JP2584983Y2 - Tile mounting rail - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a tile mounting rail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a tile mounting method, a long tile mounting rail is fixed on a mounting surface, and an engaging claw provided on the mounting rail is engaged with a groove provided on the back surface of the tile. A method of attaching a tile is known.

FIG. 6 shows an example. In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes an elongated metal tile mounting rail, which is an engaging claw 102, 104 continuous with an edge in the width direction (vertical direction).
And each of the engagement claws 10 of the upper and lower mounting rails 100
The configuration is such that the tiles 106 are held by engaging the grooves 4 and 102 with the grooves 108 formed on the back surface of the tiles 106.

However, in the case of the mounting rail 100, since the engaging claws 102 and 104 are formed continuously in the longitudinal direction, it is difficult to bend (in the direction perpendicular to the plate surface), and therefore, the corners are required. When the tile mounting surface is curved in a part or the like, such a mounting rail 10
However, there is a problem that it is difficult to attach the tile 106 using the “0”.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a mounting rail improved by the present inventors.
At 0, the elastic engaging claws 114 are provided along the edge of the plate-shaped portion 112 in the width direction (vertical direction), and a notch 116 is formed between the elastic engaging claws 114.

In the case of this mounting rail 110, the mounting rail 110 can be easily bent in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface based on the notch 116 formed between the elastic engaging claws 114, 114. Mounting rail 1 on mounting surface
10 can be used to attach the tiles.

[0007]

However, in this tile mounting rail 110, a notch 116 as shown in the drawing is used.
Is formed with a narrow width (for the purpose of bending the mounting rail 110, the width of the notch 116 is sufficiently small), the width of the elastic engaging claw 114 becomes relatively large, and the tile is elastically engaged. It has been found that there is a problem in that the workability is deteriorated when engaging with the claw 114, that is, when fitting the tile into the pair of elastic engagement claws 114 in the groove on the back surface.

[0008] The spring force of the elastic engagement claw 114 is too strong, and a large force is required when the elastic engagement claw 114 is once elastically deformed against the spring force and is fitted into the groove of the tile. As a result, the elastic engaging claw 114 is not sufficiently elastically deformed in a predetermined direction when the tile is pushed in.
This causes a problem that the groove 14 does not fit deeply into the groove on the back surface of the tile.

In the case of this mounting rail 110, notch 1
Due to the formation of the plate 16, the flexibility (deformability) of the plate-shaped portion 112 itself becomes too high, and when the mounting rail 110 is fixed on the mounting surface with nails, screws, or the like, the mounting rail 110 has a wavy shape. It has been found that there is a problem that the tile is not sufficiently adhered to the mounting surface and the tile construction surface is not sufficiently flat and finished.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to solve such problems. Claim
Item 1. The tile mounting rail according to Item 1, has a plate-like portion extending in a longitudinal direction serving as a fixing portion to the mounting surface, and each edge in the width direction of the plate-like portion for engaging and holding a groove on the back surface of the tile. A tile mounting rail having at least one of an engaging claw formed of an elastic engaging claw, wherein the engaging claw and the engaging claw are provided at each edge of the plate portion. And the width of the elastic engaging claw is smaller than the width of the notch , and the plate-shaped portion is inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction of the plate-shaped portion.
Slits extending in the predetermined direction along the longitudinal direction
, And a plurality thereof is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the tile mounting rail according to the first aspect.
At the end, the longitudinal direction extends from the edge in the width direction, and
Cuts at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction.
It is characterized by having been done.

[0012] The tile mounting rail according to claim 3 is provided by:
In any one of 1 and 2 , along each edge of the plate-like portion
Note that the reinforcing ribs are formed continuously in the longitudinal direction.
Sign.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the tile mounting rail according to the first aspect.
In any one of the above-described items 3, the engaging claw is moved from the mounting surface.
The protrusion height is higher than the depth of the groove on the back of the tile
It is characterized by being.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a notch is provided between the engaging claws, and the width of the elastic engaging claw is smaller than the width of the notch. The spring force of the elastic engaging claw is weakened according to the width. When such a mounting rail is used, when the tile is engaged with the elastic engaging claw in the groove on the back surface, the elastic engaging claw can be easily elastically deformed, so that the mounting workability is improved.

