Patent ID: 9399308
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: B27F,B27M,B27N,E04F

Claim Text:
1. A method of producing an elongate rectangular floorboard provided with a female connector having a first connecting part projecting laterally from a first long side edge of the floorboard, the first connecting part extending along the first long side edge of the floorboard at a level below an upper surface of the floorboard and having an upward open groove; and a male connector having a second connecting part extending along a second long side edge of the floorboard and under which is formed a downward and laterally open longitudinal recess, the recess shaped to receive a first connecting part of an identical, adjacent floorboard and the groove shaped to receive a second connecting part of another identical, adjacent floorboard thereby allowing forming a floor of juxtaposed identical floorboards, said method comprising: providing a raw board to be used as workpiece for forming the floorboard, the raw board having a substantially rectangular cross-section and comprising a carrier layer, and an upper wear layer on top of the carrier layer; subjecting the raw board to limited profiling by providing the wear layer with a first longitudinal edge bevel at a first long side edge of the raw board, a second longitudinal edge bevel at a second long side of the raw board, and by providing the carrier layer with a longitudinal carrier layer edge bevel, which is a direct continuation of the first longitudinal edge bevel at the first long side of the raw board, wherein the first connecting part is partially formed by said limited profiling at the first long side edge of the raw board; varnishing the wear layer including the first and second longitudinal edge bevels of the wear layer; and thereafter, subjecting the raw board to final profiling for finishing of the female connector and the male connector of the floorboard, wherein said final profiling comprises removing the longitudinal carrier layer edge bevel at the first long side edge of the raw board and profiling the second long side edge of the raw board to form the longitudinal recess along the second long side edge of the floorboard.