Patent ID: 7465371

Claim:
A pressing apparatus for the hot pressing of a material selected from the group consisting of a laminate, a wood material, a wood-plastic material, a chip and flake board, wood, paper, film and a pulp board combination for floors, walls and ceilings comprising: a bottom platen and an upper platen, wherein both the bottom platen and the upper platen have heating devices; a metallic pressure plate for hot pressing the material, said metallic pressure plate being exchangeably attached to the upper platen; and a resilient lining being thermally conductive and tightly adhering to the upper side of said metallic pressure plate, facing the upper platen and lying free of an air gap against the upper platen; wherein an overall structure of said pressure plate is having unturned portions fastened by a plurality of horizontal screws to the circumferential margin of the upper platen, thereby including the resilient lining between the upper platen, the pressure plate and the upturned portions, creating a flatness of the pressure plate and of the resilient lining whereby the overall structure of the pressure plate is at least largely self-supporting and suspended on the platen.