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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:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1989
Michael H McNally, New Windsor, NY (US);
Walter C Timm, Cornwall, NY (US);
Bruce J Terwilliger, Newburgh, NY (US);
James A Perrego, New Windsor, NY (US);
Tarkett AB, Ronneby, SE;
Abstract
A tile composition having a unique appearance created by the use of inlaid particles over an embossed and printed pattern is disclosed. In preparing the tile product, a first layer of UV curable coating is applied over the entire upper surface of a tile base. An excess of particles or chips is then sprinkled onto the surface of the first coating layer and the non-adhering particles are removed. The first layer is subjected to curing and a second layer of UV curable coating is then applied over the particles and the first layer followed by a second curing step. In one embodiment, the second coating is obtained by a combination of coating methods, including one or more direct roll coating steps followed by a curtain coating step. The particles or chips should preferably include chips of three types: (a) pigmented base color chips of which about 77 to 100 weight percent are of a U.S. mesh size in the range of between 60 and 200; (b) clear chips of which about 77 to 100 weight percent are of a U.S. mesh size in the range of between 60 and 200; and (c) accent color chips of which about 90 to 100 weight percent are of a U.S. mesh size in the range of between 40 and 200.