EP0742326B1 - Floor and wall tiles - Google Patents

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EP0742326B1
EP0742326B1 EP96107344A EP96107344A EP0742326B1 EP 0742326 B1 EP0742326 B1 EP 0742326B1 EP 96107344 A EP96107344 A EP 96107344A EP 96107344 A EP96107344 A EP 96107344A EP 0742326 B1 EP0742326 B1 EP 0742326B1
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    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
    • E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
    • E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
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    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
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  • the invention relates to tiles and slabs of the type defined in the preamble of claim 1 for floor coverings and wall coverings. These tiles and slabs take into account in particular their laying in the thin bed using the floating method according to DIN 18156, Part 1, Clause 3.4.1, using usual glue. Tiles and slabs are often laid on a joint on a structural base, such as that which is predominantly used in building construction, after which the joints are filled in by grouting or washing in with joint mortar. This is done in accordance with the technical standards regulation DIN 18352, section 3.5 joints. In order for the grout to adhere to the structural substructure, thus gaining adhesion (adhesion), the structural subfloor in the joint area must be cleared of adhesive residue before the grout is washed in or washed in.
  • the bevel on the side surfaces creates a trapezoidal grout cross-section with the legs pointing towards the constructional surface and correspondingly spreading the legs, which represent the part of the joint flank, the grout abutment.
  • This advantage is associated with the expansion of the state of the art in replacing the indefinite adhesive force for jointing mortar with a safe abutment force, saving labor and material costs, avoiding material waste and its disposal, and ultimately significantly reducing the manufacturing / operating time. If it is ceramic tiles, but also those made of artificial stone or plastic, the molding of the side surface bevel can go hand in hand with the production, so there is nothing technically opposed to realizing the side surface bevel.
  • FIG.1 differs from that previous tiles only with its characteristic feature Side surface bevel (1) .
  • This (Fig.2) arises at on the structural underground (U) and on Joint tiles and tiles according to the invention laid side by side Panels (D) an outlined trapezoidal joint cross section, or.
  • the subject of the invention is used to joint into the thin bed using the floating method glued laid, as well as by slurrying or Washed in the grout grouting, the manufacture of flooring and wallcoverings, as opposed to adhesive with superimposed jointing mortar strand.
  • the subject of the invention is similar to the previous generic ones Tiles and slabs foreseeable without further ado Manufacturing economically can also be harmless transported, stored and from officially approved Material used at any time is therefore without further relevant from industry, trade or craft commercial applicable.

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The tile (D) is attached to a base layer (B) which provides a thermal insulation and which is provided with a bedding layer. The edges of the base layer have lugs (3) which are positioned asymmetrically to form a laying pattern with adjacent tiles. The grouting compound secures the tiles. The tiles overlap the base layers to form a profiled keying cross-section for the grout. The jointing lugs are shortened to enable the tiles to be laid with compensation for tolerances.

