Patent ID: 6044761
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B41M,Y10T

Abstract:
A laminate coating body (10) adapted for coating selected areas of a printed sheet with a liquid coating material, said laminate coating body (10) comprising a carrier sheet (12) formed of a flexible light-transmitting material, andan applicator sheet (14) having inner and outer surfaces and securing means releasably affixing said inner surface of said applicator sheet to said carrier sheet (12), said applicator sheet (14) being formed of a flexible light-transmitting material which is severable by a cutting tool applied to and through the outer surface of the applicator sheet to a degree where portions of the applicator sheet can be pulled from the carrier sheet, at least the outer surface of said applicator sheet (14) being adapted to accept an amount of said coating material on its surface that can be effectively transferred to selected areas of a surface of said printed sheet during a coating process, said carrier and applicator sheets and said securing means being sufficiently transparent that coating area indicating indicia on a pattern sheet defining outer margins of areas of said pattern sheet to be stripped from said carrier sheet and placed beneath said carrier sheet is visible through the outer surface of said applicator sheet to guide said cutting tool along said outer margins of said areas so that the portions of the applicator sheet around said areas can be stripped from the carrier sheet.