Patents by Inventor Joris Martha Alfons Van Den Steen

Joris Martha Alfons Van Den Steen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of producing wall covering with relief in a continuous process
    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
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING WALL COVERING WITH RELIEF IN A CONTINUOUS PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140022291
    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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventor: Joris Martha Alfons Van Den Steen