Method of making decorative laminated products such as tiles, panels or webs

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure: A laminated decorative tile particularly for flooring purposes, is made by forming a base layer of granulated cellulosic material in a matrix of fusible plastics, and placing on the base layer a thin decorative layer of cellulosic material with natural holes and recesses therein. After a film of fusible plastic has been applied on the decorative layer the laminate is hot pressed and then immediately cooled in a cold press. The tile obtained has a pleasing appearance because the granules of the base layer have been forced up, in the hot press- 1a, ing operation, into the holes and recesses of the decorative layer, filling out these holes and recesses. In this …