The mounting rail can be bent in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface, based on the notch.
Even when the mounting surface such as a corner portion has a curved shape, the tile can be easily mounted using the mounting rail.

In addition, in the case of the mounting rail of the first aspect,
Slits in the oblique direction in the plate-shaped part for a predetermined length along the longitudinal direction
Since a plurality of them are provided at intervals, appropriate positions in the longitudinal direction
Make a vertical cut into the slit at
The mounting rail is curved in the direction parallel to the plate surface of the plate
Deformation is also possible. Further according to claim 2.
Make a vertical cut in advance along the length of the mounting rail.
If a plurality are provided at regular intervals, the
The bending deformation of the mounting rail can be performed more easily.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the mounting rail in which the reinforcing ribs are formed continuously along the edge of the plate-shaped portion of the mounting rail, thereby effectively increasing the rigidity of the plate-shaped portion. When the mounting rail is fixed on the mounting surface, the mounting rail is prevented from being deformed in a wavy shape as described above, and the mounting rail comes into close contact with the mounting surface. Therefore, when a tile is mounted on this mounting rail, the tile construction surface can be finished sufficiently flat.

Next, the mounting rail according to the fourth aspect is configured such that the engaging claw is
The height of the protrusion from the mounting surface is the depth of the groove on the back of the tile.
With this mounting rail,
When inserting the groove of the tile into
It can fit deep enough inside the groove,
Can be satisfactorily mounted on the mounting surface via the mounting rail.
Become like

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a long metal-made tile mounting rail having a plate-shaped portion 12 having a predetermined width in a vertical direction, and being mounted in a mounting hole 14 formed in the plate-shaped portion 12 with a screw or the like. It is adapted to be fixed to the surface 16 (see FIG. 2).

At the upper and lower edges of the plate-like portion 12, engagement claws 18 and 20 for holding tiles are provided. One (upper edge) engaging claw 18 has a rising portion 21 projecting perpendicularly from the plate portion 12 and a plate-like portion 12 extending from the tip of the rising portion 21.
And an action portion 22 extending in a parallel direction, and the action portion 22 comes into contact with the bottom surface of the dovetail groove 26 formed on the back surface of the tile 24 as shown in FIG. .

On the other hand, the engagement claw 20 at the lower end edge is an elastic engagement claw, and is composed of a rising portion 28 projecting perpendicularly from the plate-like portion 12 and a folded-shaped acting portion 30.

The engaging claws 18 and 20 are provided at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction.
And a notch 32 between 20 and 20. In this example, the arrangement pitch and width of the engaging claws 18 and 20 are the same, and the engaging claws 18 and
The width of 20 is smaller, ie, notch 3 as shown in FIG.
The width A of the engaging claws 18 and 20 is smaller than the width B of the second.

The engaging claws 18 and 20 are provided in FIG.
As shown in (A), the protrusion height is set higher than the depth of the dovetail groove 26 in the tile 24.

FIG. 1 shows the upper and lower edges of the plate-like portion 12.
As clearly shown in (A), arc-shaped reinforcing ribs 36 are provided.

FIG. 3 shows a procedure for mounting the tile 24 using the tile mounting rail 10 of this embodiment. As shown in the figure, in order to mount the tile 24 on the mounting surface 16 using the tile mounting rail 10 of the present example, first, the tile mounting rail 10 is fixed to the mounting surface 16 and the engaging claw on the upper edge is used. The upper edge of the dovetail groove 26 on the back surface of the tile 24 is engaged with 18. Specifically, the action portion 22 of the engaging claw 18 is
6 is engaged with the upper end edge of the dovetail groove 26 so as to contact the bottom surface of the dovetail groove 6.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG.
4 When the lower end is pushed in, the engaging claw (elastic engaging claw) 20 at the lower end edge is elastically deformed by receiving a pushing force in the action portion 30, enters the inside of the dovetail groove 26, and restores its shape. The tip of the folded-shaped acting portion 30 is engaged with the side surface of the dovetail groove 26 to hold the tile 24.

