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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:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2001
Applicants:
Ralph W. Wright, Lancaster, PA (US);
W. Craig Brossman, Terre Hill, PA (US);
William B. Saporetti, Lancaster, PA (US);
Inventors:
Ralph W. Wright, Lancaster, PA (US);
W. Craig Brossman, Terre Hill, PA (US);
William B. Saporetti, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
AWI Licensing Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F001/07 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is both a method and apparatus for mechanically embossing a surface covering. The apparatus includes an embossing tool comprising a slurry. The slurry includes both a filler and binder. The method includes printing a slurry onto a surface covering and compressing the slurry onto the surface covering to create a mechanically embossed texture onto the surface covering.