Selectively embossed surface coverings and processes of manufacture
CA 2473028 A1 · Owner: Courtoy, Jean-Francois · Inventors: Charest, Claude; Courtoy, Jean-Francois; Caldas, Victor
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Selectivity embossed surface coverings are prepared by mechanically embossing a wear layer which overlays at least one printing ink containing a photoinitiator which has been printed in a pattern or design. The embossed wear layer is subjected to ultraviolet radiation which causes curing of the wear layer in the surface areas disposed over the printing ink. The product then is fused whereby the mechanical embossing in surface areas which are not disposed over the printing ink relaxes and becomes smooth. In a variant of the invention, a thermoplastic wear layer is employed which can be mechanically embossed in the surface areas which are not disposed over the printing ink with a …
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- Filed January 8, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 8, 2023.
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