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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:
Jun. 16, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald C Ferguson, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Victor D Mollis, Jr, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
American Biltrite, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156209 ; 156220 ; 156231 ; 156235 ; 156238 ; 156240 ; 15624424 ; 15624427 ; 156269 ; 156277 ; 156384 ; 156500 ; 156501 ; 156510 ; 156540 ; 156543 ; 156553 ;
Abstract
An improved process and means are disclosed for continuously forming tiles that are embossed in register with a printed design. In this process a base layer is formed on a continuously moving support surface and moved by the surface through printing, laminating and embossing stages wherein a printed design is applied to the base layer, a wear coat is laminated over the design, and the design is embossed. In accordance with the invention, the base layer is adhered to the support surface prior to transfer of the printed design thereto.