NL2002132C - Support for at least two floor panels and assembly of such support and floor panel. - Google Patents

Support for at least two floor panels and assembly of such support and floor panel. Download PDF

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NL2002132C
NL2002132C NL2002132A NL2002132A NL2002132C NL 2002132 C NL2002132 C NL 2002132C NL 2002132 A NL2002132 A NL 2002132A NL 2002132 A NL2002132 A NL 2002132A NL 2002132 C NL2002132 C NL 2002132C
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Richard Matthee
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Handy Tiling Holding B V
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/024—Sectional false floors, e.g. computer floors
    • E04F15/02447—Supporting structures
    • E04F15/02464—Height adjustable elements for supporting the panels or a panel-supporting framework
    • E04F15/0247—Screw jacks
    • E04F15/02476—Screw jacks height-adjustable from the upper side of the floor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/024—Sectional false floors, e.g. computer floors
    • E04F15/02447—Supporting structures
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/024—Sectional false floors, e.g. computer floors
    • E04F15/02447—Supporting structures
    • E04F15/02464—Height adjustable elements for supporting the panels or a panel-supporting framework
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/024—Sectional false floors, e.g. computer floors
    • E04F15/02447—Supporting structures
    • E04F15/02464—Height adjustable elements for supporting the panels or a panel-supporting framework
    • E04F15/0247—Screw jacks

