EP0514191A1 - Tapis-brosses - Google Patents

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EP0514191A1
EP0514191A1 EP92304402A EP92304402A EP0514191A1 EP 0514191 A1 EP0514191 A1 EP 0514191A1 EP 92304402 A EP92304402 A EP 92304402A EP 92304402 A EP92304402 A EP 92304402A EP 0514191 A1 EP0514191 A1 EP 0514191A1
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carpeting
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Robert Stanley Smith
Christopher Edward Summers
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THRESHOLD FLOORINGS LIMITED
Collie Carpets Ltd
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PSA Threshold Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L23/00—Cleaning footwear
    • A47L23/22—Devices or implements resting on the floor for removing mud, dirt, or dust from footwear
    • A47L23/26—Mats or gratings combined with brushes ; Mats

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  • the present invention relates to carpeting products, particularly to carpeting suitable for entrance mats for office buildings, stores and other high traffic areas.
  • the present invention is concerned with provision of a carpet product which solves the aforesaid problem.
  • the present invention provides a carpet product comprising a flexible base substrate, for example of a rubber or plastics material, which substrate comprises a plurality of scraper ribs arranged in spaced groups, and within the space between at least one pair of spaced groups a piece of scraper carpeting.
  • scraper carpeting we mean carpeting with stiff scraper fibres within an area of normal or other carpet fibres.
  • each said piece of scraper carpeting is a scraper carpet comprising 75%- 98% by weight of yarn of first carpet fibres and from 2% - 25% by weight of second fibres or filaments which are stiffer than said yarns and act as dirt scrapers.
  • the flexible base substrate may be of a hard rubber or plastics material and preferably has a hardness between 40 and 80 shore hardness.
  • the surface area of the operative part of the substrate, i.e the ribs, should be in a ratio to the area of carpet which is between 15% ribs and 85% carpet to 95% ribs and 5% carpet.
  • the base substrate of rubber or plastics material may be a complete moulded product, or a number of moulded or extruded strips which are locked together in the assembly of the product.
  • the ribs may be between 1mm and 20mm high and may have a pitch of between 3mm and 50mm depending on the height.
  • the width of the group of ribs may be between 2.5cm and 35 cm.
  • the carpet material may be tufted on to a backing of for example nylon which is laminated by heat fusion on to the substrate, or the backing may be a thicker conventional jute backing which is attached to the substrate either by an adhesive or by locking into slots formed by inverted V sections at the edges of each group of ribs.
  • the width of the piece of carpet may be between 2.5cm and 25cm.
  • the total thickness of the combination of substrate and carpet piece may be between 7mm and 50mm dependent on the required performance, and the total top surface area of the product may be between 50cm x 50cm and 3.66m x 1.52 metres.
  • the product may be provided in a particular size which is to be laid on to an existing floor or carpet within a ramped frame. Alternatively wider strips may be provided within an entrance region of a building.
  • the group of ribs and the pieces of carpet may, in area, be combined in a number of ways. Alternating strips across, down or diagonally left or right at any angle in complete lines within an area, alternating strips across and down in broken lines of carpet and of the ribs or in any combination of complete or broken lines in any geometrical computer designed pattern or logo.
  • the substrate may have strips at its edge to act as borders on the mat, and the edges may have an interlocking feature to interlock with a similar adjacent mat.
  • the back of the mat may be flat or it may be ridged or it may have gripper foot arrangements.
  • the second fibres or filaments i.e those to act as dirt scrapers, are monofilaments of nylon, polyester or unplasticised polypropylene.
  • these monofilaments are of 30-300 tex.
  • the second fibres or filaments may be metallic fibres or filaments.
  • the second fibres or filaments may be in the form of a twisted yarn which has been resinated for stiffening.
  • a substrate 1 of moulded rubber comprises a number of spaced groups 2 of upstanding ribs 3. In the space between each pair of spaced groups 2 is a piece of carpeting 4.
  • the piece of carpeting 4 is a scraper carpet comprising between 78% and 90% by weight of yarn of carpet fibres and from 2% to 25% by weight of a second form of fibres or filaments which are stiffer than the yarns of the first fibres and act as dirt scrapers.
  • This carpeting is formed by tufting on a nylon backing 5 which is heat laminated to the rubber substrate 1.
  • Figure 3 shows an alternative arrangement where the piece of carpeting 4′ has a heavier jute backing and slots into inverted V sections at the edges of respective groups of ribs 3′.

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  • Carpets (AREA)
  • Bathtub Accessories (AREA)
  • Acyclic And Carbocyclic Compounds In Medicinal Compositions (AREA)
  • Macromonomer-Based Addition Polymer (AREA)
  • Agricultural Chemicals And Associated Chemicals (AREA)
  • Chair Legs, Seat Parts, And Backrests (AREA)
EP92304402A 1991-05-17 1992-05-15 Tapis-brosses Expired - Lifetime EP0514191B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB9110748A GB2256584A (en) 1991-05-17 1991-05-17 Threshold carpeting with fibres of differing stiffness
GB9110748 1991-05-17

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EP0514191A1 true EP0514191A1 (fr) 1992-11-19
EP0514191B1 EP0514191B1 (fr) 1995-08-23

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EP (1) EP0514191B1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE126681T1 (fr)
DE (1) DE69204210T2 (fr)
DK (1) DK0514191T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2075621T3 (fr)
GB (1) GB2256584A (fr)
GR (1) GR3017214T3 (fr)

Cited By (14)

