EP0657601B1 - Device for laying of tiling on a vertical framework of wood or metal - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a device for laying tiles on a frame vertical in wood or metal.

It will find its application in particular in the construction and building when necessary intervene on new or renovation work by the exterior of building facades.

On many works, it is necessary to lay very large tiling surfaces in order to cover vertical walls in new or under renovation by outside. For example, you have to lay tiles or various materials such as natural stone possibly thin or composite materials.

To achieve such a pose so far tiles on a vertical frame, we put in place wooden rafters which are placed on the frame. These rafters have, depending on the size of the work, a dimension of the order from five to ten centimeters and they are arranged vertically being spaced apart by a flexible strip, for example PVC having an isolating role.

On these rafters are generally fixed by through screws plates which include a support for the tile at each of its angles.

One of the major drawbacks of this device to install tiles is to use screws fixing of the plates on the rafters, which, on the site, is not easy to implement.

There is indeed a significant loss of time but also and above all an obligation to work in very rigorous flatness conditions. This is not still not easy, sometimes taking into account the support, which very often leads to surfaces tiled that have irregularities or whose flatness is not good.

We also know the French patent FR-A-2,527,672 a device for fixing on a wall a covering made up of juxtaposed panels.

This document indicates the use of profiles horizontal cooperating with grooved fixing lugs to support the panels. At the slice level upper panels, patent 2,527,672 provides the use of two parts, namely a jumper 26 and a fixing lug in the form of a keeper integral with the panels. In the lower part of the panels, patent 2,527,672 discloses supporting throat lugs in one point the panel by its lower edge.

Although having horizontal profiles and fixing lugs intermediate between the profiles and panels, this previous document produces a set of complex means. On the one hand, the means of maintaining panels are different in the lower part and in the upper part, which requires the production of different parts. Else share, in the lower part, only support for solicitations vertical is proposed. Finally, the throat fixing lugs do not allow the relative spacing of the panels, which does not facilitate assembly and adjustment, especially at the angles.

The invention aims to remedy these drawbacks and for this purpose, one of the first goals of the device for the laying of tiles on a vertical frame according to the invention is to be able to quickly set up the tiles by obtaining a very regular surface finish.

Another object of the device according to the invention is to be able to be adapted on a very vertical frame easily through rigid horizontal profiles preferably aluminum.

Another purpose of the device for laying tiles according to the invention is to be able to be set works without using plate fixing screws which are generally used to hold the tiles one by one in every angle.

Another advantage of the device for laying tiling according to the invention is to allow the laying of each horizontal row of tiles independently relative to the row below to be able to ask staggered joints.

Another object of the device for laying tiles according to the invention is to be able to be set works with different materials such as tiling, thin natural stone or not or a composite material.

Another advantage of the device for laying tiles according to the invention is to be able to be set works on an irregular vertical frame and not very plane.

• que le profilé horizontal rigide est fixé sur l'ossature verticale et présente une aile supérieure de clipsage et une aile inférieure,
• que la ou les plaques sont disposées au niveau de chaque angle du carrelage avec un clips susceptible de s'engager dans l'aile supérieure ou inférieure du profilé horizontal,
• qu'il comprend une aile d'appui solidaire des plaques pour maintenir les carrelages sur les angles,
• qu'une seule plaque permet le maintien de quatre angles droits adjacents, cette plaque comportant quatre ailes d'appui,
• que la plaque comporte des écarteurs sur lesquels viennent en butée les côtés latéraux des carrelages.

The invention provides at least two alternative embodiments and the device for laying tiles on a vertical wooden or aluminum frame for new work or renovation from the outside of buildings, comprising a rigid horizontal profile and one or more plates , characterized by the fact:

• that the rigid horizontal profile is fixed to the vertical framework and has an upper clipping wing and a lower wing,
• that the plate or plates are arranged at each corner of the tiling with a clip capable of engaging in the upper or lower wing of the horizontal profile,
• that it includes a support wing integral with the plates to maintain the tiles on the corners,
• that a single plate allows the maintenance of four adjacent right angles, this plate comprising four support wings,
• that the plate has spacers on which the lateral sides of the tiles come into abutment.

