EP1025315B1 - Device for providing a pattern on concrete surfaces or the like - Google Patents

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EP1025315B1
EP1025315B1 EP98950598A EP98950598A EP1025315B1 EP 1025315 B1 EP1025315 B1 EP 1025315B1 EP 98950598 A EP98950598 A EP 98950598A EP 98950598 A EP98950598 A EP 98950598A EP 1025315 B1 EP1025315 B1 EP 1025315B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F21/02—Implements for finishing work on buildings for applying plasticised masses to surfaces, e.g. plastering walls
    • E04F21/16—Implements for after-treatment of plaster or the like before it has hardened or dried, e.g. smoothing-tools, profile trowels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B11/00—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
    • B28B11/08—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for reshaping the surface, e.g. smoothing, roughening, corrugating, making screw-threads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B11/00—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
    • B28B11/08—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for reshaping the surface, e.g. smoothing, roughening, corrugating, making screw-threads
    • B28B11/0809—Hand tools therefore
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C19/00—Machines, tools or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving
    • E01C19/22—Machines, tools or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving for consolidating or finishing laid-down unset materials
    • E01C19/43—Machines or arrangements for roughening or patterning freshly-laid paving courses, e.g. indenting rollers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F21/02—Implements for finishing work on buildings for applying plasticised masses to surfaces, e.g. plastering walls
    • E04F21/04—Patterns or templates; Jointing rulers

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  • the present invention relates to a device for providing a pattern on concrete surfaces or other embossable material surfaces comprising a pattern roll intended to be moved across such a surface.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to obtain a simplified and improved embossing device for embossing concrete surfaces or other embossable material surfaces.
  • the problem has been to obtain a rational drum with improved release properties to the material being embossed, as well as an improved embossing quality as such.
  • the device comprises one, inner drum provided with a pulling device, which drum is arranged to be provided with a ballast as well as an outer embossing drum of a polymeric material, where the inner and the outer drum are slidably arranged relative each other.
  • the material being embossed is much easier released from the embossing roll by the present invention, especially for the case of concrete, which improves the quality of the pattern being embossed as such, secondly, by the slipping joint between the two drums, an improved movement is achieved against the material surface being embossed, which leads to an improved embossment as such.
  • a pulling pole for the manual forward pulling which pulling pole is Y-shaped designed, where between the upper arms 2 of the Y, a smooth drum is provided and arranged to enable a free rotation between the pulling pole 1 and the drum 3.
  • the drum 3 is sealed and provided with a sealable opening 5, arranged on one of its gables 4.
  • a liquid, such as water, can be brought into the drum 3, through the opening 5, to act as a ballast or weight on the device.
  • a drum 6 is thread onto the drum 3, which outer drum 6 constitutes an embossing drum, i.e. it exhibits a relief pattern designed to penetrate in the material being embossed, or be filled up by the material being embossed.
  • a pattern representing the splices between bricks put in joints, in a way that the pattern on the embossing drum 6 consists of protruding grooves or ridges 7, 8, which ridges partly are radially arranged 7, partly exhibit proceeding transverse ridges 8 between those ridges 7.
  • the transverse ridges 8 are then displaced in respect to each other in such way that they imitate a brick joint, where the bricks are displacely localised in respect to each other.
  • a pattern is embossed on the surface, corresponding that of the embossing roll 6.
  • the different ridges 7, 8 in the above shown example will then form the splices 9 in an imitated brick joint.
  • suitable patterns are for example hexagonal surfaces with a side of 46 mm, a depth of 15 mm and a width of 12 mm, which pattern is adapted for embossing stable floors, especially for cattle, to avoid slipping injuries and permit the elimination of water and urine through the splices, i.e. to attain an improved keeping of animals.
  • every other pattern can be applied on the embossing surface of the embossing drum 6.
  • Especially complicated patterns can be achieved by casting of the polymeric material used for the embossing drum 6, at the same time as casting a whole embossing drum 6.
  • the pattern can be brought onto the surface of the drum and be adhered to this through welding, glueing or other suitable method.
  • the embossing drum 6 can be manufactured of any suitable polymeric material, such as polyethylene, polycarbonate and other thermoplastic polymers, copolymers and /or compositions of polymers or cured polymers with suitable wear resistance and shape resistance.
  • suitable polymeric material such as polyethylene, polycarbonate and other thermoplastic polymers, copolymers and /or compositions of polymers or cured polymers with suitable wear resistance and shape resistance.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for providing a pattern on concrete surfaces or other embossable material surface comprising an embossing roll designed to be moved by means of rolling accross such surface, where the device comprises an inner drum (3) provided with a pulling device (1) which drum is arranged to be provided with a ballast, and an outer embossing drum (6) of a polymeric material, where the inner drum (3) and the outer embossing drum (6) is slidably arranged relative to each other.

