Method for providing a roller assembly for creating decorative patterns on a wood material surface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10399377-B2
Application number	US-201715427400-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2017
Priority date	Sep 17, 2007
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A method for providing a roller assembly for producing a decorative pattern on a wood material surface, wherein the roller assembly comprises at least one decorative paint roller and at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller, and the structured lacquer application or embossing roller and the decorative paint roller are matched to create a structured decorative pattern, includes the steps of applying first the decorative paint roller and then the structured lacquer application roller on the wood material surface. The method uses at least two different decorative paint rollers for creating two different decorative patterns are matched with a structured lacquer application or embossing roller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing at least two color patterns coordinated with one structure on wood material surfaces, comprising the steps of:
providing a roller assembly comprising at least a first decorative paint roller for transferring a first color pattern to a first wood material surface, and a second decorative paint roller for transferring a second color pattern to a second wood material surface, wherein the first color pattern and the second color pattern are different from each other and comprise different pore structures, wherein positions of at least some pores of the different pore structures are the same;
providing at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller comprising a structure of pores common to all rollers of the roller assembly such that at least some pores of the structure of pores of the structured lacquer application or embossing roller are in the same position as pores of the pore structure of the first decorative paint roller and at least some pores of the structure of pores of the structured lacquer application or embossing roller are in the same position as pores of the pore structure of the second decorative paint roller, and wherein the at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller and the first decorative paint roller are matched for creating a first structured decorative pattern, and wherein the at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller and the second decorative paint roller are matched for creating a second structured decorative pattern different from the first structured decorative pattern;
applying said first decorative paint roller and subsequently the at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller to the first wood material surface for creating said first structured decorative pattern;
changing only said first decorative paint roller to said second decorative paint roller; and
applying said second decorative paint roller and subsequently the at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller to the second wood material surface for creating said second structured decorative pattern; wherein the providing steps comprise the following steps: designing at least a first imitation of a wood surface and a second imitation of a wood surface different from the first imitation, wherein the first and second imitations include color patterns and pore structures, and wherein at least some pores of a pore structure of the first imitation are in the same position as at least some pores of a pore structure of the second imitation; producing the first decorative paint roller corresponding to the color patterns and pore structure of the first imitation; producing the second decorative paint roller corresponding to the color patterns and pore structure of the second imitation; and producing the at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller having the structure of pores common to all rollers of the roller assembly.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising providing at least one priming roller, and applying the at least one priming roller to at least one of the first wood material surface and the second wood material surface to apply a prime coat prior to application of the first or second structured decorative pattern respectively.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising providing at least two structured lacquer application and/or embossing rollers to create the first and second structured decorative patterns on each of the first and second wood material surfaces.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising providing a non-structured lacquer application roller to apply a layer of lacquer on at least one of the first and second wood material surfaces.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising creating structures on the surface of the structured embossing roller, by means of which a coated or uncoated first or second wood material surface can be plastically deformed.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising creating structures on a surface of the at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller which correspond to a pore pattern and which is matched to different wood imitation patterns created by said first decorative paint roller and said second decorative paint roller.

Assignees

• Flooring Technologies Ltd

Inventors

• Sczepan Ralf
• Braun Roger

Classifications

• B44D5/00

  Surface treatment to obtain special artistic surface effects or finishes (pretreatment or after-treatment of surface coated by applying liquids B05D3/00; obtaining special surface effects by applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces B05D5/00; surface shaping of plastics, e.g. embossing, B29C59/00) · CPC title

• B41M1/38

  on wooden surfaces, leather, or linoleum (printing on matches or match boxes when combined with match manufacture C06F1/18) · CPC title

• B41M1/24

  combined with embossing (printing machines for carrying out printing operations combined with embossing B41F19/02) · CPC title

• B41M1/14

  Multicolour printing · CPC title

• B27N7/005

  Coating boards, e.g. with a finishing or decorating layer · CPC title