Patents by Inventor Klaas Kackmann-Schneider

Klaas Kackmann-Schneider 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).

  • Patent number: 10940637
    Abstract: A process for producing a surface covering with an embossed printed surface is described. A substrate (16) is continuously moved through a production line, and this substrate (16) is first provided, in a printing equipment (12), with a printed pattern and thereafter, in an embossing equipment (14), with an embossed pattern, which is registered with the printed pattern. The printing equipment (12) produces the printed pattern in-line with the production of the embossed pattern. During printing in the printing equipment (12), the printed pattern is stretched or compressed, dynamically responsive to indicators of misalignments between the printed pattern and the embossed pattern, so as to correct or prevent the misalignments. A production line for carrying out this process is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TARKETT GDL
    Inventors: Klaas Kackmann-Schneider, Igor Brankov, Jean-Yves Simon
  • Patent number: 10933684
    Abstract: The present invention is related to printed floor or wall coverings comprising one or more polymer layer(s) and a print obtained by ink composition printing directly on at least one surface of said one or more polymer layer(s), said polymer layer(s) comprising a polyvinyl chloride homo- and/or copolymer in a blend with one or more polymer(s) selected from the group consisting of the homo- or copolymers of one or more vinyl alkanoate(s), the copolymers comprising one or more alkenes and one or more vinyl alkanoate(s), the copolymers comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates, and mixtures of said homo- and/or copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Tarkett GDL
    Inventors: Pierre Bastin, Igor Brankov, Luc Forget, Klaas Kackmann-Schneider
  • Publication number: 20200254679
    Abstract: A process for producing a surface covering with an embossed printed surface is described. A substrate (16) is continuously moved through a production line, and this substrate (16) is first provided, in a printing equipment (12), with a printed pattern and thereafter, in an embossing equipment (14), with an embossed pattern, which is registered with the printed pattern. The printing equipment (12) produces the printed pattern in-line with the production of the embossed pattern. During printing in the printing equipment (12), the printed pattern is stretched or compressed, dynamically responsive to indicators of misalignments between the printed pattern and the embossed pattern, so as to correct or prevent the misalignments. A production line for carrying out this process is also proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Klaas Kackmann-Schneider, Igor Brankov, Jean-Yves Simon
  • Patent number: 10682806
    Abstract: A process for producing a surface covering with an embossed printed surface is described. A substrate (16) is continuously moved through a production line, and this substrate (16) is first provided, in a printing equipment (12), with a printed pattern and thereafter, in an embossing equipment (14), with an embossed pattern, which is registered with the printed pattern. The printing equipment (12) produces the printed pattern in-line with the production of the embossed pattern. During printing in the printing equipment (12), the printed pattern is stretched or compressed, dynamically responsive to indicators of misalignments between the printed pattern and the embossed pattern, so as to correct or prevent the misalignments. A production line for carrying out this process is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: TARKETT GDL
    Inventors: Klaas Kackmann-Schneider, Igor Brankov, Jean-Yves Simon
  • Publication number: 20180186176
    Abstract: The present invention is related to printed floor or wall coverings comprising one or more polymer layer(s) and a print obtained by ink composition printing directly on at least one surface of said one or more polymer layer(s), said polymer layer(s) comprising a polyvinyl chloride homo- and/or copolymer in a blend with one or more polymer(s) selected from the group consisting of the homo- or copolymers of one or more vinyl alkanoate(s), the copolymers comprising one or more alkenes and one or more vinyl alkanoate(s), the copolymers comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates, and mixtures of said homo- and/or copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Pierre Bastin, Igor Brankov, Luc Forget, Klaas Kackmann-Schneider
  • Publication number: 20170297257
    Abstract: A process for producing a surface covering with an embossed printed surface is described. A substrate (16) is continuously moved through a production line, and this substrate (16) is first provided, in a printing equipment (12), with a printed pattern and thereafter, in an embossing equipment (14), with an embossed pattern, which is registered with the printed pattern. The printing equipment (12) produces the printed pattern in-line with the production of the embossed pattern. During printing in the printing equipment (12), the printed pattern is stretched or compressed, dynamically responsive to indicators of misalignments between the printed pattern and the embossed pattern, so as to correct or prevent the misalignments. A production line for carrying out this process is also proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Tarkett GDL
    Inventors: Klaas Kackmann-Schneider, Igor Brankov, Jean-Yves Simon