La figure 1 est une vue en coupe du dispositif pour la pose de carrelages selon l'invention, montrant le profil et les plaques supérieures et inférieures sur lesquelles sont disposés des matériaux tels que carrelage, pierre naturelle ou artificielle ou matériau composite,

la figure 2 est une vue de face de la figure 1,

la figure 3 est une vue en coupe d'une deuxième variante de l'invention montrant le profil d'aluminium avec une seule plaque pour maintenir les quatre angles droits adjacents de quatre carreaux contigus,

la figure 4 est une vue de face de la figure 3,

la figure 5 montre schématiquement une pose à joints décalés.

Other objects and advantages will emerge from the present description of two nonlimiting embodiments, illustrated by the appended drawings among which:

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the device for laying tiles according to the invention, showing the profile and the upper and lower plates on which materials such as tiles, natural or artificial stone or composite material are placed,

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a second variant of the invention showing the aluminum profile with a single plate for holding the four adjacent right angles of four contiguous tiles,

FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 3,

Figure 5 schematically shows an installation with offset joints.

We refer to Figure 1 which shows generally a device for laying a tile on a vertical frame which is generally designated by (1). This frame can be of wood or aluminum and it can for example consist of more or less chevrons less evenly spaced.

When we try to cover this frame in new work or renovation from outside buildings with tiling or other material, implement one of the variants of the device according to the invention, as will be described later.

Thus, it will be easy to implement very diverse materials such as tiles, natural stone or artificial, or composite material. The device according to the invention can also be adapted to any material even very fine thickness.

The installation can be carried out very quickly and with a very flat and very regular. A rigid profile is preferably used for this aluminum (2) including a base (3) which will be placed on the vertical framework (1) via surfaces notches such as (4). The profiles (2) can be drilled for example along the axes (5) to be fixed on the frame vertical by means of correctly spaced screws.

Once these screws are installed and each profile (2) will be made integral with the frame (1), it will not no longer necessary, using the installation device according to the invention, to again implement other screws fixation.

The profile (2) is preferably made in aluminum to have an interesting resistance and for be able to be extruded with a particular shape allowing the adaptation of tiles or its accessories.

We see in Figure 1 that this aluminum profile (2) includes an upper wing (6) whose end (7) will be reserved for clipping while the end (8) will have rather a support function.

The profile (2) has at its bottom a wing (9) with one end (10) reserved for clipping and a Support part (8).

As can be seen in Figure 2, the device for laying tiles according to the invention allows laying two adjacent tiles (12 and 13) which have right angles (14 and 15) and sides respectively vertical (16 and 17) and horizontal (18 and 19). We have shown in Figure 2 in dotted lines (20 and 21) both other tiles to be laid later.

Each tile (12 and 13) came from manufacturing with one or more plates (22 or 23).

Referring to Figure 2, we see that the plate (22) is fixed at each corner (14) of the tiling by means of a key or a peg on the edges of the tile (12). This montage and this fixing completed by bonding will naturally done in the workshop and each tile will therefore have in its two lower angles such as (14) a plate such as (22) right and left.

This plate (22) has been curved in its part upper at (23) to present a clip (24) whose function is to come and engage in the end (7) of the upper wing (6) of the horizontal profile (2). The clip (24) will be as seen in Figure 2 performed on a few centimeters or a greater distance if this is necessary.

The bottom plate (23) has a different shape upper plates (22) since it has a clip (26) and a bearing surface (27) drawn otherwise. The clips (26) will engage in the lower wing (10) of the profile (2) while the bearing surface (27) will come into contact with the area (11) described above.

It should be noted that on the same profile (2) we first fix a whole series of tiles such as (13) which will be placed in a horizontal row below the tiles (12). By fixing on each tile (12) in their lower part two right and left profiles such as (22), we can come by means of clips (24) to adapt without fixing screw on the profile (2). When the entire row of tiles (13) will be installed, we can then bring a row horizontal tiles (12) which will be provided in their part upper of profiles (23) of different shape to the profile (22). These profiles (23) right and left will allow engage by clipping into the lower wing (10) of the profile aluminum (2).

It should be noted that each tile will thus be provided along its lower horizontal side (18) and in the corners two form plates (22). Each tile will also provided in its upper part such as (19) with two parts such as (23). The tiles from the workshop with their two plates (22) and their two plates (23) must therefore be on site used in a specific direction to naturally present all the shape plates (23) towards the top and all the form plates (22) down.

Each plate (22 or 23) includes a wing support (28) on which the edge (29) of the tiling is placed (12).

