Claims
- 1. A composite laminated foil covering and printed label structure for a package, said laminated foil covering and label structure comprising:
- (a) a metallic foil;
- (b) a first layer comprising a plastic film material adhesively secured to one side of said metallic foil; said first layer having indicia imprinted on a surface thereof facing said metallic foil, and thermally transferred indicia being printed directly on an opposite surface of said first layer remote from said metallic foil, whereby said indicia on both said surface and opposite surface forms a printed label and whereby said thermally transferred indicia on the opposite surface is stable at temperatures of about 120.degree. C. to 130.degree. C. for up to about 30 minutes.
- 2. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first layer is translucent, said indicia on the surface thereof facing said metallic foil being imprinted by lithographic halftone and being visible in a desired orientation upon viewing thereof from the opposite surface.
- 3. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 2, wherein an opaque color background is printed on the surface of said first layer facing said metallic foil beneath said imprinted indicia.
- 4. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first layer comprises polyester.
- 5. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 1, wherein said metallic foil consists of aluminum.
- 6. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first layer is adhesively bonded to said metallic foil through the interposition of a dry bond adhesive layer.
- 7. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 6, wherein said dry bond adhesive layer comprises a polyurethane adhesive.
- 8. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 1, wherein a second plastic film material layer is adhesively secured to the side of the metallic foil opposite the side having said first layer secured thereto.
- 9. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 8, wherein said second plastic film material layer is bonded to said metallic foil through the interposition of a lacquer layer having a dry bond adhesive layer coated thereon.
- 10. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 9, wherein said adhesive layer comprises a polyurethane adhesive.
- 11. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 8, wherein said second plastic film material layer comprises oriented polypropylene.
- 12. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 8, wherein said second plastic film material layer is heat sealable to a shaped package comprising injection-molded plastic material.
- 13. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 2, wherein print fields are imprinted on the surface of said first layer facing said metallic foil to facilitate printing registration of the indicia imprinted by thermal transfer printing on the opposite surface of said first layer of plastic film material.
- 14. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 13, wherein at least one of said print fields is scannable by an optical sensor for controlling a printing head for said thermal transfer printing.
- 15. A composite laminated foil package covering as claimed in claim 1, wherein said package covering is formed from a severed segment of a continuous web of said laminated foil.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/106,386, filed on Aug. 13, 1993 now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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106386 |
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