153 patents
Utility
Woven Carpet Tiles and Methods of Making the Same
11 Jan 24
A carpet tile and process for making the same, wherein the carpet tile comprises a woven facecloth with an applied latex or hot-melt adhesive precoat, an extruded polymer backing layer, and an optional polyester cushion, comprising a reinforcing scrim layer within a polyester layer.
Seth BREWER, Michael BELL, Billy M. JUMP, Reginald FINLEY, Emily GALISHOFF
Filed: 2 Sep 21
Utility
Method for manufacturing an engineered stone and an engineered stone
9 Jan 24
A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and further comprising printing a printed pattern on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.
Terry Adams, Claudio Caselli
Filed: 27 Dec 22
Utility
a Method for Manufacturing a Decorative Element Comprising an Engineered Stone and a Decorative Element Comprising an Engineered Stone
4 Jan 24
A method for manufacturing a decorative element comprising a substrate and a top layer wherein the substrate is made of an engineered stone and wherein the top layer comprises a decorative pattern, comprising the steps of: providing a mixture comprising at least an inorganic filler and a binder; compacting the mixture; and curing the binder to obtain the substrate; wherein the method comprises the step of inkjet printing a first decorative pattern on at least a top surface of the substrate; wherein the method comprises the step of providing a protective coating above the printed pattern, wherein said protective coating comprises a curable substance, wherein the method comprises the step of fully curing said protective coating and wherein the method comprises the step of polishing said protective coating.
Rahul PATKI, Claudio CASELLI
Filed: 15 Mar 23
Utility
Method for Manufacturing a Decorative Element Comprising an Engineered Stone and a Decorative Element Comprising an Engineered Stone
4 Jan 24
A method for manufacturing a decorative element comprising a substrate and a top layer wherein the substrate is made of an engineered stone and wherein the top layer comprises a decorative pattern, comprising the steps of: providing a mixture comprising at least an inorganic filler and a binder; compacting the mixture; and curing the binder to obtain the substrate; wherein the method comprises the step of inkjet printing a first decorative pattern on at least a top surface of the substrate, and wherein the method comprises the step of providing a protective coating above the printed pattern, wherein the protective coating comprises a base coat that is applied immediately on top of the printed pattern and a top-coat that is provided above the base coat, between the application of the base-coat and the application of the top coat the method comprises the step of sanding the base coat.
Rahul PATKI, Eladio PINERO GONZALEZ, Claudio CASELLI
Filed: 8 Nov 22
Utility
Panel for Forming a Floor Covering
28 Dec 23
A panel including at least a substrate of thermoplastic material and a top layer with a printed decor and a translucent or transparent wear layer.
Martin SEGAERT, Christophe NAEYAERT
Filed: 14 Sep 23
Utility
Method for Manufacturing an Engineered Stone and an Engineered Stone
21 Dec 23
A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and further comprising printing a printed pattern on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.
Terry ADAMS, Claudio CASELLI
Filed: 31 Aug 23
Utility
Melt Spun Biocomponent Filament and Method for Manufacturing a Melt Spun Biocomponent Filament
21 Dec 23
The production of bicomponent polymer fibers may be enhanced to provide greater bulk in bulk continuous filaments by creating differential stresses in the extruded combined melt and using those differential stresses to increase crimps, twists, and rotations thereby providing greater bulk.
Anthony CASCIO, Lucinda JONES, Melissa NORTH
Filed: 13 Jun 23
Utility
Melt-spun Filaments, Yarns, and Methods of Making the Same
21 Dec 23
Various implementations include a melt-spun filament (or fiber), a spinneret plate for producing the melt-spun filaments, and methods of making the melt-spun filaments.
Anthony CASCIO
Filed: 18 Nov 21
Utility
Filaments with Improved Luster
21 Dec 23
Various implementations of yarns and multi-component filaments having a plurality of solid particles dispersed throughout a portion of the filaments are described herein.
Melissa NORTH, Anthony CASCIO
Filed: 17 Nov 21
Utility
Floor Panel and Methods for Manufacturing Floor Panels
21 Dec 23
Floor panel with a substrate (8) and a provided thereon decorative layer (6) of wood veneer (7) with a thickness (T1) of 1 millimeter or less, wherein a lacquer layer (23) including transparent or translucent surface material is provided on the wood veneer (7), wherein the lacquer layer (23) preferably comprises hard particles and extends from the upper surface of the wood veneer (7) at least up to a side edge (28) of the wood veneer (7), such that the side edge (28) is at least partially covered by the lacquer (23).
