Claims
- 1. A process for the manufacture of sheet material having a textured surface comprising the steps of:
- providing a decoration on a dimensionally stable support;
- forming a continuous wear layer over the printed decoration;
- applying at least one discontinuous layer of a transparent plastisol of at least 10 mils thickness over the wear layer in registration with at least a part of the printed decoration; and
- passing the printed support which bears the wear layer and the discontinuous plastisol through a gelation oven to cause gelation of the plastisol.
- 2. A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the application of the transparent plastisol is performed by silk screen printing.
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein the step of providing a decoration comprises printing a design on a deformable support and wherein said process further comprises the step of:
- laminating the deformable support to a temperature stable support before passage through the gelation oven.
- 4. The process of claim 2 wherein the step of providing a decoration comprises printing a design on a deformable support and wherein said process further comprises the step of:
- laminating the deformable support to a temperature stable support before passage through the gelation oven.
- 5. A process for the manufacture of sheet material having a textured surface comprising the steps of:
- printing a decoration on sheet material;
- forming a continuous wear layer over the printed decoration;
- applying at least one discontinuous layer of a transparent plastisol of at least 10 mils thickness over the wear layer in registration with at least a part of the printed decoration;
- laminating the sheet material having the decoration printed thereon to a temperature stable support; and
- passing the laminate including the support and the printed sheet which bears the wear layer and the discontinuous plastisol through a gelation oven to cause gelation of the plastisol.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a division of application Ser. No. 448,451 filed Mar. 5, 1974 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,017,658. A claim for priority based upon Luxembourg Application 68,838, filed Nov. 21, 1973, has been made in application Ser. No. 448,451 and applicant also claims the benefit of the filing date of Luxembourg Application 68,838 under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 119, for this divisional application.
US Referenced Citations (2)
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3905849 |
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4017658 |
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Divisions (1)
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