JPH06157167A - Method and device for glazing tile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily form a striped pattern which is naturally changed and having harmony on the glazed surface of a tile. CONSTITUTION:A tile base TB is conveyed by a conveying mechanism 20, a glaze discharged from the slit 64 of a screening device 40 is applied on the surface of the tile base TB in the form of a screen to form a glazed surface on the tile. At this time, the serrate part 72 of a straightening plate 70 is interposed in the slit 64, and the glaze is discharged from a discharge clearance 74 formed by the serrate part 72 in different amts. in the cross direction of the tile base TB. Consequently, a striped rugged pattern is formed on the tile base TB in the traveling direction (a).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tile glazing method and a glazing apparatus for applying a glaze to the surface of a tile base material, and more particularly to forming an uneven pattern on the glazed surface of the tile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a technique of forming irregularities on a glazed surface of a tile in order to enhance decorativeness. As this method, a press molding method for forming unevenness on the surface of the tile base itself by press molding, a screen printing method for forming unevenness on the glaze surface by screen printing, a spraying method for scattering glaze by spraying or a disc mottle Etc.

[0003]

However, the conventional methods have various problems. That is, in the press molding method, not only a special mold is required to form the unevenness, but also the change in the unevenness is poor, and the screen printing method requires a plurality of screens, which complicates the process. Moreover, productivity is not good because the line is temporarily stopped during the process, and it is difficult to form almost the same tile pattern by the spray method etc., and the harmony of the pattern when the tile is installed is lacking. There was a problem.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the glazed surface of the tile is a natural change,
It is also an object of the present invention to provide a tile glazing device and a glazing device for the tile that can easily form a harmonious striped pattern.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 provides a tile glazed method for forming an uneven glazed surface on the surface of a tile substrate. It is characterized in that it is hung on the surface of the tile base material while being conveyed in a predetermined conveying direction so that the amount of glaze is partially different in the width direction of the tile.

According to the invention of claim 2, on the surface of the tile base,
In the tile glaze method for forming an uneven glaze surface, while transporting the tile base in a predetermined transport direction, after applying a glaze to the surface of the tile base, by the glaze removing means, the tile glaze surface part And continuously or intermittently contacting and removing.

According to the invention of claim 3, on the surface of the tile base,
In a glazing apparatus for forming an uneven glazed surface, a conveying means for conveying a tile base material in a predetermined conveying direction, and a tile installed in the upper side of the conveying means and provided in a width direction of a tile intersecting the conveying direction. And a glaze hanging means that has a slit, and glazes it out in a curtain-like manner from the slit to apply the glaze to the surface of the tile base, and the slit has an outflow gap in which the outflow amount of the glaze differs in the width direction of the tile. It is characterized by having.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the glaze outflow opening of the curtain hanging means is formed as the outflow gap by being regulated by the tip shape of the straightening vane.

The invention of claim 5 is claim 3 or claim 4.
In the above, the conveying means or the glaze hanging means near the glazed position is provided with a vibrating means for vibrating the conveying means or the glaze hanging means.

According to the invention of claim 6, the surface of the tile base is
In a glazing apparatus for forming an uneven glazed surface, a conveying means for conveying a tile base material in a predetermined conveying direction, and a tile installed in the upper side of the conveying means and provided in a width direction of a tile intersecting the conveying direction. It has a slit, and provided with a glaze hanging means for flowing out the glaze in a curtain-like shape from the slit and applying the glaze on the surface of the tile base, and a vibrating means for vibrating the conveying means or the glaze applying means near the glaze position. A glazing device for tiles.

According to the invention of claim 7, on the surface of the tile base,
In a glazing apparatus for forming an uneven glazed surface, a conveying means for conveying a tile base material in a predetermined conveying direction, and a tile installed in the upper side of the conveying means and provided in a width direction of a tile intersecting the conveying direction. It has a slit, a glaze hanging means for pouring out the glaze from the slit in a curtaining manner, and a glaze hanging means for applying the glaze to the surface of the tile base, and a position slightly in the conveying direction from the position where the glaze is curtained on the tile surface. And a glaze removing means for partially contacting the tile glaze surface and partially and continuously or intermittently contacting and removing the glaze applied to the tile surface.

