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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:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
George E Bagley, Lancaster, PA (US);
Robert H Byers, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427 54 ; 427270 ; 427322 ; 4274 / ; 427420 ;
Abstract
In a method for manufacturing an embossed thermoplastic surface covering wherein a 100% reactive photopolymerizable coating is applied to the embossed thermoplastic substrate, the improvement comprising prewetting the valleys of the embossed substrate with a liquid consisting essentially of an acrylate monomer or a mixture of acrylate monomers and sufficient photoinitiator to initiate polymerization when the coated substrate is subjected to ultraviolet radiation.