Patent ID: 6440502
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B05D,B41M,G01B

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a tape for a tape rule comprising the steps of:(a) establishing a flexible steel tape substrate having opposed first and second surfaces; (b) churning a first mixture including a dyestuff component, a polyester material component, and a binding glue component to form a colored polyester material; (c) hot rolling said colored polyester material onto said tape substrate at a predetermined constant temperature to form a coated tape substrate having disposed on each of said opposed first and second surfaces a base coat film layer; (d) applying indicia to said base coat film layer of at least said first surface; (e) drying said coated tape by exposure to infrared radiation; (f) forming a second mixture including a substantially transparent polyester material component and a binding glue component; and, (g) hot rolling at said predetermined constant temperature said second mixture and said coated tape substrate to form a flexible finished tape having a protecting layer disposed over said base coat film layer of each said first and second surface.