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US 12,703,199 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing panels and panels manufactured according to same
AssigneeAWI Licensing LLC
InventorsAnna Fazzini, Robert Duschl, Steven Masia, Marie Depaul, Zachary Dozier
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Abstract
Described herein is a method of manufacturing a panel for a building wherein a wood-grain image is printed on a scrim, the scrim is joined to a panel body, and an edge portion of the panel body is coated. Panels manufactured according to this method may incorporate a variety of different wood-grain images, allowing an aesthetic appearance which matches the rest of the room in which the panel is installed. The image may be located on a printed layer which is on top of or penetrates into the scrim.
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A panel comprising:
- an acoustic panel body comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and an edge portion extending between the first and second major surfaces, the edge portion comprising a non-planar profile;
- a filled scrim comprising a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface of the scrim, the second major surface of the filled scrim coupled to the first major surface of the acoustic panel body;
- a printed layer on the first major surface of the filled scrim, the printed layer defining an image or pattern that penetrates into pores of the filled scrim and conceals the first major surface of the filled scrim;
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- a high solids paint coating on the edge portion of the acoustic panel body.
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A building panel comprising:
- a panel body comprising a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and an edge portion extending between the first and second major surfaces;
- a filled scrim comprising a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface of the filled scrim, the second major surface of the filled scrim coupled to the first major surface of the acoustic panel body;
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- a printed layer on the first major surface of the filled scrim, the printed layer defining an image or pattern that penetrates into pores of the filled scrim and conceals the first major surface of the filled scrim.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.