# US 11,992,967 B2 · Device for depositing veneers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,992,967 B2 - Document ID: US11992967B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/920,922 - Filed: 2021-04-22 - Published: 2023-05-25 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-24 - Assignees: Flooring Technologies Ltd. - Applicants: Flooring Technologies Ltd. - Inventors: Norbert Kalwa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992967B2 ## CPC - B27D 1/04: to produce plywood or articles made therefrom; Plywood sheets {(making a layered veneer cutting block B27L5/00)} - B27D 5/003: {securing a veneer strip to a panel edge (fitting a tenonned strip to a grooved panel edge B27M3/0026)} - B32B 37/12: characterised by using adhesives - B32B 37/18: involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only - B32B 38/1841: {during laying up} - B32B 41/00: Arrangements for controlling or monitoring lamination processes; Safety arrangements - E04F 15/042: {the lower layer being of fibrous or chipped material, e.g. bonded with synthetic resins} - E04F 15/045: {Layered panels only of wood} - B32B 2309/72: For measuring or regulating, e.g. systems with feedback loops - B32B 2317/16: Wood, e.g. woodboard, fibreboard, woodchips - B32B 2471/00: Floor coverings (B32B2419/04 takes precedence) - B27D: WORKING VENEER OR PLYWOOD (applying liquids or other fluent materials to surface in general B05; grinding, sanding, or polishing of wood B24; applying adhesives or glue to surfaces of wood B27G11/00; manufacture of veneer B27L5/00) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) ## Abstract The invention relates to a device for depositing veneers on a carrier board. In order to create a device and a method by which veneers can be applied to a carrier board particularly easily, quickly and precisely, provided in the region of an upper end of a transporting device is a veneer magazine, with at least two compartments which are designed to store and supply veneer strips, and with means for transferring the veneer strips from the compartments to the transporting device, wherein the transporting device extends from an upper end obliquely downwards in the direction of a lower end in the region of a transporting plane for the carrier board and is designed to transport at least two individual adjacent veneer strips from the upper end to the lower end and to deposit them on the carrier board. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for depositing veneer strips (8) on a support panel (3), comprising a veneer magazine (4) in the region of an upper end of a transport device (2) with at least two compartments (7) that are designed to store and provide veneer strips (8), means for transferring the veneer strips (8) from the compartments (7) to the transport device (2), wherein the transport device (2) extends from an upper end obliquely downward toward a lower end in the region of a transport plane (TE) for the support panel (3), and is designed to deposit at least two individual veneer strips (8) arranged next to each other from the upper end to the lower end and to deposit them on the support panel (3) and further comprising: a displacement device for moving the veneer magazines (4) and/or the compartments (7) in a direction transverse to the transport direction (T), with the compartments being aligned next to one another, whereby the veneers have to primarily only be moved in the transport direction during transfer to the transporting device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein an adjustment device is arranged to move the transport device (2) relative to the transport plane (TE), wherein by means of the adjustment device, an angle between an oblique plane formed by the transport device (2) and the transport plane (TE) can be varied between 10° and 60° and/or the vertical distance from the lower end of the transport device (2) to the transport plane (TE) is adjustable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the means for transferring are designed as a vacuum cup. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, further comprising a vacuum device for generating a vacuum applied to the transport device (2) to fix the veneer strips to the transport device (2). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, further comprising positioning guides for prepositioning the veneer strips (8) in the veneer magazine (4). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a device for moving the veneer strips (8) is arranged on the transport device in a direction transverse to the transport direction (T). ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, further comprising a monitoring system for detecting the position of the veneer strips (8) on the transport device (2). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, further comprising a synchronization device for synchronizing the transport of the support panel (3) with the transport device (2). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein at least two veneer magazines (4) are arranged sequentially in the transport direction (T) of the veneer strips (8). ### Claim 10 A method for depositing veneer strips (8) on a support panel (3), comprising the steps of: positioning at least two veneer strips (8) next to each other and at a predefined distance to each other on a transport device (2) by moving the veneer strips (8) only in the transport direction, moving the veneer strips (8) by the transport device (2) along a plane angled obliquely downward to a lower end of the transport device (2), simultaneously transferring the veneer strips (8) by the transport device (2) onto a support panel (3) such that the veneer strips (8) are deposited on the support panel (3) next to each other, and at a predetermined distance from each other on the support plate (3), wherein the veneer strips (8) are inserted into a veneer magazine (4) and/or compartments (7) of the veneer magazine (4), and the veneer magazine (4) and/or the compartments (7) are moved to be pre-positioned transversely to the transport direction (T). ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the veneer strips (8) are detected on the transport device (2) by a monitoring system and moved transversely to the transport direction (T) when there is a deviation from a target position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the transport of the veneer strips (8) is adapted to a transport of the support panel (3) so that the longitudinal position of the veneer strips (8) is adapted to the support panel (3). ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the veneer magazine (4) comprises three to ten adjacently arranged compartments (7). ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the transport device (2) is designed to transport three to ten adjacently arranged veneer strips (8). ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the transport device is configured to be adjustable relative to the transport plane (TE) such that an angle between the transport device and the transport place can be varied between 10° and 60° and/or a vertical distance from the lower end of the transport device (2) to the transport plane (TE) can be adjusted. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the transport device can be controlled to synchronize transport of the veneers with movement of the support panel (3).