JPH045364A - Floor material element and floor material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate positioning of a floor material element by providing a floor material element with polygonal surface plate section and perpendicular side section and fitting means projecting through the reinforcing section of this side section or directly from the side face section. CONSTITUTION:A floor material element has a side face section 5, which is perpendicular to a right angled triangle surface plate section 4 at the external edge section of the surface plate 4, notch sections 13 in a side section 5, and a reinforcing section 10, which is horizontally projected from the lower end toward the outer side. In addition, fitting means 6 and 7 having male and female molds 8 and 9 respectively are arranged at each part of the reinforcing sections 10 making right angles. In addition, a square floor material element 11 is formed by abutting each base of the right angled triangles on each other and connecting them in a body by a connecting means 3. Therefore, a floor material can easily positioned without efforts.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application J] The present invention relates to a flooring element and flooring, and more particularly to a flooring element for wiring and a flooring for wiring.

In this specification, the term "floor material element" means the minimum unit that is laid on the subfloor to constitute the main body of the floor material, and "floor material"
The term ``2'' refers to a combination of a flooring element and a lid element that covers a wiring groove formed by laying a flooring element on a subfloor.

[Prior Art] Conventional flooring elements called free access flooring materials are mainly known as those of the type that are adjusted and installed relative to the flooring using support legs at the four corners of a metal surface plate. .

However, the raised floors described above required significant effort to position the flooring elements and maintain the flooring surface in a uniform horizontal plane. Furthermore, when changing the wiring layout, a lot of effort was required to remove and rearrange the surface plate.

Therefore, various synthetic resin floor panels have been proposed in order to reduce labor (for example, see Utility Model Application Publication No. 156929 of 1981), or have been proposed in terms of durability against placing heavy objects and fire resistance. There was a problem.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a flooring element and a flooring material that can be easily positioned without requiring any effort, and that preferably have excellent durability and fire resistance. .

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above-mentioned problems include a polygonal face plate portion, a side face portion that is substantially perpendicular to the face plate portion, and a reinforcing portion that is present in the outer edge portion of the face plate portion. It has been found that a solution is provided by a flooring element with engaging means projecting outwards with or without intervening.

In the flooring element of the present invention, the surface plate portion thereof is polygonal.

Considering the versatility of the flooring element, in a particularly preferred embodiment, the shape of the surface plate portion is a right isosceles triangle, but it is not necessarily limited to this, and may be rectangular, such as a square or rectangle, or more. It can also be polygonal.

Furthermore, chamfering the corners of a polygon may be advantageous in that it makes wiring easier and does not damage the wiring.

The side portions of the outer edge portions of the face plate portion function as legs of the flooring element and support the load applied to the flooring material, and are provided substantially perpendicular to the face plate portion. . It is preferable for the side parts to be present at the metal edges of the face plate part for the benefit of supporting the load, or it is also possible to omit part of them for the purpose of reducing the weight of the flooring element.

Furthermore, it is also possible to reduce the weight by providing a notch in the side surface portion.

A reinforcing section may project outwardly from the lower end of the side section, in which case the reinforcing section projects along at least a portion of the side section and reinforces the flooring element, in particular the side section. The reinforcing portion may protrude along the entire side portion, but does not necessarily need to protrude along the entire side portion when weight reduction is considered.

The fitting means are for fixing adjacent flooring elements to each other. The engagement means either project directly from said side part or project further outwardly, preferably horizontally, from the reinforcing part.

Therefore, when laying flooring elements on a subfloor, when one flooring element is positioned, adjacent flooring elements are automatically positioned one after another. Specifically, a male part provided on one of two adjacent flooring elements.

Particularly preferred is a fitting means that forms a corresponding female part on the other flooring element. It is not necessarily necessary to provide fitting means on all of the side portions or reinforcing portions, and it is preferable to provide fitting means as appropriate depending on the application. When the flooring elements of the present invention are arranged adjacently in this manner, a space portion that can be used as a wiring groove is formed by the side portions and reinforcing portions of the adjacent flooring elements.

When the surface plate part is a flooring element with a right-angled isosceles triangle,
By using two of these flooring elements and connecting their hypotenuse parts adjacent to each other, it is possible to construct something that has the same function as a square flooring element. Furthermore, by using four right-angled isosceles triangular flooring elements and connecting the two sides that sandwich the right angle adjacent to each other, it is possible to construct something that has the same function as a square flooring element. becomes possible. It is likewise possible to construct one with the function of a rectangular flooring element. When the flooring elements of the present invention are combined to form a new flooring element in this way, the wiring groove formed at the joint part (by the side part and the reinforcing part) may penetrate through the flooring element. .

The joining means can be any suitable method, for example by fixing a bridging sheet between adjacent flooring elements to the surface plate portions of both flooring elements, for example by spot welding or adhesive. A desirable form of the flooring element is one in which one side of the polygon has no fitting means or reinforcing portion (the sides are overlapped and bonded to each other).

