CA2020291A1 - Device for forming the transition between two adjacent floor coverings of different heights - Google Patents

Device for forming the transition between two adjacent floor coverings of different heights

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CA2020291A1
CA2020291A1 CA002020291A CA2020291A CA2020291A1 CA 2020291 A1 CA2020291 A1 CA 2020291A1 CA 002020291 A CA002020291 A CA 002020291A CA 2020291 A CA2020291 A CA 2020291A CA 2020291 A1 CA2020291 A1 CA 2020291A1
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Werner Schluter
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F19/00Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F19/02Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves
    • E04F19/06Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements
    • E04F19/061Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements used to finish off an edge or corner of a wall or floor covering area

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Abstract

A DEVICE FOR FORMING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN
TWO ADJACENT FLOOR COVERINGS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A device for forming a transition bridge be-tween two adjacent floor coverings of different heights is proposed, in which an end shank is molded onto an attachment shank to be installed under the floor covering of greater height, at an approximately right angle. This end shank is connected with a transition shank which is angled down from the horizontal at an angle of 20° - 45°
and supports itself. This device is a single-piece unitary construction with an attachment shank provided with passages, which are preferably less than 1.5 mm thick, and with a transition shank molded onto one side of the end shank. Shank has a contact section for the adjacent floor covering of lesser height, at its outer end.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

l. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a device for forming a transition or bridge between two adjacent floor coverings of different heights, in which an end shànk is molded onto an attachment shank to be installed under a floor covering, at an approximately right angle, which end shank is connected with a transition shank which is ;;-angled down at an angle of 20 to 45~, and supports itself. ~;~
2. The Prior Art -~
A device such as a removable bridging profile :: ~, ;~ for f100r joints, is known from DE-GM 87 17 225. It consiuts of an L-shaped basic profile, the attachment -- ;
shank of which is installed in the parquet floor cover~
ing, wh1ch has been applropriately hollowed out. There is ~; -- . -also the transition profile which has approximately a T-shaped crosu-section and is applied and attached to the end shank, which is molded onto the attachment shank at a righe angle. The two stay sections of the T can be bent downward, with the inner stay section covering the edge ~uection of the parquet floor. The outer stay section forming a transition shank rests on the other adjacent floor covering with its end. The base for the parquet ~ ` 202029~ :

floor is at the height of the adjacent floor covering in -~
this case. Such a device is therefore only suitable for forming the transition from a higher floor covering to the base, since the transition shank only forms a bridge, and not an end section for another adjacent floor cover-ing. It is also disadvantageous that such a device ;~
consists of two pieces and that the basic profile has to be placed onto the base with additional means of attach~

ment.
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In the renovation of old buildings and in remodeling, the problem often occurs that floor sections ~
covered with ceramic tile are directly adjacent to other ~ ;
floor sections, which might be covered with a carpet or ~ ' with a plastic material, for example. The heights of the adjacent floor coverings are therefore different, so that a step is formed in this adjacent area. Frequently it is not possible or not desirable to raise the existing floor ~-ar~a with the lower flqor covering;. ~ ;~

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In order to support the edge step at the cera-mic tile area and to protect it, it is known from DE-GM
7S 19 945 to lay an angled profile under the ceramic tiles which are at the edge, with an attachment shank provided with passages, which is less than 1.5 mm thick.

Approximately perpendicular to this attachment shank, ., . , . i .. ... ....... ~,,, . " .. , .. . ,. ,. ., . ..... ., .. .... .: . . , .. . . . . , .. ., .,: .. .~ . - .

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there is an end shank molded on, which forms an aligned edge for the ceramic tiles. When there is a lower floor ~-covering, for example a carpet covering, such an angle profile is arranged at the carpet edge with the outside ~ -of its end shank. Then the ceramic tile of the adjacent :' floor section is applied from the inside of the end shank. This causes an undesirable step between the lower carpet covering and the adjacent ceramic tile covering in ;
the area of the built-in angle profile.

SVMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the invention is to provide a device for forming a transition or bridge between a ceramic tile covering and an adjacent, different floor ~;
covering with a different height, which can be attached ~ ~
' -" ' '' .: '. ' in simple manner and covers the frontal ends of both ~
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floor coverings.
: , . -The device according to the invention is formedpreferably by a single-piece profile constructed as a unitary bridge made of metal or plastic, which can be applied and attached under ceramic tiles with an attach-ment shank, in simple manner, without additional height being required for this. The clear height of the end shank corresponds to the height of the ceramic tile.

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From the other side, the adjacent floor covering is applied, and it also ends in alignment with the contact ~ ;
section of the transition bridge shank. The transition bridge shank itself forms the gradual transition, without a step, from the lower floor covering to the higher floor covering. This avoids having a step.

In order to achieve sufficient strength for the ~, :
molded transition bridge shank, a supporting shank, preferably with a T-shaped cross-section, can be molded ~-~
onto it at the bottom. In addition, an attachment stay facing towards the inside can be molded on at the lower end of the contact section, which also acts as a suppoFt ~ ;
and serves to keep the adhesive or mortar in place. ~

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In a further embodiment, a widened section can be molded on, approximately parallel to the attachment .
shank, which improves the formation of a joint to be ;
filled with morta,r or adhesive, and thereby improves the ; edge protection for the ceramic tile.