[0012]

In the tile glazing method according to claim 1 of the present invention, while the tile is being conveyed in a predetermined conveying direction, the surface of the tile base is hung so that the amount of glaze is partially different in the width direction of the tile. By doing so, a stripe-shaped uneven pattern is formed on the tile surface in the transport direction.

In the tile glaze method according to claim 2, after the glaze is applied to the surface of the tile base material, the glaze on the tile base material is partially and continuously or intermittently contacted by the glaze removing means. By removing it, a stripe-shaped uneven pattern is formed on the tile surface in the transport direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a glazing device which preferably realizes the method of the first aspect, wherein while the tile is being conveyed by the conveying means, the slit of the glaze hanging means installed above the conveying means. A glaze surface is formed on the tile surface by applying the glaze poured from the tile surface to the tile surface.
At this time, the slit is formed in a gap such that the amount of glaze flowing out in the width direction of the tile, which is a direction intersecting the transport direction, is different. Therefore, since the tile base material is conveyed by the conveying means while being glazed so that the amount of glaze is different in the width direction of the tile, a stripe-shaped uneven pattern is formed on the tile surface in the conveyance direction.

In the invention of claim 4, the width of the slit for letting out the glaze is easily realized by restricting the glaze outlet opening of the curtain hanging means by the tip shape of the current plate. .

According to the fifth or sixth aspect of the present invention, a streaky pattern is formed on the tile surface by unevenly applying the amount of glaze to the tile surface while vibrating the glazed position portion of the conveying means or the glaze hanging means. Form.

In the present invention, immediately after the glaze is applied, the glaze removing means partially contacts the glazed surface of the tile to partially remove the glaze applied to the tile, whereby the tile surface is removed. A streaky uneven pattern is formed in the transport direction.

[0018]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in order to further clarify the structure and operation of the present invention described above.

1 to 3 show a tile glazing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In these drawings, the tile glaze device 10 supplies a transport mechanism 20 that transports the tile base TB in the transport direction a, a curtain device 40 that curtains the tile base TB with glaze, and a glaze device 40. The glaze supply mechanism 80 (see FIG. 2) is a main component.

The carrying mechanism 20 comprises a plurality of rollers 22 which are installed at right angles to the carrying direction a and parallel to each other, two carrying belts 24 which are built on these rollers 22 in the carrying direction a, and carry. A motor that drives the belt 24 via a power transmission mechanism (not shown) is provided. With such a configuration, the conveyor belt 24 is driven by the drive of the motor through the power transmission mechanism, so that the tile base TB
Are transported in the transport direction a.

The curtain mounting device 40 includes a glaze tank 50 installed above the transport mechanism 20. The glaze tank 50 is provided with a box body surrounded by an inclined portion 52 forming a bottom surface, a side plate portion 54, a front plate portion 56, and a rear plate portion 58 and supported by a support column 66. Further, the glaze supply mechanism 80 applies a glaze. Is provided with an upper opening 62, a slit 64 formed at a joint portion of the inclined portion 52 and the front plate portion 56, and an opening / closing portion (not shown) for opening / closing the slit 64.

A rectifying plate 70 is installed inside the front plate portion 56 of the glaze tank 50. As shown in FIG. 4, the rectifying plate 70 has a saw blade-shaped portion 72 at its tip, and the saw blade-shaped portion 72 serves as an outflow gap portion 74 through which a part of the slit 64 flows out of the glaze. The opening area is different in the direction b perpendicular to the transport direction a.

