Patent ID: 11878546
Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTIES LIMITED, SARL
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing floor panels having a surface provided with embossments, comprising the steps of:
providing a material web;
bringing said material web into contact with a roller;
wherein said material web is a multi-layered sheet material realized upstream of said roller, at least by forming a substrate from a synthetic material and by laminating a decor layer and a wear layer on the substrate by fusion, wherein said decor layer comprises a sheet of thermoplastic synthetic material with a printed motif disposed directly on a side of the thermoplastic synthetic material;
and wherein said roller is provided with a relief at its surface;
forming embossments in the material web by the relief of the roller;
wherein the embossments correspond to the printed motif of the decor layer, which printed motif is provided with its longitudinal direction according to the circumferential direction of the roller, or with its longitudinal direction according to the axial direction of the roller;
wherein the material web is bent around the roller, such that the cooperation between the relief and the material web occurs at least over an arc-shaped part of the roller.