Another mode is shown in Figures 3 and 4 of execution of the device for laying tiles on a vertical frame according to the invention. We use a profile aluminum (2) identical in shape to that described in the figure 1, namely that it comprises an upper wing (6) allowing the clipping in a zone (7) and support in a zone (8). The lower wing allows clipping in its extreme part (10) and in its base (11).

Parts (22 and 23) of the previous variant are replaced by a single plate (30) which has at its upper part a clips (31) capable of engaging in the upper wing (7) of the horizontal profile. This withdrawal (31) has the same function as the fold (23) of Figure 1. The plate (30) bears on the area (8) of the upper wing of the profile (2). The plate (30) includes a support wing (32) on which rests the edge (29) of the tiling (12). This wing support (32) is raised upwards at (33) to come into contact with the external surface (34) of the tiling.

Note in Figure 4 that there are two wings support (33) folded up to hold the two adjacent upper tiles (12).

The plate (30) also has two other bearing surfaces (35) of the upper edges of the tiles (13). These surfaces (35) are folded down to come resting on the external surface of the tiles (13).

As can be seen in Figure 4, each plate (30) therefore includes for the two upper tiles (12) two parts (33) folded upwards and for both lower tiles (13) two parts (36) folded towards the low. The tiles can therefore be laid in rows horizontally independently. When the profile (2) is fixed we can then put a plate (30) in each area where four tiles will cross. We represented for example in FIG. 2 an installation with aligned joints, that is to say that the joints shown schematically in (37 and 38) are continuous and respectively draw vertical lines (37) or horizontal (38).

It should be noted that the device according to the invention can also be adapted to a joint installation shifted and we may be brought to perform such work to delete all the clips (33) located at the top or all the clips (36) facing downwards. This deletion will designed for example during the construction of the plates (30) or by pulling clips on site (33 or 36) which can be cut.

Schematically shown in Figure 5 a installation with offset joints. The horizontal lines (38) are parallel and continuous while the vertical lines (37) are discontinuous. This configuration of joints is found moreover conventionally in a pose with stone joints or masonry. we notice that at the base of each joint vertical (37) we only used the two high clips (33) and that the clips (36) have been removed from the plate.

We have for example schematized in the joints horizontal (37) of the interleavers (39) on which come in abutment the vertical sides (16) of the tiles (12). We will be able to slide each tile (12) towards its adjacent tile in the legs (33) until it comes in abutment on the spacer (39).

It will thus be possible to implement a device for laying for tiling with a very regular surface finish without the need to use fixing screws to fix the plates on the frame. The pose could be made with aligned joints or offset joints and may use many available materials currently such as natural or artificial stones, of very different thicknesses or composite materials.

Claims (8)

1. Device for laying tiling on a vertical framework of wood or aluminium for new works or renovation from the outside of buildings, including a rigid horizontal profile bar (2) and one or several plates (22) or (23), characterised in that:

   the rigid horizontal profile bar (2) is fixed to the vertical framework (1) and has a snap-on upper wing (6) and a lower wing (9),

   the plate or plates (22) or (23) are arranged at the level of each corner (14) of the tiling with a clip capable of being inserted into the upper (6) or lower wing (9) of the horizontal profile bar (2),

   it includes a supporting wing integral with the plates, in order to maintain the tiling at the corners,

   one single plate (22, 23) allows to maintain four adjacent right angles (14), this plate including four supporting wings,

   the plate (22, 23) includes spacers against which abut the lateral sides (16) of the tiling.
2. Device for laying tiling on a vertical framework, according to claim 1, characterised in that the plates (22 or 23) have a different shape according to whether they fit on the upper wing of the profile bar or on its lower wing.
3. Device for laying tiling on a vertical framework, according to claim 1, characterised in that the plates are glued or keyed on to each corner of the tiling.
4. Device for laying tiling on a vertical framework, according to claim 1, characterised in that the two upper supporting wings are folded upwards and snap onto the outer face of the tiling.
5. Device for laying tiling on a vertical framework, according to any of claims 1 or 4, characterised in that the two lower supporting wings are folded downwards and snap onto the outer face of the tiling.
6. Device for laying tiling on a vertical framework, according to claim 4, characterised in that the two lower supporting wings are folded downwards and snap onto the outer face of the tiling.
7. Device for laying tiling on a vertical framework, according to claim 4, characterised in that the plate has spacers.
8. Device for laying tiling on a vertical framework, according to claim 1, characterised in that it allows the laying with aligned or offset joints, the upper or lower supporting wings being capable of being torn away.

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