IP Library Granted Patent US 12,077,008
Granted Patent B2
US 12,077,008 · App. 16/767,107 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Digital printing floorboard processing technology

Inventors: Huibin Dai (Jiaxing, CN); Peidong Zhao (Jiaxing, CN); Tao Wang (Jiaxing, CN); Lijie Dong (Jiaxing, CN)
Assignee: ZHEJIANG KINGDOM NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
B41M3/06B29C59/026B41M5/0017B41M7/0045
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Patent No.
US 12,077,008
App. No.
16/767,107
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising: preparing a base material layer; arranging a printing layer on the base material layer, wherein the printing layer is directly printed by a digital printing apparatus and is formed on a surface of the base material layer; and arranging a protection layer on the printing layer, wherein the protection layer is attached to the printing layer by means of one or a combination of processes selected from roll-coating, shower-coating, spray-coating, transfer-printing and printing, wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling. According to the processing technology of the present disclosure, various patterns can be designed and processed in different ways or combinations according to the user's requirements.

Claims (68)

1. A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising:

preparing a base material layer having a flat surface;

roll-coating a UV paint with adhesion ability on an upper surface of the base material layer to form an adhesion layer, coating a UV balance layer on a bottom surface of the base material layer, and curing with a UV lamp;

printing patterns of a printing layer on a surface of the adhesion layer by a digital printing apparatus; and

forming a protection layer on a surface of the patterns through showering-coating a UV glue;

printing a transparent UV material on portions designed to be stereoscopic on a surface of the protection layer to enable the transparent UV material to sink, and half-curing with the UV lamp; and

brushing beyond sunken portions with a steel brush to form fine lines, and fully curing with the UV lamp,

wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of the artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling;

wherein the artistic effects are solid-colored or multi-colored, and the artistic effects form an integral body with the protection layer; and

wherein the protection layer is a single-layered or multi-layered structure.

2. The method for processing floorboards using digital printing of claim 1 ,

wherein the adhesion layer is transparent or solid-colored; and

wherein the method further comprises:

arranging a balance layer below the base material layer, wherein the balance layer is made of UV glue or various plastic films.

3. A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising:

preparing a base material layer having a flat surface;

roll-coating a white UV paint with adhesion ability on an upper surface of the base material layer to form an adhesion layer, coating a UV balance layer on a bottom surface of the base material layer, and curing with a UV lamp;

printing patterns of a printing layer on a surface of the adhesion layer by a digital printing apparatus;

roll-coating a PUR glue on the patterns, cooling, drying and curing;

shower-coating a UV glue on the patterns to form a protection layer;

printing one or more layers of coating on portions designed to be stereoscopic on the protection layer, wherein the one or more layers of coating has the same color as the portions designed to be stereoscopic, wherein the one or more layers of coating is configured to enable the portions to sink so that a layering effect can be achieved, and half-curing with the UV lamp; and

forming stereoscopic patterns with depths different from that of sunken portions by printing a corrosive coating beyond the sunken portions, brushing off corroded portions with a fur brush after reaction, and curing with the UV lamp,

wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of the artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling;

wherein the artistic effects are solid-colored or multi-colored, and artistic effects form an integral body with the protection layer; and

wherein the protection layer is a single-layered or multi-layered structure.

4. A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising:

preparing a base material layer having a flat surface;

roll-coating a transparent UV paint with adhesion ability on an upper surface of the base material layer to form an adhesion layer, coating a UV balance layer on a bottom surface of the base material layer, and curing with a UV lamp;

printing patterns of a printing layer on a surface of the adhesion layer by a digital printing apparatus;

roll-coating a PUR glue on the patterns, cooling, drying and curing;

shower-coating a UV glue on the patterns to form a protection layer, and half- curing;

brushing the protection layer with a steel brush to form fine lines;

forming stereoscopic patterns with different depths by printing a corrosive coating on portions designed to be stereoscopic, adjusting a printing amount of the corrosive coating according to different depths, brushing off corroded portions with a fur brush, and half-curing with the UV lamp; and

roll-coating a UV protection layer on a surface of the stereoscopic patterns, and fully-curing with the UV lamp,

wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling;

wherein the artistic effects are solid-colored or multi-colored, and the artistic effects form an integral body with the protection layer; and

wherein the protection layer is a single-layered or multi-layered structure.