The glaze supply mechanism 80 includes a glaze tank 50.
And a recovery tank 82 installed below the conveyor belt 24,
A pump 84 for pumping up the glaze in the recovery tank 82 through the supply pipe 86 is provided, and the glaze is supplied to the glaze tank 50 through the supply pipe 86 by driving the pump 84. Therefore, the glaze that has not been glazed on the tile base TB from the glaze tank 50 is collected in the recovery tank 82 and returned to the glaze tank 50 by the pump 84 for repeated use. The glaze used here may be a normal glaze, but especially when the viscosity is high,
The streaky uneven shape can be increased, and therefore, the viscosity can be appropriately adjusted according to the specifications of the pattern.

Next, the glazing operation of the tile base TB by the tile glazing apparatus 10 will be described. In FIG. 1, the tile base TB is placed on the conveyor belt 24 and is conveyed by driving a motor, and the glaze tank 50 is opened and closed to allow the glaze to flow out. In this state, the tile base TB transported by the transport mechanism 20
When reaches the position below the slit 64 of the glaze tank 50, the glaze flowing out from the glaze tank 50 in a curtain shape is applied on the tile base TB.

At this time, the tip of the current plate 70 has a saw blade-shaped portion 72, and the glaze that has slid down along the inclined portion 52 passes through the saw blade-shaped portion 72 and then flows from the laminar flow into a turbulent flow. And flow out in different amounts from the outflow gap 74 in the direction b at right angles. Therefore, while the tile base TB is being transported,
Since the glaze is applied with different amounts of glaze in the perpendicular direction b, a streaky uneven pattern is formed on the tile.

According to the above-described embodiment, the straightening plate 70 having the saw blade-shaped portion 72 is only used as the structure for forming the stripe pattern on the glazed surface of the tile, and the press described in the prior art is used. The configuration and manufacturing process of the device itself are simpler than those of the method and the screen printing method.

The tile glazed by the tile glazing apparatus 10 has a striped pattern formed by the natural change of the flow from the outflow gap portion 74. Therefore, when the tile is glazed and arranged, a natural pattern is formed. It is possible to form a streak pattern excellent in harmony with various changes. Moreover, since the pattern on the tile changes depending on the amount of glaze penetrating into the tile base TB, it becomes a natural streak pattern like a watercolor painting. Moreover, the height and pattern of the unevenness can be changed naturally and freely according to the viscosity of the glaze.

Although the saw blade-shaped portion 72 is used as the current plate 70 in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is not limited to this.
The shape is not particularly limited as long as it is a shape that allows different amounts of glaze to flow out, for example, a rectifying plate 70A having a wedge-shaped portion 72A as shown in FIG. 5 or a corrugated shape portion 72B as shown in FIG. It may be a rectifying plate 70B having.
By using the rectifying plates having such various shapes, it is possible to form various kinds of streaky patterns on the tile. Further, according to the straightening plate 70B shown in FIG. 6, since the corrugated heights of the corrugated portions 72 are different, the thickness of each streak pattern is also different, and a more varied tile pattern can be formed. .

The position of the current plate 70 is not only set in the glaze tank 50 as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, but is also attached to the outer wall of the front plate portion 56 of the glaze tank 50, and its tip is slit. The opening area may be changed from the outside of 64. In this case, there is an effect that the work of exchanging the current plate 70 becomes easy. Also, the curtain hanging device 4
By changing the shape of the slit 64 at 0 in the same manner as the straightening vane shape, the same effect as using the straightening vane can be obtained.

Next, a tile glazing apparatus 10A according to another embodiment for manufacturing tiles having a striped pattern will be described. In FIG. 7, the configuration different from the embodiment of FIG. 1 is that the removing plate 90 is attached to the outer wall of the front plate portion 56 of the glaze tank 50 without providing the rectifying plate 70. The removal plate 90 is adjusted so that the height position of the lower end portion thereof, that is, a predetermined gap between the lower end position and the upper surface of the tile base TB (for example, about 1 mm) can be adjusted with a screw so that the front plate portion can be adjusted. 56, and the tip thereof is formed in a saw blade-shaped portion 92 as in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the glaze flowing out of the glaze tank 50 through the slit 64 does not have the flow straightening plate 70 and is in a laminar flow state. Then, they are once laminated to a predetermined thickness. Immediately after that, the glaze applied to the tile base TB is removed by the removal plate 9 as it is transferred by the transfer mechanism 20.
It is removed in a streak shape by the saw blade-shaped portion 92 of 0. That is, since the position where the tile base TB is glazed and the position of the removal plate 90 are separated by a small distance in the transport direction a, the glaze on the tile is removed in a streak shape before being dried, It will solidify in the state. Therefore, a striped pattern is formed on the tile.

