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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1983
Ronald S Lenox, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, PA (US);
Anne L Schwartz, West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, PA (US);
Moses Sparks, Jr, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, PA (US);
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns our discovery that decorative sheets and coverings comprising polyvinyl chloride and having substantially non-migratable through-color images may be prepared using cationic dyestuffs. These coverings may be prepared by providing a variety of polyvinyl chloride-containing substrates with image compositions comprising cationic dyestuffs and a suitable binder, and then treating these materials such that the cationic dyestuffs migrate into the substrate. Through-color images are obtained which are substantially non-migrating, even under severe conditions.