CN100540821C

CN100540821C - Floor system with large floor pattern

Info

Publication number: CN100540821C
Application number: CNB2006800145729A
Authority: CN
Inventors: V·萨巴特; E·C·加西亚
Original assignee: FAUS GROUP Inc
Current assignee: FAUS GROUP Inc
Priority date: 2005-02-28
Filing date: 2006-02-28
Publication date: 2009-09-16
Anticipated expiration: 2026-02-28
Also published as: KR20070118611A; HK1117580A1; RU2406810C2; WO2006123245A2; KR100980703B1; WO2006123245A3; CN101166877A; EP1861563A2; JP2008538131A; MX2007010540A; CA2597133A1; BRPI0607068A2; AU2006248643A1; US20060191222A1; RU2007135873A

Abstract

A kind of laminate flooring plank (60), comprise decorative pattern (G), mechanical discharge printing aligned surfaces texture (A, B, C, D), depression periphery and locking mechanism (J).By edge the part decorative pattern is set, and places identical plank adjacent to each other with vertical direction, can form greater than the monolithic plank and stride across the length of polylith plank and the floor pattern in the cycle of width by along continuous straight runs along the floor plank.

Description

Floor system with large floor pattern

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of laminate material.More specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of floor system of laminate material of interlocking, described laminate material has decorative pattern and aligns the surface texture of its decorative pattern machinery discharge printing.

Background technology

Because its look and feel, traditional architecture and decorative floor material are user's first-selection as meticulous timber, slabstone, granite, stone material, floor tile and concrete.But the production of these traditional architectures and decorative floor material and installation are comparatively expensive.For example, though wooden floor has noble magnificent outward appearance, it is surprisingly expensive that required material in this floor and manpower are installed.

A lot of alternatives of traditional architecture and decorative floor material occurred, comprised laminate, for example high-pressure laminated plate (HPL), contact laminating plate (DPL) and laminated continuous sheet (CPL).But these alternatives do not have the outward appearance true to nature and the texture of traditional architecture and decorative floor material usually.For example, the most of alternatives with timber figure external surface look be copy and be characterized as other materials rather than real logs easily.And, though visually looking, high-quality HPL, DPL or CPL floor look like timber, it is not timber that its texture exposes them easily.

A problem of most of alternatives of traditional architecture and decorative floor material is that the surface texture of this alternative and its decorative pattern are not complementary.For example, the visual depiction of knaur and the surface texture feature of knaur are not complementary in panel material alternatively.Therefore greatly reduced the attraction of these substitution material.

Be used to make the surface texture of panel material alternatively and a kind of method that its decorative pattern is complementary to comprise the technology of known chemical discharge printing.In chemical discharge printing, the surface texture of substitution material is to produce by ink that forms decorative pattern and the reagent chemical reaction that adds sub-surface layer to.Though this to a certain degree is being successful, the surface texture that obtains lacks the texture acutance and the three-dimensional feature of traditional material.

As a kind of alternative of traditional architecture and decorative floor material, laminate material can carry out mechanical discharge printing to produce surface texture.For example, referring to U.S. Patent application 09/903807 and United States Patent (USP) 6401415, the two is combined in this by reference.These methods obtain having the discharge printing alignment laminate material of decorative pattern and coupling high-quality three-D grain.Discharge printing alignment lamination material require accurately align mechanical discharge printing and decorative pattern.An advantage of discharge printing alignment laminate material is the look and feel of their energy actual reproduction traditional products.

No matter use the floor system of which kind of type, floor system must move to the workplace easily, installs easily and apace simultaneously.For this reason, should have assembling and locking mechanism in the floor system, thereby be convenient to on-the-spot the installation.A kind of assembling is the tongue-and-groove system that is used to be connected panel with locking mechanism.Be understandable that, disclose this tongue-and-groove system in the United States Patent (USP) 2057135 of Cherry and the United States Patent (USP) 2046593 of Urbain.For example, Fig. 1 can be used to explain the tongue-and-groove system 11 that uses clip 12 that panel is fixed together.

The United States Patent (USP) 3946529 of Chevaux discloses another kind of assembling and locking mechanism, and wherein floor system 13 seemingly utilizes the tongue-and-groove system that is positioned at underfloor and connects, referring to Fig. 2.

The United States Patent (USP) 5295341 of Kajiwara discloses another kind of assembling and locking mechanism.In this mechanism, laminate has the snap-system as the chase mortise joint as can be known.Therefore, can be without glue assembled layers pressing plate.Referring to Fig. 3, it is the locking mechanism of form that laminate has with trough connection 16 and joggle 18.Trough connection 16 has outstanding forward groove 20, and tenon 18 has the

sidewall

22 and 24 of a pair of bifurcated forward that is separated by elongated slot 26.Described sidewall comprises back locking face 28 and 36.Described sidewall can be pressed to together to form locking.

United States Patent (USP) 6101778 to disclose another kind be the assembling and the locking mechanism of click joint.As shown in Figure 4, be understandable that laminate has the locking mechanism of groove 6 and tenon 7 formations, form the tongue-and-groove assembling.Groove 6 and tenon 7 are made by waterproofing materials, and are interlocked by the part 9 of inserting slit 4.

Though it is useful that above-mentioned assembling and locking mechanism had proved already, they are not used for discharge printing aligned layer pressing system as yet, and in this discharge printing aligned layer pressing system, discharge printing alignment decorative pattern or figure stride across the joint between each discharge printing aligned layer pressing plate and align.This obviously impairs the vision and the texture impression of the system that is made of discharge printing aligned layer pressing plate.Therefore, a kind of vision and textured pattern stride across joint to keep the new discharge printing aligned layer pressing system of discharge printing alignment feature simultaneously will be useful.Even more useful be, the discharge printing aligned layer pressing system that constitutes by the discharge printing aligned layer pressing plate of interlocking, wherein vision and textured pattern stride across joint and keep the discharge printing alignment feature simultaneously.

And above-mentioned floor system has relatively low abrasion resistance.Though do not want to be fettered by any particular theory, it is neighbouring and/or along the tongue-and-groove line that supposition premature aging (wearing and tearing) starts from periphery edge or its.Above-mentioned floor system has very flat (level) surface texture, like this, contacts to the center of every panel and peripheral equal extent user (for example, pedestrian).But the periphery of every panel is the center weakness of ratio panels in fact, therefore at first damages.

In addition, not long usually decorative pattern or the design of floor system than plank length.For example, in being designed for the floor system that reproduces the wood flooring with timber striped, timber candy strip length is generally equal to or is shorter than the length of monolithic plank.This needs in the floor system of prior art, because it does not need the erector at the plank of planning more than one on the plank of having installed.

Therefore, need a kind of available method that substitutes construction or ornament materials of making, make alternative have true the look and feel of traditional product, and improve the ability of anti-too early wearing and tearing, and keep the plank that uses minimum number, still can obtain design configuration or the pattern elements of length simultaneously greater than the monolithic plank.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the present invention is conceived to a kind of discharge printing alignment floor system, and this system can avoid one or more problems of causing owing to the limitation of prior art or shortcoming substantially.

Advantage of the present invention provides a kind of discharge printing alignment floor system, this discharge printing alignment floor system comprises the floor plank that monolithic is adjacent, described floor plank has discharge printing alignment decorative pattern, wherein at least one surface texture and decorative pattern alignment substantially between adjacent floor plank.

Another advantage of the present invention provides a kind of discharge printing alignment floor system, this discharge printing alignment floor system comprises the floor plank of interlocking, described floor plank has discharge printing alignment decorative pattern, wherein at least one surface texture and decorative pattern alignment substantially between the plank of adjacent floor, like this, the floor plank that strides across interlocking forms continuous substantially discharge printing alignment pattern.

Another advantage of the present invention provides a kind of discharge printing alignment floor system, for example, described discharge printing alignment floor system can comprise the floor plank, wherein the periphery surface of every monolithic floor plank can be recessed, like this, the upper surface of the periphery of described floor plank be lower than by this periphery around a part of upper surface of floor plank.

Another advantage of the present invention provides a kind of plank, and this plank comprises: a plurality of sides that limit periphery; A plurality of third edge pattern that at least one first of close described periphery is provided with, at least two of wherein said a plurality of third edge pattern are basic identical; And at least one big pattern of at least one second portion setting of the also close described periphery of contiguous described a plurality of third edge pattern, wherein at least one is than pattern and third edge pattern adjacent than big pattern with at least one form continuous substantially pattern greatly.