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WO1993007789A1 (fr) * 1991-10-25 1993-04-29 Thomas Langley Sutherland Ameliorations apportees aux paillassons
EP0605042A1 (fr) * 1992-12-23 1994-07-06 "Debomat" Paillasson ou revêtement de sol destiné entre autre à une entrée ou similaire
EP0631003A1 (fr) * 1993-06-24 1994-12-28 Collie Carpets Limited Matières de grattage pour tapis
US5591507A (en) * 1995-04-04 1997-01-07 Jones; Samuel S. Absorbant cloth with agitating feature
US5766722A (en) * 1995-03-15 1998-06-16 Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. Automotive floor covering
GB2320679A (en) * 1996-12-27 1998-07-01 Nuway Mfg Floor covering
US6219876B1 (en) 1999-05-04 2001-04-24 Tech Mats, L.L.C. Floor mat
US6233776B1 (en) 1999-05-04 2001-05-22 Tech Mats, L.L.C Advanced floor mat
GB2366201A (en) * 2000-08-25 2002-03-06 Specialties Const Floor mat
US6417778B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2002-07-09 Tech Mats Llc Advanced floor mat
GB2373436A (en) * 2001-03-21 2002-09-25 Paul Jeremy Bleakley Floor matting for use at building entrances
US6735806B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2004-05-18 Eggs In The Pipeline, Llc Tacky roller for improved surface cleaning
US6844058B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2005-01-18 Tech Mats, Llc Floor mat including tacky surface with tacky-when-dry and tacky-when-wet properties
US6886209B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2005-05-03 Tech Mats, Llc Advanced floor mat

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GB2277259B (en) * 1993-04-24 1997-01-15 Btr Plc Floor coverings
GB0405560D0 (en) 2004-03-12 2004-04-21 Sutherland Thomas L Matting
US8464390B2 (en) 2010-06-23 2013-06-18 Samuel S. Jones Cleaning glove with agitating feature

Citations (4)

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FR852638A (fr) * 1939-04-05 1940-02-28 Perfectionnements aux tapis-brosses et similaires
US2436315A (en) * 1946-01-23 1948-02-17 Liberatore Gustavo Del Peschio Door mat with scraper and removable brush
CH614853A5 (en) * 1975-06-24 1979-12-28 Smith Peter Associates Carpet Woven or tufted pile-carpet web which can be used as a foot scraper
GB2125289A (en) * 1982-08-21 1984-03-07 Nuway Mfg Improvements in or relating to mats

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GB1527622A (en) * 1975-06-24 1978-10-04 Smith Ass Ltd Carpeting
FR2645004A1 (fr) * 1989-03-29 1990-10-05 Alazet Jean Tapis du type des tapis-brosses

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR852638A (fr) * 1939-04-05 1940-02-28 Perfectionnements aux tapis-brosses et similaires
US2436315A (en) * 1946-01-23 1948-02-17 Liberatore Gustavo Del Peschio Door mat with scraper and removable brush
CH614853A5 (en) * 1975-06-24 1979-12-28 Smith Peter Associates Carpet Woven or tufted pile-carpet web which can be used as a foot scraper
GB2125289A (en) * 1982-08-21 1984-03-07 Nuway Mfg Improvements in or relating to mats

Cited By (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1993007789A1 (fr) * 1991-10-25 1993-04-29 Thomas Langley Sutherland Ameliorations apportees aux paillassons
EP0605042A1 (fr) * 1992-12-23 1994-07-06 "Debomat" Paillasson ou revêtement de sol destiné entre autre à une entrée ou similaire
BE1006475A3 (nl) * 1992-12-23 1994-09-06 Debomat Voetmat of vloerbekleding bedoeld ondermeer voor een ingangshall of dergelijke.
EP0631003A1 (fr) * 1993-06-24 1994-12-28 Collie Carpets Limited Matières de grattage pour tapis
US5766722A (en) * 1995-03-15 1998-06-16 Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. Automotive floor covering
US5591507A (en) * 1995-04-04 1997-01-07 Jones; Samuel S. Absorbant cloth with agitating feature
GB2320679A (en) * 1996-12-27 1998-07-01 Nuway Mfg Floor covering
FR2757892A1 (fr) * 1996-12-27 1998-07-03 Nuway Mfg Procede de fabrication d'un revetement de sol, servant notamment de paillasson, et ce revetement de sol
US6219876B1 (en) 1999-05-04 2001-04-24 Tech Mats, L.L.C. Floor mat
US6233776B1 (en) 1999-05-04 2001-05-22 Tech Mats, L.L.C Advanced floor mat
US6417778B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2002-07-09 Tech Mats Llc Advanced floor mat
US6507285B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2003-01-14 Intellimats, Llc. Cleaning system with electronic display
US6735806B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2004-05-18 Eggs In The Pipeline, Llc Tacky roller for improved surface cleaning
US6844058B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2005-01-18 Tech Mats, Llc Floor mat including tacky surface with tacky-when-dry and tacky-when-wet properties
US6886209B2 (en) 1999-05-04 2005-05-03 Tech Mats, Llc Advanced floor mat
GB2366201A (en) * 2000-08-25 2002-03-06 Specialties Const Floor mat
GB2366201B (en) * 2000-08-25 2004-02-04 Specialties Const Floor mat
GB2373436A (en) * 2001-03-21 2002-09-25 Paul Jeremy Bleakley Floor matting for use at building entrances

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DE69204210T2 (de) 1996-01-25
EP0514191B1 (fr) 1995-08-23
GB9110748D0 (en) 1991-07-10
DE69204210D1 (de) 1995-09-28
GB2256584A (en) 1992-12-16
ES2075621T3 (es) 1995-10-01
ATE126681T1 (de) 1995-09-15
DK0514191T3 (da) 1995-10-16
GR3017214T3 (en) 1995-11-30

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