Inventors:
Thomas J. Loran - Boulder CO
Virgil R. Friebel - Longmont CO
Robert P. Pardee - Boulder CO
Assignee:
Ball Brothers Research Corporation - Boulder CO
International Classification:
B32B 2714, B32B 516
Abstract:
Leader strip for motion picture films is described which is composed of a substrate of cellulose acetate or polyester, a gum-removing layer comprising an organic binder selected from the group consisting of cellulose esters, polyurethanes, polyacrylonitrile, copolymers of acrylonitrile and vinylidene chloride, and epoxy resins, a gum-shearing agent of finely divided polymeric particles, said agent being bonded by the organic binder to the substrate, said gum-shearing agent being a member selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polyamides, polyimides and polyolefins, said polymeric particles having a size less than about five mils.