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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Pergo (Europe) Ab, Trelleborg, SE;
Inventor:
Patrick George Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
PERGO (EUROPE) AB, Trelleborg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 5/00 (2006.01); B41F 31/07 (2006.01); B41F 31/00 (2006.01); B41M 1/10 (2006.01); B41F 9/06 (2006.01); B41F 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 9/063 (2013.01); B41F 31/00 (2013.01); B41F 31/04 (2013.01); B41M 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for printing a variable pattern on a substrate, a method using the apparatus, a product produced by using the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes an ink bath containing a printing agent to be applied to the substrate, a roller that picks up ink from the ink bath, a doctor blade to wipe of excess printing agent on the roller, and a means for intentionally varying the design printed on the substrate from the roller.