Artificial Marble With Opaque Stripes and Transparent Base for Visual Depth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing artificial marbles lack the aesthetic depth and transparency similar to natural stones, failing to replicate the visual appeal of quartzite patterns.
Innovation Solution
An artificial marble design featuring a stripe region that extends into the marble, with the surface as a base region and the inside as a stripe region, utilizing inorganic particles, pigments, and a binder resin to create a sense of depth and transparency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If artificial marble uses traditional opaque patterns, then manufacturing is simple, but aesthetic depth and transparency are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The artificial marble is divided into distinct regions: a base region and stripe regions, with further segmentation into first and second stripe regions having different transparency characteristics. This segmentation allows each region to contribute differently to the overall aesthetic effect, creating depth through layered visual structures.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the artificial marble are assigned different optical properties. The first stripe region has higher transparency than the base region, while the second stripe region has lower transparency than the base region. This local variation in transparency creates visual depth and mimics natural stone characteristics.
2Manufacturing precision
If artificial marble imitates natural stone patterns, then aesthetic appeal increases, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention controls specific parameters such as transparency ratios between regions (first stripe region more transparent than base, second stripe region less transparent than base) to achieve natural stone-like appearance. By standardizing these transparency parameters, the manufacturing process becomes more controllable despite the complexity of replicating natural patterns.
3Manufacturing precision
If artificial marble uses transparent base region, then aesthetic depth improves, but visibility of internal stripe region is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The stripe pattern is segmented into multiple regions with different transparency characteristics. The first stripe region extends from the surface into the interior with higher transparency, while the second stripe region has lower transparency. This segmentation ensures that parts of the stripe pattern remain visible through the transparent base region, maintaining both aesthetic depth and pattern detectability.
Solution Approach 2:
Different transparency properties are assigned to different stripe regions to solve the visibility problem. The first stripe region's higher transparency allows light transmission and maintains base region visibility, while the second stripe region's lower transparency ensures the stripe pattern remains detectable. This local quality differentiation resolves the contradiction between aesthetic depth and pattern visibility.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to an artificial marble including one or more stripe regions and a base region on a first surface of the artificial marble, in which the stripe regions extend into the artificial marble, in which the artificial marble includes a section where a surface of the section corresponding to the first surface of the artificial marble is the base region and an inside of the artificial marble in a vertical direction under the base region is the stripe region, and in which at least a part of the stripe region of the section is visible to a naked eye from the surface of the base region.