IP Library Granted Patent US 8,349,235
Granted Patent B2
US 8,349,235 · App. 12/741,998 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Recycling of laminate floorings

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Patent No.
US 8,349,235
App. No.
12/741,998
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Recycling of laminate flooring based on a separation of the panels into particles which are connected with a binder and formed to a new sheet shaped material. A building panel includes a surface layer and a wood fiber based core, and the wood fiber based core includes aluminum oxide particles.

Claims (41)

1. A method to recycle floor panels comprising a wood fibre based core, a decorative surface layer comprising a thermosetting resin and aluminium oxide wherein the method comprises the steps of:

mechanical cutting of the panel into particles;

mixing said particles with a binder; and

pressing the mixed particles and binder and thereby forming a sheet shaped material,

wherein the binder is a phenol resin.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pressing is made under heat.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

5. A method to recycle floor panels comprising a wood fibre based core, a decorative surface layer comprising a thermosetting resin and aluminium oxide wherein the method comprises the steps of:

mechanical cutting of the panel into particles;

mixing said particles with a binder; and

pressing the mixed particles and binder and thereby forming a sheet shaped material,

wherein the sheet shaped material forms a surface layer arranged on a core.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the method comprises mixing said particles with a melamine formaldehyde resin.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the pressing is made under heat.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the method comprises mixing said particles with a melamine formaldehyde resin.

9. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

12. A method to recycle floor panels comprising a wood fibre based core, a decorative surface layer comprising a thermosetting resin and aluminium oxide wherein the method comprises the steps of:

mechanical cutting of the panel into particles;

mixing said particles with a binder; and

pressing the mixed particles and binder and thereby forming a sheet shaped material,

wherein the binder is a melamine formaldehyde resin.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the pressing is made under heat.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

16. A method to recycle floor panels comprising a wood fibre based core, a decorative surface layer comprising a thermosetting resin and aluminium oxide wherein the method comprises the steps of:

mechanical cutting of the panel into particles;

mixing said particles with a binder; and

pressing the mixed particles and binder and thereby forming a sheet shaped material,

wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the pressing is made under heat.

18. A method to recycle floor panels comprising a wood fibre based core, a decorative surface layer comprising a thermosetting resin and aluminium oxide wherein the method comprises the steps of:

mechanical cutting of the panel into particles;

mixing said particles with a binder; and

pressing the mixed particles and binder and thereby forming a sheet shaped material,

wherein the binder is a urea resin.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the pressing is made under heat.

20. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

21. The method as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the method comprises the step of separating particles essentially into a first set of particles comprising substantially wood fibres and a second set of particles comprising substantially melamine before mixing at least the first set of elements with a binder.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: CERALOC INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
To: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
Reel/Frame 030596/0230 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 15, 2012
From: VALINGE INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
To: CERALOC INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
Reel/Frame 027713/0061 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2010
From: PERVAN, DARKO; LINDGREN, KENT; BOUCKE, EDDY; JACOBSSON, JAN; HAKANSSON, NICLAS; ZIEGLER, GORAN
To: VALINGE INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
Reel/Frame 024659/0134 →