Another advantage of the present invention provides a kind of floor system, and this floor system comprises that wherein every plank comprises along predetermined direction at least two planks adjacent one another are: a plurality of sides that limit periphery; A plurality of third edge pattern that at least one first of close described periphery is provided with, at least two of wherein said a plurality of third edge pattern are basic identical; And at least one big pattern of at least one second portion setting of the also close described periphery of contiguous described a plurality of third edge pattern, wherein at least one is than pattern and third edge pattern adjacent than big pattern with at least one form continuous substantially pattern greatly; The third edge pattern of at least two planks described here forms continuous substantially pattern.

Another advantage of the present invention provides a kind of floor panel, and this floor panel comprises: a plurality of sides that limit periphery; The surface that has decorative pattern above, described decorative pattern comprises at least two third edge pattern adjacent with each side of described panel, with at least one inner at described panel and adjacent big pattern with the third edge pattern of each side, wherein, identical with third edge pattern substantially along at least one third edge pattern of a side along the correspondence position of relative side; And wherein, different along at least a portion decorative pattern of a side with decorative pattern along the counterpart of relative side.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will provide in the following description, and part will be apparent from describe, and perhaps can know by implementing the present invention.These and other advantage of the present invention can realize by the structure that particularly points out in written manual and claim and the accompanying drawing and reach.

Be understandable that top generality is described and following detailed all is exemplary with indicative, be used to the further explanation that the invention provides that claim limits.

Description of drawings

Here the accompanying drawing that comprises is for the invention provides further understanding, and is combined in a part that constitutes manual in the manual of the present invention.Described accompanying drawing diagram expression embodiments of the present invention are used from explanation principle of the present invention with manual one.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 represents a kind of assembling and locking mechanism of prior art;

Fig. 2 represents the assembling and the locking mechanism of another kind of prior art;

Fig. 3 represents the assembling and the locking mechanism of another prior art;

Fig. 4 represents the assembling and the locking mechanism of another prior art;

Fig. 5 represents the phantom drawing of the parts of the alignment of discharge printing in accordance with the principles of the present invention floor plank;

Fig. 6 represents to make the forcing press of the alignment of discharge printing in accordance with the principles of the present invention floor plank;

Fig. 7 represents the discharge printing alignment floor plank according to one aspect of the invention;

Fig. 8 represents the top view of discharge printing alignment floor plank system according to a further aspect of the present invention;

Fig. 9 represents along the sectional view of line 9-9 shown in Figure 8;

Figure 10 represents the top view of the discharge printing alignment floor plank system of another aspect according to the present invention;

Figure 11 represents along the sectional view of line 11-11 shown in Figure 10;

Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B represent to comprise the schematic diagram of the periphery surface part of floor plank in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

Figure 13 A and Figure 13 B represent the floor system of another aspect according to the present invention;

Figure 14 A-Figure 14 C represents the typical plank of floor system according to a further aspect of the present invention;

Figure 15 A-Figure 15 E represents to form on the plank of floor according to the principle of the invention typical method of pattern;

Figure 16 represents to form on the plank of floor according to the principle of the invention typical method of pattern;

Figure 17 represents to form on the plank of floor according to the principle of the invention typical method of pattern;

Figure 18 represents to form on the plank of floor according to the principle of the invention typical method of pattern;

Figure 19 represents to form on the plank of floor according to the principle of the invention typical method of pattern;

Figure 20 represents to form on the plank of floor according to the principle of the invention typical method of pattern;

Figure 21 represents to form on the plank of floor according to the principle of the invention typical method of pattern; And

Figure 22 A-Figure 22 D represents to form on the plank of floor according to the principle of the invention typical method of pattern.

The specific embodiment

Below will be in detail with reference to embodiments of the present invention, the embodiment of embodiment represents in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 5 generally represents the parts of floor plank in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 5, for example, discharge printing alignment floor system can comprise at least one floor plank.In one aspect of the invention; every floor plank can comprise: the plate substrate of being made by matrix material 40 (for example; middle density or high density fiberboard, shaving board etc.); be impregnated with predetermined resin and be arranged on above the plate substrate 40 and/or the following bottom of one deck at least 48 (for example; layers of kraft paper); be arranged on the described plate substrate and be impregnated with polymerizing resin (phenols for example; as melamine) decorative paper layer 44 that about 0.15mm is thick, and be arranged on the protective surface of one deck at least layer 46 on the described decorative paper layer 44.In one aspect of the invention, every layer of protection surface layer 46 can contain corundum (Al by being impregnated with ₂O ₃), the high abrasion paper of the melamine solution of quartz etc. makes.In another aspect of the present invention, can between decorative paper layer 44 and plate substrate 40, different paper be set.In one aspect of the invention, one deck protective surface layer 46 and bottom 48 can be impregnated with resin at least.In another aspect of the present invention, be used to flood the resin of one deck protective surface layer 46 and bottom 48 at least, can be different with the melmac that is used for dipping decorative paper layer 44.

In one aspect of the invention, the floor plank in the floor system can be by manufacturings such as essentially identical paper, resins.For example, the floor plank in the floor system can use the paper manufacturing of being made by essentially identical paper fiber (for example, having essentially identical content of ashes, color and direction) on identical paper machine.In addition, the floor plank in the floor system can use and result from the paper manufacturing of making adjacent part independent on the reel.All that can use when the floor plank in making floor system are above-mentioned with lateral then, guarantee that the paper of dipping always has essentially identical final size in compacting with after solidifying.In one aspect of the invention, the paper warehouse that is used for making the floor plank of floor system can be controlled, thereby keeps storing time, the temperature and humidity of paper, so that the flooring wood board size is stable.In another aspect of the present invention, the floor plank in the floor system can use the cellulose cream manufacturing of being made by same manufacturer.In another aspect of the present invention, the floor plank in the floor system can use the resin manufacture of being made by same manufacturer.In another aspect of the present invention, resin can contain the powder that results from basic identical source, has essentially identical chemistry and physical property, and mixes in same reactor.In addition, the floor plank in the floor system can use the resin that contains the constant solid content of basic fixed to make.All the above-mentioned resin service regeulations that can use in making the floor plank guarantee that the paper of dipping always has essentially identical final size in compacting with after solidifying.In another aspect of the present invention, the every floor plank in the floor system can use essentially identical dipping method and make.For example, when each paper was immersed melmac, described paper can experience constant uniform melamine load.In addition, the belt tension of impregnator and swing should accurately be controlled, because they can influence the degree of each paper impregnating resin.

According to principle of the present invention, above-mentioned each layer and base material can manufacture the discharge printing alignment floor system of the floor plank that comprises many interlockings.In order to make this floor system, can the working pressure machine, forcing press for example shown in Figure 6, the every floor plank that aligns with decorative pattern on being arranged on decorative paper layer 44 with discharge printing mechanically.

Referring to Fig. 6, for example, forcing press can comprise base plate 42, roof pressure head 54 and top board 56.In one aspect of the invention, top board can comprise discharge printing pattern (for example, three-D grain surface).Therefore, for example, the discharge printing pattern can comprise protrusion ridge, point, depression of any design that can align with the decorative pattern on being formed on decorative paper layer 44 etc.

According to principle of the present invention, be arranged on the plate substrate 40 decorative paper layer 44 relatively the discharge printing pattern of top board accurately locate so that obtain discharge printing alignment floor plank.In one aspect of the invention, be in pressure following time, must guarantee aliging between pressing plate discharge printing pattern and the decorative pattern when forcing press is in latched position and described plate.Required control degree can change according to the type of used decorative pattern.For example, compare with the aliging of grain of wood discharge printing alignment pattern of unjustified adjacent floor plank, the alignment that makes grain of wood discharge printing alignment pattern stride across adjacent discharge printing alignment floor plank needs higher degree.

By in the milling process, the periphery of plate substrate 40 being removed 2 to 3mm material on every side, thereby (for example produce several datums, panel edges) and plate substrate, can realize aliging between the discharge printing pattern on decorative pattern and the top board 56 on the decorative paper layer 44 with accurate controlling dimension.Then, the dipping decorative paper layer 44 of external dimensions than plate substrate 40 little 8 or 10mm is arranged on the plate substrate 40.In one aspect of the invention, utilize panel edges, the decorative paper layer 44 of dipping can be arranged on the plate substrate 40 as registration mechanism.In one aspect of the invention, alignment mark can be arranged on the plate substrate 40, and can align with the alignment mark on being arranged on decorative paper layer 44.

