Patent ID: 9296186
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B29C,B32B,E04F

Claim Text:
1. A device for producing a skirting strip for a floor covering made of a floor covering material comprising plastic, PVC, rubber, linoleum, or a flooring material similar thereto that produces a moisture-tight wall transition, said device comprising: a shaping unit that has an inlet configured to receive a machine-produced strip-shaped blank made of the floor covering material and a bending unit configured to apply a convex bending region in the strip-shaped blank along a longitudinal axis of said strip-shaped blank, and a melting and application unit, configured to apply a permanently elastic edge support wedge made of molten plastic or hot-melt adhesive to the convex bending region of the strip-shaped blank, wherein the melting and application unit has an edge support wedge molding profile that is connected, via a transport device conveying the strip-shaped blank, to the shaping unit, and that molds, calibrates, and simultaneously attaches to the convex bending region of the strip-shaped blank the edge support wedge made of molten plastic or hot-melt adhesive.