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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Daltile Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Claudio Caselli, Dallas, TX (US);
Rahul Patki, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Daltile Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 2/00 (2006.01); E04C 2/30 (2006.01); E04F 19/04 (2006.01); B32B 3/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/10 (2006.01); B28B 11/00 (2006.01); B28B 11/04 (2006.01); B28B 11/08 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); E04F 13/14 (2006.01); E04C 2/00 (2006.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 2/46 (2013.01); B28B 11/001 (2013.01); B28B 11/048 (2013.01); B28B 11/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/02 (2013.01); B32B 3/10 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); E04C 2/30 (2013.01); E04F 13/147 (2013.01); E04F 19/04 (2013.01); B32B 2419/04 (2013.01); E04C 2002/005 (2013.01); E04F 13/0871 (2013.01); E04F 13/14 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24777 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24793 (2015.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are tiles, systems, and methods related to manufacturing bullnose or other non-straight edge tiles. In a method of manufacturing a bullnose tile, the method comprises the steps of providing a tile, wherein the tile is a fired ceramic tile comprising a base and a decoration; cutting or milling the tile to form a bullnose edge; transporting the tile to at least a first printing station; printing at least one print layer of print media on the bullnose edge; transporting the tile to a curing station and curing the print media to provide the bullnose tile.