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Die Erfindung betrifft Fliesen und Platten der im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 definierten Gattung für Bodenbeläge und Wandbekleidungen.Diese Fliesen und Platten berücksichtigen insbesondere deren Verlegung in das Dünnbett nach dem Floating-Verfahren gemäß DIN 18156,Teil 1,Ziff.3.4.1,unter Verwendung üblicher Kleber.
Fliesen und Platten werden auf bautechnischem Untergrund,wie er vorwiegend im Hochbau vorhanden ist,oft auf Fuge geklebt verlegt.Danach werden die Fugen durch Einschlämmen bzw.Einwaschen mit Fugenmörtel verfüllt.Dies erfolgt nach dem Fachnormenregelwerk-DIN 18352,Ziff.3.5-Fugen.
Damit der Fugenmörtel auf dem bautechnischen Untergrund eigenschaftlich haften kann,demnach Haftkraft (Adhäsion) erlangt, muß vor dem Einschlämmen bzw.Einwaschen des Fugenmörtels der bautechnische Untergrund im Fugenbereich vom Kleberrest frei gemacht werden.Dazu sind die Fugen auszukratzen und zu säubern.Dies ist sowohl bei Bodenbelägen als auch Wandbekleidungen sehr umständlich.Es stellt einen aufwendigen,zeitlich an die Erhärtung des Klebers gebundenen zusätzlichen Arbeitsgang dar.Dieser ist aber unabdingbar,um einen in der EN 26927--Ziff.2.15 begrifflich festgelegten Adhäsionsbruch ausreichend vorzubeugen,dem sogenannten Ablösen des Fugenmörtels vom bautechnischen Untergrund.
Demgegenüber hat sich die Erfindung die technische Aufgabe gestellt,für Bodenbeläge und Wandbekleidungen gattungsgleiche Fliesen und Platten zu schaffen,welche das Erfordernis erfüllen,die Fugenmörtel-Haftkraft durch eine Widerlagerkraft zu ersetzen,also eine Fugenmörtel-Widerlagerung ermöglichen.
Diese technische Aufgabe wird bei einer gattungsgemäßen Einrichtung durch das kennzeichnende Merkmal nach Patentanspruch 1 gelöst.
Die Seitenflächen-Abschrägung bewirkt,nach dem Verlegen der mit ihr ausgestatteten Fliesen und Platten auf Fuge ins Klebebett einen umzeichnet trapezförmigen Fugenmörtelquerschnitt mit zum bautechnischen Untergrund hin gerichteten und abschrägungsentsprechend gespreizten die teilweise Fugenflanke darstellenden Schenkeln,die Fugenmörtel-Widerlagerung. The invention relates to tiles and slabs of the type defined in the preamble of claim 1 for floor coverings and wall coverings. These tiles and slabs take into account in particular their laying in the thin bed using the floating method according to DIN 18156, Part 1, Clause 3.4.1, using usual glue.
Tiles and slabs are often laid on a joint on a structural base, such as that which is predominantly used in building construction, after which the joints are filled in by grouting or washing in with joint mortar. This is done in accordance with the technical standards regulation DIN 18352, section 3.5 joints.
In order for the grout to adhere to the structural substructure, thus gaining adhesion (adhesion), the structural subfloor in the joint area must be cleared of adhesive residue before the grout is washed in or washed in. The joints must be scraped out and cleaned for floor coverings as well as wall cladding very cumbersome.It represents an expensive additional work step, which is dependent on the time the hardening of the adhesive takes place, but this is essential in order to adequately prevent an adhesion break defined in EN 26927 - Clause 2.15, the so-called detachment of the Grout from the structural underground.
In contrast, the invention has set itself the technical task of creating tiles and plates of the same type for floor coverings and wall coverings, which meet the requirement to replace the adhesive strength of the grout by an abutment force, that is, to enable a jointing of the grout.
This technical problem is solved in a generic device by the characterizing feature of claim 1.
After the tiles and slabs equipped with them have been laid on the joint in the adhesive bed, the bevel on the side surfaces creates a trapezoidal grout cross-section with the legs pointing towards the constructional surface and correspondingly spreading the legs, which represent the part of the joint flank, the grout abutment.

Die mit dieser Erfindung erzielbaren Vorteile sind wirtschaftlicher Art und bestehen insbesondere darin,die vorwiegend im Dünnbett nach dem Floating-Verfahren zu verlegenden Fliesen und Platten geschaffen zu haben,aufgrund deren das ansonsten erforderliche Auskratzen und Säubern der Fugen von Kleberresten vor dem Verfugen der Bodenbeläge und Wandbekleidungen entfällt.The advantages that can be achieved with this invention are more economical Type and consist in particular, which mainly in Tiles to be laid using the floating method and to have created records, because of which that otherwise necessary scraping and cleaning the joints of adhesive residue before grouting the floor coverings and wall coverings.

