IP Library Granted Patent US 7,824,757
Granted Patent B2
US 7,824,757 · App. 11/810,301 · Granted Nov 2, 2010

Panel made of a wooden material with a surface coating

Assignee: Kronotec AG
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Patent No.
US 7,824,757
App. No.
11/810,301
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A panel made of a wooden material with a surface coating has an undercoat which is applied to the wooden material and at least one lacquer coating and a functional component. There is produced a panel made of a wooden material with a low-cost surface coating which can be applied easily and is optically appealing.

Claims (35)

1. A panel made from wood material and having a surface coating, comprising:

a primer which has been applied to the wood material and at least one varnish layer having been cured by means of UV light or by means of electron beam curing (EBC),

at least one additional varnish layer,

the total layer thickness of the varnish layers being less than 120 μm,

wherein at least one functional component is provided which is applied as an outer functional layer, or as a functional layer arranged between said varnish layers, and

wherein the at least one functional component which is applied is at least one layer of matt varnish which in each instance covers sections of a surface of the panel and the at least one additional varnish layer is a gloss varnish or the at least one functional component has at least one first layer which covers sections of the surface of the panel and which repels a color-imparting coating and at least one second layer which consists of a color-imparting coating which covers sections of the surface of the panel.

2. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one varnish layer has been applied in at least two layers.

3. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein according to the provisions of DIN EN 13329, the condition of the use classes for living or for the commercial sector are achieved.

4. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the total layer thickness of the varnish layers is less than 80 μm.

5. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one functional component consists of an elastomer selected from the group consisting of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).

6. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one functional component is applied as a layer which faces away from the surface.

7. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one functional component consists of an elastomer between 0.01 mm and 10 mm in thickness.

8. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one layer of matt varnish and the at least one additional layer of gloss varnish form visually perceptible structures.

9. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two-layer functional layers are covered by at least one varnish layer without functional component.

10. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the functional component used is a UV light-absorbing or -reflecting substance or UV light-absorbing or -reflecting body, having dimensions of less than 950 nm.

11. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the functional component used is a layer of a UV light-absorbing or -reflecting substance or of a UV light-absorbing or -reflecting body which is or appears to be transparent.

12. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the functional component applied is a flame-retardant substance or a substance which increases the fire resistance of the wood material.

13. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the functional component used is a substance or a mixture of substances with which the sliding resistance of the surface of the wood material and/or the tactile properties of the surface of the wood material can be adjusted.

14. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 13 , wherein waxes, oils or mixtures thereof and/or mineral substances are used to adjust the sliding resistance and/or the tactile properties of the surface of the wood material.

15. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the functional component used is a substance with which the gloss of the surface of the wood material can be adjusted.

16. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the functional component used is a substance or a mixture of substances with which the antistatic properties of the surface of the wood material can be adjusted.

17. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 16 , wherein carbon black, surfactants, grids made from conductive substances, or conductive, in particular conductive and transparent, particles are used as the functional component.

18. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one functional component which does not form the surface of the panel comprises means of roughening the surface, especially corundum.

19. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one color layer has been applied as a functional component.

20. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the color layer comprises at least 5% by weight of varnish.

21. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an uppermost varnish layer has been plastically deformed.

22. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second side opposite a first side of the panel provided with the surface coating is coated at least in sections with varnish.

23. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the coating with varnish is up to 120 g/m 2 .

24. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 21 , wherein a high-shrink varnish has been applied.

25. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the total layer thickness of the varnish layers is less than 60 μm.

26. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the total layer thickness of the varnish layers is less than 45 μm.

27. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the total layer thickness of the varnish layers is less than 30 μm.

28. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the coating with varnish is up to 80 g/m 2 .

29. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the coating with varnish is up to 45 g/m 2 .

30. The panel made from wood material as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the coating with varnish is up to 30 g/m 2 .

Assignments (3)
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 Oct 22, 2007
From: BRAUN, ROGER
To: KRONOTEC AG
Reel/Frame 020028/0764 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 1159765000 · Nov 27, 2006
Related Publication 20080032120A1 · Feb 7, 2008