Claims
- 1. A release liner fabric having a reinforced cut edge, said release liner consisting essentially of:
- a) an elongated fabric panel; and
- b) a thin layer of a radiation-cured resin applied to a pre-selected area of a nonselvage edge of said elongated fabric panel, said radiation-cured resin being curable and crosslinkable at substantially ambient temperatures, said resin being selected from the group consisting of polyfunctional acrylic monomers, acrylated urethane oligomers and acrylated urethane polymers.
- 2. The release liner according to claim 1, wherein the fabric is coated with the radiation-curable resin in patterns defining a plurality of parallel bands extending lengthwise, irradiated and cut within the bands of irradiated resin to form said release liner.
- 3. The release liner according to claim 1, wherein the fabric is woven.
- 4. The release liner according to claim 3, wherein the fabric is woven in a plain square weave.
- 5. The release liner according to claim 1, wherein the fabric is formed from warp yarn having a denier of between about 150 to 1000.
- 6. The release liner according to claim 1, wherein the fabric is formed from weft yarn having a denier of between about 150 to 1000.
- 7. The release liner according to claim 1, wherein the fabric has a weight of between about 3 oz/yd.sup.2 to 8 oz/yd.sup.2.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional application of Ser. No. 08/823,248, filed Mar. 24, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,718,966, issued on Feb. 17, 1998, which in turn is a continuation application of Ser. No. 08/328,835, filed Oct. 25, 1994, now abandoned.
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