 20111128; CA 2738159 C 20141021
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 10164340 A 20100528; CA 2738159 A 20110421