EP3856998A1 - Floor panel with separate clip for a vertical lock - Google Patents
Floor panel with separate clip for a vertical lockInfo
- Publication number
- EP3856998A1 EP3856998A1 EP20810891.0A EP20810891A EP3856998A1 EP 3856998 A1 EP3856998 A1 EP 3856998A1 EP 20810891 A EP20810891 A EP 20810891A EP 3856998 A1 EP3856998 A1 EP 3856998A1
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- Prior art keywords
- clip
- floor panel
- vertical
- floor panels
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Classifications
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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- E04F15/00—Flooring
- E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
- E04F15/02038—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements characterised by tongue and groove connections between neighbouring flooring elements
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- E04F2201/0138—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels perpendicular to the main plane
- E04F2201/0146—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels perpendicular to the main plane with snap action of the edge connectors
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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- E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
- E04F2201/05—Separate connectors or inserts, e.g. pegs, pins, keys or strips
- E04F2201/0523—Separate tongues; Interlocking keys, e.g. joining mouldings of circular, square or rectangular shape
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a set of floor panels with a first floor panel that has a first holding profile on one side edge, and with a second floor panel that has a second holding profile on one side edge, which is connected to the first holding profile by a substantially vertical downward movement of the second Floor panel is connectable.
- EP 1 159497 B1 discloses floor panels with holding profiles which can be connected to one another by a vertical downward movement.
- the first floor panel is placed in the laying plane or is already in the Velege plane of the floor covering that is to be created by laying the floor panels.
- the second floor panel is then positioned at a certain vertical distance from the laying plane in such a way that its second retaining profile is arranged above the first retaining profile of the first floor panel that has already been laid.
- the two retaining profiles can be connected to one another by the vertical downward movement of the second floor profile. So that the interconnected holding profiles are locked in the vertical direction after the downward movement has taken place, a separate clip is provided which is inserted in a clip groove of the first holding profile.
- the clip is essentially L-shaped and has a horizontal leg and a vertical leg. At an upper end of the vertical leg, a latching tab is attached, which, when the second floor profile moves downwards, downwards and in the direction of the vertical leg is pressed. After the downward movement of the second floor panel has taken place, the locking tab snaps back again and reaches a locking position in which the locking tab lies in a locking groove of the second retaining profile. In this locking position of the latching tab, it is not possible to raise the second retaining profile again with respect to the first retaining profile. The two retaining profiles are thus locked in the vertical direction.
- the separate clip of EP 1 159 497 B1 also has a further extension which adjoins an end of the horizontal leg facing away from the vertical leg. This further extension ensures that the clip is held in the clip groove and does not fall out.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a set of floor panels with retaining profiles and a separate clip for vertical locking, which can be easily produced and connected.
- the object on which the invention is based is achieved with the combination of features according to claim 1.
- Embodiments of the invention can be found in the subclaims to claim 1.
- the clip when the clip is inserted, a tensioning force is generated in the clip groove of the horizontal limb, by which the upper end of the vertical limb is pressed against an upper boundary wall of the clip groove.
- the clip is clamped in the clip groove in the vertical direction, which means that the risk of it falling out of the clip groove when laying or otherwise handling the floor panels is practically eliminated. Because the upper end of the vertical leg rests against the upper boundary wall of the clip groove, the position of the clip within the clip groove is precisely specified so that the clip with the movable locking tab can reliably move into the locking position when the second floor panel moves downwards.
- the term “vertical leg” does not exclude the fact that the vertical leg is inclined to the vertical, ie to the normal of the laying plane.
- the angle of inclination to the vertical can be less than 15 or 10 °.
- the horizontal leg can have an angle of inclination different from zero to the horizontal or to the laying plane. In one embodiment, the angle of inclination of the horizontal leg to the horizontal is less than 20 or 15 °.
- the upper delimiting wall of the clip groove extends essentially in the horizontal direction.
- An angle of inclination of the upper boundary wall to the horizontal or to the laying plane is preferably less than 15 ° or even 10 °.
- a claw element is provided at the upper end of the vertical limb that is held on the upper boundary wall of the clip groove.
- the claw element can act as a barb, which cuts and hooks into the material in which the clip groove is formed.
- the claw element or the barb should prevent that after after inserting the clip into the clip groove, the clip with the upper end of the vertical leg slides laterally out of the clip groove.
