Method for manufacture of process printed surface covering
AssigneeAmerican Biltrite, Inc.
InventorsPeter J. Rohrbacker, Martin J. Dickson
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Abstract
A printed surface covering which can be continuously manufactured by the following steps: utilizing a process printing method, a design is printed onto a polymer web having an opaque, uniform background color; this web is laminated onto a vinyl base web to form a composite material; this composite material is laminated to a wear resistant layer which is embossed in register with the printed design; and the embossed composite material is cut into discrete sections in register with the printed design.
Claims9
A method for manufacturing a printed surface covering comprising the steps of:
- process printing a design on a continuous opaque polymer web of uniform color;
- and
- laminating said printed polymer web onto a continuous base web to form a composite web, said base web being positioned atop a moving support surface and comprising a vinyl material which is compatible with said polymer web.
A method for manufacturing a printed surface covering comprising the steps of:
- process printing a design on a continuous opaque polymer web of uniform color, said design comprising registration indicia for use in manufacturing;
- and
- laminating said printed polymer web onto a continuous base web to form a composite web, said base web being positioned atop a moving support surface and comprising a vinyl material which is compatible with said polymer web.
A method for manufacturing a printed surface covering comprising the steps of:
- process printing a design on a continuous opaque polymer web of uniform color, said design comprising registration indicia for use in manufacturing;
- laminating said printed polymer web onto a continuous base web to form a composite web, said base web being positioned atop a moving support surface and comprising a vinyl material which is compatible with said polymer web;
- and
- embossing said composite web with depressions in registration with said printed design.
A method for manufacturing a printed surface covering comprising the steps of:
- process printing a design on a continuous opaque polymer web of uniform color, said design comprising registration indicia for use in manufacturing;
- laminating said printed polymer web onto a continuous base web to form a composite web, said base web being positioned atop a moving support surface and comprising a vinyl material which is comparible with said polymer web;
- and
- cutting said composite web into discrete sections so that edges of said sections are in registration with said printed design.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.