Process for producing coincidently embossed decorative sheets

Abstract From the Canadian patent

First, a decorative sheet is produced by forming in sequence on a base paper such as titanium paper an ordinary printed layer and a heat-foamable printed layer, respectively with desired patterns. The decorative sheet is then impregnated with a thermosetting resin liquid and dried. The dried impregnated decorative sheet is superposed on a substrate such as a core sheet, and the resulting laminated structure is sandwiched between a pair of heating plates and heated and pressed whereby a thermoset integral structure with the pattern of the foamable printed layer foamed is produced. The entire surface of the integral structure is coated with a solvent to swell the foamed pattern layer and then …