Covering Element, Method And Machine To Produce Said Covering Element

Abstract

Covering element ( 10 ) for surfaces, comprising at least a support ( 11 ) made of synthetic material, which is at least partly covered by a finishing layer ( 12 ) of hide, leather, their by-products, fake hide, or fabric, natural or synthetic, attached on said support ( 11 ) by means of a glue ( 13 ).

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         22 . A method to simultaneously produce a plurality of covering elements, each comprising a support having a front surface of less than 100 cm 2 , and at least partly covered by a finishing layer of hide, leather, their by-products, fake hide, or fabric, natural or synthetic, attached on said support by means of glue means the method comprising the following steps: 
 a first step wherein said plurality of supports, with their respective front surfaces and perimeter edges already sprinkled with said glue means, are arranged on a plane, so that said plurality of supports are adjacent and distanced from each other by a pre-determined distance;    a second step wherein a single sheet of finishing material is deposited on the front surfaces of said plurality of supports;    a third step wherein said single sheet is cut to size, so as to form a finishing layer for each support of said plurality of supports;    a fourth step wherein each finishing layer is individually folded back to cover the perimeter edges of each support.    
     
     
         23 . A method according to  claim 22 , wherein during said forth step each finishing layer is also turned under against the relative bottom surface spread with glue means.  
     
     
         24 . A machine to automatically perform at least some steps of the method according to  claim 22 , to simultaneously produce a plurality of covering elements, each comprising a support having a front surface of less than 100 cm 2 , and at least partly covered by a finishing layer of hide, leather, their by-products, fake hide, or fabric, natural or synthetic, attached on said support by means of glue means, the machine comprising seatings to house said supports, cutting blades in correspondence with said seatings to cut to size said single sheet to form said finishing layer for each support, pressure means arranged in correspondence with said seatings and said cutting blades to press said finishing layers against said supports for ensuring said supports are attached by means of said glue means, and heating means able to heat said glue means in order to reactivate said glue means.