Patents Assigned to FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITD, SARL
  • Patent number: 9044966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing wall covering with relief, such as for example wallpaper, in a continuous process in a less expensive way (in the case of limited print runs) and with fewer limitations with regard to the size of the repeat of the pattern, comprising: step a providing a base; step b applying a heat-expandable material to this base in a continuous process using an analogue printing technique; step c applying one or more liquids, which influence the expansion of the expandable material, in a desired pattern in a continuous process using a digital printing technique; step d heating the base with the expandable material which has been applied thereto and the one or more liquids applied thereto to a temperature at which the expandable material expands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITD, SARL
    Inventor: Joris Martha Alfons Van Den Steen