IP Library Granted Patent US 8,453,411
Granted Patent B2
US 8,453,411 · App. 10/537,366 · Granted Jun 4, 2013

Method for coating an element with glue

Inventors: Roger Braun (Willisau LU, CH); Alfred Waldmuller (Vinningen, DE)
Assignee: Kronotec AG
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Patent No.
US 8,453,411
App. No.
10/537,366
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a glue-coated element, to the glue-coated element, to an adhesive compound and to a method for producing glue-coated derived timber panels, as well as to panels produced according to the method. The method for producing a glue-coated element that can be glued with other similarly glue-coated elements, comprises the steps of applying a one-component adhesive to at least one surface section of the element and drying the applied one-component adhesive. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, draw-out resistance elements are provided on the glue-covered element.

Claims (42)

1. A derived timber panel, comprising:

a plurality of panel elements comprising at least a first panel element and a second panel element, each panel element having a profiled edge for engaging with another panel element, wherein the plurality of panel elements define the panel when engaged with each other;

wherein the profiled edge comprises a tongue on the first panel element and a groove on the second panel element, wherein the tongue and the groove engage each other when the first and second panel elements are engaged with each other;

a dry one-component adhesive film on at least sections of the profiled edge, wherein the film is dry before the panel elements are engaged with each other; and

a mechanical draw-out resistance element on at least one of the tongue and the groove.

2. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein said film comprises a one-component adhesive with a glass transition temperature of from about 0° C. to about 30° C.

3. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein said film comprises a one-component adhesive with a glass transition temperature of from about 10° C. to about 20° C.

4. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein said film comprises a one-component adhesive having an elongation at tear of about 200% to about 1200%.

5. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein said film comprises a one-component adhesive having an elongation at tear of about 300% to about 1000%.

6. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein said film comprises a one-component adhesive having an elongation at tear of about 400% to about 900%.

7. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the film has a film hardness of about 10 to about 80 pendulum oscillations according to DIN 53157.

8. The panel of claim 7 , wherein said film hardness is about 20 to about 40 pendulum oscillations.

9. The panel of claim 7 , wherein said film hardness is about 25 to 35 pendulum oscillations.

10. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the dry one-component adhesive film comprises a thermoplastics material.

11. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the dry one-component adhesive film comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyacrylates, polyurethanes, polyacetates, and mixtures thereof.

12. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the mechanical draw-out resistance element comprises positively engaging sections defined on the tongue and the groove and having an engaging height less than a thickness of the film.

13. The panel according to claim 12 , wherein said positively engaging sections comprise recesses and corresponding protrusions.

14. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the mechanical draw-out resistance element comprises a barb inclined in a direction the tongue is moved when engaged with the groove.

15. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the dry one-component adhesive film comprises a polyacetate ethylene copolymer.

16. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the film comprises a one-component adhesive having a viscosity of at least 2000 mPas.

17. The panel according to claim 16 , wherein the viscosity is more than 3000 mPas.

18. The panel according to claim 16 , wherein the viscosity is more than 6000 mPas.

19. The panel according to claim 16 , wherein the viscosity is more than 8000 mPas.

20. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the film comprises a one-component adhesive in an amount up to about 250 g/m2.

21. The panel according to claim 20 , wherein the amount of adhesive is up to about 150 g/m2.

22. The panel according to claim 20 , wherein the amount of adhesive is from about 80 g/m2 to about 120 g/m2.

23. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the film has a static friction of at least about 2 N/mm2.

24. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the film has a static friction of at least about 4 N/mm2.

25. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the film establishes an adhesive force of at least 1 N/mm2 after two corresponding adhesive films have been joined.

26. The panel according to claim 25 , wherein the adhesive force is at least 2 N/mm2.

27. The panel according to claim 25 , wherein the adhesive force is more than 4 N/mm2.

28. The panel according to claim 25 , wherein a maximum adhesive force is reached 48 hours after the two corresponding adhesive films have been joined.

29. The panel according to claim 28 , wherein the maximum adhesive force is reached after 24 hours.

30. The panel according to claim 28 , wherein the maximum adhesive force of each one-component adhesive is reached after 12 hours.

31. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the film comprises a one-component adhesive having an adhesive force which is established at least partially by having adjacent adhesive films merge one into the other.

32. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the film comprises a one-component adhesive having an adhesive force which, with respect to the strength achievable immediately after the adhesive film has been applied and dried, is reduced by up to about 20%, if the element provided with the dried adhesive film is stored for a time period of up to three months at a moisture content of at least 6% by weight at temperatures of −20° C. to +50° C.

33. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the film comprises a one-component adhesive having an adhesive force which, with respect to the strength achievable immediately after the adhesive film has been applied and dried, is reduced by up to about 60%, if the element provided with a dried adhesive film is stored for a time period of up to three months at air humidity levels of between 5 and 95%.

34. The panel according to claim 33 , wherein the adhesive force is reduced by up to about 40%.

35. The panel according to claim 33 , wherein the adhesive force is reduced by up to about 20%.

36. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the barb is formed as pins, discs and/or bands.

37. The panel according to claim 36 , wherein said pins, discs, and/or bands are formed from metal or plastic.

38. The panel according to claim 14 , wherein the barb is inserted in the groove.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE DOCUMENT DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 041665 FRAME: 0359. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Mar 24, 2017
From: KRONOTEC AG
To: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
Reel/Frame 042084/0703 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2017
From: KRONOTEC AG
To: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
Reel/Frame 041665/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2007
From: KRONOSPAN SCHWEIZ AG
To: KRONOTEC AG
Reel/Frame 019728/0788 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2007
From: FORBO-HELMITIN GMBH
To: KRONOSPAN SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 019735/0057 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2005
From: BRAUN, ROGER; WALDMULLER, ALFRED
To: KRONOSPAN AG; FORBO HELMITIN GMBH
Reel/Frame 016942/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2005
From: KRONOSPAN AG
To: KRONOTEC AG
Reel/Frame 016944/0017 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 102 56 384 · Dec 2, 2002 · national
DE 103 18 093 · Apr 17, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060053724A1 · Mar 16, 2006