In one aspect of the invention, decorative paper layer 44 can be connected on the plate substrate 40 by static.After they connect, decorative paper layer 44 and plate substrate 40 are contained on the carriage input pressure machine.Static can prevent substantially that decorative paper layer 44 from plate substrate 40 accidental moving being taken place during with movement of bracket.In one aspect of the invention, carriage can stop before just entering forcing press, and like this, decorative paper layer 44 can accurately be arranged on the plate substrate 40, for example, used tweezers (not shown).In another aspect of the present invention, tweezers can be used for decorative paper layer 44 accurately is arranged on plate substrate 40 on the lower platen.In one aspect of the invention, decorative paper layer 44, at least one deck protective surface layer 46 and optionally bottom 48 can before entering forcing press, be arranged on the plate substrate 40.After decorative paper layer 44 is arranged on the plate substrate 40, carriage can be shifted out forcing press.Then, alignment makes align substantially discharge printing pattern in the top board 56 of decorative paper layer 44/ plate substrate 40 systems.After finishing alignment, can the starting pressure machine.

In one aspect of the invention, be arranged in the forcing press, and after the alignment discharge printing pattern, can suppress each layer and base material and solidify preset time,, generate extremely hard and wear-resisting floor plank up to resin solidification at parts shown in Figure 5.For example, after inserting the forcing press and the discharge printing pattern that aligns, plate substrate 40, decorative paper layer 44, protection surface layer 46 and optional bottom 48 can heat under 160-220 ℃ temperature, and at 20-40kg/cm ²Pressure under be compressed on and keep 20 to 60 seconds together.Therefore, roof pressure head 54 is pressed into the discharge printing pattern of top board 56 in the structure of decorative paper layer 44 and plate substrate 40.The above-mentioned heating that applies and the combination of pressurization fuse together decorative paper layer 44 and plate substrate 40.Alignment guarantees the discharge printing pattern in the decorative paper layer 44 basic alignment top boards 56.Therefore, the melmac in each layer can be solidified, and the plank of discharge printing alignment can be obtained.

In one aspect of the invention, can make the hole in the fusion element minimum by slow cured resin (for example, melamine).Therefore, along with the reduction of operating temperature, the press time of each layer in forcing press prolongs.In another aspect of the present invention, when pressing plate 56 was heated to about 160-220 ℃, included discharge printing pattern can expand in the pressing plate.Therefore, the discharge printing pattern on the pressing plate 56 can be designed as the expansion of compensating pattern.Therefore, the size of discharge printing pattern can be designed as, and when the resin solidification in the parts of Fig. 5, the size of discharge printing pattern corresponds essentially to the design of decorative pattern.

According to principle of the present invention, the surface texture of mechanical discharge printing can be given each floor plank with decorative pattern.In one aspect of the invention, the surface texture of the mechanical discharge printing decorative pattern that can align.Therefore, can make the floor plank of discharge printing alignment.In another aspect of the present invention, a plurality of discharge printing alignment floor plank can be bonded together, to form discharge printing alignment floor system.In another aspect of this invention, at least a portion discharge printing alignment pattern of adjacent floor plank can be in alignment with each other substantially, thereby strides across floor plank adjacent in the floor system, forms continuous substantially discharge printing alignment pattern.

Though above-mentioned discharge printing alignment schemes is suitable for the dark discharge printing surface texture less than about 0.2mm, darker surface texture has problem.For example, can produce the discharge printing pattern than the deep surface texture, need relatively large pressing plate projection, the easy destruction of this pressing plate projection is in the uniformity of the pressure on whole plate surface.This pressure oscillation will cause the distortion of final products.In one aspect of the invention, by need plate substrate 40 being hollowed out, can form dark discharge printing surface texture greater than about 0.2mm than the position of deep surface texture.In one aspect of the invention, hollowing out process can be before milling plate substrate 40 periphery as mentioned above, carry out in the process or afterwards.In another aspect of the present invention, panel edges can be used for the border of the cut-out of location-plate base material 40.

Referring to Fig. 7, can optionally include protective lining layer 50 in a side according to the discharge printing of above-mentioned process manufacturing alignment floor plank 60.The surface texture of machinery discharge printing aligns with the decorative pattern 68 of decorative paper layer 44.By alignment, this means align the substantially decorative pattern of decorative paper layer 44 of discharge printing surface texture.By the floor plank of discharge printing alignment is provided, each floor plank can have the true reappearance of natural materials.Though decorative pattern shown in Figure 7 reflects the image and the material of the grain of wood truly, be understandable that, also can produce other discharge printing alignment design, for example ceramic wafer, concrete, marbles etc.

According to principle of the present invention, for example, every floor plank can comprise at least one locking mechanism.

In one aspect of the invention, be formed at the discharge printing pattern before the surface of the plate substrate 40 that aligns with decorative pattern, described locking mechanism can be combined in the plate substrate 40.Therefore, locking mechanism can be manufactured in each plate substrate 40.Then, locking mechanism can be used for each plate substrate is linked together, and forms wood panel construction.Wood panel construction can be inserted in the forcing press 54 then.After parts that the discharge printing pattern forms and fuses fuse together, from forcing press 54, take out wood panel construction on wood panel construction.Then, by opening locking mechanism, thereby separately fuse discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 in the wood panel construction.In one aspect of the invention, can use cutting tool, to help separation and to guarantee that decorative pattern can not damage.

In another aspect of the present invention, after the discharge printing pattern was formed on the surface of the plate substrate 40 that aligns with decorative pattern, locking mechanism can be combined in the plate substrate 40.Therefore, the plate substrate 40 that forcing press 54 can the discharge printing large-size, for example 4 ' * 8 '.Then, the discharge printing alignment base material that obtains can be cut into the independent discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 of polylith.In one aspect of the invention, the edge of each piece discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 can have smooth edge and accurate dimension.In one aspect of the invention, can use instruments such as forming tool, milling cutter, cutting tool, cutting off tool to carry out cutting.In one aspect of the invention, plate substrate can cut by forcing press.Therefore, plate substrate 40 can cut into the assembly of elements (for example, lath) with following size: for example, and 300 * 300mm, 400 * 400mm, 600 * 600mm, 1200 * 300mm, 1200 * 400mm etc.Then, locking mechanism can be combined in each piece discharge printing alignment floor plank 60.In one aspect of the invention, locking mechanism can be hidden in below the surface of floor plank, and perhaps described locking mechanism is visible.

According to principle of the present invention,, locking mechanism can be combined in each piece discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 by with at least one the alignment milling cutter in panel edges, alignment mark, decorative pattern and the floor plank surface texture.By any above-mentioned alignment feature that milling cutter is alignd, just can be with the latch mechanism milling in plate substrate 40 sides, like this, when floor plank 60 is bonded together, at least a portion decorative pattern strides across adjacent floor plank and forms continuous pattern, and at least a portion discharge printing alignment pattern forms continuous substantially surface texture.

According to principle of the present invention, discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 can comprise locking mechanism 64 (as in tongue-and-groove locking system, the snap-lock system etc. at least one), and described locking system 60 extends along all four sides of described discharge printing aligned layer pressing plate 60.For example, the snap-lock system can be increased to discharge printing alignment plank 60 all four sides, floor, and be used for polylith discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 is connected to discharge printing alignment floor system 300 (as shown in Figure 8).The desired structure of discharge printing alignment floor system can be depended in the quantity of locking mechanism and position.For example, when discharge printing alignment floor system adjoining angle, only need two locking mechanisms (along the side).

Referring to Fig. 8, for example, discharge printing alignment floor plank A and B can comprise the locking mechanism of along four sides (for example, along connecting J1, J2, J3 and J4).For example, discharge printing alignment floor plank C and D can comprise along four sides the locking mechanism of (for example, being connected with not shown another along connecting J1, J2, J3).

The discharge printing alignment floor plank that comprises above-mentioned locking mechanism can use glue or not use the glue strong bonded together, forms discharge printing aligned layer pressing system 300.Polylith discharge printing alignment floor plank can link together, and obtains floor, bed board of any required form or the like.Discharge printing alignment floor plank can be connected to each other, thus being in alignment with each other substantially to small part discharge printing alignment pattern of adjacent floor plank, and stride across the floor plank in the floor system and form basic continuous images and discharge printing surface texture.

Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 are illustrated in the typical discharge printing alignment floor system 300 that has a kind of locking mechanism on the every independent discharge printing alignment floor plank 60.Fig. 9 represents to comprise the typical discharge printing alignment floor system of the floor plank with occlusal pattern tongue-and-groove locking mechanism.In one aspect of the invention, occlusal pattern tongue-and-groove locking mechanism can be combined in the sidewall of every discharge printing aligned layer pressing plate 60, thereby the discharge printing alignment pattern that guarantees adjacent floor plank is in alignment with each other substantially, and is continuous substantially in floor system.

