Mechanical locking of floor panels, methods to install and uninstall panels, a method and an equipment to produce the locking system, a method to connect a displaceable tongue to a panel and a tongue blank

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PATENT NO 8627862
APP PUB NO 20110030303A1
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12865136

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Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system including 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.

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VALINGE INNOVATION ABPRÄSTAVÄGEN 513 VIKEN SE-263 65

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Boo, Christian Kågeröd, SE 84 7229
Håkansson, Niclas Viken, SE 36 3322
Pålsson, Agne Hasslarp, SE 21 2835
Pervan, Darko Viken, SE 358 49595
Sjöstrand, Mattias Ängelholm, SE 4 689

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