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US 7,989,044 B2Granted
Process for sealing of a joint
AssigneePergo AG
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.
Claims9
A panel system, comprising at least two panels;
- said panel system comprising means for self sealing the joints between the panels during assembly of the panels, the panels each further comprising a core, a decorative upper surface and edges provided with joining means for forming a joint between the panels;
- wherein predetermined portions of at least one of the edges are provided with a glue which is dry before installation of the panels and which is made present on the edges of the panels before assembly and an encapsulated agent which encapsulated agent is an elongated tube containing a solvent for the glue, which elongated tube is ruptured during assembly making the agent available to the glue, whereby the panels are joined to one another wherein a unit of a plurality of surface elements is formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.