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US 12,492,151 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for substrate-backed porcelain
OwnerThomas Gustinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for substrate-backed porcelain. A sheet of substrate is secured to a sheet of porcelain. A surface of the substrate is coated with adhesive. A surface of the porcelain is coated with adhesive. The surfaces are joined together by the adhesive. A force is applied across the surfaces to improve adhesion.
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A method of joining a substrate sheet to a porcelain sheet with adhesive, the porcelain sheet having a finished side and a back side, the method comprising:
- applying a surface of the porcelain sheet back side with adhesive;
- stacking the porcelain sheet and the substrate sheet so that the surface of the porcelain sheet back side faces a surface of the substrate sheet;
- and
- joining the surface of the porcelain sheet back side to the surface of the substrate sheet, wherein the substrate sheet is between zero and an eighth of an inch different in length and width than the porcelain sheet, and wherein the porcelain sheet does not adhere to a side surface of the substrate.
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A method of creating a surface covering, the method consisting of:
- selecting a porcelain sheet with a porcelain back side;
- selecting a foam board having a board back surface and board side surfaces;
- applying an adhesive to the porcelain back side;
- stacking the porcelain sheet and the foam board so the porcelain back side faces the board back surface;
- and
- joining the porcelain back side to the board back surface, wherein the porcelain sheet does not contact the board side surfaces.
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A method of creating a surface covering, the method comprising:
- selecting a porcelain sheet having a porcelain finished side and a porcelain back side;
- selecting a foam board having a board back surface and board side surfaces, wherein the foam board is up to an eighth of an inch different in length and width than the porcelain sheet;
- applying an adhesive to the porcelain back side;
- locating the board back surface adjacent to the porcelain back side;
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- applying compressive force across both the porcelain back side and the board back surface to adhere the foam board to the porcelain sheet, wherein the foam board is up to an eighth of an inch smaller in length and width than the porcelain sheet, and wherein the porcelain sheet does not contact the board side surfaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.