Patent ID: 8535589
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: B44C,B44F,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method for making a floor panel, said floor panel having an upper surface and a lower surface, and including a whole comprising a base plate forming an underlying basic layer and a top layer forming said upper surface and being applied on said underlying basic layer; wherein said method comprises at least two consecutive steps, including a first step of said at least two consecutive steps, wherein at least a first layer and a second layer are combined to form a single layer, said first layer of said plurality of layers consisting exclusively of a print showing the image of a wood pattern, said second layer of said plurality of layers being a translucent or transparent paper layer comprising synthetic material, wherein the translucent or transparent paper layer is provided with synthetic material before a printing technique is applied for providing said first layer on an underside of the second layer to thereby combine the first and second layers; a second step of said at least two consecutive steps, wherein said whole is consolidated by compressing, while supplying heat; wherein, simultaneously to said compressing, impressions are formed in said second layer; said impressions following said image of a wood pattern; said impressions are formed by means of a pressing mould having a relief including protrusions, the impressions being formed by contacting the second layer with the protrusions; wherein said wood pattern has a plurality of bent shapes, and said impressions extend in at least two directions to follow the corresponding bent shapes of the wood pattern.