Patent ID: 6866731
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: B44F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a three-dimensional surface structure in a paper copy of a picture, the paper copy being in the form of a paper poster or paper photograph having an image side, comprising the steps of: placing the paper copy with the image side down onto a matrix having a surface structure and fixing the paper copy to the matrix, the paper copy being equal in size to or smaller than the matrix; adhering a canvas onto the back surface of the paper copy to form a laminate; positioning an elastic mat of uniform thickness between a press ram and the canvas; cold surface pressing, using the press ram, the laminate into the matrix at least once to structure, the laminate with the surface structure of the matrix; removing the resulting structured laminate of the paper copy and the adhered canvas, after the pressing, from the matrix and mounting the structured laminate under tension onto a frame; and sealing the structured laminate.