Patent ID: 6756174
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B05D,B44C,G03G

Abstract:
A process for creating a composite decorative surface on a substrate, comprising the steps of:(a) forming an electrostatic latent image on a transfer surface, said surface having charged regions of a first polarity and uncharged regions, said regions defining said latent image; (b) placing a plurality of substantially rod-shaped components in a feeder device and orienting said rod shaped components so as to be substantially perpendicular to said transfer surface; (c) placing an electrostatic charge on said components such that tips of said rod-shaped components adjacent said transfer surface have an electrostatic charge of a second polarity; (d) feeding said components toward the transfer surface while the transfer surface is in motion so that said rod shaped components become affixed to the charged regions of the transfer surface by electrostatic attraction; and, (e) providing a substrate having an adhesive coating and placing either of said substrate or said transfer surface in motion relative to one another such that said components are transferred from the transfer surface to the substrate in a pattern determined by the latent image.