US 12,314,791 B1
Method for making advanced metal cores for metal cards
Michael Scruggs, Lakeland, FL (US); Lee Shaye Kirkland, Lakeland, FL (US); and Jerry Michael West, Lakeland, FL (US)
Assigned to InterActive Cards, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US)
Filed by InterActive Cards, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/603,685.
Application 18/603,685 is a continuation of application No. 17/825,500, filed on May 26, 2022, granted, now 11,954,544.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,577, filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B29C 39/12 (2006.01); B05D 1/40 (2006.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/04 (2006.01); B05D 3/12 (2006.01); B05D 7/14 (2006.01); B29C 39/10 (2006.01); B29K 105/02 (2006.01); B29K 705/00 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/022 (2013.01) [B05D 1/40 (2013.01); B05D 3/007 (2013.01); B05D 3/0466 (2013.01); B05D 3/0493 (2013.01); B05D 3/12 (2013.01); B05D 7/14 (2013.01); B29C 39/10 (2013.01); B29C 39/123 (2013.01); B29K 2105/02 (2013.01); B29K 2705/00 (2013.01); B29L 2009/003 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for making a metal core for a metal card, comprising the steps of:
introducing a two-part polymer mixture on the metal core in a process chamber;
exposing the metal core and two-part polymer mixture to at least a partial vacuum followed by introducing a pressurized gas into a pressurized chamber, wherein the pressurized gas is non-reactive with the two-part polymer mixture;
removing the metal core with a partially-cured two-part polymer mixture from the process chamber; and
allowing the metal core with the partially-cured two-part polymer mixture to cure outside of the process chamber to form a cured metal core.