JP2003239502A - Mosaic unit and its construction method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily attach a mosaic unit such as a mosaic tile unit. <P>SOLUTION: In the mosaic tile unit 20, a multiplicity of mosaic tiles 24 are longitudinally and transversely arranged, they are connected and united by a sheet 22 used as a backing material, and a total of five empty spaces are provided in a center part and four corner parts. Sheets of separation paper are separated from the empty spaces A and B, the unit 20 is fastened on foundation by driving nails, screws, tacker staples or the like into the foundation 12 from the empty spaces A and B through the sheet 22, and mosaic tile assemblies 26 are attached to the empty spaces B and B'. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mosaic unit such as a mosaic tile unit and a method of constructing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mosaic tile unit has an area of 50.
It is a unit made up of small piece-like mosaic tiles of about cm ² or less. As the mosaic tiles, those with a size of about 18 mm × 18 mm called a hexagonal square to those of about 47 mm × 97 mm called a 4772 are often used, but they are as small as a quadrant. Things may also be used.

As the mosaic tile unit, a paper surface covering unit and a mesh backing unit are mainly used. Surface unit (paper unit)
Is applied by moistening with water and peeling off the paper after applying the adhesive, and is used in the mortar applying method (wet applying method).

The present invention relates to an improvement in the backing unit. A construction method of a conventional lining unit as a mosaic unit will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

A base 12 made of a board or the like is attached to the stud 10. An organic adhesive 14 is attached to the base 12 with a comb trowel, and a mosaic tile unit 16 is attached. This mosaic tile unit 16
A plurality of mosaic tiles 18 are arranged on the left, right, top, and bottom in a grid pattern, and are integrated with a backing material (not shown) such as a mesh. In addition, in FIG. 7, ten mosaic tiles 18 are arranged on each of the upper, lower, left, and right sides, and a total of 100 mosaic tiles 18 are arranged.
About 300 mm × 1 by one mosaic tile 18
A 300 mm square mosaic tile unit 16 is formed.

Each of the mosaic tile units 16 is attached so that the joints pass through the adjacent mosaic tile units 16 in the vertical and horizontal directions.

[0007]

The mosaic tile unit 16 shown in FIG. 7 is intended for sticking with an adhesive, and the sticking with this adhesive will give a beautiful finish unless it is a skilled tile craftsman. I can't. In recent years, various building materials that amateurs can construct with great effort on Sunday have been provided, but mosaic tile units that can be finished easily and aesthetically without using an adhesive are also available. It is desired to be provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide a mosaic unit, such as a mosaic tile unit, which can be easily attached to a wall or the like without being attached with an adhesive and an installation method thereof.

[0009]

A mosaic unit according to the present invention (claim 1) is a rectangular mosaic unit in which a plurality of rectangular mosaic finishing materials are vertically and horizontally arranged and connected by a backing material, and at least a central portion thereof is provided. And a space where no mosaic finishing material is distributed is provided at five places of the four corner portions.

With such a mosaic unit, nails, screws, tackers and other fasteners can be struck from the voids through the backing material to fix it to the base such as a wall, and it is easy to use without attaching with an adhesive. The mosaic unit can be attached and installed.

The method for constructing a mosaic unit according to the present invention (claim 5) comprises a step of attaching a fastener to the base through the backing material of the space of the mosaic unit to attach the mosaic unit to the base, and then the space. And installing a mosaic finishing material.

According to this construction method, it is not necessary to perform the construction with the adhesive as described above. Then, after the attaching step is completed, the vacant space is closed by mounting the mosaic finishing material in the vacant space, and a finished surface having a good appearance finished by the mosaic finishing material can be obtained.

According to one aspect of the present invention (claims 2 and 6), the space at the corner is a space having a size of one mosaic finishing material provided at the most corner of the mosaic unit. The empty space in the center is of a size in which four mosaic finishing materials are combined in a grid pattern. The most corner portion is a portion arranged so as to face a corner of the mosaic unit. By abutting the most corners of the four mosaic units, the four voids at the most corners of each mosaic unit are connected to form a void having a size of four mosaic finishing materials.

Since the vacant space at the center of the mosaic unit and the vacant space formed at the abutting portion at the most corner have the same size, four mosaic finishing materials are grid-shaped in these vacant spaces. Then, a mosaic assembly which is combined with and integrated with each other is attached (Claim 6). In this case, since the mosaic assemblies of the same size can be mounted in all the vacant spaces, the number of members can be small and the construction can be simplified.

According to the second and sixth aspects, a vacant space is provided in the middle of the mosaic unit in the lateral direction, and the vacant space is formed by adjoining two mosaic finishing materials in the lateral direction. It may have a size (claim 3,
7).

