EP0612876B1 - Revêtement de sol - Google Patents

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EP0612876B1
EP0612876B1 EP94810004A EP94810004A EP0612876B1 EP 0612876 B1 EP0612876 B1 EP 0612876B1 EP 94810004 A EP94810004 A EP 94810004A EP 94810004 A EP94810004 A EP 94810004A EP 0612876 B1 EP0612876 B1 EP 0612876B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
    • D04H1/44—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling
    • D04H1/46—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H18/00—Needling machines
    • D04H18/02—Needling machines with needles

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  • the invention relates to a floor covering according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a method for its production and to the use of such a floor covering, known for example from FR-A-2 264 117.
  • Floor coverings made of non-woven, textile fabrics are known in countless variants and embodiments. Likewise, various methods for producing such floor coverings and a wide variety of fields of application are known. A possible area of application for such floor coverings is tennis courts both indoors and outdoors, with additional requirements being placed on the flooring in the outdoor area.
  • a needle fleece designed as a sports floor covering is known.
  • the top of this sports floor covering is designed as a coarse-textured, loop-less needle felt. Rubber granules are introduced into and on this roughly structured upper side, so that such a floor covering can also be used as a tennis court covering.
  • When laying this sports floor covering is glued to the underlay on its relatively flat, flat underside.
  • a disadvantage of such a floor construction is that it can only be used in halls or covered areas, since in the event of a rain shower, the water does not run off can and the place is therefore unplayable for a long time.
  • a method and an apparatus for the production of a non-woven textile fabric as well as a fabric produced by the method are known.
  • a pre-needled web is pierced from both sides with a group of structural needles consisting of several rows of needles simultaneously and in opposite directions.
  • a larger amount of fiber is taken from each needle, reoriented in the direction of the puncture and transported out of the surface of the web as a loop.
  • such a textile fabric is not dimensionally stable due to the large volume under high mechanical stress, so that it is not suitable as a floor covering. Due to the closely spaced tufts of fibers, such a flat structure, if used as a floor covering, would also have an insufficient drainage for rainwater.
  • a tennis floor covering is known from EP 0 216 953 A3, the upper side of which is structured in a rib-like or waffle-like manner with elevations and depressions for receiving granular granules. From the drawing shown in section in this document and the associated description, it follows that the back of this tennis floor covering is designed to correspond to the top. However, in the case of a rib-shaped as well as a waffle-like configuration of the underside, such a tennis floor covering is not suitable for use outdoors.
  • floor coverings are also known which have a multiplicity of grid-like plastic or latex knobs on their back.
  • Such knobs can improve the drainage of the water under the floor covering, but a floor covering provided with such knobs has other disadvantages which make the use of this floor covering unsuitable as tennis or sports field covering.
  • the plastic or latex knobs reduce that water permeable surface.
  • such knobs and the connection between the floor covering and the knobs have only a low shear and tear resistance and are subject in particular to a certain aging due to the large temperature differences occurring outdoors, as a result of which the aforementioned shear and tear resistance decrease even further.
  • such floor coverings are very expensive to manufacture, since the knobs must be applied in a separate operation and on a machine specially equipped for this purpose.
  • Another object of the invention is to design a floor covering such that it has good drainage, in particular for rain water, and that it is also long-term resistant and can withstand high mechanical loads.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a method for its production and a use for such a floor covering.
  • the floor covering In a preferred embodiment of the floor covering, it has a depression on the side opposite the elevations in the region of the elevations. This on the one hand increases the surface of the floor covering and on the other hand reduces its thickness in these areas. This helps to drain the water quickly from the top to the back of the flooring.
  • Another preferred form of training of the floor covering provides for the elevations to be arranged in columns and rows.
  • the installed floor covering has a networked duct system on its back so that water can drain off optimally.
  • the floor covering 1 On its underside 3, the floor covering 1 has island-like and integrally formed knobs 5. These knobs 5 are preferably produced by needling and are by a Variety of individual fibers formed. The needling creates a recess 6 opposite the knobs 5. These recesses 6 on the one hand enlarge the surface of the floor covering 1 and on the other hand reduce the thickness of the floor covering 1 in the region of the knobs 5. As a result, water falling on the floor covering 1 can pass through it faster flow in and out. The formation of the knobs 5 from individual, non-woven fibers also favors the rapid drainage of water. The direction of flow of the water through the floor covering 1 is indicated by arrows P.
  • the knobs 5 are preferably arranged in rows and columns, as shown in FIG. 2, the knobs 5 themselves being able to have a size of approximately 5 ⁇ 10 mm and a height of approximately 3 mm.
