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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Engineered Floors Llc, Dalton, GA (US);
Inventors:
John Joseph Matthews Rees, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Stephen Tsiarkezos, Elkton, MD (US);
Dimitri Zafiroglu, Centreville, DE (US);
Assignee:
ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC, Dalton, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06P 5/20 (2006.01); D06P 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06P 5/2033 (2013.01); D06P 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vacuum printing a fabric involves forming a fabric having a top face and a bottom face and placing a barrier layer below the top face. A plurality of holes is established in the barrier layer, and dye is applied to at least a portion of the top face of the fabric. Vacuum applied to the bottom face pulls the dye through the fabric and the plurality of holes in the barrier layer.