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  • The present invention relates to a device for providing a pattern on concrete surfaces or other embossable material surfaces comprising a pattern roll intended to be moved across such a surface.
  • The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a simplified and improved embossing device for embossing concrete surfaces or other embossable material surfaces.
    • Background of the invention
  • It is previously known, in e.g. US-A-5,033,906, a system for embossing of an embossable surface, which system consists of a drum/barrel with a number of, distantly arranged from each other, radially proceeding ridges and a number of perpendicularly proceeding ridges, between such pairs of radial ridges, to imitate a joint of bricks. The drum, made of aluminium, is provided with a sealable opening at the gable/side through which a heavily weighing liquid can be filled into and drained off from the barrell. Further, the drum is connected to a vibrator for vibrating the surface which hass just being embossed, e.g., a concrete surface.
  • On one hand, it has been shown that the metal drums themselves are not particularly suitable for treating concrete, especially not aluminium since it easily corrodes in an alkaline environment, further metal working is costly. Change of the embossing pattern is also not particularly easy, and above all, it is costly due to the cost of the metal embossing drum. Further, working of fantasy patterns is difficult on a metal surface, or to be brought onto a metal surface.
  • It has also been shown that the quality of the embossing itself could be improved, partly through an improved release of the material being embossed, partly by improving the embossing as such.
  • Thus, the problem has been to obtain a rational drum with improved release properties to the material being embossed, as well as an improved embossing quality as such.
    • Description of the invention
  • Surprisingly, it has now been shown possible to solve this entire quality problem through the present invention, characterized in that the device comprises one, inner drum provided with a pulling device, which drum is arranged to be provided with a ballast as well as an outer embossing drum of a polymeric material, where the inner and the outer drum are slidably arranged relative each other.
  • Primarily, the material being embossed is much easier released from the embossing roll by the present invention, especially for the case of concrete, which improves the quality of the pattern being embossed as such, secondly, by the slipping joint between the two drums, an improved movement is achieved against the material surface being embossed, which leads to an improved embossment as such.
  • The present invention will now be described with reference to the enclosed drawings, yet without being limited hereto, where:
    • FIG. 1
    shows a dismounted device according to the present invention in a perspective view, and
    FIG. 2
    shows an assembled device according to the present invention.
  • 1 represents a pulling pole for the manual forward pulling, which pulling pole is Y-shaped designed, where between the upper arms 2 of the Y, a smooth drum is provided and arranged to enable a free rotation between the pulling pole 1 and the drum 3. The drum 3 is sealed and provided with a sealable opening 5, arranged on one of its gables 4. A liquid, such as water, can be brought into the drum 3, through the opening 5, to act as a ballast or weight on the device. A drum 6 is thread onto the drum 3, which outer drum 6 constitutes an embossing drum, i.e. it exhibits a relief pattern designed to penetrate in the material being embossed, or be filled up by the material being embossed. Usually a pattern exists representing the splices between bricks put in joints, in a way that the pattern on the embossing drum 6 consists of protruding grooves or ridges 7, 8, which ridges partly are radially arranged 7, partly exhibit proceeding transverse ridges 8 between those ridges 7. The transverse ridges 8 are then displaced in respect to each other in such way that they imitate a brick joint, where the bricks are displacely localised in respect to each other. Through pulling of the device across a concrete surface or another surface, made of an embossable material, a pattern is embossed on the surface, corresponding that of the embossing roll 6. The different ridges 7, 8 in the above shown example, will then form the splices 9 in an imitated brick joint.
  • Other suitable patterns are for example hexagonal surfaces with a side of 46 mm, a depth of 15 mm and a width of 12 mm, which pattern is adapted for embossing stable floors, especially for cattle, to avoid slipping injuries and permit the elimination of water and urine through the splices, i.e. to attain an improved keeping of animals.
  • It is obvious that every other pattern can be applied on the embossing surface of the embossing drum 6. Especially complicated patterns can be achieved by casting of the polymeric material used for the embossing drum 6, at the same time as casting a whole embossing drum 6. At simplified patterns, the pattern can be brought onto the surface of the drum and be adhered to this through welding, glueing or other suitable method.
  • The embossing drum 6 can be manufactured of any suitable polymeric material, such as polyethylene, polycarbonate and other thermoplastic polymers, copolymers and /or compositions of polymers or cured polymers with suitable wear resistance and shape resistance.

Claims (3)

  1. Device for providing a pattern on concrete surfaces or other embossable material surface comprising an embossing roll designed to be moved by means of rolling across such a surface;
    characterized in, that the device comprises an inner drum (3) provided with a pulling device (1) which drum is arranged to be provided with a ballast, and an outer embossing drum (6) of a polymeric material, where the inner drum (3) and the outer embossing drum (6) are slidably arranged relative to each other.
  2. Device according Claim 1,
    characterized in, that the embossing roll (6) exhibits an embossing surface corresponding a brick joint with an deep-embossed splice (9).
  3. Device according Claim 1,
    characterized in, that the embossing roll (6) exhibits an embossing surface corresponding to hexagonally bounded surfaces with a deep-embossed splice (9).
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