Mit diesem Vorteil ist die Erweiterung des Standes der Technik verbunden,für Fugenmörtel die an sich unbestimmte Haftkraft durch eine sichere Widerlagerkraft ersetzt zu haben.Zudem werden Arbeits-und Materialkosten eingespart sowie Materialentfall und dessen Entsorgung vermieden und schließlich die Herstellungs -/ Betriebszeit bedeutend verringert.
Soferne es sich um keramische Fliesen und Platten,aber auch um solche aus Kunststein oder Kunststoff handelt,kann die Anformung der Seitenflächen-Abschrägung mit der Fertigung umstandslos einhergehen.Einer Verwirklichung der Seitenflächen-Abschrägung steht daher technischerseits nichts entgegen.This advantage is associated with the expansion of the state of the art in replacing the indefinite adhesive force for jointing mortar with a safe abutment force, saving labor and material costs, avoiding material waste and its disposal, and ultimately significantly reducing the manufacturing / operating time.
If it is ceramic tiles, but also those made of artificial stone or plastic, the molding of the side surface bevel can go hand in hand with the production, so there is nothing technically opposed to realizing the side surface bevel.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung in der am häufigsten verwendeten rechteckigen Flächenform ist in den Zeichnungen schematisch dargestellt und wird im folgenden näher beschrieben sowie erläutert:

Fig.1
zeigt den Erfindungsgegenstand in räumlicher Darstellung.
Fig.2
zeigt in räumlicher Darstellung
die Ecken von zwei nebeneinander auf Fuge verlegten Erfindungsgegenständen,
den umrissen trapezförmigen Fugenmörtelquerschnitt,wie er durch zeichnerischen Ausschnitt des Erfindungsgegenstandes vollständig freigelegt von der Seitenflächen-Abschrägung bewirkt wird,
das Klebebett mit schräglaufend zur Fugenrichtung ausgeführter Abkämmung,welches im Fugenbereich als Kleberrest verbleibt
und
zeichnerisch geschnitten den bautechnischen Untergrund.
An embodiment of the invention in the most frequently used rectangular surface shape is shown schematically in the drawings and is described and explained in more detail below:
Fig. 1
shows the object of the invention in spatial representation.
Fig. 2
shows in spatial representation
the corners of two objects of the invention laid side by side on a joint,
the outlined trapezoidal grout cross-section, as it is caused by the drawing of the subject of the invention completely exposed from the side surface bevel,
the adhesive bed with a slant that runs obliquely to the direction of the joint, which remains in the joint area as adhesive residue
and
the technical background is drawn.

Der Erfindungsgegenstand (Fig.1) unterscheidet sich von den bisherigen Fliesen und Platten nur mit seiner merkmalkennzeichnenden Seitenflächen-Abschrägung (1).Dadurch (Fig.2) entsteht bei auf dem bautechnischen Untergrund (U) und auf Fuge nebeneinander verlegten erfindungsgemäßen Fliesen und Platten (D) ein umrissen trapezförmiger Fugenquerschnitt,bzw. dieser mit Fugenmörtel verfüllt,ein ebensolcher Fugenmörtelquerschnitt (Q).Das Klebebett (B) soll eine schräglaufend zur Fugenrichtung ausgeführte Abkämmung (K) erhalten,dann die geschaffene Fugenmörtel-Widerlagerung flächenhaft gleichmäßig über die gesamte Fugenlänge verteilt ansteht.Die erfindungsgemäßen Fliesen und Platten (D) werden beim Verlegen fest ins Klebebett (B) gedrückt.Dieses bleibt im Fugenbereich dabei mit der Abkämmung (K) als Kleberrest (R) erhalten.Letzterer seiner Höhe nach stets innerhalb der Seitenflächen-Abschrägung (1) liegend,ist über die gesamte Fugenlänge immer eine Fugenmörtel-Widerlagerung vorhanden.The subject of the invention (Fig.1) differs from that previous tiles only with its characteristic feature Side surface bevel (1) .This (Fig.2) arises at on the structural underground (U) and on Joint tiles and tiles according to the invention laid side by side Panels (D) an outlined trapezoidal joint cross section, or. this is filled with grout, a similar grout cross-section (Q) .The adhesive bed (B) should run at an angle to the Grooming (K) obtained, then the created one Joint mortar abutment evenly over the entire area is distributed over the entire length of the joint Tiles and slabs (D) are firmly inserted when laying Adhesive bed (B) pressed, this remains in the joint area obtained with the comb (K) as adhesive residue (R) its height is always within the side surface bevel (1) lying is always one over the entire length of the joint Joint mortar abutment available.

