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US 12,296,608 B2Granted
Method for manufacturing a decorative foil and a panel comprising such foil
AssigneeUnilin BV
InventorsBenjamin Clement, Sam Ledegen
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a decorative foil may involve providing a thermoplastic carrier layer. An ink receiving layer may be provided to the carrier layer. A decorative pattern may be formed on the carrier layer by performing a digital printing operation wherein droplets of aqueous inks having a volume smaller than 100 pL are jet to the carrier layer, more particularly to the ink receiving. The ink receiving layer may comprise a binding agent, preferably different from an acrylic copolymer, and/or silica.
Claims14
A method for manufacturing a decorative foil, the method comprising:
- providing a thermoplastic carrier layer;
- providing an ink receiving layer to the carrier layer;
- and
- forming a decorative pattern on the carrier layer by performing a digital printing operation wherein droplets of an aqueous ink having a volume smaller than 100 pL are jet to the ink receiving layer;
- wherein the ink receiving layer comprises a binding agent;
- and
- wherein the aqueous ink comprises a terpolymer of vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and ethylene as a binding agent.
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