The tile mounting rail 10 of the present embodiment is
Since the projecting heights of the projections 8 and 20 are higher than the dovetail groove 26 of the tile 24, when the tile 24 is fitted as shown in FIG. The engagement claws 18 and 20 can be securely engaged with the dovetail groove 26 in a state where the engagement claws 18 and 20 are securely brought into contact with the bottom surface thereof.

The width A of each of the engaging claws 18 and 20 is notch 32
Is smaller than the width B of each engaging claw 1.
8, 20, especially the elastic engaging claw 20 has an appropriate spring force. Therefore, when the tile 24 is fitted into each engaging claw 18, 20 in the dovetail groove 26, the elastic engaging claw 20 is easily elastically deformed. As a result, the tile fitting operation can be easily performed.

Further, since the reinforcing ribs 36 are continuously formed on the upper and lower edges of the plate-shaped portion 12, the entire tile mounting rail 10 has a predetermined rigidity, and the mounting surface 16 When the tile mounting rail 10 is mounted on the mounting surface 16, no wavy deformation occurs, and
Can be adhered to. Therefore, tile mounting rail 1
When the tile 24 is attached via the “0”, the tile construction surface can be finished flat.

The tile mounting rail 10 of the present embodiment can be easily bent in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface based on the formation of the notch 32, and therefore, as shown in FIG. The tile mounting rail 10 can be installed along the surface 16, which makes it possible to mount the tile 38 along the curved mounting surface 16 as shown in FIG. In (B), the tile 38 has a vertically long shape, and the dovetail groove 26 is formed on the back surface in the horizontal direction.

The plate-like portion 12 is provided with slits 34 which are slanted at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
0 This can also be curved to the plate surface and parallel to the direction by the placing, thereby that the tile 42 Do can be attached to the arch.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example, and the present invention can be configured in various modified forms based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention. is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view and a side sectional view of a tile mounting rail according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same tile mounting rail and a side sectional view in a tile mounting state.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a tile mounting procedure using a tile mounting rail.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a case where a tile is mounted on a curved mounting surface using the same tile mounting rail.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram in a case where the same tile mounting rail is bent in an arch shape to mount a tile.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a conventional tile mounting rail.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of an improved tile mounting rail according to the earlier application of the present application.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Tile mounting rail 12 Plate-like part 16 Mounting surface 18, 20 Engagement claw 24, 38, 42 Tile 32 Notch34 slit 40 Cut  36 Reinforcement rib

Claims (4)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A longitudinally extending plate-shaped portion serving as a fixing portion to a mounting surface, and formed at each edge in the width direction of the plate-shaped portion to engage with and hold a groove on the back surface of the tile. Having an engagement claw,
At least one of the engagement claws is a tile mounting rail formed as an elastic engagement claw, and a notch is provided between the engagement claw and the engagement claw at each edge of the plate-shaped portion, The width of the elastic engaging claw is smaller than the width of the notch , and the plate-shaped portion has
The slit extending obliquely to the longitudinal direction is
A tile mounting rail , wherein a plurality of tile mounting rails are provided at predetermined intervals along a direction . 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the edge extends in the width direction.
Extending in the longitudinal direction, the notch reaching the slit extends in the longitudinal direction.
A tile mounting rail , wherein a plurality of tile mounting rails are formed at predetermined intervals along the same . 3. The plate according to claim 1, wherein
Reinforcement ribs are continuously formed longitudinally along each edge of the
A tile mounting rail characterized by being formed . 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein
The protrusion height of the dowel from the mounting surface is the groove on the back of the tile.
Characterized by being higher than the depth of the tile
With rail .