Der Erfindungsgegenstand dient,auf Fuge ins Dünnbett im Floating-Verfahren geklebt verlegt,sowie durch Einschlämmen bzw. Einwaschen des Fugenmörtels verfugt,der Herstellung von Bodenbelägen und Wandbekleidungen,im Gegensatz zu anhaftendem mit widergelagertem Fugenmörtelstrang.Selbstverständlich kann der Erfindungsgegenstand auch unter Anwendung jedes anderen, beliebigen Arbeitsverfahrens verlegt werden.The subject of the invention is used to joint into the thin bed using the floating method glued laid, as well as by slurrying or Washed in the grout grouting, the manufacture of flooring and wallcoverings, as opposed to adhesive with superimposed jointing mortar strand. Of course you can the subject of the invention also using any other, any work process.

Der Erfindungsgegenstand ist gleichartig den bisherigen gattungsgleichen Fliesen und Platten absehbar ohne weiteres industriell wirtschaftlich herzustellen,kann desgleichen unbedenklich tranportiert,gelagert und aus behördlich zugelassenem Werkstoff bestehend jederzeit verwendet werden,ist somit ohne weiteres einschlägig von Industrie,Handel oder Handwerk gewerblich anwendbar. The subject of the invention is similar to the previous generic ones Tiles and slabs foreseeable without further ado Manufacturing economically can also be harmless transported, stored and from officially approved Material used at any time is therefore without further relevant from industry, trade or craft commercial applicable.

Zusammengefaßt wird gegenüber dem Stand der Technik bei Fliesen und Platten im wesentlichen der Vorteil erzielt, daß bei Verlegung derselben ins Dünnbett mit angewendetem Floating-Verfahren das Auskratzen und Säubern der Fugen von Kleberresten entfällt.Dies erfolgt mit Maßgabe des Ersatzes der an sich unbestimmten Haftkraft des Fugenmörtels auf dem bautechnischen Untergrund durch eine sichere Widerlagerkraft, für welche die Fliesen und Platten das Widerlager selber sind. So werden bei der Ausführung von Bodenbelägen und Wandbekleidungen mit den erfindungsgemäßen Fliesen und Platten Arbeits-sowie Materialkosten eingespart, Materialentfall und dessen Entsorgung vermieden und schließlich die Herstellungs- / Betriebszeit bedeutend verringert.

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1 Seitenflächen-Abschrägung
B Klebebett
D Fliese oder Platte
K Abkämmung
Q Fugenmörtelquerschnitt
R Kleberrest
U bautechnischer Untergrund
Hierzu 1 Blatt ZeichnungenIn summary, compared to the prior art, the main advantage of tiles and slabs is that when the same is laid in a thin bed using the floating process, there is no need to scrape and clean the joints of adhesive residues. This is done by replacing the inherently undetermined adhesive force of the Jointing mortar on the building surface thanks to a secure abutment force, for which the tiles are the abutment itself. In this way, the execution of floor coverings and wall coverings with the tiles and panels according to the invention saves labor and material costs, eliminates material disposal and its disposal and finally significantly reduces the manufacturing / operating time.
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1 side bevel
B adhesive bed
D tile or plate
K comb
Q Cross section of grout
R adhesive residue
U technical underground
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  1. Slab, in particular tile, for floor and wall coverings, possessing a top surface, a bottom surface and lateral surfaces, each lateral surface forming a right angle with the top surface,
    characterised in that
    each lateral surface features a slope inclined towards the centre of the slab and beginning at approximately half the thickness of the slab, said slope running as an inclined plane over the entire length of the lateral surface and forming an obtuse angle with the bottom surface.
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