EP0514191B1 - Threshold carpeting - Google Patents
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- EP0514191B1 EP0514191B1 EP92304402A EP92304402A EP0514191B1 EP 0514191 B1 EP0514191 B1 EP 0514191B1 EP 92304402 A EP92304402 A EP 92304402A EP 92304402 A EP92304402 A EP 92304402A EP 0514191 B1 EP0514191 B1 EP 0514191B1
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- carpeting
- scraper
- carpet
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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.
- scraper ribs arrangements The problem with these scraper ribs arrangements is that generally only 50% or less of the area incorporate scraper ribs and so can perform a satisfactory scraping function.
- the present invention solves this problem in allowing substantially the whole area of the material to contribute to the scraping function.
- the invention provides a carpet product comprising a flexible base substrate, for example of a rubber or plastics material, which substrate is a material which comprises a plurality of scraper ribs arranged at spacad zones, and within the space between each pair of spaced zones a piece of carpeting material, characterised in that the capreting material is in the form of scraper carpeting in which a plurality of stiff scraper fibres are incorporated within an area of less stiff carpet fibres, so that the substrate has an operative area occupied wholly by scraper carpeting and by ribs.
- 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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- Chair Legs, Seat Parts, And Backrests (AREA)
- Acyclic And Carbocyclic Compounds In Medicinal Compositions (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB9110748 | 1991-05-17 | ||
GB9110748A GB2256584A (en) | 1991-05-17 | 1991-05-17 | Threshold carpeting with fibres of differing stiffness |
Publications (2)
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EP0514191A1 EP0514191A1 (en) | 1992-11-19 |
EP0514191B1 true EP0514191B1 (en) | 1995-08-23 |
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EP92304402A Expired - Lifetime EP0514191B1 (en) | 1991-05-17 | 1992-05-15 | Threshold carpeting |
Country Status (7)
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EP (1) | EP0514191B1 (es) |
AT (1) | ATE126681T1 (es) |
DE (1) | DE69204210T2 (es) |
DK (1) | DK0514191T3 (es) |
ES (1) | ES2075621T3 (es) |
GB (1) | GB2256584A (es) |
GR (1) | GR3017214T3 (es) |
Cited By (1)
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US8464390B2 (en) | 2010-06-23 | 2013-06-18 | Samuel S. Jones | Cleaning glove with agitating feature |
Families Citing this family (16)
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GB9122727D0 (en) * | 1991-10-25 | 1991-12-11 | Sutherland Thomas L | Improvements in entrance matting |
BE1006475A3 (nl) * | 1992-12-23 | 1994-09-06 | Debomat | Voetmat of vloerbekleding bedoeld ondermeer voor een ingangshall of dergelijke. |
GB2277259B (en) * | 1993-04-24 | 1997-01-15 | Btr Plc | Floor coverings |
GB9313043D0 (en) * | 1993-06-24 | 1993-08-11 | Collie Carpets Ltd | Scarper carpet materials |
JPH08253067A (ja) * | 1995-03-15 | 1996-10-01 | Ikeda Bussan Co Ltd | 車両床敷用カーペット |
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 |
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 |
US6735806B2 (en) | 1999-05-04 | 2004-05-18 | Eggs In The Pipeline, Llc | Tacky roller for improved surface cleaning |
US6886209B2 (en) | 1999-05-04 | 2005-05-03 | Tech Mats, Llc | Advanced floor mat |
US6233776B1 (en) | 1999-05-04 | 2001-05-22 | Tech Mats, L.L.C | Advanced floor mat |
US6219876B1 (en) | 1999-05-04 | 2001-04-24 | Tech Mats, L.L.C. | Floor mat |
RU2259803C2 (ru) | 1999-05-04 | 2005-09-10 | Тек Мэтс Ллс | Усовершенствованный напольный коврик |
GB2392090B (en) * | 2000-08-25 | 2004-04-07 | Specialties Const | Floor mat |
GB2373436A (en) * | 2001-03-21 | 2002-09-25 | Paul Jeremy Bleakley | Floor matting for use at building entrances |
GB0405560D0 (en) | 2004-03-12 | 2004-04-21 | Sutherland Thomas L | Matting |
Family Cites Families (6)
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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 |
FR2315557A1 (fr) * | 1975-06-24 | 1977-01-21 | Smith Ass Carpet Peter | Matiere pour tapis |
GB1527622A (en) * | 1975-06-24 | 1978-10-04 | Smith Ass Ltd | Carpeting |
GB2125289B (en) * | 1982-08-21 | 1985-06-05 | Nuway Mfg | Improvements in or relating to mats |
FR2645004A1 (fr) * | 1989-03-29 | 1990-10-05 | Alazet Jean | Tapis du type des tapis-brosses |
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- 1991-05-17 GB GB9110748A patent/GB2256584A/en not_active Withdrawn
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- 1992-05-15 AT AT92304402T patent/ATE126681T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1992-05-15 DE DE69204210T patent/DE69204210T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1992-05-15 ES ES92304402T patent/ES2075621T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-05-15 EP EP92304402A patent/EP0514191B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-05-15 DK DK92304402.8T patent/DK0514191T3/da active
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Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US8464390B2 (en) | 2010-06-23 | 2013-06-18 | Samuel S. Jones | Cleaning glove with agitating feature |
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Publication number | Publication date |
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ES2075621T3 (es) | 1995-10-01 |
EP0514191A1 (en) | 1992-11-19 |
DE69204210T2 (de) | 1996-01-25 |
ATE126681T1 (de) | 1995-09-15 |
GR3017214T3 (en) | 1995-11-30 |
GB9110748D0 (en) | 1991-07-10 |
GB2256584A (en) | 1992-12-16 |
DE69204210D1 (de) | 1995-09-28 |
DK0514191T3 (da) | 1995-10-16 |
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