Floor panel and method for manufacturing a floor panel
AssigneeIvc Bvba
InventorsKristof VAN VLASSENRODE, Paul BRUSSEEL, Nick VANHULLE, Jochen BOSSUYT
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Abstract
A floor panel with a substrate and a decoration provided thereon. The substrate includes at least a foamed layer of thermoplastic material and at least a reinforcement layer. Additionally, a method for manufacturing such floor panels with a substrate and a decoration, where the substrate includes at least a foamed layer of thermoplastic material and at least a reinforcement layer.
Claims21
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A floor panel with a substrate and a decoration provided thereon, wherein the substrate comprises at least a foamed layer of thermoplastic material and at least a reinforcement layer.
A method for manufacturing a floor panel, wherein the floor panel comprises at least a substrate and a decoration provided thereon, wherein the method for forming the substrate comprises at least the following steps:
- the step of providing a prefabricated sheet, preferably a glass fiber layer;
- the step of providing a thermoplastic material;
- the step of foaming said thermoplastic material for forming a foamed substrate or substrate portion, wherein the foaming takes place in the presence of said prefabricated sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.