The above objects are accomplished in accor-dance with the present invention by providing a device . .
for forming a transition bridge between two adjacent floor coverings with one floor covering of a greater height and the other floor covering of a lesser height - 4 - ;

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comprising an end shank having an upper end and a lower end, an attachment shank molded at an approximately right angle onto the lower end of said end shank, and in~
stallable under the floor covering of greater height, a transition shank having a first end and a second end with :~
the first end molded to said upper end of said end shank . .~
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and angled downwardly from the horizontal at an angle of ~
20 - 45 and being self-supporting; said attachment . . :
shank provided with passages; a contact section having an upper end attached to the second end of the transition shank: and said contact section having an outer end for placement adjacent to the floor covering of lesser ~.
heights; and said device being a single piece bridge of - .
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unitary construction. ::~

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS ~;

Other objects and features of the present invention will beco;me.apparent from the following detail-d description considered in connection with the accom- - .
panying drawing which discloses one embodiment of the : present invention. It should be understood, however, ~::
that the drawing is designed for the purpose of illustra-tion only and not as a definition of the limits of the nventlon.

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In the drawing wherein similar reference cha-racters denote similar elements throughout the several -;~
views:

FIG. 1 shows a cross section of the bridge installed between two floor coverings having different heights; and FIG. 2 shows a front view of the bridge of Fig. 1.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT ~ `
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Turning now in detail to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a smooth floor 1, for example with a plaster : ~ : ' finish, having a transition means or bridge 4 being ~: :
fo~m-d between a carpet covering 2 and a ceramic tile floor covering 3. The bridge 4 forms the transition, ~ , without there belng a step. This bridge has an attach-ment~shank 41 positioned under the ceramic tiles 3. The , ~ --; .

attachment shank is held firmly and is fixed in its location by means of a thin layer of adhesive 5. The ~: :
part of this bridge 4 which extends towards the outside i8 also attached with correspondingly applied adhesive 5 such as mortar, which can be wedged into position behind ~ . :.
the attachment stay 432 and the supporting shank 433.

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As can be seen from FIG. 2, the attachment shank 41, which can be less than 1.5 mm thick and is provided with passages 411, serves to attach the bridge 4 under the ceramic tiles. Its end shank 42, which stands at an approximately right angle to the attachment shank 41, and is adapted to the height of the ceramic tile 3 to be finished, protects the frontal edge of the ceramic tile after installation. Facing towards the inside, a widened section 421 is provided at the upper end of this end shank 42. Facing towards the outside is the transi-tion shank 43, which is molded onto the end shank 42.
Transition shank 43 is downwardly inclined at an angle A
of 20 to 45, and preferably 30. Angle A is defined as the angle between the transition shank 43 and the hori-zontal line H that passes through widened section 421.

The outer end of this transition shank isformed by the contact secti`on 431, which is apprQximately perpendicular to the attachment shank 41. The contact section 431 continues on as an angled attachment stay 432 facing towards the inside of the device. To enable the transition shank 43 to carry a heavy weight, there is~ -also provided a supporting shank 433 with an approximate- ; ` -ly inverted T-shaped cross-section. Shank 433 is molded onto the bottom surface 438 of shank 43 approximately at .~ ~

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the center of the bottom of the transition shank 43. The bottom of the attachment shank 41, the bottom of the supporting shank 433, and the bottom of the attachment stay 432 are all in the same plane. ~
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If the transition bridge device is to be made .
from plastic, then it can be manufactured, for example, -~
from either thermoplastic or thermosetting material by the injection molding of plastic powder. ~,~

,, If the transition bridge device is to be made from metal, then it can be manufactured, for example, by molten metal casting, or by extrusion through a die.

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~ While only a single embodiment of the present . . .
lnvention has been shown and described, it is to be ~` understood that many changes and modifications may be : made thereunto without departing from the spirit and :-. scope of the inventionlas defined .in the appended claims.

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Claims (4)

1. A device for forming a transition bridge between two adjacent floor coverings with one floor covering of a greater height and the other floor covering of a lesser height comprising:

an end shank having an upper end and a lower end;

an attachment shank molded at an ap-proximately right angle onto the lower end of said end shank, and installable under the floor covering of great-er height, said attachment shank provided with passages;

a transition shank having a first end and a second end with the first end molded to said upper end of said end shank and angled downwardly from the horizon-tal at an angle of 20' - 45°, and said transition shank being self-supporting;

a contact section having an upper end attached to the second end of the transition shank, said contact section having an outer end for placement ad-jacent to the floor covering of lesser height; and said device being a single piece bridge of unitary construction;
2. A device according to Claim 1, wherein the contact section has a lower end;

an attachment stay molded on at the lower end of the contact section;

said attachment stay being arranged per-pendicular to said end shank; and said attachment stay facing towards the inside of the device.
3. A device according to Claim 1, wherein said transition shank has a bottom surface;

a supporting shank molded onto the bottom surface of the transition shank; and said supporting shank having an inverted T=shaped cross-section.
4. A device according to Claim 1, further comprising a widened section molded on at the upper end of the end shank; and said widened section being approximately parallel to said attachment shank.
CA002020291A 1989-07-12 1990-07-03 Device for forming the transition between two adjacent floor coverings of different heights Abandoned CA2020291A1 (en)

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DE3922927A DE3922927A1 (en) 1989-07-12 1989-07-12 ANGLE PROFILE FOR TRAINING A TRANSITION BETWEEN TWO FLOOR COVERINGS
DEP3922927.0 1989-07-12

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