The sides of two mosaic units are butted against each other, and the spaces for the two mosaic finishing materials provided on the sides are butted to each other to form a space having a size of four mosaic finishing materials. The mosaic assembly is also attached to this void (claim 7). This claim 2,
The mosaic unit of No. 7 and its construction method are suitable for use when the side length of the mosaic unit is large.

In the mode in which the vacant space is arranged at the most corner of the mosaic unit, the backing material has a certain degree of rigidity, and can be maintained along the wall surface even if the hand is released. Suitable in some cases.

In the case of a mosaic unit which uses a net having low rigidity as a backing material, the vacant space at the corner is located away from the most comer of the mosaic unit, and each vacant space has a mosaic finish. It is preferable to have a structure having a size of one material (claim 4). When the void in the corner portion is separated from the most corner portion in this manner, the void becomes like a hole whose entire periphery is surrounded by the mosaic finishing material. For this reason, the backing material such as a net with low rigidity is also supported on the entire circumference of the hole-like void and is in a taut state,
It is possible to easily hit the fastener with this backing material.

With respect to the mosaic unit according to the fourth aspect, it is possible to perform the attachment to the base and the closing of the void by using the mosaic finishing material with pins (claim 9).

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, after the mosaic unit according to the fourth aspect is superposed on the base, the mosaic unit with a pin is struck from the void to the base to fix the mosaic unit to the base. A method of constructing a mosaic unit, wherein pins are provided so as to project from the back surface of the mosaic finishing material with pins, and the pins are pushed through a sheet to a base, and the mosaic finishing material is fitted into a void space. To do.

According to the method of claim 9, the mosaic finishing material with a pin is fixed to the base by the pin, and the mosaic finishing material portion of the mosaic finishing material with the pin is fitted into the void of the mosaic unit. The mosaic unit will be fixed to the base. Therefore, the step of fixing the mosaic unit to the base with nails, screws, tackers, etc. is omitted, and the construction of the mosaic unit becomes extremely simple.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1A is a perspective view from the front side of the mosaic tile unit 20 according to the embodiment, FIG.
(B) is a perspective view from the back side of the mosaic tile unit.

In this mosaic tile unit 20, a large number (10.times.10.sup.-8 = 92 sheets in this embodiment) of mosaic tiles 24 are arrayed vertically and horizontally, and are connected and integrated by a sheet 22 as a backing material. It is a square one. Each mosaic tile 24 is butted.

In this mosaic tile unit 20, a vacant space is provided at a total of 5 places, that is, the central portion and the four corner portions. The vacant space A at the corner is of a size that one mosaic tile is missing and is arranged at the most corner.

The empty space B in the central portion has a size of four mosaic tiles (a size in which two mosaic tiles 24 are arranged vertically and horizontally). Seats 22 in vacant spaces A and B
Is exposed.

In this embodiment, the sheet 22 is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a sheet substrate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface of the sheet substrate, and release paper covering the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. is there. The release paper is peeled off from the portion where the mosaic tile 24 is attached, and the mosaic tile 24 is attached. The release paper remains in the voids A and B. As will be described later, when the mosaic tile unit 20 is fastened to the base 12 by hitting a nail or a tacker, the release paper in the voids A and B is peeled off.

As the sheet base material, a synthetic resin such as polypropylene (preferably a synthetic resin reinforced with glass fiber), a metal such as aluminum, a wood board such as veneer plywood, and the like are lightweight and have a required rigidity (by hand). It is preferable that it has a rigidity that does not droop without supporting it.

In order to construct this mosaic tile unit 20, a plurality of mosaic tile units 2 as shown in FIG.
0s are attached to the base 12 with their sides aligned in a square lattice (mesh). This attachment is performed by peeling off the release paper in the cavities A and B and then striking the base 12 through the sheet 22 with nails, screws, pins, tacker staples, etc. from the cavities A and B. After fixing each mosaic tile unit 20 to the base 12, the mosaic tile assembly 26 is attached to the vacant spaces A and B. In the vacant space A, the corner portions of the four mosaic tile units 20 are abutted against each other, so that the four vacant spaces A are gathered to form a vacant space B ′. The vacant space B ′ is the same as the vacant space B and has a size of four mosaic tiles. The mosaic tile assembly 26 has four mosaic tiles 24 vertically and horizontally.
They are individually arranged and integrated by a sheet-like backing material (not shown). This mosaic tile assembly 26
Is attached to the exposed adhesive layer of the sheet 22.

