EP1094922A1 - Prefabricated planking by gluing with straight or curved boards and having planar or complex shape - Google Patents

Prefabricated planking by gluing with straight or curved boards and having planar or complex shape

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EP1094922A1
EP1094922A1 EP99918025A EP99918025A EP1094922A1 EP 1094922 A1 EP1094922 A1 EP 1094922A1 EP 99918025 A EP99918025 A EP 99918025A EP 99918025 A EP99918025 A EP 99918025A EP 1094922 A1 EP1094922 A1 EP 1094922A1
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Dominique Crassous
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Techmar Industries Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27D—WORKING VENEER OR PLYWOOD
    • B27D1/00—Joining wood veneer with any material; Forming articles thereby; Preparatory processing of surfaces to be joined, e.g. scoring
    • B27D1/04—Joining wood veneer with any material; Forming articles thereby; Preparatory processing of surfaces to be joined, e.g. scoring to produce plywood or articles made therefrom; Plywood sheets
    • B27D1/08—Manufacture of shaped articles; Presses specially designed therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27M—WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B27B - B27L; MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES
    • B27M3/00—Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles
    • B27M3/04—Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles of flooring elements, e.g. parqueting blocks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B5/00—Hulls characterised by their construction of non-metallic material
    • B63B5/02—Hulls characterised by their construction of non-metallic material made predominantly of wood
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B5/00—Hulls characterised by their construction of non-metallic material
    • B63B5/02—Hulls characterised by their construction of non-metallic material made predominantly of wood
    • B63B5/06—Decks; Shells
    • B63B5/08—Decks; Shells with single-layer planking

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  • the present invention relates to a device allowing the production of planking or prefabricated floors, with straight or curved blades, planes or of complex shape (such as boat decks, swimming pool surrounds, etc.), The installation of such systems can then be carried out by any suitable technical means without prolonged immobilization of the asset.
  • This type of installation is traditionally carried out on site with a wooden plank after a wooden plank or using other prefabricated processes which do not allow the curvature of the wood to be adapted to a previously defined path.
  • the type of construction described in the invention makes it possible, after having determined a shape of floor and a curvature of the wooden boards, to produce the part by bonding and deliver it ready to install.
  • a template the size of the developed surface is made of a material such as agglomerated cardboard, in principle of small thickness, the thickness will be determined according to the constraint that the blades 0 will subject to the template.
  • the wooden blades and the optional intermediate seal made of a rubber cord for example will be assembled upside down on the template using a quick glue.
  • This assembly can be glued as it is on any support and the manufacturing template eliminated by planing, sanding or any other suitable means such as for example a solvent for the glue holding the template.
  • This use allows to include as is this assembly in a vacuum laminated molding system (for the realization of a boat deck or a sauna bench or a polyester pool for example) or to obtain a thick floor very weak with shaped wooden blades.
  • the blades are curved and glued to the template with a thickness allowing them to bend regularly without veiling and planed afterwards while once glued they can no longer deform, the template ensuring the rigidity of the whole before final installation.
  • This same set can also be glued under vacuum to a support constituting either a load-bearing floor or an intermediary allowing the delivery of a shaped and finished product on the surface.
  • the inclusion of a mold in the vacuum sandwich under the intermediate plate allows pre-shaping of the product before its final installation.
  • Figure 1 shows in section the result obtained during the first bonding.
  • this figure includes the wooden blades (2) the joint between the blades (3) and the flat forming jig (l).
  • Figure 2 shows in section the principle of forming the result obtained by gluing to dish illustrated in Figure 1.
  • Figure 1 With reference to this figure includes the assembly illustrated in Figure 1 (1) the intermediate plate (2) the forming mold (3) and the flexible bag allowing bonding under vacuum (4).

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Abstract

A planking technique for producing, in a workshop, floors of required length with straight or curved boards having planar or curved shape. The technique restricts the period for which the object is immobilized to the time during which the prefabricated panels are being glued. The technique is particularly adapted for producing the skirts of swimming pools, boat decks, saunas, thalassotherapy installations and, more particularly, floors with complex shapes. A template is produced based on the surface to be covered in a material which will be subsequently eliminated. The boards are glued with their upper surface on the template lower surface with edge bending corresponding to the bending desired for the final production. The sealant between the boards can be produced at this stage of manufacture.

