Patent ID: 7542818
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: B27N,B32B,B41J,B41M,B44C,B44D,B44F,E04B,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for forming surface elements having a decor on a surface having desired dimensions, the surface elements comprising a decorative upper surface, and a supporting core, and edges suited for joining the process comprising; i) selecting a main decor, the decor emanating from a group consisting of an archetype and a digitized decór; ii) entering dimensions of the surface to be covered by surface elements and the desired dimension of the decór into a terminal and using support programs for calculating segmentation of the decór to cover more than one surface element; and iii) printing the decór on the decorative upper surface of the surface elements, such that the surface elements can be assembled to reproduce the continuous decór, and iv) assembling the surface elements by inserting a tongue of a first surface element into a groove of a second surface element; wherein step ii) comprises calculating an intermediate distance, wherein the intermediate distance corresponds to a distance needed to form at least one of a tongue and a groove on the surface elements, and further comprising (v) forming the at least one of a tongue and a groove on an edge of at least one surface element.