In this embodiment, the sheet 22 is provided with an adhesive, but it may be made of only the above-mentioned sheet base material. In this case, after the mosaic tile unit is fastened to the base 12, the mosaic tile assembly 26 is adhered to the sheets 22 in the cavities B and B ′ by, for example, a double-sided tape (not shown). Alternatively, a double-sided tape may be attached to the sheet 22 in advance, and a nail or a tacker may be hit through the sheet 22. Of course, the double-sided tape may be attached to the sheet 22 after hitting a nail or a tacker, or may be attached to the back surface of the mosaic tile assembly 26 and then used for attaching the mosaic tile assembly 26.

According to the construction method of FIG. 2, the mosaic tile unit 20 can be attached to the base 12 without using an adhesive, and the cavities A, B and B'are also covered with the mosaic tile, which is excellent in appearance. You can get the finish.

In particular, in this embodiment, four vacant spaces A are assembled into a vacant space B ', and since the mosaic tile assembly 26 common to the vacant space B can be mounted, the number of members is small and the cost is low. Is. Also, the construction method is easy to understand.

FIG. 3A is a perspective view from the front side of a mosaic tile unit 30 according to another embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the mosaic tile unit 30 from the back side.

The mosaic tile unit 30 is formed by adhering the back surfaces of a large number (10.times.10-5 = 95 in this embodiment) of mosaic tiles 24 to the net 31 so as to be lined and integrated. Each mosaic tile 24 is butted.

Mosaic tiles 1 are placed at a total of 5 places in the 4 corners and the center of the mosaic tile unit 30.
A vacant space C is provided, which is large enough to remove the sheet.

In this void C, the net 31 is exposed.

The material of the net 31 is preferably a resin such as polypropylene or vinylon, a metal such as stainless steel or iron, a paper, or the like, which is lightweight and does not change in shape or deteriorate.

An example of how the mosaic tile unit 30 is attached to the base will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the method shown in FIG. 4, the mosaic tile unit 30 is fastened to the base with tacker staples, nails, screws, pins or the like (preferably tacker staples), and then the mosaic tiles 24 are attached to the cavities C through the double-sided tape 32. To fit and stick.

In the method of FIG. 5, after the mosaic tile unit 30 is fixed to the base by the tucker staples 34, an adhesive (not shown) is attached to the net 31 in the void C or the back surface of the mosaic tile 24, and then the mosaic tile. The tile 24 is glued into the void C.

In the method of FIG. 6A, the mosaic tile 38 with a pin is used. This mosaic tile with pins 38
As shown in FIG. 6B, the head 36 a of the pin 36 is adhered to the back surface of the mosaic tile 24. This pin 3
6 projects vertically from the back surface of the mosaic tile 24.

The mosaic tile unit 30 is put on a planned location, and the mosaic tile unit 30 is manually placed.
Hold down. Then, the pins 36 are inserted into the net 31 of the empty space C so that the mosaic tile 38 with pins is fitted into the empty space C.
Drive into the ground.

The mosaic tile with pin 38 is pushed sufficiently, the pin 36 is pushed into the base, and the mosaic tile 24 of the mosaic tile with pin 38 is fitted into the space C. The mosaic tile 38 with a pin is fixed to the base by driving the pin 36, and the mosaic tile unit 30 is locked to the base through the mosaic tile 38 with a pin.

In this embodiment, all the voids C are independent, that is, have four holes surrounded by the mosaic tiles 24 of the mosaic tile unit 30, so that they fit into the five voids C. The mosaic tile unit 30 is firmly held by the five pinned mosaic tiles 38.

Although the mosaic tile units are all square in the above embodiments, it is obvious that they may be rectangular.

FIG. 8 shows the mosaic tile unit 2 of FIG.
The mosaic tile unit 40 has a configuration in which 0 is vertically long. A plurality of mosaic tiles 24 are attached to a rectangular sheet 22A made of the same material as the sheet 22. At the center of the mosaic tile unit 40, there are three empty spaces B each having a size of four mosaic tiles.
Are formed. In addition, the mosaic tile unit 40
The four corners are provided with a space A having the size of one mosaic tile. Further, in the middle of the long side of the rectangular mosaic tile unit 40, two mosaic tiles 24 are provided, and a space D having a shape and size adjacent to each other in the long side direction is provided.

A plurality of mosaic tile units 40 are
When the long side is abutted against each other and attached to the base, the two cavities D and D are connected to each other to form a cavity having the same size as the cavity B. Mosaic tile assembly 2 in the part consisting of these two voids D
6 (not shown in FIG. 8) is attached. In this case, too,
By connecting the four empty spaces A, a collective empty space B ′ (not shown) having the same size as the empty space B is formed, and the mosaic tile assembly 26 is mounted.

