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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Unilin, Bv, Wielsbeke, BE;
Inventors:
Benjamin Clement, Waregem, BE;
Sam Ledegen, Ghent, BE;
Assignee:
Unilin, BV, Wielsbeke, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/0017 (2013.01); B32B 37/18 (2013.01); B32B 38/145 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); B41M 5/5218 (2013.01); B41M 5/5281 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2451/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a decorative foil may involve providing a thermoplastic carrier layer. An ink receiving layer may be provided to the carrier layer. A decorative pattern may be formed on the carrier layer by performing a digital printing operation wherein droplets of aqueous inks having a volume smaller than 100 pL are jet to the carrier layer, more particularly to the ink receiving. The ink receiving layer may comprise a binding agent, preferably different from an acrylic copolymer, and/or silica.