89 patents
Page 4 of 5
Utility
Methods for Manufacturing Bulked Continuous Filament from Recycled Pet
30 Sep 21
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament that includes providing a polymer melt and separating the polymer melt from the extruder into at least eight streams.
Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 8 Jun 21
Utility
Method for Manufacturing a Bullnose Tile and a Bullnose Tile
30 Sep 21
A method for manufacturing a bullnose tile comprising the steps of providing a ceramic tile that comprises a base body made of a ceramic material, wherein the base body has a main surface and a bullnose edge; providing a decorative layer on top of the bullnose edge by printing a curable ink to form a decor; and curing the curable ink; wherein the curable ink, after printing, is in direct contact with the ceramic material of the base body.
Claudio Caselli, Rahul Patki
Filed: 26 Mar 20
Utility
Roof Ridge or Hip Covering Element and Method for Manufacturing a Roof Ridge or Hip Covering Element
30 Sep 21
A roof ridge or hip covering element comprising a first flat body, a second flat body, and a flexible sheet for joining together the first and second flat body.
Rahul Patki, Raul Rodriguez, Claudio Caselli
Filed: 7 Aug 19
Utility
Floor Panel
19 Aug 21
A floor panel with a substrate, including thermoplastic material, a decor provided thereon, and, on at least one pair of opposite edges, coupling parts realized at least partially from the substrate.
Kristof VAN VLASSENRODE, Paul BRUSSEEL, Nick VANHULLE, Jochen BOSSUYT
Filed: 18 Mar 21
Utility
Methods to Provide a Floor Covering
19 Aug 21
A method to provide a floor covering, including the steps of: providing a sheet vinyl; providing a PVC intermediate including at least a first layer of PVC material and at least a first reinforcing sheet, the first layer of PVC material providing the upper side of the PVC intermediate.
Kristof VAN VLASSENRODE
Filed: 5 Jun 19
Utility
Double Image Overprint Carpet Components and Methods of Making Same
5 Aug 21
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to carpet components and methods of making the carpet components.
Clyde Ray Burgess, Paul Matthew Dabrowa
Filed: 19 Apr 21
Utility
Methods for Manufacturing Panels Having a Decorative Surface
15 Jul 21
A method is provided for manufacturing a paper layer having a printed pattern for use in panels that at least include a substrate and a top layer.
Benjamin CLEMENT, Laurent MEERSSEMAN, Patrick VAN DEN BERGEN, Rudi VANHOOYDONCK
Filed: 31 Mar 21
Utility
Method for Composing a Set of Floor Panels
8 Jul 21
A method for composing a set of floor panels for flooring a room is based on a data set in accordance at least with the ground surface area of the room.
Klaus LOZIE
Filed: 24 May 19
Utility
Floor Panel for Forming a Floor Covering
1 Jul 21
Floor panel for forming a floor covering, where the floor panel includes a carrier on the basis of a thermoplastic material and a top layer provided on the carrier.
Kristof VAN VLASSENRODE, Filip BOSSUYT
Filed: 26 Feb 21
Utility
Bulked Continuous Carpet Filament Manufacturing from Polytrimethylene Terephthalate
10 Jun 21
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) comprises: (1) splitting the PTT stream extruded from the primary extruder into a number of polymer streams, each of the plurality of polymer streams having an associated spinning machine; (2) adding a colorant to each split polymer stream; (3) adding PET to the extruded polymer stream downstream of the primary extruder; (4) using one or more static mixing assemblies for each split polymer stream to substantially uniformly mix each split polymer stream and its respective colorant and PET; and (5) spinning each polymer stream with its substantially uniformly mixed colorant and any additives into BCF using the respective spinning machine.
Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 18 Jul 19
Utility
Polyethylene Terephthalate Coloring Systems and Methods
3 Jun 21
Method and system for manufacturing bulked continuous filament having tonal coloring from PET comprising: an extruder (202); a static mixing assembly (208) coupled to the extruder and comprising a housing and one or more individual static mixing elements disposed within the housing; the method and system further comprising a plurality of colorant ports along a length of the static mixing assembly such that each of the plurality of colorant ports is configured to provide colorant (204) to a polymer stream at a different location along the length of the static mixing assembly, and one or more spinning machines (212) positioned downstream of the static mixing assembly and coupled to the static mixing assembly to receive the colored polymer stream.
Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 14 Sep 18
Utility
Floor Panel for Forming a Floor Covering and Method for Manufacturing Such Floor Panels
27 May 21
A method may be provided for manufacturing a floor panel having a substrate and a top layer.
Benjamin CLEMENT
Filed: 2 Feb 21
Utility
Method for Manufacturing Panels Having a Decorative Surface
22 Apr 21
A method is provided for manufacturing a printed paper layer.
Benjamin CLEMENT
Filed: 29 Dec 20
Utility
Adjustable Molding Assemblies and Methods
1 Apr 21
Adjustable molding assemblies and methods for bridging a gap between building elements are provided.
Benjamin R. Elliott, David W. Moore
Filed: 29 Sep 20
Utility
Recyclable Tufted Carpet Product
25 Mar 21
Recyclable tufted carpet products and methods of preparing the same are provided.
Charles Winston REYNOLDS, Michael Bejon SETHNA, Christopher Lee CRAIG
Filed: 20 Sep 19
Utility
Method for Manufacturing a Carpet or a Rug and a Carpet or Rug Obtained Thereby
11 Mar 21
Method for manufacturing a carpet or a rug, comprising the following steps: the step (S1-S2) of providing a primary backing (1), being a woven or non-woven layer comprising filaments (2) of polyethyleneterephthalate and copolymer of polyethyleneterephthalate, the coPET having a lower melting temperature than the PET and wherein said PET is available in said primary backing (1) in a higher amount than said coPET; the step of providing a glue layer (11) consisting for 50% or more out of coPET; the step of tufting yarn at least into said primary backing (1); the step of activating said glue layer (11) at least for partially fixing said yarn (12) on said primary backing (1).
Charles Winston REYNOLDS, Mark Gregory DYE, Michael Bejon SETHNA
Filed: 28 Feb 19
Utility
Method for Manufacturing Panels Having a Decorative Surface
14 Jan 21
Panels having a decorative surface may include a plate shaped substrate and a top layer, and the top layer may include a paper layer having a printed pattern.
Benjamin CLEMENT, Luc DE BOE
Filed: 29 Sep 20
Utility
Polyester Fiber Blends and Methods of Manufacturing Same
23 Dec 20
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: 30 Aug 20
Utility
Methods for Manufacturing Bulked Continuous Filament
25 Nov 20
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: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Methods for Manufacturing Bulked Continuous Carpet Filament
30 Sep 20
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from recycled polymer.
Thomas R. Clark
Filed: 8 Jun 20