(19)
(11) EP 0 945 198 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/39

(21) Application number: 99302168.2

(22) Date of filing: 19.03.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B21H 8/00, B21B 1/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 24.03.1998 EP 98200923

(71) Applicant: HUNTER DOUGLAS INDUSTRIES B.V.
3071 EL Rotterdam (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • Eschauzier, Frans R.
    3335 EB Zwijndrecht (NL)

(74) Representative: Smith, Samuel Leonard 
J.A. Kemp & Co., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


(54) Roll-patterned strip


(57) A decorative roll-patterned metal strip or sheet, preferably aluminium strip or sheet, having: a thickness of about 0.05 - 1.0 mm, preferably about 0.1 - 0.8 mm, with a surface having a plurality of indentations of a depth of about .001 - 0.05 mm, preferably about 0.02 - 0.035 mm, and optionally having a layer of a paint of a thickness of about 3 - 30 microns, preferably about 10 - 15 microns, on the surface and within its indentations, the ratio of the depth of the indentations to the thickness of the strip or sheet being in the range of about 1: 5 to about 1: 100.







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