- the horizontal leg of the clip can be supported with an outer end on a lower boundary wall of the clip groove.
- the horizontal leg is subjected to bending stress and is therefore deformed like a cantilever or bending beam under load. If a straight horizontal limb in the unloaded state is assumed, the horizontal limb is bent or curved in the inserted state in the clip groove, that is to say in the loaded state.
- the lower boundary wall is at a distance from the upper boundary wall and preferably has a similar inclination to the horizontal or to the laying plane as the upper boundary wall.
- the lower boundary wall and the upper boundary wall are designed parallel to one another.
- a free space which, viewed in the horizontal direction, extends continuously from the outer end of the horizontal limb to the vertical limb.
- a continuous free space is given when the horizontal leg rests only with its outer end on the lower boundary wall and otherwise has no contact with the lower boundary wall of the clip.
- a height of the free space can increase continuously starting from the outer end of the horizontal limb and assume its maximum at the vertical limb or in its vicinity.
- the clip groove can have an outer boundary wall on which the outer end of the horizontal leg is supported in the horizontal direction.
- the clip can be fixed or braced in the clip groove not only in the vertical direction (between the lower boundary wall and the upper boundary wall), but also in the horizontal direction.
- a ratio of a length of the horizontal leg to a length of the vertical leg can assume values between 0.8 and 1.2.
- the vertical limb and the horizontal limb are approximately the same length (in this case, for the above ratio, this means that it has the value 1 or only slightly deviates from it (values between 0.9 and 1.1).
- the first floor panel can have a thickness of 4 to 12 mm, the length of the vertical leg being 30 to 60% of the thickness. For example, if the thickness of the floor panel is 8 mm, the vertical leg can be 2.4 to 4.8 mm long.
- the first floor panel and the second floor panel are preferably identical floor panels, so that the above statements or the following statements about the first floor panel should also apply accordingly to the second floor panel.
- the first floor panel can be equipped with the first retaining profile on a first side edge and with the second retaining profile on a second side edge opposite the first side edge.
- An angle between the horizontal leg and the vertical leg can be greater than 90 ° in the inserted state of the clip in the clip groove.
- the angle between the horizontal limb and the vertical limb is greater than the corresponding angle when the clip is inserted into the clip groove, since the horizontal limb is deformed in the direction of the vertical limb when it is inserted into the clip groove.
- the angle between the horizontal limb and the vertical limb can assume values between 100 and 120 °.
- the second retaining profile can have a downwardly directed hook element that forms an approximately vertically extending locking surface for the horizontal locking of the floor panels.
- An angle of inclination of the locking surface to the vertical is preferably less than 10 °.
- the first retaining profile can have a lower lip and an upward shoulder, which forms a locking surface, which likewise runs approximately vertically, for the direct contact of the locking surface of the hook element.
- the locking surface of the shoulder and the locking surface of the hook element preferably rest on one another over their entire surface. In the connected state, the first retaining profile and the second retaining profile are locked in the vertical direction (perpendicular to the laying plane) and in the horizontal direction (lying in the laying plane and transversely to the longitudinal extension of the first and second holding profiles).
- a locking groove with a contact surface for the latching tab can be molded into the hook element of the second retaining profile. In the locking position, the latching tab rests against the contact surface of the locking groove.
- the contact surface can have an angle to the laying plane which assumes values between 30 and 60 °.
- the contact surface of the locking groove is not a vertical or essentially vertical surface, but a surface that is clearly inclined to the vertical. Preferred values for this angle are between 40 and 50 °.
- the first floor panel can have a third retaining profile on a further side edge and the second floor panel can have a fourth retaining profile on a further side edge, the third retaining profile being able to be connected to the fourth retaining profile to form a vertical locking and a horizontal locking of these retaining profiles.
- the third retaining profile and the fourth retaining profile can be designed in such a way that the second floor panel can be connected to the first floor panel and to a third structurally identical floor panel by a single pivoting movement at the same time.
- the method of laying with such a pivoting movement is also known as the folddown laying technique.
- the first floor panel preferably has a rectangular basic shape, wherein the first holding profile and the second holding profile can be arranged on opposite short side edges, while the third holding profile and the fourth holding profile can be arranged on opposite long side edges.
- the length of the long side edges can be 50 cm to 2.40 m.
