Patent ID: 8840971
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: B44B,B44C

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing coated panels of the type including at least a substrate and a top layer with a motif, the top layer provided on the substrate, the method comprising: providing a synthetic material layer on the substrate; providing a relief on the surface of the synthetic material layer; wherein the relief shows a pattern of at least one of recesses and protrusions; wherein the pattern is at least partially determined by using a light-projection technique; wherein the synthetic material layer is a transparent or translucent material layer provided above the motif; and wherein the synthetic material layer includes at least using a mechanical erosion technique to remove parts of the surface of the upper synthetic material layer that are not exposed to the light-projection technique to form the recesses, such that the lower synthetic material layer exists below the recesses.