  • the distance between the knobs 5 is approximately 25 mm in the longitudinal direction of the knobs 5 and approximately 15 mm in the transverse direction. This information is only to be regarded as a guideline and can vary greatly depending on the expected load, type of load and location. Due to the relatively large distances between the individual knobs 5 and the space s remaining due to the height of the knobs 5, between the underside 3 of the floor covering and the actual sub-floor, the water can flow off quickly and without any appreciable resistance. It is irrelevant how and in which direction the underlay is inclined. To the floor covering 1 in the initial state to a distinctive appearance and to mark the side to be glued, the knobs 5 can also be highlighted in color compared to the rest of the flooring 1.
  • FIG. 3 shows in a highly simplified representation a longitudinal section through the starting material 10 for the floor covering and a first needle chair 11 of a structural needle machine.
  • the formation of a single elevation 4 in the form of a rib is shown in a snapshot.
  • the method for forming such ribs 4, which complement one another to form a surface structure, is explained below with reference to this figure. Since such methods are known, the following explanations are limited to the essentials.
  • the needle chair 11 itself essentially consists of a needle board 12 and a slatted frame 13 which has longitudinal slots 15 in the region of the elevations to be formed.
  • Six needles 14 lying in a row are shown on the needle board 12. It goes without saying that further rows of needles are arranged in planes parallel to the plane of the drawing, offset to the rear, but for the sake of clarity they are not shown here. In order to create a certain surface structure, the distance between the individual rows of needles can be different.
  • the arrangement of the needles 14 on the needle board 12 corresponds to the desired structure to be formed on the upper side of the starting material 10 or the floor covering.
  • the needles 14 themselves have on their front preferably a U-shaped notch, which has been omitted in the drawing for clarity.
  • a flat nonwoven is generally used as the starting material 10 for the floor covering.
  • This flat fleece 10 is provided with a surface structure in a known manner by the interaction of the needle board 12 and the slatted frame 13 in this first step.
  • the ribs 4 are formed by inserting the needles.
  • the flat nonwoven 10 is continuously moved forward in the direction of the arrow. This creates ribs 4 that are slightly longer than the distance between the two outermost needles.
  • the formation of the ribs 4 by means of needling creates recesses 7 on the side of the fleece opposite the formed ribs 4. Since a needle board 12 usually has several thousand needles 14, hundreds of ribs 4 are formed simultaneously. Of course, needle boards 12 can also be used, which have several groups of rows of needles in succession.
  • FIG. 4 shows the second operation, to which the floor covering 1 formed according to the previous description is subjected. After retrofitting, this can be done both on the same structural needle machine as in the previous work step and on another similar or identical machine.
  • the floor covering 1 and a needle chair 11A consisting of a needle board 12A and a slatted base 13A can be seen in longitudinal section, the slatted base 13A again having longitudinal slots 15A in the region of the knobs to be formed.
  • the floor covering 1 is shown in this illustration, compared to FIG. 3, in a longitudinal section offset parallel to the plane of the drawing.
  • the needle board 12A Six needles 14A lying in series are drawn on the needle board 12A, which in turn have a U-shaped recess (not shown) on their front side, the distance between the individual needles 14A being the same as the distance between the respective start of two neighboring ones to be formed Knobs 5.
  • This needle board 12A also has further rows of needles in planes parallel to the plane of the drawing and offset to the rear.
  • the floor covering 1 formed from the flat fleece is rotated for this second work step, so that it comes to lie with the ribs 4 upwards, and the knobs 5 can thereby be formed on the side opposite the ribs 4.
  • knobs 5 are in turn formed by the interaction of the needle chair 12A with the slatted frame 13A, the formation of a single knob 5 being divided into six work steps.
  • the floor covering 1 is continuously moved in the direction of the arrow to carry out this method.
  • the needles 14A When the needles 14A are inserted, there are individual ones Fibers from the upper area of the floor covering 1 are taken along by the needle and pulled down into the desired shape.
  • a single knob 5 is produced in six working steps by successively inserting the six individual, in-line needles 14A, the floor covering 1 being transported continuously between inserting the first, leftmost needle and the subsequent inserting of the next needle, in each case by the amount of the distance between two needles.
  • knobs 5 Due to the continuous transport of the floor covering 1 during the insertion of the needles 14A, an elongated configuration of the knobs 5 is achieved.
  • the needles 14A are shown at the beginning of the piercing process. Instead of six needles 14A for the formation of the knobs 5, any other number of needles can of course also be selected. In this case, the number of operations for forming a single knob is again adjusted to the number of needles.
  • This method in turn produces recesses 6 on the side of the floor covering 1 opposite the formed knobs 5. It goes without saying that several knobs 5 are also formed simultaneously in this method.
  • the two-sided treatment of the floor covering 1 After the two-sided treatment of the floor covering 1, it is impregnated, for example, by means of a back splash process. Care is taken to ensure that the water permeability of the floor covering 1 remains guaranteed.
  • the knobs 5 By forming the knobs 5 from individual fibers and the respective recesses 6 behind them, the outflow of water via the knobs 5 is also promoted.
