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US 2024/0309650 A1Published application
Floor or wall panel and method of producing a floor or wall panel
AssigneeChampion Link International Corporation
InventorsThomas Luc Martine BAERT, Tom VAN POYER, Sven BOON
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Abstract
The invention relates to a floor or wall panel and a method for producing such panel. The panel according to the invention comprises a core layer comprising at least one composite material, said composite material comprising at least one inorganic material, and at least one polymeric binder, wherein a weight ratio of the inorganic material to the polymeric binder is at least 3:1. The core layer further comprises a coupling agent which is configured for bonding with the inorganic material and/or the polymeric binder.
Claims18
A floor or wall panel comprising:
- at least one extruded core layer comprising at least one composite material;
- at least one decorative top layer comprising:
- at least one primer;
- at least one printed visual design;
- at least one wear layer selected from the group of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and/or one or more transparent lacquer layers;
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- at least one coating layer;
- wherein said composite material comprises at least one inorganic material, and at least one polymeric binder in a weight ratio of at least 4:1;
- wherein said at least one polymeric binder comprises polyvinyl chloride and/or polypropylene;
- wherein said at least one inorganic material comprises CaCO3, CaMg(CO3)2, Ca2SiO4, Al(OH)3, Mg(OH)2, talc, an inorganic salt, and/or a metal hydroxide;
- and wherein the at least one core layer comprises at least one organofunctional compound.
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