Floor panel and method for manufacturing such floor panels

a technology for floor panels and manufacturing methods, applied in the field of floor panels, can solve the problems of complex and expensive procedure described in the german de 29 26 983, is less suitable for producing large volumes at a minimum cost price, and is particularly expensive equipment. , the technique is not suitable for the production of floor panels

a technology for floor panels and manufacturing methods, applied in the field of floor panels, can solve the problems of complex and expensive procedure described in the german de 29 26 983, is less suitable for producing large volumes at a minimum cost price, and is particularly expensive equipment. , the technique is not suitable for the production of floor panels

US20040255541A1Inactive Publication Date: 2004-12-23FLOORING IND LTD
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[0098] As represented in FIGS. 1 and 2, the invention relates to floor panels 1, more particularly laminate panels, for forming a floor covering 2.

[0099] In the represented example, the floor panels 1 are rectangular, however, it is clear that according to variants not represented, they also can have another shape and can be, for example, square or polygonal, such as hexagonal or octagonal.

[0100] Preferably, the floor panels 1 are provided at least at two opposite edges 3-4, and even better, as represented in FIGS. 2 to 4, at both pairs of edges 3-4, 5-6, respectively, with coupling means 7, by which several of such floor panels 1 can be mutually coupled, such that these coupling means 7, in coupled condition, offer a locking in vertical as well as horizontal directions.

[0101] Such coupling means 7, which, as known, allow to couple the floor panels 1 without glue, as well as uncouple them again, as such are well known from the state of the art and are described, amongst others, in t...

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Floor panel, of the type consisting of a laminate panel which comprises at least a printed decorative layer (8) and a top layer (9) forming the upper surface (10) of the floor panel (1), more particularly a so-called overlay, whereby this top layer (9), or, thus, overlay, is realized on the basis of a thermosetting resin, characterized in that in the upper side (11) of the floor panel (1), indentations (12) are formed and in that at last in a number of these indentations (12), a component (13) is provided, which is obtained in that it has been provided in those indentations (12) after the provision of the indentations (12).

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[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] This invention relates to a floor panel, as well as to a method for manufacturing such floor panel.[0003] In particular, the invention relates to so-called laminate panels for forming a floor covering.[0004] It is known that in such laminate panels for floors, the appearance of wood, more particularly parquetry or the like, or the appearance of stones or ceramic tiles, is imitated by providing the floor panels, in the proximity of their upper surface, with a decorative layer printed with a pattern, for example, a wood pattern or tile pattern, over which a transparent synthetic layer is provided.[0005] Usually, the printed decorative layer consists of printed paper, whereas the clear synthetic layer normally consists of a synthetic resin or one or more transparent or clear resin-impregnated material layers, for example, paper layers, in which possibly also products can be incorporated in order to enlarge, for example, the wear and tear resistanc...

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Patent Timeline
23 Dec 2004
Publication
US20040255541A1
IPC
B32B3/30; B32B27/04; B44C1/20; B44C1/22; B44C1/24; B44C5/04; B44F9/02; B44F9/04; E04F15/02; E04F15/04
CPC
B32B3/30; B32B27/04; B44C1/20; B44C1/24; B44C5/0469; B44F9/02; B44F9/04; E04F15/02
Inventors
THIERS, BERNARD PAUL JOSEPH; DE BOE, LODE HUBERT LIEVEN