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US 4,379,193 AGranted
High pressure decorative laminates containing an air-laid web and method of producing same
AssigneeFormica Corporation
InventorJames E. B. Hunt
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Abstract
The invention relates to high pressure decorative laminates containing an air-laid web as a substrate and to a method of preparing such a decorative laminate from an assembly comprising said substrate and a thermosetting resin impregnated decor sheet.
Claims7
A heat and pressure consolidated high pressure decorative laminate comprising, in superimposed relationship,
- (a) a monostichous layer of randomly oriented, substantially non-hydrogen bonded, air-laid cellulosic fibers from about 0.5 to 2.5 mm in average length, said layer being from about 0.25 mm to 2.25 mm thick, of uniform composition and basis weight and containing from about 20 to 35%, by weight, based on the total weight of fiber and resin in (a), of a thermoset resin and
- (b) a thermoset resin impregnated, decorative sheet.
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