- the length of the short side edges can assume values between 10 and 40 cm.
- the first retaining profile and the second retaining profile can be molded into a core layer of the first floor panel.
- the core layer can be made of wood-based materials such as MDF or HDF or made of plastic such as PU or PVC.
- the plastic can be filled with mineral fillers such as chalk.
- a decorative layer which can comprise a decorative paper or a decorative film, can be provided above the core layer.
- the decorative layer can also simply be a digital print that is applied to the core layer.
- the decorative layer can comprise one or more wear layers that protect the decorative film, the decorative paper or the decorative print.
- a balancing sheet and / or a soundproofing layer can be provided below the core layer. It is also conceivable that a soft or elastic layer for (further) sound insulation is provided between the decorative layer and the core layer.
- the clip can be made of plastic, which can be produced by an extrusion process.
- Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers may be mentioned as preferred plastics.
- FIG. 1 shows a first retaining profile and a second retaining profile in the connected state with a separate clip
- FIG. 2 shows the clip of FIG. 1 in an unloaded state (FIGS. 2A and 2B).
- FIG. 1 shows a section of a first floor panel, which is denoted by 1.
- the first floor panel 1 has a first retaining profile 10 on one side edge.
- the first retaining profile 10 is connected to a second retaining profile 30 of a second floor panel 3, which is also only shown in detail.
- the first retaining profile 10 has a lower lip 11 and an adjoining, upwardly extending shoulder 12 which forms an approximately vertically extending locking surface 13.
- a separate clip or a separate locking element 50 which has a horizontal limb 51, a vertical limb 52 and a latching tab 53, is inserted in a clip groove 14.
- the latching tab 53 is attached to an upper end 54 of the vertical leg 52.
- the upper end 54 of the vertical leg 52 rests against an upper delimiting wall 15 of the clip groove 14.
- the boundary wall 15 runs horizontally here, that is, parallel to the laying plane E. In the laying plane E lie an upper outer surface 1a of the first
- the clip groove 14 has a lower delimiting wall 16 on which the horizontal leg 51 is supported.
- the horizontal limb 51 is supported with an outer end 55 on the lower boundary wall 16.
- Boundary wall 16 of clip groove 14 is dimensioned such that horizontal leg 51 is deformed when clip 50 is inserted into clip groove. Due to the elasticity of the material from which the clip 50 is made, a tensioning force is thus generated in the horizontal leg 51, by means of which the vertical leg 52 and the latching tab 53 move upward against the upper one Boundary wall 15 are pressed.
- the deformed horizontal limb 51 thus acts like a compression spring which presses against the vertical limb 52 from below. Due to the elastically deformed horizontal leg 51, the position of the vertical leg 52 and the position of the locking tab 53 within the clip groove 14 and thus the position of the locking tab 53 relative to the first holding element 10 is precisely defined.
- the distance between the upper delimiting wall 15 and the lower delimiting wall 14 can vary slightly and regardless of the fact that the dimensions of the clip 50 can also vary slightly due to production, the upper end 54 and the latching tab 53 always lie with a certain bias at the upper limit of 15 of the clip groove 14.
- the outer end 55 of the horizontal leg 51 rests against an outer boundary wall 17 of the clip groove 14.
- the outer boundary wall 17 absorbs horizontally acting forces which act on the first holding profile 10 from the inserted clip 50.
- a claw element 56 is provided, which prevents the upper end 54 of the vertical leg 52 and the latching tab 53 from sliding laterally out of the clip groove 14.
- the clip groove 14 has an inner delimiting wall 19 on which the vertical leg 52 rests laterally.
- the horizontal leg 51 acts as a compression spring, by means of which the vertical leg 52 is pressed laterally against the inner delimiting wall 19.
- the horizontal leg 51 or more precisely its deformation in the inserted state of the clip 50 in the clip groove 14 ensures that the position of the vertical leg 52 with the latching tab 53 both in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction in relation to the outer boundary wall 53 and the inner boundary wall 19 of the clip groove 14 are precisely defined.
- the second retaining profile 30 of the second floor panel 3 comprises a downwardly directed hook element 31 into which a locking groove 32 with a contact surface 33, the latching tab 53 is formed.
- An angle of inclination of this contact surface 53 to the laying plane E is here in a range from 42 to 48 °.
