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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2002
Jean-françois Courtoy, St-Bruno de Montarville, CA;
René Ménard, Cowansville, CA;
Victor Caldas, Cowansville, CA;
Claude Charest, St-Bruno de Montarville, CA;
Jean-François Courtoy, St-Bruno de Montarville, CA;
René Ménard, Cowansville, CA;
Victor Caldas, Cowansville, CA;
Claude Charest, St-Bruno de Montarville, CA;
Domco Tarkett Inc., Farnham, CA;
Abstract
Selectivity embossed surface coverings are prepared by mechanically embossing a wear layer which overlays at least one printing ink containing a photoinitiator which has been printed in a pattern or design. The embossed wear layer is subjected to ultraviolet light which causes curing of the wear layer in the surface areas disposed over the printing ink. The product then is fused whereby the mechanical embossing in surface areas which are not disposed over the printing ink relaxes and becomes smooth. In a variant of the invention, a thermoplastic wear layer is employed which can be mechanically embossed in the surface areas which are not disposed over the printing ink with a texture different from the first applied mechanical embossing.