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US 2023/0139870 A1Published application
Method for manufacturing an engineered stone and an engineered stone
AssigneeDal-Tile, LLC
InventorsTerry ADAMS, Claudio CASELLI
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and further comprising printing a printed pattern on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing an engineered stone comprising the steps of:
- providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder;
- adding a coloring agent to the mixture in such a manner to provide a basic decor;
- compacting the mixture;
- curing the binder to form a cured engineered stone;
- polishing a top surface of the cured engineered stone;
- printing a pattern with at least one organic heat curable ink on the top surface of the cured engineered stone;
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- curing the organic heat curable ink;
- wherein the printing step comprises inkjet digital printing,
- wherein the printing step is performed after the compacting step, and
- wherein the basic decor and the printed pattern are both visible on at least the top surface of the cured engineered stone.
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