Description

PLANCHEIAGE PREFABRIQUE PAR COLLAGE A LAMES DROITES OU COURBESBOARDING PREFABRICATED BY GLUING WITH STRAIGHT OR CURVED BLADES
ET DE FORME PLANE OU COMPLEXE La présente invention concerne un dispositif permettant la réalisation de plancheiages ou de planchers préfabriqués , à lames droites ou courbes, plans ou de forme complexe ( tels que ponts de bateaux, pourtours de piscine, etc...) , La pose de tels systèmes peut être réalisée ensuite par tout moyen technique adapté sans immobilisation prolongée du bien.AND OF PLANE OR COMPLEX FORM The present invention relates to a device allowing the production of planking or prefabricated floors, with straight or curved blades, planes or of complex shape (such as boat decks, swimming pool surrounds, etc.), The installation of such systems can then be carried out by any suitable technical means without prolonged immobilization of the asset.
Ce type de pose est traditionnellement réalisé sur place lame de bois après lame de bois ou grâce à d'autres 0 procédés préfabriqués ne permettant pas d'adapter la courbure du bois à un tracé préalablement défini. Le type de construction décrit dans l'invention permet après avoir déterminé une forme de plancher et une courbure des lames de bois de réaliser la pièce par 5 collage et la livrer prête à poser.This type of installation is traditionally carried out on site with a wooden plank after a wooden plank or using other prefabricated processes which do not allow the curvature of the wood to be adapted to a previously defined path. The type of construction described in the invention makes it possible, after having determined a shape of floor and a curvature of the wooden boards, to produce the part by bonding and deliver it ready to install.
Un gabarit de la taille de la surface développée est réalisé dans un matériau tel qu'aggloméré de carton en principe de faible épaisseur, l'épaisseur sera déterminée en fonction de la contrainte que les lames 0 feront subir au gabarit.A template the size of the developed surface is made of a material such as agglomerated cardboard, in principle of small thickness, the thickness will be determined according to the constraint that the blades 0 will subject to the template.
Grâce à l'outillage décrit par la suite, les lames de bois et le joint intercalaire facultatif constitué d'une corde de caoutchouc par exemple seront assemblés à l'envers sur le gabarit grâce à une colle rapide. À la 25 fin de cette opération nous disposerons d'un ensemble dont la face collée sur le gabarit sera la face constituant après pose la face supérieure du plancher. Cet ensemble pourra être collé tel quel sur n'importe quel support et le gabarit de fabrication éliminé par rabotage, ponçage ou tout autre moyen approprié comme par exemple un solvant de la colle maintenant le gabarit . Cette utilisation permet d'inclure tel quel cet ensembledans un système de moulage stratifié sous vide (pour la réalisation d'un pont de bateau ou d'un banc de sauna ou une piscine polyester par exemple) ou d'obtenir un plancher d'épaisseur très faible avec des lames de bois en forme. En effet les lames sont courbées et collées sur le gabarit avec une épaisseur leur permettant de- se cintrer régulièrement sans voiler et rabotées par la suite alors qu'une fois collées elles ne peuvent plus se déformer, le gabarit assurant la rigidité de l'ensemble avant la pose définitive. Ce même ensemble pourra aussi être collé sous vide sur un support constituant soit un plancher porteur soit un intermédiaire permettant la livraison d'un produit en forme et fini en surface. L'inclusion d'un moule dans le sandwich sous vide sous la plaque intermédiaire permet un pré formage du produit avant sa pose définitive. Une fois le collage réalisé, le gabarit sera retiré et l'ensemble sera prêt à être posé sur son support définiti f . L'outillage nécessaire sera constitué de l'ensemble du matériel permettant le collage sous vide et d'une "table" de montage munie de rails parallèles surélevés de telle manière que le gabarit puisse être disposé sous les rails avant collage des lames de plancher. Sur ces rails seront disposés:Thanks to the tools described below, the wooden blades and the optional intermediate seal made of a rubber cord for example will be assembled upside down on the template using a quick glue. At the end of this operation we will have a set whose face glued to the template will be the constituent face after laying the upper face of the floor. This assembly can be glued as it is on any support and the manufacturing template eliminated by planing, sanding or any other suitable means such as for example a solvent for the glue holding the template. This use allows to include as is this assembly in a vacuum laminated molding system (for the realization of a boat deck or a sauna bench or a polyester pool for example) or to obtain a thick floor very weak with shaped wooden blades. Indeed the blades are curved and glued to the template with a thickness allowing them to bend regularly without veiling and planed afterwards while once glued they can no longer deform, the template ensuring the rigidity of the whole before final installation. This same set can also be glued under vacuum to a support constituting either a load-bearing floor or an intermediary allowing the delivery of a shaped and finished product on the surface. The inclusion of a mold in the vacuum sandwich under the intermediate plate allows pre-shaping of the product before its final installation. Once the bonding has been completed, the template will be removed and the assembly will be ready to be placed on its definite support. The necessary tools will be made up of all the equipment allowing the bonding under vacuum and a mounting "table" provided with raised parallel rails so that the template can be placed under the rails before gluing the floorboards. On these rails will be arranged:
1) une butée mobile permettant le blocage du gabarit et des lames de bois du coté ou la contrainte va s ' appliquer 2) des cales à pression mobiles aussi nombreuses sur chaque rail qu'il y aura de lames de bois à coller sur le gabarit .Les rails disposés transversalement à l'axe des lames, seront aussi nombreux qu'il sera nécessaire pour que la courbure des lames soit régulière et le voilage réduit.1) a movable stop allowing the blocking of the template and the wooden blades on the side where the stress will apply 2) mobile pressure wedges as numerous on each rail as there will be wooden blades to stick on the template .The rails arranged transversely to the axis of the blades, will be as numerous as will be necessary so that the curvature of the blades is regular and the buckling reduced.
Les dessins annexés illustrent le principe de construction. La figure 1 représente en coupe le résultat obtenu lors du premier collage. En référence, cette figure comporte les lames de bois (2) le joint entre les lames (3) et le gabarit de formage à plat (l).La figure 2 représente en coupe le principe de réalisation du formage du résultat obtenu par collage à plat illustré figure l.En référence cette figure comporte l'ensemble illustré figure 1 (1) la plaque intermédiaire (2) le moule de formage (3) et le sac souple permettant le collage sous vide (4). The accompanying drawings illustrate the principle of construction. Figure 1 shows in section the result obtained during the first bonding. In reference, this figure includes the wooden blades (2) the joint between the blades (3) and the flat forming jig (l). Figure 2 shows in section the principle of forming the result obtained by gluing to dish illustrated in Figure 1. With reference to this figure includes the assembly illustrated in Figure 1 (1) the intermediate plate (2) the forming mold (3) and the flexible bag allowing bonding under vacuum (4).

