Patent ID: 7022279

Claim:
A method for integrally applying a relief decoration ( 39 ) to a portion of the surface of solid extruded elongate members ( 7 ) of predetermined profile, comprising the steps of a) pre-heating at least a portion of a first surface ( 41 , 45 ) of an elongate member ( 7 ) by means of a pre-heater ( 43 ) having first heating means, b) applying a relief decoration ( 39 ) to a surface of the elongate member ( 7 ) by pressing in a heated mould ( 57 ) having second heating means in a press separate from the first heating means, c) measuring a structural defect of the elongate member ( 7 ) with applied relief decoration ( 39 ), thus generating deformity measurement signal, and d) controlling the step of pre-heating in response to the measurement signal so as to eliminate or diminish the structural defect in subsequent elongate members to which a relief decoration is applied.