Global Patent Index - EP 1728911 A1

EP 1728911 A1 20061206 - Patterned carpet and method for producing it

Title (en)

Patterned carpet and method for producing it

Title (de)

Bemusterter Teppich sowie Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung

Title (fr)

Tapis à dessins et son procédé de fabrication

Publication

EP 1728911 A1 20061206 (EN)

Application

EP 06017400 A 20010612

Priority

  • EP 01952151 A 20010612
  • US 21129500 P 20000613
  • US 24117000 P 20001017
  • US 87691201 A 20010608

Abstract (en)

The Invention is directed to a method of producing a woven flooring product (1), comprising the steps of: i) providing a woven substrate (2) woven with yarns which are (a) all white or naturally colored with no dye applied, (b) pre-dyed with a single or multiple color(s), or (c) chemically or physically treated to absorb dyes differently in selected, random or arbitrary areas of the woven substrate, ii) jet dyeing a design or pattern (3) on the woven substrate (2), wherein the DPI, defined as number of dots per 6.45 cm 2 (1 square inch), of the applied design or pattern (3) is greater than the DPI, defined as [rows per 2.54 cm (1 inch)] x [picks per 2.54 cm (1 inch)] of the woven substrate (2), and iii) cutting or forming the jet dyed woven substrate (2) into a completed flooring product (1). Also, the invention concerns a cut or formed woven completed flooring product (1), comprising the woven substrate (2) and a design or pattern (3) provided thereon.

IPC 8 full level

A47G 27/02 (2006.01); D06B 11/00 (2006.01); D06C 27/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D06B 11/0056 (2013.01); D06B 11/0089 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE DK FR GB NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1728911 A1 20061206

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 06017400 A 20010612