Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Pao-Chin Lin ·
Assignee(s)	None listed in document.  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Ladas & Parry ·
Primary Examiner	Richard Crispino ·
Assistant Examiner	Cheryl N. Hawkins ·
Application Number	US9365701
Filing date	08/02/1999
Issue date	11/20/2001
Predicted expiration date	08/02/2019
U.S. Classifications	156/209  · 156/289  · 156/278  · 156/220  ·
International Classifications	--
Kind Code	B1
International Classifications	156 71 · 156 82 · 156184 · 156191 · 156199 · 156206 · 156209 · 156219 · 156220 · 156221 · 156269 · 156278 · 156289 · 1563317 · 427355 · 427154 · 427155 · 118 45 · 428 401 · 428 417 · 428 418 · 428 45 · 428 44 · 428 47 · 428 49 · 428 95 ·

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Abstract

A process for the preparation of plastic tiles includes the steps of (a) preparing a plastic substrate, (b) providing a pattern layer on a plastic skin layer, (c)applying a varnish coating to the pattern layer, (d) covering a releasable paper on the varnish coating before the varnish coating becomes dry, (e) removing the releasable paper from the varnish coating after the varnish coating becomes dry, and (f) bonding together and embossing, after step (d), the varnish coating, the pattern layer, the skin layer, and the plastic substrate to form a laminate with an embossed surface.

Independent Claims | See all claims (10)

1. 1. A process for the preparation of plastic tiles, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a plastic substrate; (b) providing a pattern layer on a plastic skin layer; (c) applying a varnish coating to said pattern layer; (d) covering a releasable paper on said varnish coating before said varnish coating becomes dry; (e) removing said releasable paper from said varnish coating after said varnish coating becomes dry; and (f) bonding together and embossing, after step (e), said varnish coating, said pattern layer, said skin layer, and said substrate to form a laminate with an embossed surface.
2. 8. A process for the preparation of plastic tiles, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a plastic substrate; (b) providing a pattern layer between a plastic skin layer and a plastic transparent layer; (c) applying a varnish coating to said transparent layer; (d) covering a releasable paper on said varnish coating before said varnish coating becomes dry; (e) removing said releasable paper from said varnish coating after said varnish coating becomes dry; and (f) bonding together and embossing, after step (e), said varnish coating, said transparent layer, said pattern layer, said skin layer, and said plastic substrate to form a laminate with an embossed surface.