Composite solid surface article comprising at least one of randomly shaped fibers and powder particles
AssigneeCheil Industries Inc.
InventorsDo Choon Rha, Eung Seo Park, Jae Wook Juen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a composite solid surface article. More particularly, the invention relates to a composite solid surface article containing fibers and polymeric powder particles. A composite solid surface article may comprise a matrix of at least one polymeric resin, randomly-shaped fibers dispersed in the matrix, wherein the article comprises a substantially smooth surface with a viewable pattern formed by one or more ingredients of the composite solid surface article, the viewable pattern comprises at least part of the randomly-shaped fibers.
Claims22
A composite solid surface article, comprising:
- a continuous polymeric resin matrix;
- randomly-shaped fibers dispersed in the continuous polymeric resin matrix, wherein at least some of the randomly-shaped fibers have a length from 1.5 to 10 cm, and
- powder particles having particle sizes from about 100 to about 150 mesh dispersed in the continuous polymeric resin matrix,
- wherein the article comprises a substantially smooth surface with a viewable pattern formed by one or more ingredients of the composite solid surface article, wherein the viewable pattern comprises at least part of the randomly-shaped fibers and wherein the powder particles are polymeric particles.
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