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the hypotenuses of the surface plate portions of two adjacent flooring elements are overlapped and integrated to form a square surface plate portion, and slits are provided in the diagonal portions of the squares corresponding to the original hypotenuses. Connecting parts for bridging are provided at several locations on the slit balls. As a result, flexibility against uneven terrain is increased (see, for example, Figure 2).

In the present invention, it is preferred that the connecting means not connect the entire adjacent parts of the flooring elements to be joined, but only partially.

In addition, two of the surface plate parts of the isosceles triangular flooring element are omitted, and the flooring elements of the present invention are made adjacent to each other to form a square, and a square plate as a top plate is placed on top of it, and this is the two flooring elements. There is a mode in which it also serves as a surface plate portion of the element. In this case, the square top plate corresponds to the joining means, but more preferably suitable slits are provided in the diagonal portion of the square so that the two flooring elements are substantially joined at the diagonal portion of the square. do. This increases flexibility in dealing with unevenness of the subfloor.

As mentioned above, when flooring elements are joined by a joining means, the relative positional relationship of adjacent flooring elements is fixed, so the fitting means is attached to the reinforcing portions protruding from adjacent sides of the flooring elements. May be omitted.

It is likewise possible to construct larger floorings by joining polygonal flooring elements adjacently. For example, two square flooring elements can be combined to form a rectangular flooring, or four square flooring elements can be combined to form an even larger square flooring.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the right isosceles triangular flooring elements are adjacent to each other at their hypotenuses, and the hypotenuses of the faceplate parts are preferably partially connected to each other by means of connecting means to form square flooring elements. shall be. In this case, it is preferable to chamfer the corners of the square.

As described above, when the flooring elements of the present invention are laid on a subfloor and the adjacent flooring elements are fixed by the fitting means, the space is formed by the side portions of both adjacent flooring elements and the fitted reinforcing portions. This space is used as a wiring groove. A wiring floor material is formed by placing a lid element in the formed wiring groove.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a flooring comprising a flooring element and a lid member as described above.

It is preferable that the lid element constituting the flooring material and the surface plate portion of the flooring element form the same plane. This can be achieved by providing a corresponding step in the thickness of the lid element at the edge of the facing part of the flooring element.

The material forming the flooring element or flooring of the present invention is not particularly limited, but when fire resistance and durability are important, metal, such as galvanized or cationically painted steel plate or stainless steel. It is preferable to manufacture it using a plate or the like. The thickness of the metal plate used can be selected appropriately depending on the application, but it is generally 1.0 to 3.5 mm.
It is.

The flooring elements of the invention may be manufactured by any suitable method (for example, they may be manufactured in one piece by die-casting, or each part may be formed separately and joined together by welding or the like). The flooring of the present invention can likewise be manufactured by any suitable method, by joining the flooring elements by suitable means, or by forming the flooring elements joined together from the beginning. It is also possible to do so.

Next, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a flooring element I according to the invention, in which the facing section is substantially right-angled triangular. Each corner of the right triangle is chamfered. The flooring element of the present invention has a surface plate portion 4
It has a side surface portion 5 substantially perpendicular to the surface plate portion at its outer edge, and a reinforcing portion 10 projects horizontally outward from the lower end of the side surface portion.

The side portion has a notch 13 . Then, sandwich the right angle 2
Fitting means 6 and 7 are arranged in a part of the side reinforcement part 10. If necessary, a reinforcing portion may also be provided on the side surface portion on the oblique side. The position and number of the arrangement of the mating means are
Although it can be selected appropriately depending on the application, in order to provide versatility, it is preferable to arrange the male mold 8 and female mold 9 fitting means on adjacent sides, respectively, as shown in FIG. 1, for example.

FIG. 2 shows a surface board portion 4 formed by integrally joining the two flooring elements 1 of FIG. 1 with the oblique sides of a right triangle adjacent to each other.
1 is a perspective view of a flooring element of the present invention in which is substantially square; FIG. The two flooring elements are joined together by means of a joining means 3 formed by the remainder of the slit 2 formed in the diagonal part of the square.

Alternatively, it is also possible to join the flooring elements 1 of FIG. 1 by caulking at section 3. Alternatively, two flooring elements 1 of FIG. 1 may be placed adjacent to each other and a substantially square top plate may be overlapped and welded to the surface plate portions of both flooring elements.

In the illustrated embodiment, cushioning materials 12 made of rubber, for example, are arranged as legs in a portion of the reinforcing portion.

This damping effect minimizes the noise generated during walking and also prevents the flooring element 1 from shifting in the horizontal direction.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the square flooring element of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view of two adjacent flooring elements of FIG. 1 or 2; The wiring 16 is inserted into a wiring groove formed by adjoining the flooring elements, and the lid element 14 is arranged so as to bridge the adjacent flooring elements. A cushioning material 15 is arranged between the lid element and the front plate edge portion. The cushioning material may be pre-arranged on the lid element or the face plate portion, or may be arranged independently. Such a cushioning material allows the lid element to come into close contact with the flooring element, thereby eliminating rattling and noise during walking.