The sectional view of Fig. 9 presentation graphs 8 9-9 interceptings along the line.As shown in the figure, the manufacturing of locking mechanism can form groove 230, tenon 200, ditch 210 and lip 220 by the edge along discharge printing alignment floor plank 60.The locking mechanism of discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 can link together by the groove 230 that tenon 200 is inserted adjacent discharge printing alignment floor plank 60.Subsequently, lip 220 is fixed in the ditch 210, thereby adjacent discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 is connected into discharge printing alignment floor system 300.In one aspect of the invention, the discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 that indicates A, B, C and D can use or not use glue to link together.The side that it should be understood that each piece discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 can be in conjunction with the locking mechanism of other type.

Referring again to Fig. 8, for example, every discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 can show discharge printing alignment ceramic wafer figure G1.The ceramic wafer figure can comprise the polylith plate of the square, rectangle, triangle, circle, ellipse, any other shape or the design that are separated by the cement paste line.In one aspect of the invention, the cement width W can be equal substantially in the width of cement paste line Wh, Wv and the plate.When discharge printing alignment floor plank 60 is combined with occlusal pattern tongue-and-groove locking mechanism, be about half of cement width W in the plate at the cement width of the adjacent J1 of connection, J2, J3 and the J4 of every discharge printing laminate A, B, C and D.For example, stride across the cement line that the vertical panel cement width (Wv) that connects J1 comprises discharge printing aligned layer pressing plate A, B, C and D, like this, when discharge printing aligned layer pressing plate A, B, C and D when J1 is connected, vertical cement width (Wv) is substantially equal to W.Therefore, are half of cement width (W) in the plate with being connected the align cement width of floor plank 60 of adjacent any independent discharge printing.In another aspect of the present invention, can controlling level and vertical cement width W h and Wv, thus make it equal cement width W in the plate substantially.But it should be understood that cement width dimensions in the plank of discharge printing alignment floor depends on the type of latch mechanism of institute's combination and the decorative pattern that is showed.

Except the cement line, can use much other decorative patterns in the discharge printing alignment floor system of the present invention.Referring to Figure 10 and Figure 11, for example, can provide the decorative pattern that represents wood grain surface G2, connection J5 and J6 that this decorative pattern strides across adjacent floor plank align substantially.According to the principle of the invention, wood grain pattern generally comprises than the more constituent element of ceramic wafer figure (for example, grain of wood line, knaur 423 etc.), to extend to the periphery of the floor plank that needs alignment.Therefore, generally the cement line part than alignment ceramic wafer figure is difficult more for alignment grain of wood figure.For example, with the align second portion of knaur 423 of first alignment discharge printing alignment floor plank F of knaur 423 of floor plank E of discharge printing, more complicated more than the connection alignment cement line width that strides across adjacent floor plank.Therefore, when making locking mechanism, must consider all graphic elements (for example, grain of wood line and knaur 423), to guarantee discharge printing alignment floor system 400 true to nature.In one aspect of the invention, at least a portion decorative pattern can be used as alignment mark, guarantees the reliable alignment of adjacent floor plank.

In another aspect of the present invention, each the floor plank in the discharge printing alignment floor system 400 can use occlusal pattern mechanical system shown in Figure 11 and link together, and Figure 11 represents the sectional view of Figure 10 11-11 intercepting along the line.And, when making this locking mechanism, use alignment techniques, like this, discharge printing aligned layer pressing system 400 has surface texture surface 425, this grain surface stride across substantially connect J5 and J6 continuous.Optionally, discharge printing aligned layer pressing plate 60 has protection surface layer 70 below bottom 48.

Figure 12 A and Figure 12 B represent the schematic diagram of floor plank in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 12 A and 12B, every discharge printing alignment floor plank is at the upper surface of periphery P, can cave in be lower than the floor plank by described periphery around the upper surface of part.The object O that contacts with the main surperficial Ms of floor plank (for example, user's pin, wheel etc.) generally can not contact peripheral surperficial Ps, because periphery is a sunk surface.In one aspect of the invention, described periphery can comprise a part of floor plank that extends 3.175mm from the flooring wood panel edges to plank center, floor approximately.In another aspect of the present invention, the degree of depth of floor plank periphery surface depression is roughly 0.794mm.In another aspect of the present invention, can not cave in the surface of at least a portion periphery of floor plank, and this will describe with reference to Figure 13 below in more detail.

Therefore, the discharge printing alignment pattern can be arranged on the edge of floor plank, and the discharge printing alignment pattern that forms on the floor plank that can align adjacent, can prevent that the edge of every independent floor plank from wearing and tearing too early simultaneously.

Though expressing each floor plank in the floor system in Fig. 8 and Figure 10 has same size and shape substantially and is connected to each other, make each side of every floor plank only be connected to an adjacent floor plank, but it should be understood that, each floor plank in the floor system can be varying sized (for example, width and/or length) and shape (for example, rectangle, square, triangle, hexagon etc.).In one aspect of the invention, each floor plank can have complementary shape, can be similar to the labyrinth or picture mosaic is assembled.In addition, one aspect of the present invention is designed to, the adjacent floor plank of the contacts side surfaces of each floor plank more than one.

According to principle of the present invention, the floor plank in the floor system can be arranged to, and at least one side of every plank comprises and two at least one sub-panels that other panel is adjacent at least.In another aspect of the present invention, every plank can comprise, and is perhaps whole or partly, at least one sub-panel, and this will be described in greater detail below.

In Figure 13 A, for example, the parton panel 134A of plank 130A can be the sub-panel of the adjacent part sub-panel 136B complementation of plank 130B, and plank 130B is adjacent with plank 130A.For this structure,

parton panel

134A and 136B can make and look and look like a whole sub-panel.

Still referring to Figure 13 A, every plank 130A-F can comprise at least three sub-panels, and wherein at least one sub-panel is a whole sub-panel, and at least two sub-panels are parton panels.For example, 132A is whole sub-panel, and 134A and 136A are the parton panels.

In one aspect of the invention, whole sub-panel 132A can make complete decorative pattern have or not have the discharge printing surface texture, and the discharge printing surface texture can align or not line up decorative pattern.In another aspect of the present invention, that the parton panel 134A of plank and 136A can make is independent, incomplete decorative pattern has or do not have the discharge printing surface texture, and this discharge printing surface texture can align or not line up decorative pattern.In one aspect of the invention, the adjacent part sub-panel of adjacent plank can be complimentary to one another, and like this, they can provide complete substantially decorative pattern and/or surface texture, and look and look like continuous substantially whole sub-panel.In one aspect of the invention, Hu Bu parton panel can have complementary decorative pattern and/or discharge printing surface texture.Therefore, when the complementary portion sub-panel of adjacent plank appropriately aligns, then stride across adjacent complementary portion sub-panel and can form the decorative pattern and/or the discharge printing surface texture of (that is, complete) substantially continuously.In one aspect of the invention, the sub-panel in the plank can comprise or not comprise essentially identical decorative pattern and/or discharge printing surface texture.

Figure 13 B represents the schematic diagram of typical plank 130 as shown in FIG. 13A.

In one aspect of the invention, the part periphery surface of every plank can be in the not complementary position depression of adjacent sub-panel.In another aspect of the present invention, the part periphery surface of every plank can not cave in the position of adjacent sub-panel complementation.Referring to Figure 13 B, the part upper surface of the periphery of every plank 130 " P " (by reference number 138a indication) is compared with the main surface of every plank and can be caved in a little (also can referring to Figure 12 B), thereby prevents the too early wearing and tearing of every plank.In addition, the part upper surface of the periphery of every plank 130 (by reference number 138b indication) can not cave in and the main surface co-planar of basic and sub-panel.Only make the part periphery surface depression of every plank, and this part periphery surface does not exist the decorative pattern and/or the discharge printing surface texture of the parton panel of plank, this allows complementary parton panel to look a part that look like whole sub-panel, and the while can obviously not weakened the overall durability of every plank.Aspect another, the part surface of every plank can be in plank sub-panel position depression adjacent one another are of the present invention.Referring to Figure 13 B, the part upper surface of every plank 130 (by reference number 138c indication), comparing and can cave in a little (can referring to Figure 12 B) with the main surface of every plank, is not the vision and the grain effect of the part of same plank thereby every sub-panel of plank is provided yet.

Figure 14 A-Figure 14 C represents the typical plank of the floor system of another aspect according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 14 A-Figure 14 C, be similar to the plank shown in Figure 13 A and Figure 13 B, the part upper surface of the periphery of every plank 130 " P " (by reference number 138a indication) can be the oblique angle, weares and teares too early to prevent every plank.In addition, the part upper surface of every plank 130 peripheries (by reference number 138b indication) can not be the oblique angle, like this, and the main surface co-planar of the basic and sub-panel of described upper surface.Every plank is tilted at the periphery surface of the position corresponding with the decorative pattern of plank parton panel and/or discharge printing surface texture, allow complementary parton panel to look a part that look like whole sub-panel, the while can obviously not weakened the overall durability of every plank.In another aspect of the present invention, the part surface of every plank can be provided with groove in the sub-panel of plank position adjacent one another are.