- the second holding profile 30 also forms an approximately vertically running locking surface 34 which rests against the locking surface 13 of the first holding profile 10. Due to the interaction of the locking surfaces 34 and 13, the holding profiles 10, 30 and thus the floor panels 1, 3 are locked to one another in the horizontal direction. The interaction of the contact surface 33 of the second retaining profile 30 and the latching tab 53 ensures vertical locking of the retaining profiles 10, 30 or the floor panels 1, 3.
- the horizontal locking of the holding profiles 10, 30 is decoupled from the clip 50 and its positioning in the clip groove 14 due to the locking surfaces 13, 34.
- the outer boundary wall 17 is spaced apart from the locking surface 13 in the horizontal direction.
- the locking surface 34 rests directly on the locking surface 13 without parts of the clip 50 being arranged between these locking surfaces 13, 34.
- the first floor panel 1 is first laid so that its upper outer surface 1a lies in the laying plane E.
- the second floor panel 3 is then positioned in such a way that the second holding profile 30 is arranged exactly above the first holding profile 10.
- the second floor panel 3 with the second retaining profile 30 is then moved vertically downwards, in which case a lower outer corner 35 of the second retaining profile 30, which has a bevel in the embodiment shown here, presses against the latching tab 53.
- the latching tab 53 is pivoted in the direction of the vertical leg 52, so that the hook element 31 can be guided further downward past the latching tab 53.
- the downward vertical movement of the second floor panel 3a can be a linear downward movement or a pivoting movement which the retaining profiles 10, 30 like the two pawls of a pair of scissors are moved towards each other like scissors.
- the latter type of connection of the retaining profiles 10, 30 is given in the fold-down installation technique, which is known, for example, from WO 01/75247 A1.
- the first retaining profile 10 is molded into a core layer 1b of the first floor panel, for example by milling.
- the above-described claw element 56 cuts into the material of the core layer (for example MDF, HDF, plastic such as PU or PVC, WPC, etc.).
- a decorative layer 1c is shown purely schematically, which in turn can consist of different layers such as decorative film / decorative paper, wear or wear layer, etc.
- Below the core layer 1b - likewise only indicated - a back layer 1d is arranged, which can be single-layer or multi-layer.
- the back layer 1d can act as a counterweight for the decorative layer 1c and / or as an insulating layer.
- the second floor panel has the same layer structure as the first floor panel (see layers 3c, 3b and 3d).
- FIGS. 2A and 2B show the clip 50 on its own and in a non-deformed state. Looking together with FIG. 1, it can be seen that in the non-deformed state an angle 57 between the vertical limb 52 and the horizontal limb 51 is greater than in the state in which the clip 50 is clamped in the clip groove 14.
- Figure 2B shows as a dash-dotted line the central axis 58 of the non-deformed horizontal leg 51 and also as The dash-dotted line shows the central axis 59 of the deformed or curved horizontal leg 51. It becomes clear from this that the horizontal leg 51 behaves like a cantilever beam, which is subjected to a force at its outer end and is correspondingly deformed.
- the horizontal leg 51 In the clamped state of the clip 50 in the clip groove 14, the horizontal leg 51 is therefore no longer straight, as in the unloaded state, but rather is curved.
- the representation of the horizontal leg 51 in FIG. 1 as a straight leg is to be understood only schematically. Rather, the horizontal leg 51 is bent due to the forces acting on it, as is indicated by the bent center line 59 in FIG. 2B.
- the latching tab 53 and the horizontal leg 51 are each backed by hatching.
- the latching tab 53 is first pivoted in the direction of the vertical leg 52 in order to then snap back again in order to reach the locking position.
- the upper end 54 of the vertical leg 52 is mainly deformed. This elastic deformation of the upper end 54 causes the latching tab 53 to snap back into the locking groove 32.
- the latching tab 53 is not or hardly deformed. Rather, this is to be interpreted in such a way that it fulfills the task of vertical locking and does not deform or buckle when, in the connected state of the holding profiles 10, 30, the contact surface 33 presses against the latching tab 53 from below.
- the length L1 for the horizontal limb 51 and the length L2 for the vertical limb 52 can also be seen from FIG. 2A.
- the length L1 is in a range from 3.5 to 3.9 mm
- the length L2 is in a range from 2.9 to 3.3 mm.
- the ratio L1 / L2 is preferably between 1 and 1.1. List of reference symbols
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