Aaron Shaw
Filed: 23 Nov 21
Utility
Systems and methods for manufacturing bulked continuous filament from colored recycled PET
12 Dec 23
A system comprising: (1) a grinding unit configured to receive and grind recycled PET bottles into a group of polymer flakes comprising up to about ten percent colored polymer flakes and balance substantially clear polymer flakes; (2) a washing unit configured to wash the group of polymer flakes; and (3) an extruder configured to extrude material in a plurality of different extrusion streams.
Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 3 May 22
Utility
Methods for manufacturing panels
24 Oct 23
A method is provided for manufacturing panels with a substrate and a decorative top layer that may include a printed motif and a transparent or translucent protective layer formed there above.
Bruno Vermeulen
Filed: 20 Dec 18
Utility
Systems for Manufacturing Bulked Continuous Carpet Filament
12 Oct 23
Systems for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from polymer, where the systems are configured for: (1) passing polymer flakes through a crystalliers; (2) melting the polymer to create a first single stream of polymer melt; (3) separating the first single stream of polymer melt into multiple streams of polymer melt; (4) exposing the multiple streams of polymer melt to a pressure of between about 0 millibars and about 25 millibars in a chamber; (5) recombining the multiple streams of polymer melt into a second single stream of polymer melt; and (6) providing the second single stream of polymer melt to one or more spinning machines that are configured to form the second single stream of polymer melt into bulked continuous carpet filament.
Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 15 Jun 23
Utility
Method for manufacturing recycled polymer
10 Oct 23
A method for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament, the method comprising: (1) reducing a chamber pressure within a chamber to below about 5 millibars; (2) after reducing the chamber pressure to below about 5 millibars, providing a polymer melt to the chamber; (3) separating the polymer melt into at least eight streams; (4) while the at least eight streams of the polymer melt are within the chamber, exposing the at least eight streams of the polymer melt to the chamber pressure of below about 5 millibars; (5) after exposing the at least eight streams of the polymer melt to the chamber pressure of below about 5 millibars, recombining the at least eight streams into a single polymer stream; and (6) forming polymer from the single polymer stream into bulked continuous carpet filament.
Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 14 Aug 20
Utility
Removal of Color from Polymeric Materials
28 Sep 23
The present disclosure is directed to methods for at least partially removing a dye from a dyed fiber comprising one or more polyamide or polyester polymers, and products formed thereof.
Anthony CASCIO
Filed: 17 Aug 21
Utility
Low Weight Modular Carpet Components and Methods of Making the Same
28 Sep 23
A low-weight carpet tile and process for making the same, wherein the carpet tile comprises a facecloth having a plurality of face yarns tufted through a primary backing, an extruded polymer secondary backing layer, and a reinforcing scrim layer partially embedded within the extruded polymer secondary backing layer.
Michael Christopher Gallman, Michael E. Bell
Filed: 6 Apr 23
Utility
Floor panel for forming a floor covering, and substrate for a panel
5 Sep 23
A floor panel for forming a floor covering, where the floor panel includes a layer-shaped substrate, as well as a decorative top layer situated above the substrate; and where the substrate includes at least a layer which is realized on the basis of a composition including at least a thermoplastic synthetic material being polyester.
Martin Segaert
Filed: 30 Sep 20
Utility
Polyester fiber blends and methods of manufacturing same
22 Aug 23
This application is directed to polymer blends of polyethylene naphthalate, polytrimethylene terephthalate, and polyethylene naphthalate, for use in fibers, such as carpet fibers, and other applications.
James L. Williams, Mark G. Dye, Jonathan Skelley, Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 31 Aug 20
Utility
Methods for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament
15 Aug 23
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from recycled polymer.
Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 9 Jun 20
Utility
Floor board and method for manufacturing such floor boards
8 Aug 23
A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate has MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, where the side edge is treated both with an impregnation agent and/or a sealing agent based on a super absorbing material.
Dieter D'Hondt, Aaron Shaw
Filed: 13 Jul 21