Patterned artificial marble slab
AssigneeCaesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd.
InventorsMoti Yaniv, Ruti Harel
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, there is provided a method of producing a patterned artificial marble slab (2, 5, 11, 16). The method includes adhering one or more patterned substances (1) to a surface of the artificial marble slab, processing said artificial marble slab and removing said one or more patterned substances from the surface of the artificial marble slab, thereby obtaining an elevated or recessed pattern (3, 4, 6, 7, 9) on the surface of the artificial marble, wherein the elevated or recessed pattern has essentially the form of the patterned substances.
Claims15
A method of producing a patterned artificial marble slab comprising:
- adhering one or more patterned substances to a surface of the artificial marble slab prior to placing said artificial marble slab into a brushing machine also used for producing non-patterned artificial marble slabs;
- brushing said artificial marble slab in said brushing machine while said one or more patterned substances are adhered thereto, wherein the brushing comprises a polishing operation that produces a pattern on said surface of the artificial marble slab;
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- after said brushing, removing said one or more patterned substances from the surface of the artificial marble slab,
- wherein the pattern is elevated or recessed in a form corresponding to the patterned substances, and wherein the pattern is produced by said brushing in at least one region of the artificial marble slab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.