Patent · US Active

Manufacturing methods of decorative laminates by inkjet

US10112426B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

0References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Agfa NV · BE
Unilin BVBA · BE

Inventors

Patrick Van den Bergen · Mortsel, BE
Johan Van Hunsel · Mortsel, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2015
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC09D11/322
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A manufacturing method of decorative laminates includes the steps of: a) printing an ink acceptance layer by jetting droplets having a volume of 1 to 200 nL onto a paper substrate; b) forming a decorative layer by jetting ink droplets having a volume of up to 30 pL of one or more aqueous pigmented inkjet inks onto the dried ink acceptance layer; and c) heat pressing the decorative layer into a decorative laminate; wherein the ink acceptance layer contains an inorganic pigment P and a polymeric binder B in a weight ratio P/B larger than 1.5.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.