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US 12,459,288 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing a floor board
AssigneeUnilin BV
InventorBruno Vermeulen
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a floor board comprises the steps of supplying a panel, printing a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, and curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing a floor board, comprising the steps of:
- supplying a panel,
- printing a substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the predefined pattern, wherein said substance comprises a liquid and a powder, the substance is printed onto the panel by printing the liquid onto an initial upper surface of the panel in said predefined pattern, and then providing the powder to the liquid,
- heating the powder so that the powder is melted together into a single mass which is elevated above the initial upper surface of the panel, hence forming the floor board;
- wherein in said heating step an entirety of the panel including the substance is placed in a heated environment;
- wherein the liquid evaporates during the step of heating the powder;
- wherein the predefined pattern substantially corresponds to a decorative pattern present on the panel prior to printing of the substance;
- wherein a camera is arranged to recognize the decorative pattern printed on the panel before arriving at a printing station for printing the substance.
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