EP0801187A1 - Fugenabdeckung für Oberflächenbeschichtung - Google Patents

Fugenabdeckung für Oberflächenbeschichtung Download PDF

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EP0801187A1
EP0801187A1 EP97201002A EP97201002A EP0801187A1 EP 0801187 A1 EP0801187 A1 EP 0801187A1 EP 97201002 A EP97201002 A EP 97201002A EP 97201002 A EP97201002 A EP 97201002A EP 0801187 A1 EP0801187 A1 EP 0801187A1
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Guy Vanroy
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F19/00—Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F19/02—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves
    • E04F19/06—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements
    • E04F19/065—Finishing profiles with a T-shaped cross-section or the like
    • E04F19/066—Finishing profiles with a T-shaped cross-section or the like fixed onto a base profile by means of a separate connector
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G27/00—Floor fabrics; Fastenings therefor
    • A47G27/04—Carpet fasteners; Carpet-expanding devices ; Laying carpeting; Tools therefor
    • A47G27/0437—Laying carpeting, e.g. wall-to-wall carpeting
    • A47G27/045—Gripper strips; Seaming strips; Edge retainers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F19/00—Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F19/02—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves
    • E04F19/06—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F19/00—Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F19/02—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves
    • E04F19/06—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements
    • E04F19/062—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements used between similar elements
    • E04F19/063—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements used between similar elements for simultaneously securing panels having different thicknesses

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  • Joint covers have been known for a long time which are intended to mask the passage from one floor covering to another.
  • a decorative joint cover is known in particular having an adhesive mass on its underside, this element having to be glued to the ground (BE-A-758356).
  • This type of joint cover has the drawback of the aging of the adhesive and of an insufficient anchoring thereby.
  • joint covers to be nailed or screwed to the ground.
  • An example is a very easy mounting joint cover (BE-A-1007798).
  • joint covers formed by two longitudinal sections hinged together and enclosing between them the two coatings whose joint is to be covered (BE-A-859782).
  • the lower profit is to stick to the ground and has the same drawbacks as the joint cover mentioned above.
  • joint covers formed of a profit provided with two rigid longitudinal ribs defining with the bottom of the profit a slide to allow the introduction, by one end of the slide, of nail heads (EP-A-588734 ).
  • the bottom of the profit and the nail head are arranged so as to form a joint between them.
  • the profiling of the groove for receiving the nail heads imposes limits on the articulation to the point that the plaintiff is obliged to place on the market several different joint cover profiles according to the height of the unevenness at catch up. This results in huge storage problems.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve these problems by developing a joint cover which is easy to assemble and disassemble, and of a single type, that is to say suitable both for covering a joint in absence of unevenness only in the presence of a difference in level of the order of for example 15 to 16 mm, which is generally accepted in this technique as the maximum value to be made up.
  • a joint cover of this kind offers the advantage of allowing a very significant inclination of the profile relative to the bodies of the fixing means. These can be placed beforehand in a perfectly adjusted manner. The cover profiles are then fixed by snap-fastening the ball joints of the heads of the fixing means in the body thereof. Placing and adjusting the height of the joint cover is therefore particularly easy.
  • the ball has a spherical shape and the ball housing has a circular opening oriented towards the profile, which has a diameter slightly smaller than that of the spherical ball. Freedom of pivoting of the head of the fixing means is thus particularly well ensured.
  • Figure 1 shows an elevational side view, exploded, of an embodiment according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 represents a sectional view, along line II-II, of FIG. 1.
  • Figures 3 to 5 show a joint cover according to the invention used to hide three differences in level.
  • joint covers according to the invention can be used to mask a joint between surfaces other than floor surfaces, for example wall surfaces.
  • a joint cover 1 comprising an elongated profile 2 and fixing means 3.
  • the profile 2 has a first surface, which in the illustrated case is the upper surface, and a second surface, here the lower surface 4.
  • Two parallel longitudinal ribs 5, 6 protrude downward from this lower surface 4 and flanges 7, 8 extend towards each other from each longitudinal rib 5, 6, forming between them a predetermined width interval D.
  • a longitudinal groove 9 is thus defined between the lower surface 4 of the profile, the longitudinal ribs 5, 6 and the flanges 7, 8, and it has an opening downwards along the width interval D. This groove is accessible also by end openings at the longitudinal ends, not shown, of the elongated profile.
  • the means 3 for fixing the profile 2 to the ground each comprise a head 10, having a width greater than that of the abovementioned interval. It is housed in the groove 9 of the profile 2 when the profile is in the fixing position (see Figures 3 to 5).
  • the shape of the head is advantageously adapted to that of the throat to obtain a soft friction between them, which allows both an easy sliding of the head in the throat, but also its holding in place when one stops sliding it .
  • this head 10 is an independent part which can be introduced separately into the longitudinal groove 9 of the profile 2. It is provided with a rod 11 which, at one end, has a ball joint 12, which has, in the illustrated example, the shape of a sphere.
  • the fixing means 3 also each comprise a body anchible to the ground.
  • the body comprises an anchor rod with an external thread 14 and a hinge head 15 provided with multiple sections, in particular hexagonal. This body can thus be screwed by an appropriate common key, either directly into the ground, or into a dowel 16 previously introduced into a hole drilled in the ground.
  • the body comprises, in its articulation head 15, a ball joint housing 17 open towards the outside and in which the ball joint 12 of a head 10 can be pressed in by snap-fastening.
  • the housing has a circular opening 18, which in the body fixing position is oriented upwards. The diameter of this opening 18 is slightly smaller than that of the spherical ball joint 12. It follows that after snap-fastening the ball joint 12 is retained in the ball joint housing 17.
  • the ball joint 12 of the head 10 and the ball joint housing 17 of the body of the fixing means 3 thus form an articulation allowing a deep inclination of the head, relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
  • the head 10 When the head 10 is inserted into the groove 9 of a joint cover, it pivots in a manner corresponding to the head.
  • the joint cover must be placed to mask different inequalities between two floors 19 and 20, 20 'or 20' 'respectively.
  • the difference in level between 19 and 20 is 5mm, between 19 and 20 'by 10mm and between 19 and 20' 'by 16mm.
  • heads 10 in a number corresponding to the fixing means 3 used, are passed through the groove 9 of the profile 2, through one of its lateral ends.
  • the heads are placed in the groove at the height of the fixing means and their ball joint 12 can then be snapped into the corresponding ball joint housing 17 by simple pressure on the joint cover.
  • the joint cover automatically takes the appropriate inclination between the two ground levels. If the height of the articulation heads 15 has been incorrectly adjusted, it is still possible to disengage the joint cover, readjust the height of the articulation heads 15 by screwing and then re-engage the joint cover.
  • a screwing wrench can be inserted suitable which allows to screw the body of the fastening means, even when it is in the very depressed position, as in Figure 3 for example.
  • fixing means to drive in, for example nails, dowels, etc., the head of which comprises the ball joint housing.
  • the ball joints have a shape different from a spherical shape, for example a cylindrical shape, and that the ball joints have an appropriate corresponding shape.

