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US 11,565,438 B2Granted
Method for manufacturing an engineered stone and an engineered stone
AssigneeDal-Tile, LLC
InventorsTerry Adams, Claudio Caselli
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and further comprising printing a printed pattern on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.
Claims12
A method for manufacturing an engineered stone comprising the steps of:
- providing a mixture comprising at least a particulate material and a binder;
- adding a coloring agent to the mixture in such a manner to provide a basic décor;
- compacting the mixture;
- curing the binder to form an engineered stone;
- polishing the top surface of the cured engineered stone;
- printing a pattern with at least one organic ultraviolet (UV) curable ink on a first surface of the cured engineered stone, the first surface being a top surface of the cured engineered stone;
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- curing the at least one organic UV curable ink,
- wherein the printing step comprises inkjet digital printing,
- wherein the printing step is performed after the compacting step, and
- wherein the basic décor and the printed pattern are both visible on at least the top surface of the cured engineered stone.
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