# US 5,707,689 A · Method of painting building boards

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- Number: US 5,707,689 A
- Document ID: US5707689A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/690,829
- Filed: 1996-08-01
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1995-11-29
- Assignees: Nichiha Corporation
- Inventors: Shingo Hori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5707689A

## CPC

- B05C 11/1044: {Apparatus or installations for supplying liquid or other fluent material to several applying apparatus or several dispensing outlets, e.g. to several extrusion nozzles}
- B05C 5/0279: {independently, e.g. individually, flow controlled}
- B05C 11/10: Storage, supply or control of liquid or other fluent material; Recovery of excess liquid or other fluent material {(B05C1/0813, B05C5/0225, B05C17/002 and B05C19/06 take precedence)}
- B05D 5/06: to obtain multicolour or other optical effects (B05D5/02 takes precedence)
- B44C 5/0461: {used as wall coverings}
- B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08)
- B05D: PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G49/02)
- B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)}

## Abstract

In a method of painting a building board by a computer-controlled painting machine so that colored paint patterns are formed on a surface of the building board, data is previously set regarding a colored paint pattern to be applied to a peripheral portion of the building board and stored in a memory of a computer. The peripheral portion of the board is painted on the basis of the data stored in the memory so that the paint of the color whose data is stored in the memory is applied to the peripheral portion of the building board. Random data is originated by the computer regarding a random colored paint pattern to be applied to a portion of the building board other than the peripheral portion. The data is previously set regarding the colored paint pattern to be applied to the peripheral portion of the building board, while various paint patterns are formed of the surface of the building board by a random pattern forming function of the computer. The paint colors at breaking joints of the building boards can be prevented from causing a sense of incompatibility which is caused by a conventional painting method.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of painting a building board by a plurality of computer-controlled ink jet painting machines so that colored paint patterns are formed on a surface of the building board, so that when aligned with other building boards, said building boards form a continuous pattern, and each ink jet painting machine including a number of spray nozzles disposed over a conveyor for conveying the building board, so as to cross a direction of conveyance of the conveyor and valves for opening and closing the respective spray nozzles, the ink jet painting machines being supplied with paints of different colors from one another respectively, the method comprising the steps of:
setting data corresponding to a colored paint pattern to be applied to a peripheral portion of the building board and storing the data in a memory of a computer;
painting the peripheral portion of the building board by controlling the valves of the ink jet painting machines on the basis of the data stored in the memory so that the colored paint pattern whose data is stored in the memory is applied to the peripheral portion of the building board;
originating by the computer random data of a random colored paint pattern to be applied to a portion of the building board other than the peripheral portion; and
painting the portion of the building board other than the peripheral portion by controlling the valves of the ink jet painting machines on the basis of the originated random data so that the random colored paint pattern whose data has been originated by the computer is applied to the portion of the building board other than the peripheral portion.

### Claim 2

A method of painting a plurality of building boards so that when aligned with each other, said plurality of building boards form a continuous pattern, said method comprising:
setting data corresponding to a predetermined colored paint pattern to be applied to a peripheral portion of a building board and storing the data in a memory of a computer;
painting the peripheral portion of the building board using at least one painting machine by controlling the painting machine based on said data stored in the memory so that the colored paint pattern whose data is stored in the memory is applied to the peripheral portion of the building board;
originating random data corresponding to a random colored paint pattern to be applied to a portion other than said peripheral portion of the building board; and
painting the said portion of the building board other than the peripheral portion by controlling the painting machine based on the originated random data so that the random colored paint pattern whose data has been originated by the computer is applied to the portion of the building board other than the peripheral portion.