Patents by Inventor Darko Pervan

Darko Pervan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Digital binder printing
    Patent number: 10414173
    Abstract: A method and equipment to form a digital image on a surface by applying a powder layer including color pigments on the surfaces, bonding a part of the powder and removing the non-bonded powder from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • FLOOR PANEL WITH SEALING MEANS
    Publication number: 20190277041
    Abstract: Floor panels and floor elements therefore are made of sheet-shaped cores which are formed with sealing means for preventing or counteracting changes in the properties of the floor panels caused by moisture. A floor panel, including a body having a core, in which floor panel at least two opposite parallel joint edge portions are provided with connectors for mechanical joining of the floor panel in the horizontal direction with similar floor panels, the connectors having active locking surfaces for cooperation with corresponding active locking surfaces of adjacent floor panels after the floor panel has been joined therewith, the core having an upper surface layer, wherein a material seal of a resilient surface layer covers the upper surface layer of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Tony Pervan
  • METHOD OF FORMING A DECORATIVE WEAR RESISTANT LAYER
    Publication number: 20190263101
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method to form a digital print on a substrate including a polymer material by bonding particles in powder form to the surface of the substrate. A method of forming a decorative wear resistant layer, the method including: providing a substrate comprising a thermoplastic material and a transparent layer comprising a thermoplastic material, providing a continuous print layer comprising particles on the substrate or on the transparent layer, printing a digital image comprising colour pigments on the print layer, and bonding the print layer with the colour pigments to the transparent layer and to the substrate with heat and pressure such that the digital image is located between the transparent layer and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko PERVAN
  • METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO EDGE MACHINING OF BUILDING PANELS
    Publication number: 20190262915
    Abstract: A tool configuration 91 for producing an improved locking system of a floor panel 1? and a method incorporating such tool configuration. The tool configuration 91x, 91y, is a non-rotating tool configuration profiling certain surfaces of the joint edge of the floor panel, resulting in that the tolerances can be kept on a low level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Valinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko PERVAN, Peter WINGARDH
  • Single layer scattering of powder surfaces
    Patent number: 10392812
    Abstract: Methods and equipment to apply a decorative surface on a building panel wherein the surface includes a mix of fibers, binders, wear resistant particles and pigments. Layers may be applied as separate layers with equipment that applies essentially only one of the materials in the surface mix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • Digital binder and powder print
    Patent number: 10384471
    Abstract: A method and equipment to form a digital print by applying dry colorants on a surface of a panel, bonding a part of the colorants with a binder and removing the non-bonded colorants from the surface. The method of forming a digital print on a surface of a panel includes displacing the panel under a digital drop application head, applying a liquid binder with the digital drop application head on the surface; applying colorants on the liquid binder and the surface; bonding a part of the colorants to the surface with the liquid binder; removing non-bonded colorants from the surface such that a digital print is formed by the bonded colorants; and applying heat and pressure on the panel, the surface and the bonded colorants such that the colorants are permanently bonded to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Tony Pervan
  • COMPOSITE BOARDS AND PANELS
    Publication number: 20190248108
    Abstract: A building panel (1) including a water resistant core (5) including thermoplastic material 21 and a surface layer (4) including thermosetting resins. Also, production methods to form a board material (1?) with a dry blend of thermoplastic particles 21a in powder form and fillers in powder form and to apply a surface layer (4) with a hot-hot lamination process to a core (5) including such board material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko PERVAN
  • Method of separating a floorboard material
    Patent number: 10378217
    Abstract: A method of separating a floorboard material wherein the material has wood fibers oriented essentially in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • Digital embossing
    Patent number: 10369814
    Abstract: A method of forming a digital embossing on a surface by bonding hard press particles to a carrier. A liquid binder pattern is applied on the carrier by a digital drop application head. Hard press particles are applied on the carrier and the binder pattern such that some hard press particles are bonded to the carrier by the liquid pattern and non-bonded press particles are removed. The carrier with the bonded hard press particles is pressed to the surface and an embossing is formed when the carrier with the hard press particles is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATIONS AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Tony Pervan
  • Panel coating
    Patent number: 10364578
    Abstract: A method for coating of a floor panel and a floor panel produced by the method. A method for producing a laminated product, for example a building panel, preferably a floor panel. The method includes applying a paper on one side of a wood fiber based core, e.g., an HDF panel, creating a décor on the paper by a digital printing process, applying a resin, preferably a melamine formaldehyde resin, on the paper, heating the décor and the paper with the resin, preferably by using an IR lamp; and applying heat and pressure in order to cure the resin and thereby obtain a laminated product. Also, alternative methods for producing a laminated product, and such a laminated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • Mechanical locking of floor panels with vertical folding
    Patent number: 10358830
