Patent ID: 6753088
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B29C,C08J,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for at least locally providing an article coated with an organic coating with a layer of readily deformable sealing material compound, comprising:applying a layer of an intermediate of the compound to the coating layer on the article, after said applying step temporarily subjecting the compound to a heat treatment sufficient to form the compound from the intermediate, wherein the coating layer of the article comprises a polyethylene terephthalate and the compound is chosen from the group of known compounds consisting of urethanes, amides, mixtures thereof and heteropolymers thereof, and subjecting a free surface of the coating layer prior to the application of the intermediate of the compound, at least at the location where this intermediate is applied, to a processing operation comprising a flame treatment in the course of which the coating layer does not melt.