Patent ID: 7964133
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: B44B,B44C,B44F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing floor panels, comprising the steps of: subjecting board-shaped elements to a press treatment at a decorative side of the board-shaped elements and subsequently dividing said board-shaped elements into a plurality of floor panels at least with a sawing treatment along a plurality of saw lines positioned in between two of said plurality of floor panels; wherein for said press treatment use is made of a press element having a plurality of separately formed press parts, each of said plurality of press parts being provided with a surface relief extending over a surface of a pressing side of the respective press part and each of said plurality of press parts being plate-shaped; wherein each of said plurality of press parts has a globally flat pressing side with the exclusion of the surface relief and unevenness, said pressing side being configured to press against said one or more of said plurality of floor panels and including an overhang portion adjacent an end of each of said plurality of press parts; said overhang portion extending beyond a corresponding edge of at least one of said saw lines outside of the floor panel; wherein the surface of each of said plurality of floor panels is pressed with and has a surface relief formed from only one unitary press part among said plurality of press parts.