Manufacture of decorative laminae

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF MAKING A PAPER ADAPTED FOR USE AS A SURFACE PRINT SHEET IN THE PRODUCTION OF DECORATIVE LAMINAE AND OF OBTAINING PREDETERMINED COLOR CHARACTERISTICS THEREIN FROM A SURPLY WEB CONSISTING OF A HIGHLY ABSORBENT SHEET OF SOFT, SATURABIE PAPER OF UNIFORM COLOR CHARACTERISTICS WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF APPLYING TO ONE SIDE ONLY OF SAID WEB AN AQUEOUS NONFILM-FORMING COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ADHESIVE AND A COLORING MATERIAL ADAPTED TO PENETARTE AND REMAIN PRIMARILY IN THE SURFACE ZONE OF SAID WEB, SMOOTHING AND SPREADING SAID APPLIED COATING COMPOSITION WHILE STILL WORKABLE UNIFORMLY OVER SAID SURFACE OF SAID SHEET WITH A BRUSHING ACTION RESULTING IN THE PRODUCTION A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY COATED SURFACE OT THE DESIRED COLOR UPON SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID WEB LEAVING SAID COATED SIDE OF SAID WEB BY A CEPTIVE TO PRINTING, AND APPLYING A DECORATIVE SURFACE TO THE COATED SIDE OF SAID WEB BY A PRINTING OPERATION AND RETAINING HIGH RECEPTIVITY OF SAID WEB FOR SUBSEQUENT IMPREGNATION AND SATURATION BY A THEMO-SETTING RESIN SUITABLE FOR LAMINATING SAID SHEET TO BACKING SHEETS TO FORM A DECORATIVE SURFACE THEREON.