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US 8,298,044 B2Granted
Layered stone trim strip
OwnerDaniel A. Spurgeoninventor
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Abstract
An inlaid stone composite broadly includes a stone body and a stone inlay secured to the stone body. The inlaid stone composite is constructed by forming a groove in the stone body, securing the stone inlay to the stone body by inserting the stone inlay within a groove of the stone body, with the stone body and stone inlay cooperatively forming an inlaid margin, and cutting longitudinally through the stone body and stone inlay to separate an inlaid margin strip from a remainder of the inlaid margin.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing an inlaid stone composite trim having a plurality of stone layers, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a first stone layer, with the groove extending inwardly from an edge surface of the first stone layer to define a groove base that extends along the edge surface;
- (b) adhering a second stone layer to the first stone layer by inserting the second stone layer within the groove, with the second stone layer presenting a second edge surface positioned adjacent the first edge surface,
- step (b) including the step of applying adhesive between the first and second stone layers, with the first and second stone layers cooperatively forming an inlaid margin that extends laterally between the edge surfaces and the groove base;
- (c) cutting longitudinally through the first and second stone layers of the inlaid margin to separate an inlaid margin strip from a remainder of the inlaid margin, with the inlaid margin strip including at least part of the first and second stone layers and presenting the edge surfaces;
- (d) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a third stone layer, with the groove extending inwardly from a third edge surface of the third stone layer to define another groove base that extends along the third edge surface;
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- (e) securing the inlaid margin strip to the third stone layer to form an elongated passage defined between the inlaid margin strip and the another groove base.
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A method of manufacturing an inlaid stone composite trim having a plurality of stone layers, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a first stone layer, with the groove extending inwardly from an edge surface of the first stone layer to define a groove base that extends along the edge surface;
- (b) adhering a second stone layer to the first stone layer by inserting the second stone layer within the groove, with the second stone layer presenting a second edge surface positioned adjacent the first edge surface,
- step (b) including the step of applying adhesive between the first and second stone layers, with the first and second stone layers cooperatively forming an inlaid margin that extends laterally between the edge surfaces and the groove base;
- (c) cutting longitudinally through the first and second stone layers of the inlaid margin to separate an inlaid margin strip from a remainder of the inlaid margin, with the inlaid margin strip including at least part of the first and second stone layers and presenting the edge surfaces;
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- (d) securing a plurality of stone segments together exteriorly of the groove to provide the second stone layer.
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A method of manufacturing an inlaid stone composite trim having a plurality of stone layers, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a first stone layer, with the groove extending inwardly from an edge surface of the first stone layer to define a groove base that extends along the edge surface;
- (b) adhering a second stone layer to the first stone layer by inserting the second stone layer within the groove, with the second stone layer presenting a second edge surface positioned adjacent the first edge surface,
- step (b) including the step of applying adhesive between the first and second stone layers, with the first and second stone layers cooperatively forming an inlaid margin that extends laterally between the edge surfaces and the groove base;
- (c) cutting longitudinally through the first and second stone layers of the inlaid margin to separate an inlaid margin strip from a remainder of the inlaid margin, with the inlaid margin strip including at least part of the first and second stone layers and presenting the edge surfaces,
- said inlaid margin strip presenting opposite ends and being substantially continuous from one end to the other end;
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- (d) supporting the inlaid margin strip in a holding tray that extends between the ends of the inlaid margin strip.
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A method of manufacturing an inlaid stone composite trim having a plurality of stone layers, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a first stone layer, with the groove extending inwardly from an edge surface of the first stone layer to define a groove base that extends along the edge surface;
- (b) adhering a second stone layer to the first stone layer by inserting the second stone layer within the groove, with the second stone layer presenting a second edge surface positioned adjacent the first edge surface,
- step (b) including the step of applying adhesive between the first and second stone layers, with the first and second stone layers cooperatively forming an inlaid margin that extends laterally between the edge surfaces and the groove base;
- (c) cutting longitudinally through the first and second stone layers of the inlaid margin to separate an inlaid margin strip from a remainder of the inlaid margin, with the inlaid margin strip including at least part of the first and second stone layers and presenting the edge surfaces;
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- (d) cutting longitudinally through the first and second stone layers of the remainder of the inlaid margin to separate another inlaid margin strip from a remaining portion of the inlaid margin, with the another inlaid margin strip including at least part of the first and second stone layers and presenting corresponding edge surfaces.
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A method of manufacturing an inlaid stone composite trim having a plurality of stone layers, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a first stone layer, with the groove extending inwardly from an edge surface of the first stone layer to define a groove base that extends along the edge surface;
- (b) adhering a second stone layer to the first stone layer by inserting the second stone layer within the groove, with the second stone layer presenting a second edge surface positioned adjacent the first edge surface,
- step (b) including the step of applying adhesive between the first and second stone layers, with the first and second stone layers cooperatively forming an inlaid margin that extends laterally between the edge surfaces and the groove base;
- (c) cutting longitudinally through the first and second stone layers of the inlaid margin to separate an inlaid margin strip from a remainder of the inlaid margin, with the inlaid margin strip including at least part of the first and second stone layers and presenting the edge surfaces;
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- (d) machining the layers at the same time to remove part of the margin and thereby form a longitudinally extending finished layered edge surface of the inlaid margin strip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.