摘要 |
A patterned roller including one or more patterned rings forming an overall cylindrical pattern. The patterned roller may also include one or more spacer rings to form grooves or channels into a surface. The patterned roller may be included in a roller stack as part of a manufacturing system for patterned film. The patterned roller can include a pattern to form full corner cubes of many different sizes and/or geometries in a continuous manner across the width and along the length of a reflective sheet without seams. Methods of manufacture include rolling the cylindrical pattern of the patterned roller into a surface of an extruded sheet. Articles are manufactured utilizing the methods of manufacture including license plates, shoes, highway signs, articles of clothing, pavement markers, automobile reflectors, and bicycle reflectors. |