Figure 14 B and Figure 14 C represent the sectional view of plank 130 I-I ' along the line and II-II ' intercepting respectively.Referring to Figure 14 B and Figure 14 C, the part upper surface of every plank 130 (by reference number 138c indication) can be formed slopely groove.This groove also can prevent the too early wearing and tearing of every plank.Therefore, this groove provides vision and the grain effect that the sub-panel of plank is separated.In one aspect of the invention, the inclination of 138c can produce and be the groove of V-shaped groove substantially.But, be understandable that described inclination can produce other groove shape (for example U-lag etc.).In one aspect of the invention, every plank 130 can form groove at the oblique angle of periphery surface part 138a between adjacent plank.Therefore, the groove that the oblique angle by 138a between the adjacent plank forms, the groove with the oblique angle by 138c in the plank forms has essentially identical width and shape.

The figure and/or the surface texture that are present in the sunk surface of every plank periphery may or may not correspond to the figure/surface texture of the first type surface that is present in corresponding plank.Therefore, stride across the periphery of any each plank and the surface of inside and can have or not exist continuous substantially figure and/or surface texture.Alignment mark or sign (not shown) can be used for the decorative pattern on the plank that aligns.In one aspect of the invention, discharge printing alignment pattern can be free form or custom design.Be understandable that,, can realize any discharge printing alignment pattern and any decorative pattern substantially by principle of the present invention.In one aspect of the invention, the alignment of plank can realize by perusal when they are linked together.Therefore, can use the decorative pattern of every plank and/or discharge printing surface texture to carry out the alignment of plank 130.Though it is rectangle substantially that the plank shown in Figure 13 A, Figure 13 B and Figure 14 A-Figure 14 C has been illustrated as, but principle of the present invention allows the plank in the floor system (for example to have other shape and size, geometry, free shape etc.) or different or similar size, like this, the floor plank can be assembled according to " picture mosaic " formula layout or Else Rule, half repetition or the random arrangement of panel.In addition, comprise identical sub-panel layout though expressed every plank, the principle of the invention allows the plank in the floor system to have other sub-panel layout (for example, other sub-panel shape, size etc.).Each piece plank in the floor system can be formed by a plate cutting, like this, can't see the connection between the floor plank of floor system.In addition, Figure 13 can use glue or not use glue to be connected with the interior plank of floor system shown in Figure 14.And, though align the substantially decorative pattern of lower floor of discharge printing surface texture has been discussed, be understandable that any discharge printing surface texture can be formed on the plank of the present invention here, and irrelevant with the lower floor decorative pattern.In addition, the decorative pattern of a plank and/or discharge printing surface texture can not line up the decorative pattern and/or the discharge printing surface texture of adjacent plank, even or differ bigger with the decorative pattern and/or the similarity degree of discharge printing surface texture on outward appearance and/or texture of adjacent plank.

According to principle of the present invention, the any above-mentioned decorative pattern and/or the discharge printing surface texture of decorative pattern (being referred to as " pattern " here) discharge printing can or cannot align, can be applied to any above-mentioned plank, by using at least one bulk pattern and at least one third edge pattern to form each plank pattern, form continuous substantially pattern thereby stride across along the adjacent plank of predetermined direction setting.

In one aspect of the invention, each third edge pattern may reside in the plank peripheral part that extends along at least a portion at least one edge of every plank.In another aspect of the present invention, the periphery that each third edge pattern can be left plank extends predetermined distance (1mm, about 1 inch etc.) according to appointment to plank inside.In another aspect of the present invention, at least one big pattern can be set to adjacent with at least one third edge pattern, wherein at the greatly pattern of the marginal existence of pattern adjacent with third edge pattern, pattern with at the marginal existence of the third edge pattern adjacent with big pattern can form continuous substantially visible/textured pattern.

In one aspect of the invention, when the third edge pattern of adjacent plank forms continuous substantially pattern, being set to the pattern of each piece plank adjacent one another are in floor system along predetermined direction, can be the complementary patterns (that is, forming the basic continuous pattern that strides across adjacent plank) of adjacent plank.Above-mentioned floor system comprises a plurality of adjacent plank that is provided with along predetermined direction, and is set to third edge pattern along predetermined direction and other plank when adjacent when the edge of every plank, and the third edge pattern of adjacent plank is identical or basic identical.Identical or the essentially identical third edge pattern of adjacent plank can stride across adjacent plank and form continuous pattern.

For example, referring to Figure 15 A, the typical plank pattern of plank 150 can comprise mutually the same substantially two third edge pattern 152 and bigger pattern 154.Shown in Figure 15 A, two essentially identical third edge pattern 152 are positioned at the peripheral part of plank 150, extend along the part of the opposite edges of plank, and extend predetermined distance to plank 150 inside.Still referring to Figure 15 A,, form continuous substantially pattern at the pattern of the marginal existence of the big pattern 154 adjacent and the pattern that exists in the third edge pattern 152 adjacent with big pattern with third edge pattern 152.

Referring to Figure 15 B, a plurality of plank 150A, (as shown in Figure 15 A) such as 150B, 150C can be along predetermined direction setting adjacent one another are in floor system, like this, the edge of every plank is set to along the edge of predetermined direction and other plank adjacent (for example, the edge of the edge of plank 150A and plank 150B is adjacent, and the edge of the edge of plank 150C and plank 150D is adjacent etc.).As mentioned above, can stride across each piece plank 150 and form continuous substantially pattern, because big pattern 154 aligns substantially with third edge pattern 152.

In an embodiment of the invention, the predetermined direction of plank setting is based on the neighboring edge pattern 152 in the plank, like this, only by along predetermined direction plank being set, just can form continuously the pattern with natural look.In this embodiment, put upside down plank or the upset plank will cause discontinuous pattern.But, be understandable that, in another embodiment, can select third edge pattern along a part of periphery, put upside down, overturn or other is reset plank and can not destroy pattern thereby can make, that is to say that pattern is continuous.

In another embodiment, predetermined direction is based on the mutual interlocking gear that connects adjacent plank, and like this, if the direction of described plank setting is not a predetermined direction, then plank can not be combined together rightly.The tongue-and-groove system that an example of this mutual interlocking gear is no glue, wherein, tenon forms along at least one edge of described plank, and groove forms along opposite edge.In another embodiment, predetermined direction is based on the locking mechanism of third edge pattern 152 and no glue.

According to principle of the present invention, big pattern 154A-154F can be identical or inequality.In one aspect of the invention, the big pattern 154 of every in the floor system can be unique.In addition, according to principle of the present invention, the third edge pattern of each piece plank can be basic identical.Therefore, the third edge pattern of the adjacent plank in floor system also is identical substantially, wherein strides across adjacent plank and is formed with continuous substantially pattern along predetermined direction.Substantially continuous pattern can stride across plank 150A and form, because big pattern 154A and third edge pattern 152A are in alignment with each other, to form continuous substantially pattern.Substantially continuous pattern also can stride across

plank

150B, 150C etc. and form separately, because described plank

big pattern

154B, 154C etc. separately are in alignment with each other similarly with

third edge pattern

152B, 152C etc., forms continuous substantially pattern.

Because the third edge pattern of the plank 150A-150F of the floor system shown in Figure 15 B is identical, so third edge pattern 152A and third edge pattern 152B form continuous substantially pattern, and third edge pattern 152C and third edge pattern 152D form continuous substantially pattern, or the like.Therefore, continuous substantially pattern can stride across

plank

150A and 150B forms, and stride across

plank

150C and 150D and form, or the like.Border between third edge pattern 152A and the third edge pattern 152B or connection be can't see substantially, perhaps make the performance minimum that has border or connection.Equally, border between third edge pattern 152C and the third edge pattern 152D or connection be can't see substantially, perhaps make the performance minimum that has border or connection.Border between third edge pattern 152E and the third edge pattern 152F or connection be can't see substantially, perhaps make the performance minimum that has border or connection.

In one embodiment of the present invention, wherein third edge pattern 152 is all basic identical, and any plank 150A-150F can replace intrasystem any other plank in floor, strides across simultaneously to be set to plank adjacent one another are along predetermined direction and still to keep continuous substantially pattern.This is because the big pattern of all planks aligns substantially with its third edge pattern separately, to form continuous substantially pattern in the plank, and, stride across along predetermined direction plank adjacent one another are and form continuous substantially pattern because all third edge pattern of plank adjacent one another are are identical in the floor system.