Further, in the above embodiment, the tile base TB
Since the upper glaze is removed by the removal plate 90 before being dried, dust does not fly up and the saw blade-shaped portion 92 of the removal plate 90 is not clogged, and furthermore,
No peeling or chipping of the glazed surface.

Although the removal plate 90 is attached to the front plate portion 56 of the glaze tank 50 in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the position before the glaze of the tile base TB dries, that is, the glaze on the tile base TB is shown. Since the drying time is 5 seconds after the glaze, it may be any position that can be removed in the meantime. Also,
It is also possible to remove the glaze surface in the same manner after glazing with a rectifying plate or a slit having a shape configured to cause the glaze amount to partially flow out. Further, the tip of the removal plate 90 may be a brush or the like as long as the glazed surface of the tile can be removed in a streak shape.

FIG. 8 is a schematic constitutional view showing another embodiment, in which the streak pattern is formed on the glazed surface of the tile by vibrating the glaze tank 50. In FIG. 8, a vibrating machine 100 is attached to one of the support columns 66 of the glaze tank 50, and vibrations of the vibrating machine 100 in a predetermined cycle are transmitted to the support column 66, so that the glaze tank 50
Vibrate itself. As a result, the glaze applied from the slit 64 of the glaze tank 50 is in a turbulent state, and a striped pattern is formed on the tile. Moreover, the vibrator 100
The glaze tank 50 to the tile conveyance direction a and the direction b at a right angle.
Since it is vibrated to, it is possible to form a natural pattern in which a striped pattern is undulated in the tile width direction.

The means for vibrating is the glaze tank 5
0 with a vibrator, and roller 22a near the glazed position
Unevenness may be formed on the surface of the. In this case, since the tile base TB vibrates via the transport belt 24 when passing through the roller 22a, a streak-like pattern is formed on the tile.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be carried out in various modes without departing from the scope of the invention, and the following modifications can be made.

That is, in order to form a striped pattern on the tile, the rectifying plate, the removing plate and the vibrator according to the above-mentioned embodiments may be combined as necessary. Thereby, various stripe patterns can be formed.

[0038]

As described above, according to the tile glazing method of the first aspect of the present invention, while the tile base material is being conveyed in the predetermined conveying direction, the amount of glaze on the surface of the tile base material is the width direction of the tile. By partially differently applying, it is possible to easily form a pattern in which the glaze thickness changes in the transport direction on the tile surface.

According to the tile glazing method of claim 2, an arbitrary uneven shape can be freely formed by partially and continuously or intermittently contacting the glazing surface with the glaze removing means to remove it. You can

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a glazing apparatus which preferably realizes the first aspect, wherein while the tile is being conveyed by the conveying means, the glaze poured out from the slit of the glaze hanging means installed above the conveying means. By applying the amount to the tile surface so that the amount of the amount is partially different in the width direction of the tile, a striped pattern is formed on the tile surface in the transport direction. Therefore, with a simple configuration in which the amount of glaze in the tile width direction is changed, it is possible to form a streak-like pattern with a changed glaze thickness on the tile surface.

According to the invention of claim 4, in the invention of claim 3, as the outflow gap for flowing the glaze, by changing the outflow opening slit of the glaze of the curtain hanging means by using a straightening plate, a general-purpose glaze hanging means can be obtained. On the other hand, it can be realized more easily.

According to the fifth or sixth aspect of the present invention, a simple apparatus configuration is provided in which the amount of glaze is unevenly applied to the tile surface in the vicinity of the glazed position of the conveying means or while vibrating the glaze hanging means. It is possible to form an uneven pattern having a change on the tile surface.

