Method and device for applying a coating or impregnating agent to the edge of a decorative panel
AssigneeUnilin BV
InventorJan DE RICK
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Abstract
One or more belts or bands are provided for feeding rectangular decorative panels through an apparatus. During the feed-through operation, a first edge and a parallel second edge of the decorative panels are kept parallel to the feed-through direction through the apparatus. The apparatus includes a wall for guiding the first edge of the panels; while the apparatus has a member which by exerting pressure on the second edge of the panels can press the first edge of these panels against the wall. The apparatus includes a device for applying a coating or an impregnating agent to at least a part of the second edge and/or of the first edge while the first edge is being pressed over at least a part of its length against the wall.
Claims21
1-34. (canceled)
An apparatus for applying a coating or impregnating agent to an edge of decorative panels,
- wherein the apparatus comprises one or more belts or bands for feeding rectangular—either elongate or square—decorative panels through the apparatus,
- wherein the apparatus is provided to, during this feed-through operation, keep a first pair of edges of the decorative panels parallel to the feed-through direction of the panels through the apparatus;
- wherein this first pair of edges comprises a first edge and an opposite second edge;
- wherein the apparatus comprises a wall for guiding the first edge of the panels;
- wherein the apparatus comprises a flexibly arranged, member which by exerting pressure on the second edge of the panels can press the first edge of these panels against the wall;
- wherein the apparatus comprises a device or devices for applying a coating or an impregnating agent to at least a part of the second edge and/or of the first edge of the panels while the first edge is being pressed over at least a part of its length against the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.