Process for sealing of a joint
AssigneePergo (Europe) AB
InventorsAke Sjoberg, Sven Kornfalt
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Abstract
Means for installation of panels, the panels comprising a core, a decorative upper surface and edges provided with joining means for positioning the panels towards one another. Predetermined portions of the edges are provided with an encapsulated agent which is made present on the edges of the surface elements before assembly and which encapsulation is ruptured by means of assembly making the agent available to the core. The surface elements are hereby joined to one another by use of the joining means wherein a unit of a plurality of surface elements is formed.
Claims31
A plurality of panels, each of said panels comprising:
- a core,
- a decorative upper surface, and
- edges, at least one of said edges comprising a joining element, wherein said joining element is at least one selected from the group consisting of a tongue and a groove for joining the panels,
- wherein predetermined portions of the joining elements comprise at least one tube, said tube being sectioned into a plurality of segments.
A panel comprising:
- a core;
- at least one of a tongue and a groove, and
- a tube in at least a portion of said groove or on a portion of said tongue, said tube comprising a plurality of segments and seals between said segments and at ends of the tube, a longitudinal bond and a latitudinal bond, wherein said longitudinal bond is weaker than the latitudinal bond.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.