Ceramic tile and method for manufacturing ceramic tiles
AssigneeFlooring Industries Limited, Sarl
InventorsBernard Thiers, Christine Walmsley-Scott, Bart Van Der Stockt
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Abstract
Ceramic tile having a ceramic base layer and a cover glaze layer comprising a printed pattern, wherein the surface of the ceramic tile comprises a relief having structural features corresponding to said printed pattern. The invention further concerns a method which allows for the manufacturing of such ceramic tiles.
Claims15
A ceramic tile having a ceramic base layer and a cover glaze layer comprising a printed pattern, wherein the surface of the ceramic tile comprises a relief having structural features corresponding to said printed pattern,
- wherein said printed pattern is a digitally printed pattern.
A method for manufacturing a ceramic tile, wherein said ceramic tile has a ceramic base layer and a cover glaze layer with a printed pattern, and wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- the step of forming the ceramic base layer;
- the step of providing a glaze layer on said ceramic base layer;
- the step of digitally printing a pattern on said glaze layer using a digital printing technique;
- the step of firing the ceramic base layer with the glaze layer having the printed pattern;
- wherein the method further comprises the step of forming a relief having structural features corresponding to said printed pattern.
A method for manufacturing a ceramic tile comprising the following steps:
- forming a ceramic base layer;
- providing a glaze layer on said ceramic base layer;
- digitally printing a pattern on said glaze layer using an inkjet digital printing technique;
- forming a relief having structural features corresponding to said printed pattern;
- and
- firing the ceramic base layer with the glaze layer having the printed pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.