Method for manufacturing panels
AssigneeUnilin BV
InventorJulien F. BRUNET
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing panels including a substrate and a decorative top layer, includes at least: providing the substrate at least in part; removing a portion of the substrate by means of at least one scraping tool. In another aspect, the method for manufacturing panels includes a substrate and a decorative top layer such that the substrate is provided by an extrusion process at least in part; and a portion of the substrate is removed by a removal means. The method for manufacturing panels may include a substrate and a decorative top layer, such that the substrate is provided in an orientation with an upward directed surface and a downward directed surface; and provides a decorative top layer onto the downward directed surface of the substrate.
Claims21
1-46. (canceled)
A method for manufacturing panels comprising a substrate and a decorative top layer, wherein said method comprises at least the following steps:
- providing said substrate at least in part by an extrusion process;
- removing a portion of said substrate by a removal means;
- wherein said removing of the substrate is performed in-line with the extrusion process and wherein said substrate is provided in an orientation with an upward directed surface and a downward directed surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.