In another embodiment, plank can have the essentially identical adjacent right side and left hand edge pattern 152, and a relative left side is different with right hand edge pattern 152.

For example, in Figure 15 C, the pattern that is provided by big pattern 154G can be provided the whole sub-panel 132 of plank 150, the pattern that is provided by big pattern 154I and third edge pattern 152 can be provided parton panel 134, the pattern that is provided by big pattern 154H and third edge pattern 152 can be provided parton panel 136, and wherein big pattern 154G-154I can be identical or inequality.But, as mentioned above, the third edge pattern 152 that is present in the parton faceplate part 134 of

plank

150 and 136 periphery and extends along a part of edge of plank 150, mutually the same.Therefore, referring to Figure 13 A, for example, when

plank

130A and 130B are provided with along predetermined direction is adjacent one another are, complementary parton panel 134A and the third edge pattern 152 of 136B are basic identical each other, and can stride across plank and form continuous substantially pattern, wherein big pattern of Hu Bu parton panel becomes the part of continuous substantially pattern, visually and/or look on the texture and look like the monoblock sub-panel.

And, referring to Figure 15 C and Figure 15 D,, comprise the floor system of those planks shown in Figure 13 A-Figure 14 C by using with reference to 15A and the described technology of 15B, can stride across along predetermined direction plank adjacent one another are and have continuous substantially pattern.Figure 15 D represents to have the plank of the wood grain pattern in the structure shown in Figure 15 B.Because third edge pattern 152A is basic identical with adjacent third edge pattern 152B, so

plank

150A and 150B have third edge pattern 152A and the border between the third edge pattern 152B that strides across adjacent plank or connect uninterrupted continuous substantially wood grain pattern of extending.

In addition, because

third edge pattern

152A and 152B extend along the whole length of border between plank 150A and the 150B or connection, but only extend along the part corresponding to the height of the part plate of plank Lower Half, so the segment boundary that pattern strides across between plank 150A and the 150B corresponding to the height of the whole plate of the plank first half is discontinuous.

As mentioned above, in the floor system with the plank shown in Figure 13 A-Figure 14 C and Figure 15 C, the big pattern in the sub-panel of plank can be identical or inequality.In one aspect of the invention, the big pattern of each in the floor system can be unique.

Figure 15 E represents an embodiment of the invention, and wherein the third edge pattern of plank is identical (or basic identical) in every plank.More particularly, Figure 15 E represents four planks, 150A, 150B, 150C and 150D, and it is adjacent with plank 150B left hand edge that described four planks are set to plank 150A, and adjacent with the top edge of plank 150C.The right hand edge of plank 150D and plank 150C is adjacent, and adjacent with the 150B feather edge.

In this embodiment, the facing paper of every plank (d é cor paper) has the timber design.But, be understandable that the natural configuration design of other except that timber also is that the present invention considers.For example, the design of the timber of plank 150A is included in the integral plate or the tape 155A of the plate first half, short imperfect plate 151A and long imperfect plate 153A.Every block of plate has wood grain pattern.In addition, short and long

imperfect plate

151A and 153A have the third edge pattern 152 of extending along corresponding to the part of the described plank periphery of

imperfect plate

151A and 153A width, and extend less distance (as 1cm) to as described in the inside of plate.The third edge pattern 152 of

imperfect plate

151A and 153A is identical.Third edge pattern 152 also can not extend to intralamellar part.

Equally,

plank

150B, 150C and 150D have

integral plate

155B, 155C and the 155D that extends along plank length respectively, and adjacent with 153D with

long slab

153B, 153C respectively

short slab

151B, 151C and 151D.Every block length and short slab can have identical third edge pattern 152 along the part corresponding to the described plank periphery of the width of short and long slab.

All short slab 151A-D, long slab 153A-D and integral plate 155A-D have and differ from one another or some identical wood grain pattern each other.In this object lesson, only the third edge pattern 152 of imperfect plate is identical.In addition, the third edge pattern of every block of imperfect plate and inner wood grain pattern form continuous pattern.In other words, have continuous whole Wood Texture Character on every short slab all inequality and the long slab each other, and identical irrelevant with third edge pattern 152.

When

plank

150A and 150B are arranged on when adjacent one another are, shown in Figure 15 E,

integral plate

155A and 155B are adjacent one another are, and long slab 153A is adjacent with short slab

151B.Integral plate

155A and 155B look the plate that looks like to separate, and the wood grain pattern that strides across them is discontinuous, because the neighboring edge of integral plate is different.But owing to be identical along the third edge pattern 152 of long slab 153A and short slab 151B, the wood grain pattern of the uniqueness of 153A and 151B looks and the wood grain pattern that strides across the uniqueness that

plank

150A and 150B extend forms the monolithic continuous slab.In addition, have the outward appearance of the continuous plate of the complete sum that strides across unique wood grain pattern that plank extends along

plate

153A and 151B, make the observability or the performance on connection between the plank or border minimum.Similarly, the wood grain pattern that strides across

plate

153C and 151D is continuous.

In another embodiment,

plank

150A, 150B, 150C and 150D can have the surface texture that alignment facing paper (d é cor paper) is gone up the discharge printing of timber design.Because third edge pattern 152 is parts of timber design, and can be identical or basic identical in every plank, therefore, described discharge printing surface texture looks that in the above described manner along the imperfect plate of adjacent plank be continuous.In another embodiment, discharge printing aligned surfaces texture can comprise the oblique angle, with the seam between the analog board, like this, for example, in plank 150A, integral plate 155A can have the oblique angle that extends along its periphery, comprises the border between plate 155A and imperfect plate 151A and the 153A.

Imperfect plate

151A and 153A have the oblique angle at adjacent, but imperfect plate does not have the oblique angle along the part of the plank 150A periphery at third edge pattern 152 places.Like this, continuous wood grain pattern and corresponding discharge printing aligned surfaces texture can stride across

plank

150A and 150B extension continuously, and are not interrupted by the oblique angle.This will further reduce the outward appearance on border between the plank.

By making all third edge pattern 152 identical, the present invention allows any plank to be combined together along predetermined direction, wherein long slab 153 is adjacent with the short slab 151 of another plank, because third edge pattern 152 always comes into line, stride across the continuous wood grain pattern outward appearance that the adjacent length of two planks and short slab extend with formation.For example,

plank

150A and 150B if (make the top edge of plank 150B and plank 150C adjacent) out of position, then the third edge pattern 152 of the long slab 153B third edge pattern of short slab 151A of will mating or align strides across

plank

150B and 150A and form continuous wood grain pattern in

plate

153B and 151A.

The present invention reduces to install the complexity of laminate flooring, and adjacent with another piece plank it doesn't matter because which piece plank is placed on along predetermined direction.Pattern will align.In another embodiment, plank 150 has the interlocking tongue-and-groove system of no glue, wherein tenon is formed on two adjacent peripheral edges of plank, groove is formed on two relative adjacent peripheral edges, like this, only on the direction of long slab 153 and short slab 151 alignment, plank can be assembled together, for example, third edge pattern 152 links to each other.

In above-mentioned exemplary embodiment, decorative pattern and stride across each adjacent plank as the layout element of batten and extend.But the length of batten figure equals the length of plank, thereby realizes the interchangeability of plank, guarantees to install easily.

Referring now to Figure 16,, Figure 16 represents the floor 501 according to one embodiment of the present invention, and this floor 501 has the floor pattern 500 that is formed to 500d by pattern 500a.A plurality of floor unit are provided with decorative pattern 512, and these a plurality of floor unit limit floor 501.Specifically, described a plurality of floor unit comprise floor unit 504,506,508 and 510, can more clearly represent to Figure 17 D with reference to figure 17A.

Figure 17 A is an embodiment of the invention, and expression comprises the floor unit 504 of subelement 504a to 504d.Subelement 504a to 504d forms floor unit 504, thereby constitutes plank.In the embodiment shown in Figure 17 A, subelement 504c has decorative pattern 512.It should be noted that in the selectable embodiment of the present invention, subelement 504b can comprise decorating unit 512, rather than subelement 504c.

Figure 17 B represents the floor unit 506 according to one embodiment of the present invention.Floor unit 506 comprises subelement 506a to 506d.In this embodiment, subelement 506a to 506d does not comprise decorative pattern, as what discussed with reference to figure 17A and floor unit 504.

Figure 17 C is an embodiment of the invention, expression floor unit 508.Floor unit 508 has subelement 508a to 508d.Here, subelement 508a has decorative pattern 512.Yet according to the embodiment of the present invention, subelement 508d can comprise decorative pattern 512, rather than subelement 508a.