According to the invention of claim 7, the glaze removing means is provided at a position immediately after the glaze is applied, and the glaze removing means partially removes the glaze on the tile glazed surface. An uneven pattern with a change can be formed on the surface.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a tile glazing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the tile glazing apparatus according to the embodiment, partially broken and described.

FIG. 3 is a front view for explaining the tile glazing apparatus according to the embodiment by partially breaking it.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a current plate according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing another current plate.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing still another current plate.

FIG. 7 is a side view illustrating a tile glazing apparatus according to another embodiment by partially breaking it.

FIG. 8 is a side view illustrating a tile glazing apparatus according to still another embodiment by partially breaking it.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Tile glazing device 10A ... Tile glazing device 20 ... Conveying mechanism 22 ... Roller 22a ... Roller 24 ... Conveying belt 26 ... Power transmission mechanism 28 ... Motor 40 ... Curtain device 50 ... Glazing tank 52 ... Inclined part 54 ... Side plate part 56 ... front plate part 58 ... rear plate part 62 ... upper opening 64 ... slit 66 ... support pillar 70 ... straightening plate 70A ... straightening plate 70B ... straightening plate 72 ... saw blade shaped part 72A ... corrugated shaped part 72B ... wedge shaped part 74 ... Outflow gap portion 80 ... Glaze supply mechanism 82 ... Recovery tank 84 ... Pump 86 ... Supply pipe 90 ... Removal plate 92 ... Saw blade shaped portion 100 ... Vibratory machine TB ... Tile base a ... Transfer direction b ... Right angle direction

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method for glazing a tile for forming an uneven glazed surface on a surface of a tile base, comprising: transferring a tile base in a predetermined transfer direction, and applying a glaze amount of a tile to the surface of the tile base. A method of glazing tiles, characterized by hanging differently in the width direction. 2. A tile glazing method for forming an uneven glazed surface on a surface of a tile base, wherein the tile base is conveyed in a predetermined conveying direction, and after the glaze is hung on the surface of the tile base. A tile glazing method, characterized in that the tile glazing surface is partially and continuously or intermittently contacted by the glaze removing means to remove the tile glaze surface. 3. A glazing device for forming an uneven glazed surface on the surface of a tile base, comprising: a conveying means for conveying the tile base in a predetermined conveying direction, and a conveying means installed above the conveying means. Having a slit provided in the width direction of the tile intersecting with, and glaze hanging means for glazeing the glaze on the surface of the tile base by flowing out the glaze from the slit, and the slit, the slit of the tile A tile glazing device having an outflow gap having different amounts of glaze outflow in the width direction. 4. The tile glaze device according to claim 3, wherein the outflow gap is formed by restricting an outflow opening of the glaze of the curtain hanging means by the tip shape of the straightening vane. 5. The tile glazing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the conveying means or the glaze hanging means near the glazed position is provided with a vibrating means for vibrating the conveying means or the glaze hanging means. 6. A tile glazing apparatus for forming an uneven glazed surface on a surface of a tile base, comprising: a conveying means for conveying the tile base in a predetermined conveying direction; and a means installed above the conveying means, A glaze hanging means that has a slit provided in the width direction of the tile that intersects the conveying direction, and glazes the glaze on the surface of the tile base by glazeing the slit, and a conveying means or a glaze near the glaze position. A tile glazing device comprising: a vibrating means for vibrating the hanging means. 7. A tile glazing apparatus for forming an uneven glazed surface on a surface of a tile base, comprising: a transfer means for transferring the tile base in a predetermined transfer direction; and a transfer means installed above the transfer means. There is a slit provided in the width direction of the tile that intersects the transport direction, and a glaze-applying means for applying glaze to the surface of the tile base by flowing out the glaze from the slit, and a glaze is applied on the tile surface. A glaze that is provided at a position slightly in the transport direction from the position where the glazed surface is partially contacted with the glazed surface of the tile to partially and continuously or intermittently remove the glaze applied to the tile surface. A glazing device for tiles, comprising: a removing means.