Floor panel and methods for manufacturing floor panels
AssigneeFlooring Industries Limited, Sarl
InventorsMark Cappelle, Benny Schacht
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Abstract
Floor panel, which, at least at two opposite edges, is provided with coupling means allowing to couple two of such floor panels to each other at the respective edges, such that the respective floor panels, in the coupled condition, are locked in a vertical direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled floor panels, as well as in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the respective edges and in the plane of the coupled floor panels, wherein the locking in at least one of the aforementioned directions is obtained by at least an element which preferably is resilient and, during the coupling movement, moves in the direction of the edges concerned.
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A floor panel, which, at least at two opposite edges, is provided with coupling means allowing to couple two of such floor panels to each other at the respective edges, such that the respective floor panels, in the coupled condition, are locked in a vertical direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled floor panels, as well as in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the respective edges and in the plane of the coupled floor panels, wherein the coupling means of said edges can be provided in each other by means of a turning coupling movement around an axis transverse to the respective edges, whereas it is impossible to provide the coupling means of said edges into each other via a purely downward coupling movement of the one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel.
A floor panel, which, at least at two opposite edges, is provided with coupling means allowing to couple two of such floor panels to each other at the respective edges, such that the respective floor panels, in the coupled condition, are locked in a vertical direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled floor panels, as well as in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the respective edges and in the plane of the coupled floor panels wherein the locking in at least one of the aforementioned directions is obtained by at least an element which preferably is resilient and, during the coupling movement, moves in the direction of the edges concerned.
Method for manufacturing panels, wherein these panels, at least at two opposite edges, are being provided with coupling means allowing to couple two of such panels or floor panels at the edges concerned to each other, such that the respective floor panels in the coupled condition are locked in a vertical direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled floor panels, as well as in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the respective edges and in the plane of the coupled floor panels, wherein the method comprises at least a step in which the panels are transported with a feeding speed in the direction of the edges concerned and wherein, for forming at least a part of said coupling means at said edges, use is made of a cutting tool which rotates around an axis which is substantially parallel to said edges, wherein the aforementioned cutting tool performs a cutting treatment at the edges concerned and, during performing this cutting treatment, moves in a direction opposed to the feeding of said panels.
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