Figure 17 D represents the floor unit 510 according to one embodiment of the present invention.Floor unit 510 comprises subelement 510a to 510d, and each subelement has decorative pattern 512.According to an embodiment of the invention, floor unit 510 and floor unit 504,506 and 508 comprise ceramic tile.In addition, floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 can be any material that is applied to the floor purposes, for example similar materials such as timber, cork, marble.Should be noted that floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 is expressed as has four subelements (for example, subelement 504a to 504d).But according to the present invention, floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 can any amount of subelement, and this will be described below.

Turn back to Figure 16 and the floor pattern 500 shown in it again, floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 is in alignment with each other, and like this, decorative pattern 512 forms floor pattern 500.As previously mentioned, each floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 comprises four subelements.In this embodiment, floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 alignment, thereby the decorative pattern 512 that is arranged on floor unit 504,508 and 510 is in alignment with each other.

In order to form the pattern 500a of floor pattern 500, the subelement 504c of floor unit 504 along the floor 501 X-axis align with the subelement 508a of floor unit 508.More particularly, in order to form pattern 500a, the subelement 508a of the subelement 504c alignment floor unit 508 of floor unit 504 is to form pattern 500a.Equally, all the align subelement 510a of floor unit 510 of subelement 508a and subelement 504c, thus form pattern 500a.Should be noted that according to an embodiment of the invention, the generation type of pattern 500c is similar to pattern 500a.

In embodiment shown in Figure 16, subelement 510d aligns with the subelement 510a of second floor unit 510 along the Y-axis of floor pattern 500, and like this, the decorative pattern 512 that is arranged on first and second floor unit 510 aligns along Y-axis.In addition, in this embodiment, the align subelement 510d of second floor unit 510 of the subelement 508a of second floor unit 508, thus as shown in the figure pattern 500b formed.Should be noted that in this embodiment, pattern 500d forms by the mode that is similar to reference pattern 500b description.In addition, floor unit 506 is arranged in the floor pattern 500, and like this, the subelement 504d of subelement 506a and floor unit 504 is adjacent, thereby forms pattern 500a.

With reference to Figure 16 as can be known, the adjacent subelement of least significant end subelement (for example, subelement 506a or 506d) of the least significant end subelement of floor unit 508 (for example, subelement 508a or 508d) alignment and floor unit 506.In addition, in embodiment shown in Figure 16, floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 has four subelements.Yet floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 can have any amount of subelement.For example, floor unit can have 6 subelements, shown in Figure 19 A to Figure 19 D.

Figure 19 A represents the floor unit 514 according to one embodiment of the present invention, and this floor unit 514 has subelement 514a to 514f.Floor unit 514 also comprises the decorative pattern 512 on the subelement 514e.Figure 19 B is the floor unit 516 of expression an embodiment of the invention.Floor unit 516 has subelement 516a to 516f.Figure 19 C represents to have the floor unit 518 of subelement 518a to 518f.In addition, floor unit 518 has the decorative pattern 512 that is arranged on the subelement 518a.Shown in Figure 19 D, floor unit 520 comprises subelement 520a to 520f, and each described subelement has the decorative pattern 512 that is arranged on this subelement.Floor unit 514,516,518 and 520 can be used to form the floor pattern 522 on floor 500, as shown in figure 18.

Figure 18 represents an embodiment of the invention, and wherein floor unit 514,516,518 and 520 forms pattern 522, comprises pattern 522a to 522d.In this embodiment, subelement 514e, 518a and 520a form pattern 522a as shown in the figure.Equally, pattern 522c forms in the mode that is similar to pattern 522a use.In addition, subelement 520a to 520f and subelement 518a form as shown in the figure pattern 522b and 522d.

With reference to Figure 16 and Figure 18 as can be known, the pattern on floor 501 is formed with the decorative pattern that is arranged on as on the lower part: the edge subelement of floor unit, near the subelement of edge subelement, and the floor unit with the decorative pattern on all subelements of the floor unit of being arranged on.In addition, do not comprise the floor unit of decorative pattern, be used to form the pattern on floor 501 yet.Therefore, according to the present invention, the floor unit with at least three subelements can be used at floor formation pattern.

In addition, comprise in an embodiment of the invention of four subelements, can use three floor unit, as shown in figure 20 in floor unit.In this embodiment, floor unit is included in the decorative pattern on all subelements, and for example floor unit 510.Second floor unit has decorative pattern on arbitrary sub-unit, for example floor unit 504 or 508.The subelement of the 3rd floor unit does not all have decorative pattern, is similar to floor unit 506.In Figure 20,

subelement

508a and 510a form the pattern 513a and the 513c of pattern 513.In addition, floor unit 510 and subelement 508a form the pattern 513b and the 513d of pattern 513.

In another embodiment, comprise in floor unit under the situation of 5 subelements, as shown in figure 21, can use 4 floor unit 524,526,528 and 530, thereby form pattern 531 with pattern 531a to 531d.With reference to figure 22A to Figure 22 D, floor unit 524,526,528 and 530 comprises 5 subelements.Floor unit 524 comprises subelement 524a to 524e.Floor unit 526 has subelement 526a to 526e, and wherein all subelements comprise decorative pattern 512.Floor unit 528 has subelement 528a to 528e.Here, subelement 528d has decorative pattern 512.Floor unit 530 comprises subelement 530a to 530e, and wherein subelement 530c has decorative pattern 512.

Turn back to Figure 21 again, subelement 526a and 528d form pattern 531a.Floor unit 526 also forms pattern 531b and 531d.In addition, subelement 526e and 530c form pattern 531c, thereby form pattern 531 on floor 501.

Should be noted that, according to the embodiment of the present invention, use floor unit 504,506,508 and 510 or floor unit 514,516,518 and 520 in any one can form the pattern of a lot of types on floor 501, pattern 500 and 522 for example, as Figure 23 and shown in Figure 24, be formed with pattern 534 and 536.

In addition, in an embodiment of the invention, subelement can interlaced with each otherly be arranged, as shown in figure 16, and subelement 500a alignment subelement 504c wherein.In the embodiment that subelement departs from each other, can use four floor unit (for example, floor unit 504,506,508 and 510), and irrelevant with the quantity of subelement.

Figure 23 represents another embodiment of the invention.Figure 23 represents to have four the obvious different patterns floor system of

plank

1000,1002,1004,1006 at (before the tongue-and-groove edge of each plank of milling), each plank can be divided into four identical subelement a, b, c and d.The embodiment of Figure 23 comprises decorative pattern, and the width of this decorative pattern is less than the width of subelement.

As shown in figure 23, plank 1000 does not comprise decorative pattern.Plank 1002 is included in the decorative pattern on the only part of one of four subelements of plank 1002.In this embodiment, the height of described decorative pattern (direction that is parallel to the length of plank) equals half of subelement height substantially.Plank 1004 is included in the decorative pattern on the different subelements of plank.In other words, comprise the subelement of the plank 1004 of decorative pattern, different with the subelement of the plank 1002 that comprises decorative pattern.

At last, plank 1006 is included on the whole length of plank but the decorative pattern that only extends in the part of each subelement.For example, the width of decorative pattern can (direction that is parallel to the short side of plank) equals half of plank width, but this decorative pattern extends in the whole length of plank.In other embodiments or in the others of this embodiment, decorative pattern can have different in width, this width is less than the overall width of plank.

After the milling plank forms profiled edge, in floor system, need at least 7 different planks according to this embodiment.But if the connected system that plank has, in this connected system, bindiny mechanism on the plank opposite edges or connection profile are identical, and then this floor system only needs four above-mentioned planks.

Because decorative pattern is only on the part of each subelement, if therefore subelement is adjacent one another are, thereby make all subelements adjacent with whole subelement, as shown in figure 24, floor system will comprise plank same as shown in Figure 23 1000, with similar plank 1002 shown in Figure 23, and with similar plank 1004 shown in Figure 23.But, also have other plank, comprise plank 1003, identical with the plank 1004 that has rotated 180 °.Plank 1003 can be adjacent with plank 1006 and 1002, like this, and the decorative pattern alignment on the adjacent plank.Also have plank 1005, be similar to and rotated 180 ° plank 1002, plank 1005 can be adjacent with plank 1003, and like this, decorative pattern strides across the subelement of adjacent plank and aligns.In addition, floor system comprises plank 1007, is similar to have rotated 180 ° plank 1006.Therefore, have 1000,1002,1003,1004,1005,1006 and 1007 floor system and can form as shown in figure 24 floor pattern, the height of this base plate pattern equals two planks (perhaps 8 subelements, wherein every plank has 4 subelements altogether) length and the width of 9 planks, but, because decorative pattern is only on the part of the width of plank 1006 and 1007, therefore the developed width of decorative pattern is that 8 planks are wide, but needs 9 planks to form this pattern altogether.

