Long plastic layer with embossing in register with pattern and rolling method and device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12186973-B2
Application number	US-202318182654-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2023
Priority date	Jun 15, 2016
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

A method is provided for manufacturing flooring planks including a plastic base and an image plastic layer. The method includes a feeding step of feeding a plastic layer into oppositely rolling rollers; and a rolling step of hot rolling an embossing on the plastic layer. A feeding tension of the plastic layer is adjusted according to a longitudinal deviation between the embossing and the pattern in the rolling step. A device includes a first feeding device, an oppositely rolling rollers control device, a detecting device, and a tension controller disposed on the first feeding device. The method, the device and the long plastic layer with the embossing in register with the pattern processed use the method, implement the embossing rolled on the plastic layer in register with the pattern on the plastic layer and have high production efficiency, low cost and less energy consumption.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing flooring planks comprising a plastic base and a long plastic layer; said long plastic layer comprising at least a portion of a single unit of a printed continuous pattern and an embossing in register with said printed continuous pattern;
said method comprising providing a decorative material of continuous length by at least feeding a plastic base layer and a long plastic layer into oppositely rolling rollers; said long plastic layer having a front side and a back side;
wherein said long plastic layer comprises at least a repetition of units of said printed continuous pattern;
wherein a unit of said printed continuous pattern has an unstretched length; said oppositely rolling rollers comprising an embossing roller and a backing roller; said embossing roller having an outer cylinder and an embossed pattern disposed around said outer cylinder; wherein the length of said embossed pattern is 1.01 to 1.5 times said unstretched length of said unit of said printed continuous pattern;
wherein the front side of said long plastic layer is stretched to yield a stretched length of said unit of said printed continuous pattern that matches said length of said embossed pattern, and wherein said front side of said long plastic layer is adjacent to said embossing roller; wherein the plastic base layer is adjacent to said backing roller and adjacent to said back side of said long plastic layer; and
said method further comprises cutting said decorative material in a plurality of cut blocks that are devoid of repeating units of said printed continuous pattern, and forming a flooring plank using a single cut block;
wherein the method further comprises the step of controlling the heating temperature of the embossing roller and/or the backing roller; wherein said step of controlling is executed by a control device controlling a hot medium flowing into the oppositely rolling rollers.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said method further comprises hot rolling or hot pressing the plastic basic layer to said back side of said long plastic layer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said repetition of units of said printed continuous pattern comprises identical units connected end to end.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said unit comprises a main pattern and a separate preset part.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said preset part is positioned at a side of said long plastic layer.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said preset part comprises a chromatic printing line.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein said embossing roller comprises an embossed pattern at least corresponding to said preset part.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plastic base layer and said long plastic layer are fed into said oppositely rolling rollers by means of two separate feeding devices.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plastic base layer and said long plastic layer both are a thermoplastic material layer.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plastic base layer and said long plastic layer both are a PVC material layer.

Assignees

• Flooring Ind Ltd Sarl
• Unilin Bv

Inventors

• Wang Yibing
• Tang Wenjin
• Zhu Caiqin

Classifications

• B32B2471/00

  Floor coverings (B32B2419/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B32B2327/06

  PVC, i.e. polyvinylchloride · CPC title

• B32B2041/04

  Detecting wrong registration, misalignment, deviation, failure · CPC title

• B32B38/1875

  Tensioning · CPC title

• B32B38/06

  Embossing · CPC title