    Abstract: Floor panels (1, 1?, 1?) are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges (5a, 5b, 4a, 4b) allowing installation with vertical folding and where the long edge (5a, 5b) locking system prevents separation of the short edges (4a, 4b) during the folding action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • Powder overlay
    Patent number: 10344379
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of manufacturing a transparent wear resistant surface layer (1). The method may include the steps of, applying a decorative material on a carrier, applying a dry powder layer comprising a mix of processed wood fibers, binder and wear resistant particles above the decorative layer, curing the mix to a decorative surface, including the transparent wear resistant layer, by applying heat and pressure on the mix. In a preferred embodiment the method includes the step of pressing the mix against an embossed matrix to create an embossed decorative surface with high wear resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Goran Ziegler
  • Method of forming a decorative wear resistant layer
    Patent number: 10328680
    Abstract: A method to form a digital print on a substrate including a polymer material by bonding particles in powder form to the surface of the substrate. The method may include: providing a substrate including a thermoplastic material and a transparent layer including a thermoplastic material, providing a continuous print layer including particles on the substrate or on the transparent layer, printing a digital image including color pigments on the print layer, and bonding the print layer with the color pigments to the transparent layer and to the substrate with heat and pressure such that the digital image is located between the transparent layer and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS
    Publication number: 20190169859
    Abstract: Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical locking system on short edges comprising a displaceable tongue that is displaced in one direction into a tongue groove during vertical displacement of two panels. The displaceable tongue may be provided in a sidewardly open displacement groove at an edge of a building panel, the displaceable tongue including a main body extending along the edge of the panel and a tongue locking surface located at an upper and outer part of the tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Ceraloc Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko PERVAN, Tony PERVAN
  • Composite boards and panels
    Patent number: 10307984
    Abstract: A building panel (1) including a water resistant core (5) including thermoplastic material 21 and a surface layer (4) including thermosetting resins. Also, production methods to form a board material (1?) with a dry blend of thermoplastic particles 21a in powder form and fillers in powder form and to apply a surface layer (4) with a hot-hot lamination process to a core (5) including such board material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko Pervan
  • MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS
    Publication number: 20190161977
    Abstract: Building panels, especially floor panels, which are provided with a locking system including several separate strip parts connected to the panel edge. A strip part, configured to lock panels horizontally and to be fixed to a panel edge, including a strip body with an inner part configured to be fixed under the panel edge and an outer part configured to extend outside the panel edge, wherein the inner part comprises a fixing element configured to lock the strip part to the panel edge in a horizontal direction, wherein the outer part including a locking protrusion, located above the strip body and configured to lock the strip part to the panel edge vertically and a locking element configured to lock the panels in a horizontal direction, and wherein the inner part includes a cavity formed in the strip body and located between the fixing element and the locking protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Darko PERVAN, Tony Pervan
  • Methods and arrangements relating to edge machining of building panels
    Patent number: 10279404
    Abstract: A tool configuration for producing an improved locking system of a floor panel and a method incorporating such tool configuration. The tool configuration is a non-rotating tool configuration profiling certain surfaces of the joint edge of the floor panel, resulting in that the tolerances can be kept on a low level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Peter Wingardh
  • MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS
    Publication number: 20190127990
    Abstract: Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system comprising tongue and grooves provided with protrusions and cavities which are displaceable in relation to each other and configured such that the protrusions can obtain a vertically unlocked position where they match the cavities and a vertically locked position where the protrusions overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Niclas Hakansson, Mattias Sjostrand, Christian Boo, Agne Palsson
  • DIGITAL THERMAL BINDER AND POWDER PRINTING
    Publication number: 20190119513
    Abstract: A method of forming a digital print on a surface (2) by applying powder of dry ink (15) including colourants (7) on the surface, bonding a part of the dry ink (15) powder to the surface (2) by a digital heating print head (80) such that the digital print is formed by the bonded dry ink colourants (7) and removing non-bonded dry ink (15) from the surface (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Ceraloc Innovation AB
    Inventors: Darko Pervan, Tony Pervan
  • MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS
    Publication number: 20190119928
    Abstract: Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical locking system on short edges including a displaceable tongue that is displaced in one direction into a tongue groove during vertical displacement of two panels. Building panels provided with a locking system for vertical locking of a first and a second building panel by a vertical displacement of the panels relative each other, a displaceable tongue is in a sidewardly open displacement groove provided at an edge of a first panel, said tongue cooperates with a tongue groove provided at an adjacent edge of a second panel for locking the edge and the adjacent edge vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: CERALOC INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Darko PERVAN, Tony PERVAN