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EP97201002A 1996-04-12 1997-04-08 Fugenabdeckung für Oberflächenbeschichtung Expired - Lifetime EP0801187B1 (de)

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BE9600318A BE1010096A3 (fr) 1996-04-12 1996-04-12 Couvre-joint pour revetement de surface.
BE9600318 1996-04-12

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EP0801187B1 EP0801187B1 (de) 2001-10-24

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WO2000019037A1 (fr) * 1998-09-30 2000-04-06 Dinac S.A. Barre de seuil a rattrapage de niveau
EP1223268A1 (de) * 2001-01-11 2002-07-17 Proline Profil System GmbH Fussbodenleiste
WO2003042469A1 (de) 2001-06-12 2003-05-22 Pavol Matus Leistensystem zum verbinden von fussböden, insbesondere parkettböden
EP1403444A1 (de) * 2002-09-24 2004-03-31 Manfred Kochler Profilschienensystem
WO2005049938A1 (de) * 2003-10-24 2005-06-02 Herm. Friedr. Künne Gmbh & Co. Fussbodenprofilanordnung mit gelenk
GB2574407A (en) * 2018-06-04 2019-12-11 Celtic Heights Ltd Roof or wall hole closing device

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DE10211750B4 (de) * 2002-03-18 2007-01-04 Richard Malcher Profilsystem

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US2996751A (en) * 1958-09-09 1961-08-22 Stanley Works Snap-on molding
BE859782A (fr) * 1976-10-15 1978-04-14 Dinac Sa Profiles de jonction de revetements
EP0588734A1 (de) * 1992-09-16 1994-03-23 Dinac Profinition S.A. Leicht montierbare Schwelle
BE1007798A6 (fr) * 1995-06-01 1995-10-24 Vanroy Guillaume Werkhuizen Couvre-joint pour revetement de sol et procede pour sa mise en oeuvre.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2996751A (en) * 1958-09-09 1961-08-22 Stanley Works Snap-on molding
BE859782A (fr) * 1976-10-15 1978-04-14 Dinac Sa Profiles de jonction de revetements
EP0588734A1 (de) * 1992-09-16 1994-03-23 Dinac Profinition S.A. Leicht montierbare Schwelle
BE1007798A6 (fr) * 1995-06-01 1995-10-24 Vanroy Guillaume Werkhuizen Couvre-joint pour revetement de sol et procede pour sa mise en oeuvre.

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WO2000019037A1 (fr) * 1998-09-30 2000-04-06 Dinac S.A. Barre de seuil a rattrapage de niveau
EP1223268A1 (de) * 2001-01-11 2002-07-17 Proline Profil System GmbH Fussbodenleiste
US6647680B2 (en) 2001-01-11 2003-11-18 Proline Profil System Gmbh Bottom rail
WO2003042469A1 (de) 2001-06-12 2003-05-22 Pavol Matus Leistensystem zum verbinden von fussböden, insbesondere parkettböden
EP1403444A1 (de) * 2002-09-24 2004-03-31 Manfred Kochler Profilschienensystem
JP2007509260A (ja) * 2003-10-24 2007-04-12 ヘルム．フリードル．キューネ ゲーエムベーハー ウント コンパニー 関節を備えた床側面整列装置
WO2005049938A1 (de) * 2003-10-24 2005-06-02 Herm. Friedr. Künne Gmbh & Co. Fussbodenprofilanordnung mit gelenk
CN100443686C (zh) * 2003-10-24 2008-12-17 海尔姆·福里德尔·居纳有限公司 地板型材组件
EP2050898A1 (de) * 2003-10-24 2009-04-22 Herm. Friedr. Künne GmbH & Co. Fußbodenprofilanordnung mit Gelenk
US7797900B2 (en) 2003-10-24 2010-09-21 Herm. Friedr. Künne Gmbh & Co. Floor profile arrangement for bridging a joint
CN101446130B (zh) * 2003-10-24 2011-06-15 海尔姆.福里德尔.居纳有限公司 地板型材组件
US8074407B2 (en) 2003-10-24 2011-12-13 Herm. Friedr. Künne Gmbh & Co. Floor profile arrangement with articulation
GB2574407A (en) * 2018-06-04 2019-12-11 Celtic Heights Ltd Roof or wall hole closing device
GB2574407B (en) * 2018-06-04 2020-11-11 Celtic Heights Ltd Roof or wall hole closing anchor

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