5. A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising:

preparing a base material layer having a flat surface;

roll-coating a UV paint with adhesion ability on an upper surface of the base material layer to form an adhesion layer, coating a UV balance layer on a bottom surface of the base material layer, and curing with a UV lamp;

printing patterns of a printing layer on a surface of the adhesion layer by a digital printing apparatus;

forming a protection layer the a surface of the patterns through roll-coating a UV glue, and curing with the UV lamp;

forming stereoscopic patterns by printing a raised layer of the UV glue on portions designed to be stereoscopic on the protection layer, and curing with the UV lamp; and

spray-coating the UV glue on the stereoscopic patterns, and fully-curing with the UV lamp,

wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling;

wherein the artistic effects are solid-colored or multi-colored, and the artistic effects form an integral body with the protection layer; and

wherein the protection layer is a single-layered or multi-layered structure.

6. A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising:

preparing a base material layer having a flat surface;

roll-coating a UV paint with adhesion ability on an upper surface of the base material layer to form an adhesion layer, coating a UV balance layer on a bottom surface of the base material layer, and curing with a UV lamp;

printing patterns of a printing layer on a surface of the adhesion layer by a digital printing apparatus, wherein portions designed to be stereoscopic are left blank;

forming a protection layer on a surface of the patterns through roll-coating a UV glue;

forming colored sunken patterns by printing on the portions designed to be stereoscopic with one or more colors, enabling the portions designed to be stereoscopic to sink, and half-curing with the UV lamp;

brushing the colored sunken patterns with a steel brush to form fine lines, and fully curing with the UV lamp; and

roll-coating a UV protection layer on a surface of stereoscopic patterns, and fully- curing with the UV lamp,

wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling;

wherein the artistic effects are solid-colored or multi-colored, and the artistic effects form an integral body with the protection layer; and

wherein the protection layer is a single-layered or multi-layered structure.

7. A method for processing floorboards using digital printing, comprising:

preparing a base material layer having a flat surface;

roll-coating a UV paint with adhesion ability on an upper surface of the base material layer to form a adhesion layer, and curing with a UV lamp;

forming one or more tile patterns on a surface of an adhesion layer by a digital printing apparatus;

forming a protection layer on the one or more tile patterns through roll-coating a UV glue, and curing with the UV lamp;

printing a UV varnish on the one or more tile patterns to make the one or more tile patterns to raise, thereby forming an artistic effect resembling ceramic tiles with clear boundaries; and

printing a UV material on the one or more tile patterns, thereby forming a concave-convex effect, and fully-curing with the UV lamp; wherein the density of the UV material is slightly higher than that of the UV varnish, a sunken effect is formed when the UV material is in contact with the UV varnish,

wherein the protection layer displays one or a combination of artistic effects selected from flat, sunken, raised, finely creased, patterned and crackled by means of one or a combination of processes selected from levelling, flatting, printing, embossing, corroding, carving, brushing and crackling;

wherein the artistic effects are solid-colored or multi-colored, and the artistic effects form an integral body with the protection layer; and

wherein the protection layer is a single-layered or multi-layered structure.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: ZHEJIANG KINGDOM PLASTICS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: ZHEJIANG KINGDOM NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072430/0551 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: DAI, HUIBIN; ZHAO, PEIDONG; WANG, TAO; DONG, LIJIE
To: ZHEJIANG KINGDOM PLASTICS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061596/0272 →
CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: ZHEJIANG KINGDOM PLASTICS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: ZHEJIANG KINGDOM NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061809/0335 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910965685.6 · Oct 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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