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Gypsum backer board

US4948647A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1989
Grant dateAug 14, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/143
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A backer board for use as a base to which ceramic tile is bonded for a bathtub or shower area, in which the board is made by forming a gypsum core board with fiber glass laminated composite facings, which include an inner fiber glass scrim, an outer fiber glass nonwoven matte and an acrylic film, which film is formed of an acrylic latex of a class commonly employed as an ingredient in Portland cement mortar for applying ceramic tile.

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