Kings Mountain International, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130075363 | SPREADING INK OVER A PRESS PLATE USING A HEATER - This invention relates to methods and apparatuses for creating a textured press plate by spreading ink over the press plate using a heater. Some embodiments provide a method that includes: (a) dispensing radiation-curable ink onto a press plate; (b) spreading the ink over the press plate by heating the ink; and (c) irradiating the ink so that the ink is at least partially cured and/or fixed, and/or such that the spreading of the ink is at least partially slowed and/or stopped. In some embodiments, the irradiating the ink occurs after the spreading the ink. In other embodiments, the ink acts to resist a chemical solution, and the method further includes etching a surface portion of the press plate by exposing the portion to a chemical solution, where the surface portion includes the ink, and where the etching the surface portion occurs after the irradiating the ink. | 03-28-2013 |
20120303335 | VIRTUAL PRESS PLATE - Systems, methods and computer program products for a virtual press plate is disclosed. A method for creating a virtual press plate includes: (a) receiving a virtual decorative layer which is an electronic representation of a physical decorative layer; (b) receiving a first virtual engraving layer having one or more first markings that correspond to a first virtual depth level; (c) receiving a second virtual engraving layer having one or more second markings that correspond to a second virtual depth level; (d) creating a virtual press plate, which is an electronic representation of a physical press plate, based at least partially on the first and second virtual engraving layers; and (e) creating a virtual pressed decorative layer by virtually pressing the virtual press plate to the virtual decorative layer. | 11-29-2012 |
20090151866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING TEXTURED LAMINATES - Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved and economical system and method for viewing proposed texture designs for textured decorative laminates without having to make a press plate and a sample laminate. Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for making sample laminates and for registering a sample press plate with the laminate's decorative design when manufacturing a sample laminate. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention utilize transparent sheets, such as acetate films, in novel ways during the design of textured laminate press plates and during the registration of the press plate and the laminate's decorative layer. | 06-18-2009 |
20090151851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING TEXTURED LAMINATE PRESS PLATES - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for creating textured laminate press plates that account for growth of the press plate and growth of the laminate's decorative layer. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention involve printing a two-dimensional representation of the three-dimensional surface of the proposed press plate, assuming a certain amount of expansion, onto a transparent overlay, such as a cellulose acetate sheet or a plate of glass. Embodiments of the present invention further involve positioning the overlay over an un-textured sample decorative laminate to examine the alignment of the press plate's proposed texture design with the sample laminate's decorative design. | 06-18-2009 |