Patents by Inventor Herbert Ruhdorfer

Herbert Ruhdorfer 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).

  • Publication number: 20140158286
    Abstract: Method for producing a cladding element. The method includes applying a resin to a visible surface and to a contact surface of a wood material base board, applying at least one non-resin impregnated paper ply to the visible surface and at least one non-resin impregnated paper ply to the contact surface of the wood material base board, and pressing the at least one non-resin impregnated paper ply onto the resin applied visible surface and the at least one non-resin impregnated paper ply onto the resin applied contact surface. In this manner, the at least one paper ply on the visible surface and at least one paper ply on the contact surface are fully impregnated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: INTERGLARION LIMITED
    Inventor: Herbert RUHDORFER
  • Patent number: 8397456
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying to a flooring panel a layer designed to reduce the footfall sound on the floor, and a panel of this kind. With the prior art, it is disadvantageous that the sound-insulation layer is glued onto the laminate panel in a subsequent manufacturing stage. Accordingly, the panel is initially manufactured by pressing with the associated gluing of layers and/or papers. The sound-insulation layer is glued in place in a subsequent operational stage. PVA-glues, thermoplastics or wood glues may be used, for example, to attach the sound-insulation layer. In the manufacture of a panel with a carrier board, decorative paper, counteracting paper and/or a wood veneer, an additional layer, preferably in the form of a sheet or a roll, is provided. The material of this roll or sheet product is designed to provide the desired sound-insulation properties as described above and/or provides these properties when a panel is being walked over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Patent number: 8206802
    Abstract: Trim panel including a decoration layer having a decoration side provided with a decoration, a contact layer having a contact side structured and arranged for contact with a substrate, and an intermediate layer having a cell structure and being at least one of: connected one of indirectly or directly to the decoration layer and connected one of indirectly or directly to the contact layer. A connecting layer is produced from a wood material and formed in one piece with at least one connecting element formed on at least two opposing sides of the connector layer in the form of complementary tongue and groove connectors. Intermediate layer is one of: arranged on a side of connecting layer facing towards decoration layer or on a side of connecting layer facing towards contact layer, and is exposed on edges of trim panel running orthogonally to panel plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Interglarion Limited
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Patent number: 8025978
    Abstract: A multilayered board including a material board having a visible surface coated with at least one paper layer impregnated with resin. The multilayered board includes a material board, at least one paper layer structured to coat the material board, and a resin layer structured to impregnate the at least one paper layer, wherein the resin layer is arranged to face away from the material board and have an average layer thickness of at least 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: KAINDL FLOORING GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Publication number: 20100163160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cladding element (10) with a base board (12) that is provided with a paper ply (14, 18) impregnated with resin on a surface (12a, 12b). According to the invention in a first step (BID, BIR) the resin is applied to the surface (12a, 12b) of the base board (12), in a second step (DS, RS) the paper ply (14, 18) is applied to the surface (12a, 12b) of the base board (12), and in a third step (HP) the base board (12) provided on the surface (12a, 12b) with resin and the paper ply (14, 18) are pressed to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Publication number: 20100009115
    Abstract: The invention relates to a trim panel (10), comprising a decoration side (10a) provided with a decoration, a contact side (10b) intended for contact with a substrate and a connecting layer (12) produced from a wood material, with which at least one connecting element (14, 16) of a connecting arrangement embodied in the manner of a tongue and groove connection is embodied in one piece. According to the invention, at least one intermediate layer (18) having a cell structure is arranged on the side of the connecting layer (12) facing towards the decoration side (10a), which intermediate layer is connected indirectly or directly to a decoration layer (24) having the decoration side (10a), and/or at least one intermediate layer (20) having a cell structure is arranged on the side of the connecting layer (12) facing towards the contact side (10b), which intermediate layer is connected indirectly or directly to a contact layer (34) having the contact side (10b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: INTERGLARION LIMITED
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Publication number: 20090317632
    Abstract: A method for the production of material plates made of chip- or fiber material, in particular of chipboard, LDF board, MDF board, HDF board, and OSB board, encompasses the following: providing dried chip- or fiber material, plasma-treating the dried chip- or fiber material, applying glue to the plasma treated chip- or fiber material, and compressing the chip- or fiber material that has glue applied into material plates. The invention also relates to such a material plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Publication number: 20090000734
    Abstract: Method for producing a cladding element (10), e.g., a flooring panel, a wall cladding element, a furniture face element or the like, comprising a base board (12) that is provided on the visible face with a decorative paper ply (14, S2a), the decorative paper ply (14) comprising at least one resin-impregnated paper layer (14a, S1), and is characterized in that a visible surface of the decorative paper ply (14) is first subjected to a surface treatment (20, S3) and subsequently a varnish layer (14e, S4) is applied onto this at least one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Publication number: 20080199672
    Abstract: A multilayered board including a material board having a visible surface coated with at least one paper layer impregnated with resin. The multilayered board includes a material board, at least one paper layer structured to coat the material board, and a resin layer structured to impregnate the at least one paper layer, wherein the resin layer is arranged to face away from the material board and have an average layer thickness of at least 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: KAINDL FLOORING GMBH
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Patent number: 7377081
    Abstract: An arrangement of building elements capable of a snap-fastening interconnection comprises an element, especially the tongue, consisting of a different material from the other building elements. An MDF/HDF panel, is initially milled along the longitudinal and/or transverse sides, and the resulting groove is then provided and/or foam-filled with extrudates. Finally, the free ends of the extrudates are milled to form the profile of the tongue. Alternatively, or additionally, a groove may also be milled into the extrudates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Kaindl Flooring GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Publication number: 20040255538
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying to a flooring panel a layer designed to reduce the footfall sound on the floor, and a panel of this kind. With the prior art, it is disadvantageous that the sound-insulation layer is glued onto the laminate panel in a subsequent manufacturing stage. Accordingly, the panel is initially manufactured by pressing with the associated gluing of layers and/or papers. The sound-insulation layer is glued in place in a subsequent operational stage. PVA-glues, thermoplastics or wood glues may be used, for example, to attach the sound-insulation layer. In the manufacture of a panel with a carrier board, decorative paper, counteracting paper and/or a wood veneer, an additional layer, preferably in the form of a sheet or a roll, is provided. The material of this roll or sheet product is designed to provide the desired sound-insulation properties as described above and/or provides these properties when a panel is being walked over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer
  • Publication number: 20040016197
    Abstract: An arrangement of building elements capable of a snap-fastening interconnection comprises an element, especially the tongue, consisting of a different material from the other building elements. An MDF/HDF panel, is initially milled along the longitudinal and/or transverse sides, and the resulting groove is then provided and/or foam-filled with extrudates. Finally, the free ends of the extrudates are milled to form the profile of the tongue. Alternatively, or additionally, a groove may also be milled into the extrudates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: M. KAINDL
    Inventor: Herbert Ruhdorfer