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Method-of-manufacture-of-foil-material-and-the-foil-material-made-thereby

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Details

Inventors: Sander, Helfried;
Assignee: Messrs. Leonhard Kurz GmbH & Co. (Furth, DE)
Primary Examiner: Lawrence; Evan K.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Marn; Louis E.

A method of manufacturing a foil material having a metal layer on a region thereof comprises applying to a backing foil a layer of a soluble material such as a lacquer to which a hardening agent is then applied in selected regions thereof, the hardening agent reacting with the soluble material to cause it to harden. A coating of metal is then applied over the layer of soluble material and the portions of the layer of soluble material which have remained soluble are then removed, thereby also removing the portions of the layer of metal thereon and leaving the metal on the hardened portions of the layer of soluble material. The foil material made by the method is also disclosed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A method of manufacturing a foil material including a backing foil and metal layer portions thereon, which comprises the steps of: (a) coating a first surface of said backing foil with a layer of solvent-soluble material dissolvable by a solvent which does not attach said backing foil; (b) applying selectively a hardening agent to said layer of solvent-soluble material to portions thereof to be covered by said metal layer portions to form preselectively hardened solvent-insoluble material layer portions and residual unhardened solvent-soluble material layer portions; (c) applying a layer of metal to said preselectively hardened solvent-insoluble material layer portions and residual unhardened solvent-soluble material layer portions; and (d) contacting the product of step (c) with said solvent to remove said residual unhardened solvent-soluble material and overlayed metal layer portions to form said foil material.
2.
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said hardening agent is a hardening lacquer which corresponds in its basic composition to said layer of solvent-soluble material and containing excess hardener.
3.
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said layer of solvent-soluble material is a transparent lacquer.
4.
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said layer of solvent-soluble material is a transparently coloured lacquer.
5.
The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein said hardening lacquer is a transparent lacquer.
6.
The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein said hardening lacquer is a transparently coloured lacquer.
7.
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said layer of solvent-soluble material comprises a lacquer containing a carboxyl group-bearing binding agent in an ammonical solution.
8.
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said layer of solvent-soluble material comprises a lacquer containing a carboxyl group-bearing binding agent in solution containing at least one volatile amine.
9.
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said layer of solvent-soluble material comprises at least one carboxyl group-bearing acrylate

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