The material used as the cushioning material is preferably a soft resin continuous foam layer, for example. Specifically, suitable materials include soft polyurethane, acrylic resin, rubber elastomer, and polyvinyl mide, and plasticizers, tackifiers, and the like may be added. The above-mentioned material is preferably an elastomer, and if a material such as a comb is used, it is preferably a non-gel type.

When a load is applied from above the lid element, the open cells are crushed and deformed. At this time, a suction function occurs in the open cells, and the lid element and the top plate come into close contact, eliminating looseness. Furthermore, a non-slip effect is imparted to this lid element, so that the lid element does not slip. Additionally, if the lid element needs to be removed, it can be easily peeled off if no force is applied to the lid element.

Furthermore, in the embodiment shown, the flooring element has auxiliary legs 17. When a load is applied to a normal flooring material, the rubber legs 12 function as legs, and the auxiliary legs float from the flooring and do not function as legs. However, when the load increases due to heavy objects, the flooring elements sag and the auxiliary legs also come into contact with the subfloor, functioning as legs and evenly distributing the load on the flooring.

As mentioned above, the fitting means consists of a male part and a female part,
Preferably, they are of complementary shape, and a mating means of the form shown in plan view in FIGS. A partial taper may be provided in the female mold portion.

In a more preferred embodiment, it is preferable to employ a fitting means that also takes into consideration vertical displacement of the flooring elements. For example, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the male portion has a vertical portion 18. In this way, even if there is a relative vertical displacement of the flooring elements, the fitted state of adjacent flooring elements is maintained.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 11, by increasing the thickness of the fitting means, the fitting relationship can be maintained even against horizontal and vertical deviations.

FIGS. 12 to 15 schematically illustrate how the flooring elements of the present invention having right-angled triangular surface plate portions are combined to form a new single flooring element. The embodiments shown in FIGS. 12 to 14 are embodiments in which flooring elements of right isosceles triangles are combined, and FIG. 15 is an embodiment in which right triangles having three sides of different lengths are combined. In all the drawings, the coupling means are indicated by "-" for simplicity.

FIG. 3 schematically shows a plan view of a wiring floor panel constructed using the flooring element of the present invention shown in FIG. 2; The flooring element of the present invention may be laid on a floor base, a lid element may be placed in the formed wiring groove, and further a floor finishing material such as tile carpet 19 may be placed depending on the application.

[Effects of the Invention] Even when the flooring element or flooring of the present invention is made of metal with emphasis on durability and fire resistance, it is possible to reduce the weight (30 kg/m' or less).

Furthermore, the positioning of the flooring elements is significantly facilitated and the effort in laying the flooring and changing the wiring layout is reduced.

Additionally, since cushioning material is used, walking noise can be minimized and the floor surface will be smooth.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a flooring element of the present invention in which the surface plate part is a right-angled isosceles triangle, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the flooring element of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of the flooring element of FIG. 2, and FIG. FIGS. 5 to 8 are schematic plan views of specific embodiments of the fitting means provided on the flooring element, and FIGS. 9 to 11 are perspective views of other embodiments of the fitting means, and FIGS. 12 to 15 are schematic plan views showing how the flooring elements are connected, and FIG. 16 is a schematic plan view showing the state in which the flooring material of the present invention is installed. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Floor material element, 2... Slit, 3... Joining means, 4... Surface board part, 5... Side part, 6.7...
・Fitting means, 8...Male part, 9...Female part, 10.
... Reinforcement part, 11... Flooring element, 12... Cushioning material, 13... Notch, 14... Lid element, 15... Cushioning material, 16... Wiring, 17... Auxiliary leg, 18... Vertical part, I9... Finished flooring. Patent applicant Toyo Linoleum Co., Ltd. and one other person
Attorney: Patent Attorney Aoyama Haka (1 person) WJ5 Figure 7 Figure 6 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 14 Figure 13 Figure 15 Procedural amendment 1. Display of the case 1990 Patent Application No. 103959 2, Name of the invention Flooring elements and flooring 3, Person making the amendment Relationship to the case Patent applicant 4, Substitution 6゜7゜ Voluntary subject of amendment Delegation Contents of drawing amendments

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A polygonal face plate portion, a side portion existing at the outer edge of the face plate and substantially perpendicular to the face plate portion, and a reinforcing portion extending from the side portion with or without a reinforcing portion therebetween. Flooring element with outwardly projecting engagement means. 2. A flooring element constructed by combining at least two flooring elements according to claim 1. 3. A flooring comprising the flooring element according to claim 1 or 2 and a lid element capable of covering a groove formed by the flooring element.