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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:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 3/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A 3D relief effect is created on a ceramic tile with an inkjet printer and an inkjet print head by printing a relief pattern with an effect ink having a low surface tension on the ceramic tile. The inkjet printer and inkjet print head apply an aqueous glaze slurry having a high surface tension on top of the effect ink. An image is printed on the glaze and the tile is fired. A difference in surface tensions causes the aqueous glaze to move away from the printed effect ink, resulting in a relief pattern in the image at locations of the printed relief pattern.