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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:
Jul. 07, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley J Kaminski, Trenton, NJ (US);
Robert D Mansolillo, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Eugene A Wilmer, Pennington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Congoleum Corporation, Kearny, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 455 ; 264 451 ; 264 458 ; 264 52 ; 264 54 ; 264D / ; 427373 ; 264D / ;
Abstract
The process for producing a surface covering having a randomly embossed wear surface which comprises incorporating a blowing agent into a resinous composition, forming the resinous composition into a layer, heating to partially fuse the layer, printing a design on the surface of the layer, randomly distributing flakes of resinous composition containing an inhibitor for the blowing agent onto the printed surface of the layer, applying a clear wear layer thereto and heating the assembly to the decomposition temperature of the blowing agent.