Patent ID: 9533471
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B32B

Claim:
1. An economical glass image encapsulation process for doing away with the need for multiple plates of glass in the lamination process and reducing a plurality of steps and using only one single plate of glass during the process of image encapsulation on glass, the economical glass image encapsulation process consisting of: selecting a single plate of glass that will be only used for the entire lamination process; a first step of washing the plate of glass in a detergent, the plate of glass having a first planar surface, the plate of glass further having a second planar surface; a second step of rinsing the plate of glass with a predetermined quantity of water; a third step of printing at least one image on a sheet of ethylene vinyl acetate; a fourth step of positioning the sheet of ethylene vinyl acetate on the first planar surface of the plate of glass, whereby the at least one image is oriented to a desired visibility a fifth step of positioning a sheet of protective coating on the sheet of ethylene vinyl acetate; a sixth step of positioning the plate of glass in a vacuum bag inside a vacuum oven; a seventh step of manipulating a plurality of thermodynamic parameters in the vacuum oven, whereby the plate of glass is made more capable of absorbing the at least one image; an eighth step of removing the plate of glass from the vacuum oven; a ninth step of cooling the plate of glass for a predetermined quantity of time; and a tenth step of cutting the plate of glass to a desired dimension.