Method for forming a panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10830266-B2
Application number	US-201715432190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	Feb 15, 2016
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

A method for forming a panel for an assembled product including, such as a furniture product, wherein the method includes: displacing the first panel in a feeding direction by a conveyor through a first edge machine, working, by a first tool of the first edge machine, on a first edge of the first panel to obtain a decided location of the first edge, attaching, by a second tool of the first edge machine, a covering material, such as a laminate strip, a thermoplastic strip or a veneer strip, on the first edge, and forming a first edge groove, by a third tool of the first edge machine, along the first edge and on a first main surface of the first panel, wherein the first edge groove is configured to be a part of a locking device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for forming a first panel for an assembled product, wherein the method comprises:
displacing the first panel in a feeding direction by a conveyor through a first edge machine,
working, by a first tool of the first edge machine, the first panel to obtain a first edge,
attaching, by a second tool of the first edge machine, a covering material on the first edge, and
forming a first edge groove, by a third tool of the first edge machine, along the first edge and on a first main surface of the first panel, wherein the first edge groove is parallel to the first edge, and is configured to be a part of a locking device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method comprises positioning of the first panel by a positioning device, such that the first panel is at a same position relative the conveyor at least between said attaching of the covering material by the second tool and said forming of the first edge groove by the third tool.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method comprising displacing the third tool in a direction with an angle to the first main surface of the first panel, such that the first edge groove ends at a distance from a third edge, which is adjacent to the first edge.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method comprises:
working, by a sixth tool of the first edge machine, the first panel to obtain a second edge, which is opposite the first edge,
attaching, by a seventh tool of the first edge machine, a covering material on the second edge,
forming a second edge groove, by an eighth tool of the first edge machine, along the second edge and on the first main surface of the first panel, wherein the second edge groove is configured to be a part of a locking device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the method comprises positioning of the first panel by a positioning device, such that the first panel is at a same position relative the conveyor at least between said attaching of the covering material by seventh tool and said forming of the second edge groove by the eighth tool.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the working by the sixth tool is performed before the attaching of the covering material by the seventh tool, and the attaching of the covering material by the seventh tool is performed before the forming the second edge groove by the eighth tool.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the method comprises forming, by a ninth tool of the first edge machine, an inserting groove in the second edge groove.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the method comprises inserting a tongue, by a tenth tool of the first edge machine, in the inserting groove.

9. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the method comprises displacing the eighth tool in a direction with an angle to the first main surface of the first panel, such that the second edge groove ends at a distance from a third edge, which is adjacent to the first edge.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method comprises:
displacing the first panel in a feeding direction by a conveyor through a fourth edge machine,
working, by a 11th tool of the fourth edge machine, the first panel to obtain a fourth edge, wherein the fourth edge is adjacent the first edge, and
forming a third edge groove, by a 13th tool of the fourth edge machine, along the fourth edge and on a first main surface of the first panel, wherein the third edge groove is configured to be a part of a locking device.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the method comprising displacing the 13th tool in a direction with an angle to the first main surface of the first panel, such that the third edge groove ends at a distance from the first edge and at a distance from a second edge which is adjacent to the fourth edge.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method comprises:
working, by a 16th tool of a fourth edge machine, the first panel to obtain a third edge, which is adjacent the first edge,

attaching, by a 17th tool of the fourth edge machine, a covering material on the third edge.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the locking device is configured for locking the first panel to another panel.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first edge groove is adjacent to the first edge.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first edge is spaced from the first edge groove.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first panel is a wood fibre-based board.

17. A method for forming a first panel for an assembled product, wherein the method comprises:
displacing the first panel in a feeding direction by a conveyor through a first edge machine,
working, by a first tool of the first edge machine, the first panel to obtain a first edge,
attaching, by a second tool of the first edge machine, a covering material on the first edge, and

forming a first edge groove, by a third tool of the first edge machine, along the first edge and on a first main surface of the first panel, wherein the first edge groove is configured to be a part of a locking device,
wherein the working by the first tool is performed before the attaching of the covering material by the second tool, and the attaching of the covering material by the second tool is performed before the forming the first edge groove by the third tool.

18. A method for forming a first panel for an assembled product, wherein the method comprises:
displacing the first panel in a feeding direction by a conveyor through a first edge machine,
working, by a first tool of the first edge machine, the first panel to obtain a first edge,
attaching, by a second tool of the first edge machine, a covering material on the first edge, and

forming a first edge groove, by a third tool of the first edge machine, along the first edge and on a first main surface of the first panel, wherein the first edge groove is configured to be a part of a locking device,
wherein the method comprises forming, by a fourth tool of the first edge machine, an inserting groove in the first edge groove, wherein the inserting groove is parallel to the first edge groove.

19. A method for forming a first panel for an assembled product, wherein the method comprises:
displacing the first panel in a feeding direction by a conveyor through a first edge machine,
working, by a first tool of the first edge machine, the first panel to obtain a first edge,
attaching, by a second tool of the first edge machine, a covering material on the first edge, and

forming a first edge groove, by a third tool of the first edge machine, along the first edge and on a first main surface of the first panel, wherein the first edge groove is configured to be a part of a locking device,
wherein the method comprises forming, by a fourth tool of the first edge machine, an inserting groove in the first edge groove,
wherein the method comprises inserting a tongue, by a fifth tool of the first edge machine, in the inserting groove.

Assignees

• Vaelinge Innovation Ab
• Valinge Innovation Ab

Inventors

• Fridlund Magnus

Classifications

• B27M1/08

  by multi-step processes · CPC title

• F16B12/26

  using snap-action elements · CPC title

• B27M3/18

  of furniture {or of doors (B27D5/003 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16B5/0016 Primary

  with snap action · CPC title

• F16B12/24

  using separate pins, dowels, or the like · CPC title