  • a floor covering 1 designed in this way can be used in a wide variety of areas, but due to its very good drainage properties it is preferably used in areas with periodic wetness. For example, it is ideal as an outdoor tennis court surface. In order to keep the loads, in particular on the joints of the tennis players, within limits, granules can be introduced into and onto the top 2 of the floor covering provided with a structure.
  • such a floor covering 1 can also be used as a lawn carpet.
  • Floor covering 1 is also ideal as a dirt lock in a wide variety of areas.
  • such a floor covering 1 also has very good damping properties, which is reflected in a pleasant spring behavior when walking on the covering 1.
  • the floor covering 1 has to withstand higher mechanical loads, for example when used as a tennis court covering, so he or the knobs 5 is generally glued to the sub-floor. In the outdoor area, such a sub-floor usually has a slight slope.
  • the adhesive is applied in the form of a strip, in such a way that the grooves formed run parallel to the gradient of the underlay floor. As a result, the drainage properties of the floor covering 1 can be maintained.
  • such a floor covering 1 through the integral design of the knobs 5, has a very high wear resistance, in particular with regard to acting thrust and shear forces, with very good drainage properties at the same time.
  • the surface structure of the floor covering 1 can be chosen freely and adapted to individual needs.
  • the surface can be designed to receive granules, so that such a floor covering 1 is suitable as a tennis court covering, in particular for the outdoor area.
  • the floor covering 1 also has very pleasant damping properties.

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  1. Revêtement de sol non-tissé (1), qui présente sur sa face inférieure (3) destinée à recouvrir le sol des saillies (5) conformées en îles et d'un seul tenant avec le revêtement de sol (1), caractérisé en ce que les saillies (5) ne couvrent qu'une proportion de surface de la face inférieure telle que la plus grande partie de la face inférieure reste disponible pour la formation de canaux de drainage, et que la face supérieure opposée à la face inférieure présente une structure différente.
  2. Revêtement de sol selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'un évidement (6) est prévu chaque fois dans la région superficielle du revêtement de sol (1) opposée à une saillie (5) isolée.
  3. Revêtement de sol selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les saillies (5) sont formées par aiguilletage.
  4. Revêtement de sol selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les saillies (5) sont agencées en rangées et colonnes.
  5. Revêtement de sol selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les saillies (5) tranchent par la couleur du reste du revêtement de sol.
  6. Revêtement de sol selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les saillies sont réalisées forme de nodules (5), les nodules (5)isolés étant chaque fois constitués d'une pluralité de fils individuels.
  7. Revêtement de sol selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la face supérieure (2) du revêtement de sol (1) opposée aux saillies (5) présente une structure formée par des proéminences.
  8. Revêtement de sol selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que la structure forme une zone de dépôt pour granulés.
  9. Procédé pour fabriquer un revêtement de sol selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel, à partir d'un feutre plat préaiguilleté (10), on structure par aiguilletage la face supérieure du feutre plat au cours d'au moins une étape de travail, caractérisé en ce qu'on forme par aiguilletage à la face inférieure du feutre plat (10) des saillies (5) qui ne couvrent qu'une proportion de surface de la face inférieure telle que la plus grande partie de la face inférieure reste disponible pour la formation de canaux de drainage, la face supérieure opposée à la face inférieure présentant une structure différente.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que qu'on réalise sur une machine d'aiguilletage structurel au cours d'une première phase de travail la face supérieure du feutre plat (10) par aiguilletage au moyen d'au moins une planche à aiguilles (12) et d'une grille à lames (13), en ce qu'on retourne ensuite le revêtement de sol (15) ainsi réalisé de manière que la face supérieure originelle vienne par dessous, en ce qu'on adapte et change ensuite le ou les planches (12, 12A) et le ou les grilles (13, 13A) pour la face inférieure à réaliser, et en ce qu'on réalise alors par aiguilletage les saillies (5) sur la face inférieure du revêtement de sol.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que l'aiguilletage pour la réalisation des saillies (5) résulte de celui la face du revêtement de sol (1) opposée aux saillies (5) à réaliser.
  12. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 9 à 11, caractérisé en ce que une saillie isolée (5) est réalisé en enfonçant plusieurs fois une aiguille unique (14), le revêtement de sol (1) étant déplacé de manière continue dans une direction pendant la réalisation de cette ou ces saillies (5).
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que plusieurs saillies (5) sont réalisées en même temps.
  14. Utilisation d'un revêtement de sol réalisé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'on l'installe dans des régions sujettes aux précipitations ou à l'humidité.
  15. Utilisation d'un revêtement de sol selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce qu'on l'installe en tant que revêtement de court de tennis en extérieur.
  16. Utilisation d'un revêtement de sol selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce qu'on l'installe en tant que tapis d'extérieur, par exemple comme tapis de gazon.
  17. Utilisation d'un revêtement de sol selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce qu'on l'installe en tant que collecteur de détritus, par exemple dans une décharge à ordures.
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