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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. 31, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard M Ringer, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ; B32C / ; B29C / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156238 ; 156241 ; 1562746 ; 156300 ; 271193 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a process for printing floor tile. The transfer sheet containing the design to be placed upon the floor tile is utilized as the carrier for the floor tile as it passes through the processing operation. The floor tile is positioned upon the transfer sheet in register with the design on the transfer sheet. The tile is held in position on the transfer sheet by static electricity and is fed between laminated rolls which laminate the transfer sheet to the floor tile. Subsequent removal of the transfer sheet from the floor tile leaves the design of the transfer sheet on the surface of the floor tile.