In the above embodiment, since the mosaic tiles are abutted in any of the mosaic tile units and have no joints, when the mosaic tiles or the mosaic tile assembly are fitted in the vacant spaces, these tiles are not attached. It fits in the voids almost perfectly and does not move the mosaic tiles or mosaic tile assemblies that are fitted afterwards. Further, in the construction method of FIG. 6, the mosaic tile unit 30 can be firmly held by the mosaic tile 38 with a pin. Further, since the joint filling is not necessary, the construction is easy.

The above-described embodiments are all examples of the present invention, and the present invention can take forms other than those shown in the drawings. For example,
The size and shape of the mosaic tile unit, the layout of vacant spaces,
Obviously, the number of voids may be other than that shown.

In the present invention, the mosaic tile may have an uneven surface having an uneven surface (for example, a fractured surface obtained by breaking natural stone). With such a concavo-convex surface, when a mosaic tile or a mosaic tile assembly is mounted in a space, the unevenness with the surrounding mosaic tiles is not conspicuous and the appearance is improved. In addition, since the heads of screws, nails, pins, double-sided tapes, etc. may be inserted in the space below the mosaic tiles or the mosaic tile assembly, the mosaic tiles may easily stick out. As for the mosaic tile or the mosaic tile assembly to be fitted later in place, one having a slightly smaller thickness than the mosaic tile constituting the mosaic tile unit may be adopted.

In the above embodiment, the mosaic tile is used as the mosaic finishing material, but any material that can be used as the finishing material such as stone material can be used.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily attach and install a mosaic unit such as a mosaic tile unit.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mosaic tile unit according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a construction example of the mosaic tile unit of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a mosaic tile unit according to another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a construction example of the mosaic tile unit of FIG.

5 is a perspective view showing an example of construction of the mosaic tile unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a construction example of the mosaic tile unit of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a construction example of a conventional mosaic tile unit.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a mosaic tile unit according to still another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

20, 30, 40 Mosaic tile unit 22,22A sheet 24 mosaic tiles 26 mosaic tile assembly 31 net 34 Tucker staples 36 pin Mosaic tile with 38 pins

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A rectangular mosaic unit in which a plurality of rectangular mosaic finishing materials are vertically and horizontally arranged and connected by a backing material, and the mosaic finishing material is arranged at least at five locations of a central portion and four corner portions. Mosaic unit characterized by having an empty space. 2. The vacant space of the corner portion according to claim 1, the vacant space having a size of one mosaic finishing material provided at the most corner portion of the mosaic unit, and the vacant space of the central portion is A mosaic unit having a size in which four mosaic finishing materials are combined in a grid pattern. 3. The vacant space according to claim 2, wherein a vacant space is provided in a middle portion of the mosaic unit in a lateral direction, and the vacant space has a size of two mosaic finishing materials adjoining in a lateral direction. Mosaic unit characterized by being a thing. 4. The vacant space of the corner portion according to claim 1, wherein the vacant space is arranged apart from the most comer portion of the mosaic unit, and each vacant space has a size of one mosaic finishing material. Mosaic unit featuring. 5. A construction method for constructing the mosaic unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4 on a foundation, wherein the fastening unit is driven into the foundation from the void through a backing material. And a step of attaching a mosaic finishing material to the void,
Method of constructing a mosaic unit having. 6. The mosaic finishing material according to claim 5, wherein the mosaic unit is the mosaic unit according to claim 2, and when the mosaic unit is attached to a base, corner portions of four mosaic units are butted against each other. A mosaic unit characterized by creating cavities of the size of four pieces, and then installing four mosaic finishing materials in a grid pattern and integrating them into each vacant area. Construction method. 7. The mosaic unit according to claim 6, wherein the mosaic unit is the mosaic unit according to claim 3, and when the mosaic unit is attached to a base, the sides of two mosaic units are butted against each other. Two mosaic finishing materials are butt-joined to each other to create four mosaic finishing materials, and then four mosaic finishing materials are combined and integrated in a grid pattern. A method of constructing a mosaic unit, characterized by mounting a mosaic assembly in each space. 8. The mosaic unit according to claim 5, wherein the mosaic finishing material is fitted in the void and the mosaic finishing material is fixed with an adhesive or an adhesive tape. Construction method. 9. A method of constructing a mosaic unit, wherein the mosaic unit according to claim 4 is superposed on a base, and a mosaic finishing material with pins is struck from the void to the base to fix the mosaic unit to the base. There are pins protruding from the back surface of the mosaic finishing material with pins, and while pushing the pins through the sheet into the base,
A method of constructing a mosaic unit, characterized by fitting a mosaic finishing material into a void.