Target Label Assembly With Scattering Toner Layer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing target labels do not effectively enhance the visual impact of a projectile hit in a cost-efficient manner, as they fail to provide a significant and noticeable color exposure around the penetration area.
Innovation Solution
The use of toner instead of ink to define a target image, combined with a layered structure that includes a colored substrate, a transparent plastic film, and an opaque ink layer, where the toner layer has minimal adhesion and scatters upon impact, revealing underlying colors and simulating gun powder burns for enhanced visual effect.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional ink layers are used on targets, then the target can be manufactured at low cost, but the visual impact of a projectile hit is not significantly enhanced
Solution Approach 1:
The target is divided into multiple functional layers: a colored substrate layer providing base color, a transparent plastic film layer for protection and clarity, and an opaque ink layer for defining the target image. This segmentation allows each layer to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining cost-effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes contrasting colors between different layers to enhance visual impact. The colored substrate provides a base color that contrasts with the opaque ink layer, and upon projectile impact, the exposure of underlying colors creates a striking visual effect that amplifies the impact detection.
2Manufacturing precision
If the ink layer is made opaque to define the target image clearly, then the target image is well-defined, but the visual impact of the hit is not enhanced
Solution Approach 1:
The opaque ink layer is applied in advance to define the target image clearly before use. This preliminary action ensures the target image is well-defined and ready for accurate shooting, while the underlying colored substrate is prepared to be exposed upon impact to enhance the visual effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional ink layer to a multi-dimensional layered structure. By adding the transparent plastic film and colored substrate layers, the system creates depth and dimensional contrast that enhances both the definition of the target image and the visual impact of the hit through layer exposure.
3Device complexity
If a single-layer ink target is used, then the structure is simple and cost-effective, but the visual impact when hit is not significantly enhanced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a nested layer structure where the opaque ink layer is positioned over a transparent plastic film, which in turn is over a colored substrate. This nested arrangement allows multiple functional layers to be integrated within a compact structure, maintaining cost-effectiveness while significantly enhancing the visual impact through sequential layer exposure upon impact.
4Ease of manufacture
If traditional ink is used instead of toner, then the application process is simple, but the scattering effect upon impact is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical state and composition parameters of the marking material from traditional liquid ink to toner particles. This parameter change enables the material to scatter more effectively upon impact, creating a gun powder burn-like effect that significantly enhances the visual impact while remaining cost-effective to apply.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides a cost-effective way to significantly enhance the visual impact of a projectile hit by exposing contrasting colors and creating a scattering effect that mimics gun powder burns, thereby improving the enjoyment of target practice.
Implementation Method 1
the toner layer has minimal adhesion and scatters upon impact, revealing underlying colors and simulating gun powder burns
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AI summary
An improved target label for shooting that includes at least one toner layer defining an image of a target, superimposed over a colored substrate having a color different from the toner layer, and an ink layer underlying the toner layer. When a projectile strikes and penetrates the target, the ink and toner layer displaces and scatters over an area surrounding the point of penetration, exposing the underlying colored substrate layer. The scattering of toner particles visually resembles gun powder and visually simulates damage over an area wider than the point of penetration by the projectile.