The floor pattern that Figure 24 represents to use 7 planks of this floor system to form, wherein decorative pattern only occupies the part of the subelement of plank, rather than whole subelements of representing in the above-mentioned embodiment.Because decorative pattern departs from each subelement in this way, so this floor system can be covered up the physical connection between the adjacent plank of this floor system.More particularly, in Figure 24, plank 1003 is adjacent with plank 1006, and like this, second subelement of plank 1003 (being labeled as subelement 1003b) is adjacent with the first subelement 1006a of plank 1006.Equally, the subelement 1003b of subelement 1005d and plank 1003 is adjacent.Like this,

plank

1003 and 1005 departs from the distance of two subelements each other, perhaps half of plank total length; And plank 1003 departs from the distance of plank 1006 only is 1/4th of a subelement or plank length.Skew difference between the

plank

1006 and 1003 and between 1003 and 1005 helps cover up the physical connection between the adjacent plank in addition.

Above-mentioned

plank

1003 and 1005 be provided with and can repeat are to obtain having the floor pattern of variable-width.In this embodiment, the width of whole pattern equals plank 1003 adjacent one another are and 1005 sum adds lastblock plank width, is that the part decorative pattern from the plank 1006 adds total decoration graphic width that the part decorative pattern on the plank 1007 obtains.This situation be because, in this embodiment, the width of decorative pattern equal the plank width half.Therefore, in Figure 24, between

plank

1006 and 1007, have 7 planks 1003 and 1005 (four planks 1003 and three planks 1005), thereby in floor pattern, form the decorative pattern that width equals 8 plank width, though floor pattern itself is formed by the floor plank of 9 reality.

In addition, extend in vertical direction (this vertical direction is parallel to plank length) by making other plank 1006 adjacent one another are simply, the height of floor pattern can extend to any multiple of plank length.Therefore, by increasing other plank 1006 adjacent one another are in a side, and increase other plank 1007 adjacent one another are, just can prolong the height of whole floor pattern at opposite side.This also is illustrated among Figure 25, and wherein the height of floor pattern equals by in a side three planks 1006 adjacent one another are and three plank length that form at opposite side three planks 1007 adjacent one another are.The width of floor pattern equals 12 floor plank width, though need 13 planks to finish the floor pattern of width.In addition, use the floor system of the embodiment of current discussion, the minimum floor pattern that can form is highly to equal the floor pattern that a plank length and width equal four plank width, but need 5 planks adjacent one another are at width, specifically,

plank

1006,1005,1003,1005 and 1007 forms this floor pattern.

Be understandable that, have other different embodiment, wherein the width of decorative pattern is less than the plank overall width and be not equal to half of plank width, and the height of decorative pattern is different with the subelement overall height, and different with half of subelement height.In addition, be understandable that the width according to the floor figure of decorative pattern may need plank more or less in floor system, can form the floor of floor pattern with different in width and height.

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Claims

1. system that forms decorative pattern, described system comprises:

First module, described first module comprises:

A plurality of first subelements with first pattern, one first subelement in wherein said a plurality of first subelements comprises second pattern, this second pattern is limited with and the different decorative pattern of described first pattern; And

The Unit second adjacent with described first module, described Unit second comprises:

A plurality of second subelements with first pattern, one second subelement in wherein said a plurality of second subelement comprises second pattern, wherein said first subelement and second subelement are in alignment with each other, make second pattern in described first subelement and second subelement be in alignment with each other, thereby formation decorative pattern

Wherein, the width of the width of described first subelement and described second subelement limits the width of described first module and the width of Unit second respectively.

2. system according to claim 1, described system also comprises:

Unit the 3rd, described Unit the 3rd comprises:

A plurality of the 3rd subelements with first pattern, a subelement in wherein said a plurality of the 3rd subelement comprises second pattern, thereby make described the 3rd subelement adjacent with described Unit second, so that the decorative pattern of the decorative pattern of described first subelement and second subelement forms decorative pattern.

3. system according to claim 2, described system also comprises:

Unit the 4th, described Unit the 4th has at least 4 subelements.

4. system according to claim 3, first subelement that wherein has in the described first module of decorative pattern is adjacent with second subelement in the described Unit second with decorative pattern.

5. system according to claim 4, the edge cells of wherein said first module has decorative pattern.

6. system according to claim 4, wherein adjacent with the edge cells of described Unit second subelement has decorative pattern.

7. system according to claim 1, wherein said first module comprises at least 4 subelements.

8. system according to claim 1, wherein said Unit second comprises at least 4 subelements.

9. system according to claim 1, wherein said first module and Unit second are the laminate flooring planks with wood grain pattern.

10. system according to claim 1, wherein said subelement comprises the discharge printing surface texture that aligns with described decorative pattern.

11. system according to claim 1, described first module comprises:

The tenon that extends from the periphery at an edge of described first module; And

The groove that extends along the periphery of the opposite edges of described first module.

12. system according to claim 11, described Unit second comprises:

The tenon that extends from the periphery at an edge of described Unit second; And

Along the groove that the periphery of the opposite edges of described Unit second extends, wherein any groove can receive any tenon.

13. system according to claim 9, wherein said first pattern comprises the discharge printing surface texture.

14. system according to claim 1, wherein said first module and Unit second are the laminate flooring planks with ceramic tile surface pattern.

15. a method that forms decorative pattern, described method comprises:

First module is set, described first module has a plurality of subelements, described subelement has the subelement pattern, and one first subelement in these a plurality of first subelements has peculiar pattern, and this peculiar pattern is limited with to have and the different decorative pattern of described subelement pattern; And

Unit second is placed as adjacent with described first module, described Unit second has a plurality of subelements, second subelement that described subelement has the subelement pattern and has peculiar pattern,

First subelement that has peculiar pattern by setting is adjacent with second subelement with peculiar pattern and aligns, and forms decorative pattern, thereby forms the continuous peculiar pattern of crossing over first module and Unit second,

16. method according to claim 15, described method also comprises:

It is adjacent with described first module or described Unit second that Unit the 3rd is set to, described Unit the 3rd has a plurality of subelements, one the 3rd subelement of described a plurality of the 3rd subelements has peculiar pattern, and in described the 3rd subelement that wherein has a peculiar pattern and described first subelement with peculiar pattern or second subelement is adjacent.

17. method according to claim 15, wherein said first module has tenon and groove, and described tenon extends from the periphery at first edge, and described groove is positioned at the periphery at second edge relative with described first edge.

18. method according to claim 17, wherein said Unit second has tenon and groove, and described tenon extends from the periphery at first edge, and described groove is positioned at the periphery at second edge relative with described first edge.

19. method according to claim 18 also comprises:

With the tenon of described Unit second and the groove interlocking of described first module.

20. method according to claim 15, wherein said first module and Unit second are the laminate flooring planks with timber floor plank.

21. method according to claim 15, wherein said subelement comprise the discharge printing surface texture that aligns with described decorative pattern.

22. method according to claim 20, wherein said pattern comprises the discharge printing surface texture.

23. method according to claim 15, wherein said first module and Unit second are the laminate flooring planks with ceramic tile pattern.

24. method according to claim 15, wherein said first module and Unit second all comprise at least 4 subelements.

25. a system that forms decorative pattern, described system comprises:

First module, described first module has a plurality of subelements, these a plurality of first subelements are provided with the subelement pattern, one first subelement of described a plurality of first subelements has peculiar pattern, this peculiar pattern is limited with decorative pattern, and the peculiar pattern of this decorative pattern is different with described subelement pattern; And

Unit second, described Unit second has a plurality of subelements, these a plurality of second subelements have the subelement pattern, one second subelement of described a plurality of second subelements has peculiar pattern, wherein when described first module is offset with respect to described Unit second, the peculiar pattern of described first subelement and second subelement is in alignment with each other, thereby forms decorative pattern

26. system according to claim 25, described system also comprises:

Unit the 3rd, described Unit the 3rd has at least 4 subelements, a subelement in these 4 subelements has peculiar pattern, thereby when described Unit the 3rd all is offset with respect to described first module and Unit second, the peculiar alignment pattern on the peculiar pattern of described the 3rd subelement and described first subelement and second subelement.

27. system according to claim 25, described system also comprises:

Unit the 4th, described Unit the 4th has at least 4 subelements.

28. system according to claim 25, wherein said first module and Unit second all have at least 4 subelements.