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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2007
Applicant:
W. Craig Brossman, Terre Hill, PA (US);
Inventor:
W. Craig Brossman, Terre Hill, PA (US);
Assignee:
AWI Licensing Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is both a method and apparatus for controlling and measuring an embossed texture on a decorative article. The embossed textured article includes both peaks and valleys that are measured and quantified to determine a profile of the textured article. Typically, the textured article comprises both chemically and mechanically embossed areas. The method uses moving average subtraction and peak/valley determinations to eliminate web flutter that often distorts the quantification of the mechanically embossed texture. The resulting profile may then be used to control a desired embossed profile.