Patents Assigned to Formica Corporation
  • High pressure decorative laminates containing an air-laid web of fibers and filler and method of producing same
    Patent number: 4379194
    Abstract: The invention relates to high pressure decorative laminates containing an air-laid web of fibers, filler and resin as a core and to a method of preparing such a decorative laminate from an assembly comprising said substrate and a thermosetting resin impregnated decor sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1983
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore R. Clarke, John F. Hosler
  • High pressure decorative laminates containing an air-laid web and method of producing same
    Patent number: 4379193
    Abstract: The invention relates to high pressure decorative laminates containing an air-laid web as a substrate and to a method of preparing such a decorative laminate from an assembly comprising said substrate and a thermosetting resin impregnated decor sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1983
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventor: James E. B. Hunt
  • Three color high pressure decorative laminate having registered color and embossing
    Patent number: 4376812
    Abstract: A decorative laminate having registered color and embossing is produced by effecting a simultaneous embossing and laminating using a three-dimensional press plate acting against a release sheet having a colored ink layer on the surface thereof adjacent the uppermost laminate surface and a color bearing sheet over which is coated, colored flowable resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1983
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventor: Wilbur W. West
  • Color registered decorative laminates
    Patent number: 4374886
    Abstract: The use of a pigmented, fully-hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol modified melamine-formaldehyde resin coating in color registered decorative laminates provides improved laminates exhibiting pleasing aesthetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1983
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventor: Ram S. Raghava
  • Method and apparatus for controlling a press
    Patent number: 4365547
    Abstract: Control of a laminating press is attained by monitoring the temperature of the heating medium circulating through the press components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventor: George W. McClure, Jr.
  • Apparatus for air-layer fibrous webs
    Patent number: 4353686
    Abstract: An apparatus for the production of fibrous webbed products wherein a suction box is situated beneath a foraminous belt, damper means are provided whereby rollers positioned below the belt are maintained in a clean condition and the space between a roller and its next adjacent member is altered, to control the air flowing through said space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: John F. Hosler, Paul W. White
  • Process of using a cushion for laminating operations
    Patent number: 4340439
    Abstract: Cellulosic paper sheets interleaved with sheets of a thermoplastic material having a glass transition point below about 100.degree. C. and a melting point of about 125.degree. C. or more provide a cushion for use in laminating operations. The thermoplastic sheets employed in the cushion have an individual thickness ranging from about 2 to 20 mils and a combined thickness of at least 5 mils. Such a cushion provides a long-term, reuseable cushion for laminating operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventor: Harold C. Giesler
  • Abrasion-resistant decorative laminates
    Patent number: 4322468
    Abstract: Incorporating abrasive materials into the resin impregnated print sheet and thereafter applying a coating of a fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol modified melamine-formaldehyde resin results in an effective abrasion-resistant decorative laminate which eliminates the necessity for an overlay sheet containing abrasive materials and cellulosic fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventor: Ram S. Raghava
  • Method for the production of a powdered phenolic resole resin
    Patent number: 4317901
    Abstract: A method for the production of a powdery, free-flowing phenol/formaldehyde resin is disclosed wherein a polyvalent cationic precipitant is added to the resin emulsion produced, the precipitate is filtered, washed with water and dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventor: Harry F. Cosway
  • No-overlay decorative laminates
    Patent number: 4311748
    Abstract: The use of a fully-hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol modified melamine-formaldehyde resin coating for the print sheet in a decorative laminate eliminates the necessity for an overlay sheet without thereby imparting any deleterious effects to the laminate itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Donald J. Casey, Daniel M. Zavisza
  • Decorative metallic laminates
    Patent number: 4311757
    Abstract: The use of a fully-hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol modified melamine-formaldehyde resin coating containing finely divided metallic powder in a decorative laminate eliminates the necessity for thin metallic foils without thereby imparting any deleterious effects to the laminate itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Raghava, Wilbur W. West
  • Process for the preparation of a fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol modified melamine-formaldehyde resin for application in decorative laminates
    Patent number: 4311804
    Abstract: A process for preparing a fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol modified melamine-formaldehyde resin useful in decorative laminates is disclosed. The process comprises reacting melamine, formaldehyde, and fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol at 80.degree.-90.degree. C. until the reaction product has a water tolerance of about 300% to 1000% in 5.degree. C. water. The mole ratio of melamine to formaldehyde is from about 1:1.5 to about 1:1.8, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Ram S. Raghava, Calvin Richardson
  • Laminate sheet
    Patent number: D260314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Yates, Ichiro Saito
  • Laminate sheet
    Patent number: D260317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Yates, Ichiro Saito
  • Laminate sheet
    Patent number: D261065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Harry R. Ford, Yasuo Yoshihashi
  • Laminate sheet
    Patent number: D261189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Harry R. Ford, Yasuo Yoshihashi
  • Laminate sheet
    Patent number: D261190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Harry R. Ford, Yasuo Yoshihashi
  • Laminate sheet
    Patent number: D261191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Harry R. Ford, Yasuo Yoshihashi
  • Decorative laminate sheet
    Patent number: D261819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventors: Harry R. Ford, Koichi Hirakawa
  • Laminate sheet
    Patent number: D265604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Formica Corporation
    Inventor: Ichiro Saito