Method And Apparatus For Producing Engineered Stone Slabs
AssigneeSqip, LLC
InventorAlex XIE
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Abstract
A method for producing engineered stone slabs includes depositing a plurality of fragments of damp composite material onto a surface, which is supported by a supporting structure, and then using a height limiting device, in a height limiting step, to disrupt the plurality of fragments so a height of the fragments at the highest point from the supporting structure is substantially the same height as the height limiting device from the supporting structure. The method then further includes using a digital printing device to print an image onto at least part of a top and side walls of at least some of the plurality of fragments.
Claims23
A method for producing engineered stone slabs, the method comprising the steps of:
- depositing a plurality of fragments of damp composite material onto a surface, which is supported by a supporting structure;
- and then
- using a height limiting device, in a height limiting step, to disrupt the plurality of fragments so a height of the fragments at the highest point from the supporting structure is substantially the same height as the height limiting device from the supporting structure;
- and then
- using a digital printing device to print an image onto at least part of a top and side walls of at least some of the plurality of fragments.
A method for producing engineered stone slabs, the method comprising:
- depositing fragments of composite material onto a surface;
- flattening at least some of the fragments on the surface, using a height limiting device, so that a height of the flattened fragment(s) relative to the surface is substantially the same as a height of the height limiting device relative to the surface;
- and then
- using a digital printing device to print at least one image onto at least part of a top and side walls of at least some of the fragments.
A method for producing engineered stone slabs, the method comprising the steps of:
- depositing damp composite material onto a surface, which is supported by a supporting structure;
- and then
- in a first digital printing step, using a digital printing device to print a first image onto at least part of the damp composite material;
- after using the digital printing device to print the first image, depositing additional damp composite material onto at least some of the damp composite material;
- and then
- in a second digital printing step, printing a second image onto at least part of the additional damp composite material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.