| Valinge Innovation AB Patent applications |
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| 20160114495 | WOOD FIBRE BASED PANELS WITH A THIN SURFACE LAYER - A method of manufacturing a building panel, including mixing wood fibre particles and a binder to form a first mix, applying the first mix, while the first mix is in powder form, on a core for forming a sub layer on the core, applying a surface layer on the sub layer, wherein the surface layer comprises a second mix of wood fibre particles and a binder, pressing the core, the surface layer, and the sub layer, under increased pressure and temperature, and forming them into a building panel. A building panel formed by the method. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160108624 | RESILIENT FLOOR - A method of assembling resilient floorboards is disclosed that includes the step of bending an edge of a floorboard during the assembling. The bending reduces the force required for connection of the edge to another edge of a juxtaposed floorboard. The floorboards may be provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of two adjacent floorboards. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160090744 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a beveled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160076260 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH VERTICAL SNAP FOLDING - Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160069089 | RESILIENT GROOVE - A set of essentially identical floorboards each including a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction, said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069088 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR BUILDING PANELS - Building panels provided with a mechanical locking system including a tongue, at first edge of a first building panel, cooperating with a tongue groove, at a second edge of an adjacent second building panel, for vertical locking of the building panels and a method for producing such building panels. The method includes the step of forming the tongue of material of the first edge. The insertion groove may have a sidewall at a third edge, which is adjacent the first edge, and may be open at a fourth edge, which is opposite the third edge. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160060879 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system having small local protrusions which reduce displacement along the joint when the panels are laying flat on the sub floor and locked vertically and horizontally. A method to install a floor comprising a plurality of rectangular floor panels laying in parallel rows on a sub floor with long and short edges which are connectable to each other along one pair of adjacent long edges and one pair of adjacent short edges. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160052245 | THERMOPLASTIC PLANKS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A thermoplastic laminate plank is described wherein the thermoplastic laminate plank includes a core, a print layer, and optionally an overlay. The core includes at least one thermoplastic material and has a top surface and bottom surface wherein a print layer is affixed to the top surface of the core and an overlay layer is affixed to the top surface of the print layer. An underlay layer can be located and affixed between the bottom surface of the print layer and the top surface of the core. In addition, a method of making the thermoplastic laminate plank is further described which involves extruding at least one thermoplastic material into the shape of the core and affixing a laminate on the core, wherein the laminate comprises an overlay affixed to the top surface of the print layer and optionally an underlay layer affixed to the bottom surface of the print layer. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160032596 | BUILDING PANELS PROVIDED WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM - Building panels, such as floorboards, provided with a mechanical locking system. The mechanical locking system includes a displacement groove at a first edge of a first floorboard and a tongue groove at a second edge of a second floorboard A tongue is arranged in the displacement groove and is configured to cooperate, in a second position, with the tongue groove for vertical locking of the first and the second edge. The tongue includes, in a first position, an inner element and an outer element. The inner element is removable along the displacement groove, and is configured to cooperate with the outer element to obtain a displacement of the outer element towards the tongue groove and thereby obtain the second position. Said inner element and said outer element vertically overlap each other. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160031189 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A BUILDING PANEL AND A BUILDING PANEL - A method of producing a building panel, including: providing a core, applying a balancing layer having a first moisture content on a first surface of the core, the balancing layer comprising a sheet impregnated with a thermosetting binder, applying a surface layer having a second moisture content on a second surface of the core, the surface layer comprising a thermosetting binder, adjusting the first moisture content of the balancing layer such that the first moisture content of the balancing layer is higher than the second moisture content of the surface layer prior to curing, and curing the surface layer and the balancing layer by applying heat and pressure. Also, a semi-finished product adapted to be cured for forming a building panel. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160016391 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A THERMOPLASTIC WEAR RESISTANT FOIL - A method to produce a wear resistant foil, including providing a first foil including a first thermoplastic material, applying wear resistant particles and a second thermoplastic material form on the first foil, and adhering the first foil to the second thermoplastic binder and the wear resistant particles to form a wear resistant foil. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160016390 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A THERMOPLASTIC WEAR RESISTANT FOIL - A method to produce a wear resistant foil, including providing a first foil including a first thermoplastic material, applying wear resistant particles on the first foil, applying a second foil including a second thermoplastic material on the first foil, and adhering the first foil and the second foil to each other to form a wear resistant foil. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20150361676 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO SURFACE FORMING OF BUILDING PANELS - Semi-floating floorboards/building panels having mechanical joint systems, a core with curved edge portions so the surface layer on top of the core will be located below the panel surface, and where the edges of the floorboard have a bevel such that in which the joint system, when two floorboards are joined and pressed towards each other, the surface layer | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150343577 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO EDGE MACHINING OF BUILDING PANELS - A tool configuration | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150337537 | BUILDING PANEL WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM - Building panels | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150330088 | BUILDING PANEL WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM - A set of essentially identical panels ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150298433 | PANEL, USE OF A PANEL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PANEL AND A PREPREG - Described are panels including a surface layer on a substrate. The surface layer includes a) cellulose fibers, b) at least one binder and (c) wear resistant particles. The use of different panels and a method for manufacturing is also described. A prepreg manufacturable by (a) forming a surface layer comprising cellulose fibers and at least one binder on a substrate, and subsequently (b) applying elevated pressure and temperatures to the surface layer in a prepress station. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150275526 | POWDER BASED BALANCING LAYER - A method of manufacturing a building panel with a decorative surface layer, a core and a balancing and/or protective layer, wherein the method includes applying a first layer of a first powder based mix, including wood fibres and a thermosetting binder, on a core; applying a liquid substance on the first powder based mix; drying the first powder based mix; turning the core with the dried first powder based mix such that the first powder based mix points downwards; applying a second layer on the upper part of the core; and curing the first and second layers by providing heat and pressure, wherein the first layer forms the balancing and/or protective layer and the second layer forms the decorative surface layer in the building panel. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150267419 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR PANELS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150225964 | THERMOPLASTIC PLANKS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A thermoplastic laminate plank is described wherein the thermoplastic laminate plank includes a core, a print layer, and optionally an overlay. The core includes at least one thermoplastic material and has a top surface and bottom surface wherein a print layer is affixed to the top surface of the core and an overlay layer is affixed to the top surface of the print layer. An underlay layer can be located and affixed between the bottom surface of the print layer and the top surface of the core. In addition, a method of making the thermoplastic laminate plank is further described which involves extruding at least one thermoplastic material into the shape of the core and affixing a laminate on the core, wherein the laminate comprises an overlay affixed to the top surface of the print layer and optionally an underlay layer affixed to the bottom surface of the print layer. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150211239 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system having small local protrusions which reduce displacement along the joint when the panels are laying flat on the sub floor and locked vertically and horizontally. A method to install a floor comprising a plurality of rectangular floor panels laying in parallel rows on a sub floor with long and short edges which are connectable to each other along one pair of adjacent long edges and one pair of adjacent short edges. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150198191 | FURNITURE PANEL - A furniture panel is provided, in which a first element and a second element are mechanically locked together. A first tongue is provided at a first edge of the first element, the first tongue cooperating with a first tongue groove provided at a second edge of the second element for locking the first and second elements in a vertical direction, and a second tongue at the second edge of the second element, the second tongue cooperating with a second tongue groove at the first edge of the first element for locking the first and second elements in the vertical direction. A first pair of locking surfaces is provided above the second tongue and the second tongue groove for locking in a horizontal direction, and a second pair of locking surfaces is provided below the first tongue and the first tongue groove for locking in the horizontal direction. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150197943 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A VENEERED ELEMENT - A method of producing a veneered element ( | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150197942 | WOOD FIBRE BASED PANEL WITH A SURFACE LAYER - A building panel with a surface layer ( | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150196118 | PANELS COMPRISING A MECHANICAL LOCKING DEVICE AND AN ASSEMBLED PRODUCT COMPRISING THE PANELS - A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge section groove at the first edge, wherein an edge section of the second edge is insertable into the edge section groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. A first thickness of a core material between the edge section groove and the outermost surface of the first edge is greater than a minimum second thickness of a core material of the edge section of the second panel. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150152644 | BUILDING PANEL WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM - Building panels | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150111055 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BUILDING PANEL - A method of manufacturing a building panel including a core, a decorative layer and a balancing layer, including mechanically processing production waste including a resin impregnated paper to processed production waste, applying a first mix including said processed production waste and a thermosetting binder on a first surface of a core, applying a decorative layer on a second surface of the core, and curing the first mix to a balancing layer of the building panel. Also, a building panel formed by such a method. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150107079 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO EDGE MACHINING OF BUILDING PANELS - A tool configuration | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150093502 | BRIGHT COLOURED SURFACE LAYER - A method to produce a pale and/or plain coloured wear resistant surface layer by using a dry powder layer comprising a mix of refined fibres binder, pigment and wear resistant particles. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150090400 | LAMELLA CORE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - A semi product for building panels or structural elements comprising several wood lamellas ( | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150079280 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BUILDING PANEL - A method for producing a building panel. The method includes forming a mix including wood particles, a solvent, a binder and optionally at least one additive, wherein the binder and optionally said at least one additive are homogenously distributed in the mix by means of the solvent and wherein the binder impregnates the wood particles, drying the mix, applying the mix on a substrate, and forming a layer by applying heat and pressure to the mix. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150078819 | ASSEMBLED PRODUCT AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE PRODUCT - An assembled product, such as an assembled product, such as a furniture component or a furniture, such as a drawer, a cupboard, bookshelves, a wardrobe, a kitchen fixture, or a box for storing or transporting including at least three panels arranged in three different planes. Also, a set of panels for an assembled product and a method of assembling the product. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150078807 | ASSEMBLED PRODUCT AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE ASSEMBLED PRODUCT - An assembled product includes at least three elements arranged in three different planes. A first element is connected perpendicular to a second element, and a third element is connected perpendicular to the second element. The assembled product includes one or more locking devices, each comprising a flexible tongue arranged in an insertion groove one of the at least three elements. The flexible tongue cooperates with a tongue groove, at an adjacent one of the at least three elements, for locking the one element and the adjacent element together. A second edge of the second element is connected to a second edge of the third element by a first of said locking devices. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150059281 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels (1 | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150027080 | LOCKING SYSTEM AND FLOORING BOARD - A locking system for mechanical joining of rectangular floorboards having a body and long and short edges. Said locking system including a tongue and a groove for vertical locking of two joint short edges and for horizontal joining a locking groove formed in the underside of a first one of the short joint edges, and a portion projecting from the second short joint edge having a locking element cooperating with the locking groove. The tongue is arranged on the second short edge. The groove is arranged on the first short edge. The projecting portion is integrally formed with the board, by working of the body of the board. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150017461 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BUILDING PANEL AND A BUILDING PANEL - A method of manufacturing a building panel ( | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150013260 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels ( | 01-15-2015 |
| 20140366476 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH A FLEXIBLE BRISTLE TONGUE - Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue in a displacement groove. The tongue is moulded and provided with bendable protrusions. A building panel having an edge portion provided with a groove, in which a tongue formed as a separate part is received, wherein the tongue includes at least two bow shaped protrusions at a first long edge of the tongue, and wherein the protrusions are arranged bendable in the groove. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140356594 | THERMOPLASTIC PLANKS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A thermoplastic laminate plank is described wherein the thermoplastic laminate plank includes a core, a print layer, and optionally an overlay. The core includes at least one thermoplastic material and has a top surface and bottom surface wherein a print layer is affixed to the top surface of the core and an overlay layer is affixed to the top surface of the print layer. An underlay layer can be located and affixed between the bottom surface of the print layer and the top surface of the core. In addition, a method of making the thermoplastic laminate plank is further described which involves extruding at least one thermoplastic material into the shape of the core and affixing a laminate on the core, wherein the laminate comprises an overlay affixed to the top surface of the print layer and optionally an underlay layer affixed to the bottom surface of the print layer. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140318061 | FLOORBOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Floorboards with a surface of flexible fibers for laying a mechanically joined floating floor, and methods for manufacturing and providing floorings containing such floorboards. For example, floorboards including a surface layer and a core, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along their edge portions have pairs of opposing connectors for locking similar, adjoining floorboards to each other both vertically and horizontally, wherein the surface layer comprises flexible resilient fibers. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140305065 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH VERTICAL FOLDING - Floor panels ( | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140283466 | FLOORBOARDS PROVIDED WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM - Floorboards provided with a mechanical locking system including a locking strip protruding from a first edge of a first floorboard. The locking strip is provided with a locking element configured to cooperate with a locking groove at a lower side of a second edge of a second floorboard for locking the first edge and the second edge in a horizontal direction. The first edge and the second edge are configured to be assembled by a vertical downward motion of the second edge towards the first edge. The second edge is provided with a calibrating groove adjacent the locking groove. The disclosure also relates to a method for producing a mechanical locking system. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140260060 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system comprising a tongue with rocker arms that allows locking by a vertical turning motion. The tongue has an inner part mounted in a sideward open fixation groove in a first edge and an outer part extending beyond a vertical plane, the inner part is fixed in the sideward open groove, wherein the tongue has at least one rocker arm extending in the length direction of the tongue, the rocker arm having a displaceable pressing protrusion that during locking is in contact with a second edge and a displaceable locking protrusion that in locked position cooperates with a tongue groove, wherein the locking protrusions are displaced outwardly away from the main tongue body when the pressing protrusion is pressed and displaced inwardly towards the inner part of the tongue. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140250813 | BUILDING PANELS PROVIDED WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM - Building panels, such as floorboards, provided with a mechanical locking system. The mechanical locking system includes a displacement groove at a first edge of a first floorboard and a tongue groove at a second edge of a second floorboard A tongue is arranged in the displacement groove and is configured to cooperate, in a second position, with the tongue groove for vertical locking of the first and the second edge. The tongue includes, in a first position, an inner element and an outer element. The inner element is removable along the displacement groove, and is configured to cooperate with the outer element to obtain a displacement of the outer element towards the tongue groove and thereby obtain the second position. Said inner element and said outer element vertically overlap each other. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140237931 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system having small local protrusions which reduce displacement along the joint when the panels are laying flat on the sub floor and locked vertically and horizontally. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140237924 | RESILIENT FLOOR - A method of assembling resilient floorboards is disclosed that includes the step of bending an edge of a floorboard during the assembling. The bending reduces the force required for connection of the edge to another edge of a juxtaposed floorboard. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140234531 | POWDER MIX AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BUILDING PANEL - A powder mix layer for a building panel and a method for producing a building panel with a decorative surface produced from a powder mix layer with a controlled loss on cure. A method of producing a building panel including the steps of applying a powder mix layer on a substrate, and applying heat and pressure to the powder mix layer and curing the powder mix layer having a loss on cure in the range of about 2 to about 7 wt-%, and thereby obtaining a layer formed by the powder mix layer. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140215952 | FLOORBOARDS FOR FLOORINGS - Floorboards for making a floating floor have a core ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140208677 | MECHANICAL LOCKINGS OF FLOOR PANELS AND A TONGUE BLANK - Floor panels ( | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140199558 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A BUILDING PANEL AND A BUILDING PANEL - A method of producing a building panel ( | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140190112 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR PANELS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove, which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140178630 | FIBRE BASED PANELS WITH A WEAR RESISTANCE SURFACE - Building panels with a homogenous decorative surface having a wear layer comprising fibres, binders and wear resistant particles. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140171554 | HEAT AND PRESSURE GENERATED DESIGN - A wood fibre based panel with surfaces layer with lower parts which has less binders than the upper parts. Also, a method of manufacturing a building panel having a structured surface with a design that has colour variation in register with the structure obtained by a varying pressure distribution applied on the surface. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140166201 | FLOORBOARDS WITH DECORATIVE GROOVES - Floorboards are shown, which have a core and a surface layer and are provided with decorative joint edges which are formed by removing the surface layer. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140115994 | FLOORBOARD, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A FLOORING, AND A FLOORING FORMED THEREOF - A method of producing floor panels is disclosed. The method includes the steps of separating a sheet formed surface material ( | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140109506 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a beveled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140109501 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR PANELS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140090335 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system comprising tongue and grooves provided with protrusions and cavities which are displaceable in relation to each other and configured such that the protrusions can obtain a vertically unlocked position where they match the cavities and a vertically locked position where the protrusions overlap each other. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140090331 | LOCKING SYSTEM, FLOORBOARD COMPRISING SUCH A LOCKING SYSTEM, AS WELL AS METHOD FOR MAKING FLOORBOARDS - A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards constructed from a body, a rear balancing layer and an upper surface layer. A strip, which is integrally formed with the body of the floorboard and which projects from a joint plane and under an adjoining board has a locking element which engages a locking groove in the rear side of the adjoining board. The joint edge provided with the strip is modified with respect to the balancing layer, for example by means of machining of the balancing layer under the strip, in order to prevent deflection of the strip caused by changes in relative humidity. Also, a floorboard provided with such a locking system, as well as a method for making floorboards with such a locking system. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140075874 | RECYCLING OF LAMINATE FLOORINGS - Recycling of laminate flooring based on a separation of the panels into particles which are connected with a binder and formed to a new sheet shaped material. A building panel includes a surface layer and a wood fiber based core, and the wood fiber based core includes aluminium oxide particles. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140069044 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO SURFACE FORMING OF BUILDING PANELS - Semi-floating floorboards/building panels having mechanical joint systems, a core with curved edge portions so the surface layer on top of the core will be located below the panel surface, and where the edges of the floorboard have a bevel such that in which the joint system, when two floorboards are joined and pressed towards each other, the surface layer | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140069043 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH VERTICAL FOLDING - Floor panels ( | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140059966 | BUILDING PANEL WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM - Building panels | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140053497 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH A FLEXIBLE TONGUE - Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including an extruded flexible tongue in a sidewardly open groove which during a vertical folding motion is bent horizontally. A tongue adapted for being received in a sidewardly open groove of a floor panel, wherein the tongue, which is an elongated extruded section, when received in the groove is bendable in a plane substantially parallel with a front face of the floor panel, such that the tongue is at least partially resiliently displaceable inside said sidewardly open groove in said plane during locking of the floor panel with another floor panel and wherein a vertical protrusion, serving as a friction connection between the tongue and the groove, is arranged at an upper or lower part of the tongue, wherein the tongue has a total width that varies in the longitudinal direction of the tongue. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140033635 | FLOOR PANEL WITH SEALING MEANS - Floor panels and floor elements therefore are made of sheet-shaped cores which are formed with sealing means for preventing or counteracting changes in the properties of the floor panels caused by moisture. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140020325 | FLOOR COVERING AND LOCKING SYSTEMS - Floorboards with a mechanical locking system that allows movement between the floorboards when they are joined to form a floating floor. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140020324 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels ( | 01-23-2014 |
| 20130318906 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a beveled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130283720 | BUILDING PANELS OF SOLID WOOD - Building panels each comprise an upper first element of solid wood fixed to a lower second element of solid wood. The first and the lower second element are of different wood species. The building panels are provided with a mechanical locking system which comprises a locking strip at a first edge of a first building panel. The locking strip is provided with a locking element configured to cooperate with a locking groove at a second edge of a second building panel for horizontal locking of the first and the second building panels when a tension force is applied. The fibre direction of the first and the lower second elements is essentially along the first and the second edges. The lower second element has about the same or higher moisture shrinkage value than the first element. The locking strip comprises material of the lower second element. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130263547 | BUILDING PANEL WITH A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM - Building panels | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130263454 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR BUILDING PANELS - Building panels | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130239508 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF BUILDING PANELS - Building panels ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130219820 | LOCKING SYSTEM AND FLOORING BOARD - A locking system for mechanical joining of rectangular floorboards having a body and long and short edges. Said locking system including a tongue and a groove for vertical locking of two joint short edges and for horizontal joining a locking groove formed in the underside of a first one of the short joint edges, and a portion projecting from the second short joint edge having a locking element cooperating with the locking groove. The tongue is arranged on the second short edge. The groove is arranged on the first short edge. The projecting portion is integrally formed with the board, by working of the body of the board. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130199120 | LAMELLA CORE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - The disclosure relates to a semi product for building panels or structural elements comprising several wood lamellas ( | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130160391 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH VERTICAL SNAP FOLDING - Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130145708 | Mechanical Locking System for Panels and Method of Installing Same - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130145707 | FLOORBOARDS FOR FLOORING - Floorboards for making a floating floor have a core ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130111758 | RESILIENT FLOOR - A method of assembling resilient floorboards is disclosed that includes the step of bending an edge of a floorboard during the assembling. The bending reduces the force required for connection of the edge to another edge of a juxtaposed floorboard. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130081349 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH A FLEXIBLE TONGUE - Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including an extruded flexible tongue in a sidewardly open groove which during a vertical folding motion is bent horizontally. A tongue adapted for being received in a sidewardly open groove of a floor panel, wherein the tongue, which is an elongated extruded section, when received in the groove is bendable in a plane substantially parallel with a front face of the floor panel, such that the tongue is at least partially resiliently displaceable inside said sidewardly open groove in said plane during locking of the floor panel with another floor panel and wherein a vertical protrusion, serving as a friction connection between the tongue and the groove, is arranged at an upper or lower part of the tongue, wherein the tongue has a length in the longitudinal direction of the tongue and a total width perpendicular to the length, and the total width varies in the longitudinal direction of the tongue. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130055950 | APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF A BOARD SHAPED MATERIAL AND FLOORBOARD - A device for coating surface portions of a board material with a liquid material. The device includes a wheel which transfers the coating material and compressed air which positions the coating material. A method for surface coating and a floorboard with a finished surface portion. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130042564 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system including a tongue with rocker arms that allows locking by a vertical turning motion. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130014890 | FLOORBOARD, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A FLOORING, AND A FLOORING FORMED THEREOF - A method of producing floor panels is disclosed. The method includes the steps of separating a sheet formed surface material ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20120279154 | RESILIENT GROOVE - A set of essentially identical floorboards each including a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction, said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120233953 | LOCKING SYSTEM, FLOORBOARD COMPRISING SUCH A LOCKING SYSTEM, AS WELL AS METHOD FOR MAKING FLOORBOARDS - A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards constructed from a body, a rear balancing layer and an upper surface layer. A strip, which is integrally formed with the body of the floorboard and which projects from a joint plane and under an adjoining board has a locking element which engages a locking groove in the rear side of the adjoining board. The joint edge provided with the strip is modified with respect to the balancing layer, for example by means of machining of the balancing layer under the strip, in order to prevent deflection of the strip caused by changes in relative humidity. Also, a floorboard provided with such a locking system, as well as a method for making floorboards with such a locking system. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120174520 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system having small local protrusions which reduce displacement along the joint when the panels are laying flat on the sub floor and locked vertically and horizontally. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120174515 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a beveled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120151865 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF BUILDING PANELS - Building panels ( | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120137617 | Floorboard and Method for Manufacturing Thereof - Floorboards with a surface of flexible fibers for laying a mechanically joined floating floor, and methods for manufacturing and providing floorings containing such floorboards. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120036804 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120031029 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR PANELS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove, which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110283650 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH A FLEXIBLE BRISTLE TONGUE - Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue in a displacement groove. The tongue is molded and provided with bendable protrusions. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110252733 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a beveled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110225922 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110209430 | LOCKING SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL JOINING OF FLOORBOARDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110203214 | LOCKING SYSTEM AND FLOORING BOARD - A locking system for mechanical joining of rectangular floorboards having a body and long and short edges. Said locking system including a tongue and a groove for vertical locking of two joint short edges and for horizontal joining a locking groove formed in the underside of a first one of the short joint edges, and a portion projecting from the second short joint edge having a locking element cooperating with the locking groove. The tongue is arranged on the second short edge. The groove is arranged on the first short edge. The projecting portion is integrally formed with the board, by working of the body of the board. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110189471 | METHOD FOR APPLYING NANOPARTICLES - A method of producing a sheet comprising the photocatalytic nanoparticles by applying the particles in a freshly impregnated and wet surface. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110167750 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110154763 | RESILIENT GROOVE - A set of moisture proof floorboards and a flooring of such floorboards with a resilient surface layer provided with a sealing means. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110154665 | FLOORBOARDS WITH DECORATIVE GROOVES - Floorboards are shown, which consist of a core and a surface layer and are provided with decorative joint edges which are formed by removing the surface layer. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110146188 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO SURFACE FORMING OF BUILDING PANELS - Semi-floating floorboards/building panels having mechanical joint systems, a core with curved edge portions so the surface layer on top of the core will be located below the panel surface, and where the edges of the floorboard have a bevel such that in which the joint system, when two floorboards are joined and pressed towards each other, the surface layer | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110131901 | FLOOR PANEL WITH SEALING MEANS - Floor panels and floor elements therefore are made of sheet-shaped cores which are formed with sealing means for preventing or counteracting changes in the properties of the floor panels caused by moisture. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110088345 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR PANELS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME - Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110088344 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH A FLEXIBLE BRISTLE TONGUE - A tongue for a building panel, said tongue is of an elongated shape, wherein the tongue has at least two protrusions that extend in the same direction at a first long edge of the tongue, and the protrusions are bendable in a plane parallel to the upper surface of the tongue and extending essentially in the parallel plane and, the tongue has a second long edge, which is essentially straight over substantially the whole length of the tongue, and, a vertical protrusion is arranged at the upper side and/or at the lower side of the horizontal protrusions. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110072754 | LOCKING SYSTEM, FLOORBOARD COMPRISING SUCH A LOCKING SYSTEM, AS WELL AS METHOD FOR MAKING FLOORBOARDS - A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards constructed from a body, a rear balancing layer and an upper surface layer. A strip, which is integrally formed with the body of the floorboard and which projects from a joint plane and under an adjoining board has a locking element which engages a locking groove in the rear side of the adjoining board. The joint edge provided with the strip is modified with respect to the balancing layer, for example by means of machining of the balancing layer under the strip, in order to prevent deflection of the strip caused by changes in relative humidity. Also, a floorboard provided with such a locking system, as well as a method for making floorboards with such a locking system. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110056167 | RESILIENT FLOOR - A method of assembling resilient floorboards is disclosed that includes the step of bending an edge of a floorboard during the assembling. The bending reduces the force required for connection of the edge to another edge of a juxtaposed floorboard. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110041996 | FLOORBOARD, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A FLOORING, AND A FLOORING FORMED THEREOF - A method of producing floor panels is disclosed. The method includes the steps of separating a roll formed surface material ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20100319291 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100319290 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a bevelled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100300031 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH A FLEXIBLE BRISTLE TONGUE - Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue in a displacement groove. The tongue is molded and provided with bendable protrusions. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100293879 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH VERTICAL SNAP FOLDING AND AN INSTALLATION METHOD TO CONNECT SUCH PANELS - Floor panels ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100275546 | LOCKING SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL JOINING OF FLOORBOARDS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100229491 | LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOORBOARDS - A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards including horizontal joining of a first and a second joint edge portion of a first and a second floorboard respectively at a vertical joint plane and vertical joining of the first and second joint edge portions, the tongue, the tongue groove, the locking element and the locking groove have a configuration that allows insertion of the locking element into the locking groove by inward angling of the second floorboard towards the first floorboard while maintaining contact between the joint edge portions, and the tongue, the tongue grove, the locking element and the locking groove have a configuration that allows insertion of the locking element into the locking groove by a substantially vertical snap action. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20090133353 | Mechanical Locking of Floor Panels with Vertical Snap Folding - Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20080295432 | Mechanical locking of floor panels with a flexible tongue - Floor panels are shown which are provided with a mechanical locking system consisting of an extruded flexible tongue in a sidewardly open groove which during a vertical folding motion is bent horizontally. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080256890 | Floor panel with sealing means - Floor panels and floor elements therefore are made of sheet-shaped cores which before application of the surface of the floor panels are formed with sealing means for counteracting changes in the properties of the floor panels caused by moisture. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080209838 | Floorboards, flooring systems and method for manufacturing and installation thereof - Floorboards with a format corresponding to a traditional parquet block for laying of mechanically joined floating flooring. Rectangular floorboards include a surface layer and a core with two long sides and two short sides, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along their four sides have pairs of opposing connectors for locking similar, adjoining floorboards to each other both vertically and horizontally wherein the long sides have a length not exceeding 80 cm and the short sides have a width not exceeding 10 cm. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080209837 | Floorboards, flooring systems and methods for manufacturing and installation thereof - Floorboards with a format corresponding to a traditional parquet block for laying of mechanically joined floating flooring. Rectangular floorboards include a surface layer and a core with two long sides and two short sides, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along their four sides have pairs of opposing connectors for locking similar, adjoining floorboards to each other both vertically and horizontally wherein the long sides have a length not exceeding 80 cm and the short sides have a width not exceeding 10 cm. | 09-04-2008 |
