Textured surfaces

Abstract

One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a textured surface may include providing a first thermally stable sheet, printing a pattern of material on the first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface, and curing the material, then using said first sheet to impart negative texture into Tedlar faced epoxy composite blanket, which is in turn used to impart texture into a decorative laminate.

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         22 . A thermally stable first sheet having a three-dimensional textured surface on the first sheet, wherein the three-dimensional textured surface was formed by printing a pattern of material on the first sheet and curing the material. 
     
     
         23 . The first sheet of  claim 22 , wherein the material is Ultra Violet Cured ink. 
     
     
         24 . The first sheet of  claim 22 , wherein the first sheet is a film. 
     
     
         25 . The first sheet of  claim 24 , wherein the first sheet is made of at least one of Mylar and Polyester. 
     
     
         26 . The first sheet of  claim 22 , wherein a target texture was at least one of identified and designed prior to forming the three-dimensional textured surface on the first sheet. 
     
     
         27 . The first sheet of  claim 26 , wherein a digital image of the target texture was formed on a computer. 
     
     
         28 . The first sheet of  claim 27 , wherein the digital image was formed on the computer by at least one of scanning the target texture into the computer and using a computer program to prepare the digital image. 
     
     
         29 . The first sheet of  claim 22 , wherein multiple layers were printed on the first sheet to form the three-dimensional textured surface on the first sheet. 
     
     
         30 . The first sheet of  claim 22 , wherein the first sheet is for heating and pressing the three-dimension textured surface against a release sheet adhered to an uncured epoxy impregnated fiberglass sheet in order to form a composite blanket having a negative three-dimensional textured surface which is the inverse image of the three-dimensional textured surface on the first sheet. 
     
     
         31 . The first sheet of  claim 30 , wherein the composite blanket is for heating and pressing the negative three-dimensional textured surface of the composite blanket into a decorative laminate to form a three-dimensional textured surface on the decorative laminate which is substantially identical to the three-dimensional textured surface on the first sheet. 
     
     
         32 . The first sheet of  claim 31 , wherein the decorative laminate is a part of an aircraft.