Printed vulcanized fibre-based product and process for making the same
AssigneeNVF Company
InventorWatson F. Brown
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Abstract
A three-ply product includes a particle board core assembled with a patterned vulcanized fibre sheet or layer on each surface. One of the vulcanized fibre sheets may have a preprinted decorative pattern provided thereon. The other vulcanized fibre sheet may also be decorative, or merely a plain sheet of vulcanized fibre. The product is useful for woodworking applications, and may be processed (i.e., stained, sanded, lacquered, etc.) like a natural wood product. Unlike prior vulcanized fibre processes, the process of making the vulcanized fibre sheets preprints a pattern, in a preprinting process, on the top sheets of cellulose paper plies.
Claims11
1-12. (canceled)
A process for making a vulcanized fibre having a preprinted decorative pattern provided thereon, comprising:
- preprinting a decorative pattern on a plurality of cellulose paper plies;
- and
- subjecting the preprinted cellulose paper plies and a plurality of bare cellulose paper plies to a vulcanized fibre forming process to form the vulcanized fibre having the preprinted decorative pattern.
A process for making a cellulose-based product, comprising:
- providing a core;
- and
- providing at least one vulcanized fibre layer on at least one surface of the core, the vulcanized fibre layer having a preprinted decorative pattern provided thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.