63 patents
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
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
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
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
Utility
Trilobal filaments and spinnerets for producing the same
4 Jul 23
Various implementations include a filament that includes three lobes that extend from a central portion of the filament, and the central portion defines an axial void.
Maarten Meinders, Paul Pustolski
Filed: 17 Apr 17
Utility
Low weight modular carpet components and methods of making the same
16 May 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: 12 Sep 18
Utility
Floor board and method for manufacturing such floor boards
9 May 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
Utility
Method for manufacturing an engineered stone and an engineered stone
18 Apr 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 printing on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.
Terry Adams, Claudio Caselli
Filed: 2 Oct 17
Utility
Polyethylene terephthalate coloring systems and methods
4 Apr 23
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
Methods for manufacturing panels having a decorative surface
28 Mar 23
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
Trilobal filaments and spinnerets for producing the same
21 Mar 23
Various implementations include a filament that includes three lobes that extend from a central portion of the filament, and the central portion defines an axial void.
Maarten Meinders, Paul Pustolski
Filed: 3 Jun 19
Utility
Tube holder for line dispensing
21 Feb 23
A tube holder supports a spool of flexible line wrapped onto the outer surface of a tube.
John T. Schuler
Filed: 24 Jan 19
Utility
Method and installation for manufacturing a floor covering product and floor covering product obtained hereby
17 Jan 23
A method for manufacturing a floor covering product includes the steps of forming a single- or multilayered substrate by extruding of synthetic material-based material in a layer shape; laminating at least one continuous film to the substrate; and impressing the at least one continuous film using a roller provided with a relief on its surface.
Christophe Naeyaert
Filed: 22 Mar 19
Utility
Roof ridge or hip covering element and method for manufacturing a roof ridge or hip covering element
10 Jan 23
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
Roof tile and a roof covering
3 Jan 23
A roof tile comprising a decorative layer, having at least a ceramic body, and a support layer disposed below the decorative layer, wherein the roof tile comprises an upper edge, a lower edge which is opposite to the upper edge and two opposite side edges, said side edges being transversal to the upper edge, wherein said roof tile comprises at least one anchoring element for anchoring the roof tile to a structure or framework.
Rahul Patki, Claudio Caselli
Filed: 10 Sep 21
Utility
Panel
6 Dec 22
A panel, which, at two opposite edges, includes coupling parts that allow joining by a downward movement, the coupling parts including a male part that fits in a female part, wherein the male part comprises a laterally protruding lip with at a lower side a downward facing support surface.
Charles Edward Stevens, Jr.
Filed: 29 Mar 22