Decorative tile and decorative printing thereof

Details Decorative tile and decorative printing thereof Decorative tile and decorative printing thereof

1997-03-07

1999-06-29

Watkins, III, William P.

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Structurally defined web or sheet

Continuous and nonuniform or irregular surface on layer or...

428152, 428158, 428159, 428160, 428173, 428200, 428204, 428203, 428201, B32B 330

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059166622

ABSTRACT:
A decorative tile is made of molded hard urethane foam, having a surface patterned with smooth areas interrupted by surface textures, and colored by a coloring agent which is concentrated within the surface textures and thinly covers the smooth areas, so as to produce the convincing appearance of a weathered, aged stone tile. The surface of this tile (and other conventional tiles) is decorated in an automated fashion, by printing a clear sheeting with an electrostatic ink in a color laser printer, and then compressing the sheeting against the tile surface in a high temperature press to heat transfer the sheeting to the surface of the tile. This resulting product is a durable, light weight tile having a protected printed surface, indistinguishable from hand painted stone.

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