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REVENDICATIONS
Principe de construction d'un plancheiage ou plancher préfabriqué avec lames droites ou courbes et de forme plane ou complexe , Cette construction se déroule en deux phases, la première phase permet le positionnement à plat des lames sur un gabarit correspondant à la surface développée de la zone à. recouvrir. Cette première phase est caractérisée par le collage de la. face supérieure du plancher sur un gabarit de formage à. plat qui sera éliminé après la deuxième phase, A ce stade, le jointage des lames de plancher peut être réalisé par collage d'un joint ou coulage d'un produit polymérisable, Cette opération de jointage est caractérisée en ce que le gabarit de formage à plat constitue un repère d'affleurement pour un joint rigide collé ou un fond de moule pour un produit liquide polymérisable, La deuxième phase consiste en un collage par la méthode du collage sous vide du résultat de la première phase de fabrication soit sur le support définitif soit sur une plaque intermédiaire . Cette phase est caractérisée par l'insertion dans le sandwich sous vide d'une forme correspondant à la forme finale souhaitée pour le plancher et permettant le formage de l'ensemble plat réalisé lors de la première phase de fabrication. Cette fabrication est réalisée gr ce à un outillage constitué de tables de montage constituées d'un plateau et de rails disposés au dessus du plateau à une hauteur fonction de l'épaisseur des planches à assembler et de l'épaisseur du gabarit de formage, Ces tables sont caractérisées par le montage sur les rails de sytèmes de pression mobiles sur les rails et destinés à maintenir les lames plaquées sur le gabarit durant le collage des lames sur le gabarit, Principle of construction of a prefabricated planking or floor with straight or curved blades and of flat or complex shape, This construction takes place in two phases, the first phase allows the flat positioning of the blades on a template corresponding to the developed surface of the area to. cover. This first phase is characterized by the bonding of the. upper face of the floor on a forming jig. flat which will be eliminated after the second phase, At this stage, the jointing of the floorboards can be achieved by gluing a joint or pouring a polymerizable product, This jointing operation is characterized in that the forming jig to flat constitutes an outcrop mark for a rigid bonded joint or a mold base for a polymerizable liquid product, The second phase consists of bonding by the vacuum bonding method of the result of the first manufacturing phase, either on the final support either on an intermediate plate. This phase is characterized by the insertion into the vacuum sandwich of a shape corresponding to the final shape desired for the floor and allowing the forming of the flat assembly produced during the first manufacturing phase. This production is carried out thanks to a tool consisting of assembly tables consisting of a tray and rails arranged above the tray at a height depending on the thickness of the boards to be assembled and the thickness of the forming jig, These tables are characterized by the mounting on the rails of mobile pressure systems on the rails and intended to keep the blades pressed on the jig during bonding blades on the template,
EP99918025A 1998-05-19 1999-05-07 Prefabricated planking by gluing with straight or curved boards and having planar or complex shape Expired - Lifetime EP1094922B1 (en)

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FR9806489 1998-05-19
FR9806489A FR2778865B1 (en) 1998-05-19 1998-05-19 FLOORING PREFABRICATED BY GLUING WITH STRAIGHT OR CURVED BLADES AND OF A FLAT OR GALBED FORM
PCT/FR1999/001084 WO1999059782A1 (en) 1998-05-19 1999-05-07 Prefabricated planking by gluing with straight or curved boards and having planar or complex shape

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