Composite textured products and their manufacture
AssigneeEurofloor S.A.
InventorRene F. Bomboire
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Abstract
A technique for the manufacture of synthetic sheet material having a textured surface and suited for use as floor or wall covering. The technique in accordance with the invention includes the printing of a decoration on a support member and the applying of a transparent plastisol in the form of a discontinuous layer over and in accordance with the decoration. The invention also contemplates the application of a continuous wear layer which, in the final product, will either be disposed between the discontinuous transparent plastisol and the decoration or will cover the discontinuously applied plastisol which provides the textured effect.
Claims20
A process for the manufacture of sheet material having a relief effect on at least a first surface comprising the steps of:
- printing a decoration on a surface of a support member;
- applying at least one discontinuous layer of a transparent plastisol over and in registration with at least part of the printed decoration, the plastisol being applied in a thickness of at least ten mils and imparting a desired relief appearance to the printed decoration, the decoration being viewed through the discontinuous layer of plastisol;
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- passing the printed plastisol bearing support through a gelation oven.
A process as claimed in claimed 1 further comprising the step of:
- forming a continuous wear layer over the transparent plastisol after passage through the gelation oven.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.