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US 2014/0198168 A1Published application
Digital binder and powder print
AssigneeFloor Iptech AB
InventorsDarko PERVAN, Tony PERVAN
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Abstract
A method and equipment to form a digital print by applying dry colourants (7) on a surface (2) of a panel (1), bonding a part of the colourants (7) with a binder (11) and removing the non-bonded colourants (7) from the surface (2).
Claims42
A method of forming a digital print on a panel comprising a surface, wherein the method comprises:
- displacing the panel under a digital drop application head,
- applying a liquid binder with the digital drop application head on the surface;
- applying colourants on the liquid binder and the surface;
- bonding a part of the colourants to the surface with the liquid binder;
- removing non-bonded colourants from the surface such that a digital print is formed by the bonded colourants;
- applying heat and pressure on the panel, the surface and the bonded colorants such that the colourants are permanently bonded to the surface.
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Equipment to provide a digital print on a panel comprising a surface, the equipment comprising a conveyor, a digital drop application head, a dry ink application station and a dry ink removal station,
- wherein the conveyor is adapted to displace the panel essentially horizontally under the digital drop application head,
- wherein the digital drop application head is adapted to apply liquid blank ink on the surface,
- wherein the dry ink application station is adapted to apply dry ink comprising dry colourants on the blank ink, the liquid blank ink is adapted to bond a part of the colourants to the surface, and
- wherein the dry ink removal station is adapted to remove the non-bonded colourants from the surface after each application of blank ink and dry ink.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.