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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Randy A. Friedel, Willow Street, PA (US);
Edwin George Milovich, Lebanon, PA (US);
Gregory R. Lovell, Lancaster, PA (US);
Paul H. Welch, Flowood, MS (US);
Randy A. Friedel, Willow Street, PA (US);
Edwin George Milovich, Lebanon, PA (US);
Gregory R. Lovell, Lancaster, PA (US);
Paul H. Welch, Flowood, MS (US);
AFI Licensing LLC, Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a materials handling system, a patterned product, and process of fabricating a patterned product. The materials handling system includes an agitation portion having one or more agitators, the agitators arranged and disposed to mix colored particles into a substantially uniform distribution. A processing portion includes a receiving portion arranged and disposed to receive the substantially uniform distribution of the colored particles to form a product with a predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern is a long-grained, striated or jaspe-grained color pattern. The process includes fabricating a product having such a predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern is through-patterned as to include colors and textures distributed uniformly throughout the thickness of the product.