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P29614NL00/YGR
Support for at least two floor panels and assembly of such support and floor panel.
The present invention relates to a support for at least two floor panels, wherein the support comprises: a horizontal connection part; on an upper side of the connection part, at least two protrusions to be received in a aperture formed in a said floor panel, each protrusion being attached to the connection part and extending from the connection part 5 upwardly along a longitudinal axis of the respective protrusion; and, on a lower side of the connection part, at least one foot for supporting the support on a base.
Such a support is known from GB 2,290,317. Figure 3 of this document shows a panel support unit 21 comprising a support plate 22. This support plate 22, especially its underside, is the foot supporting the support on a base, e.g. a building floor. The support 10 plate 22 is provided with four support columns 24. These columns are provided with an inner thread which receives height adjusting bolts 25. Each adjusting bolt 25 has a lower thread part 25a and a head part 25c with a screw driver slit. Between the head part 25c and thread part 25a there is provided a support collar 25b. The thread part 25a is screwed in a threaded column 24 and the head part 25c is received in a aperture 14, called leading hole, formed 15 into the floor panel 1. The floor panel rests on the collar 25c. The support plate 22 is provided with holes 23. With the holes 23, the support plate can be deformed or bent so as to correspond to an uneven floor of the building onto which the floor panels are to be supported. Furthermore, the support plate 22 is bonded to the building floor by an adhesive.
However, when the support plate of GB 2,290,317is deformed to correspond to the 20 building floor, one or more of the columns will not extend vertically but under a slighter or larger angle with respect to the vertical. Taking into account that the floor panels are to be arranged exactly horizontally, the leading holes 14 will extend vertically. This means that the longitudinal axis of the head part 25a of the adjusting bolt will slant with respect to the vertical axis of the leading hole. As a result, the head part 25a tends to clamp inside the 25 leading hole. It becomes difficult to put the head of the adjusting bolt into the leading hole, and adjusting of the bolt is hindered. This is also the case when the building floor is not perfectly horizontal but slanting a little with respect to the horizontal. Furthermore, with larger deformations of the building floor, the column will also be displaced due to the deformation of the plate as deformation of the plate reduces the distance between adjacent columns.
30 This also provides difficulties with putting the head of the adjusting bolt into the leading hole of the panel.
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The object of the present invention is to provide a support according to the preamble of claim 1, which allows easy mounting and adjusting of floor panels on a base, like a building floor, also when the base is uneven or slanting with respect to the horizontal.
According to the invention this aim is achieved by providing a support for at least two 5 floor panels, wherein the support comprises: a horizontal connection part; on an upper side of the connection part, at least two protrusions to be received in a aperture formed in a said floor panel, each protrusion being attached to the connection part and extending from the connection part upwardly along a longitudinal axis of the 10 respective protrusion; on a lower side of the connection part, at least one foot for supporting the support on a base; characterised in that each protrusion is provided with a bore, which extends from the underside of the connection part, transverse to the connection along said longitudinal axis, 15 into the protrusion and which is provided with internal screw thread; in that the longitudinal axes of the protrusions extend mutually parallel; in that the support comprises a said foot for each protrusion, wherein each foot is arranged on the lower end of a rod extending transverse to the connection part, the rod being provided with external screw thread; 20 in that the external and internal screw thread match each other; in that the rod is insertable from below into the bore and is rotatable with respect to the internal screw thread for adjusting the foot with respect to the connection part; and in that the connection part is flexible in such manner that the protrusions are displaceable with respect to each other whilst maintaining both: 25 · the mutual parallelism of the longitudinal axes of the protrusions, and • the mutual distance between the longitudinal axes of the protrusions at the same value.
The flexible connection part can, according to the invention, be in the form of a bar, a strip, a plate or any other body. By providing a flexible connection part which allows displacement of the protrusions whilst maintaining the mutual parallelism of the longitudinal 30 axes of the protrusions as well as maintaining the relative positions of the longitudinal axes of the protrusions - i.e. keeping the mutual distances, measured orthogonal to the longitudinal axes, between the longitudinal axes of the protrusions unchanged -, it becomes, on the one hand, possible to keep the protrusions as well as the adjustment rods essentially vertically no matter what the unevenness of the base is and, on the other hand, to bring the 35 relative positions of the protrusions into correspondence with the relative positions of the apertures in the floor panels or to restore said relative positions in an initial state after -3- deforming the flexible connection part. All the problems as described above in relation to GB 2,290,317 are overcome.
Furthermore, because the feet, which support the support on the base, lie below the connection part, the connection part can lie closer to the floor panel(s) if not against the floor 5 panel(s). The forces acting on the protrusions and adjustment rods due to deformation of the connection part will - due to the connection part lying closer to the floor panel(s) - cause smaller bending moments which tend to cause slanting of the adjustment rods.
Taking into account that the height adjustment of the support occurs for each rod effectively below the connection part, it is possible that, after proper installation and fine 10 adjustment of the floor panels, the connection part resumes its original dimensions or takes - for example in case a prestress or bias situation is desired - predefined dimensions determined by the relative positions of the apertures in the floor panels. Thus, in installed condition, the stresses in the connection part are known beforehand or at least predictable accurately. This enables a design with a long (mechanical) life span. In order to further 15 facilitate the connection part to resume or take predefined dimensions upon completion of the installation, it is according to the invention advantageous when the connection part is elastically flexible.
The flexibility of the connection part, as required by the invention, can be achieved in several manners. For example, the connection part could be made from stretch gauze 20 material or corrugated plate or gauze material, in which the meshes and/or corrugations allow elongation and/or bending of the connection part without changing the relative positions and parallelism of the said longitudinal axes. As will be clear for the skilled man, the connection part can in this respect be made from any suitable material, like metal and/or plastic.
25 A very simple, practical and efficient manner to obtain the flexibility of the connection part as required by the invention, is however the use of elastomeric material. An elastomeric material is to be understood as a material having elastomeric properties. Thus not only elastomers are an elastomeric material, but for example also a polymer modified with an elastomer is an elastomeric material if it has elastomeric properties. As an example of a 30 polymer modified with an elastomer, polypropylene tuffened polystyrene can be mentioned. Thus, the connection part advantageously comprises an elastomer or a polymer modified with an elastomer, or more preferably the connection part is essentially made of an elastomer or a polymer modified with an elastomer. With a view on ease of production with moulding techniques, the elastomer is advantageously a thermoplastic elastomer. Polymeric 35 materials very suitable for the connection part of the support according to the invention are SBS (Styrene Butadiene Styrene), SEBS (Styrene Ethylene Butylene Styrene), SBR
-4- (Styrene Butadiene Rubber), SEBR (Styrene Ethylene Butylene Rubber) and of course natural rubber.
In order to facilitate easy placing of the floor panels, it is according to the invention advantageous when, viewed in a direction transverse to and away from the connection part, 5 the protrusions taper. Centring of the aperture above the protrusion becomes easier. In this respect it is especially advantageous when the protrusions taper conically.
In order to provide easy access to the rods for adjustment, also in case the floor panels are already laid, it is according to the invention advantageous when the head end of the rod, which faces away from the foot, is provided with an engagement part for an adjustment tool 10 for rotating the rod with respect to the bore.
According to a further embodiment of the invention, each protrusion comprises a support bush, preferably arranged inside the protrusion, the bore being formed in the bush. The protrusion comprising a support bush enables the bore and internal screw thread being formed in a separate part of material more suitable for this purpose than the flexible 15 connection part. With respect to easy and reliable assembly, it is according to the invention advantageous when the support bush is provided with a support bush flange at the lower end of the bush, which support bush flange lies against the lower side of the connection part. This bush with flange is easy to insert from below into the protrusion, wherein the flange prevents the bush from being pushed too far upwardly when a load is applied on the 20 floor panels. Preferably, the support bush and support bush flange are made from metal or rigid plastic (rigid being rigid in relation to the flexible connection part, like the elastomer from which it might be made).
According to a further embodiment, the support comprises three or more protrusions.
With respect to laying rectangular, not square, floor panels in a staggered fashion, it 25 is according to the invention advantageous when the support comprises three of said protrusions, which are arranged at the corners of an isosceles triangle.
With respect to laying square or rectangular floor panels in a non staggered fashion, it is according to the invention advantageous when the support comprises four protrusions, which are arranged at the corners of a square.
30 According to a further aspect, the invention relates to an assembly comprising at least one support according to the invention and two or more floor panels, wherein the lower side of each floor panel is provided with at least one aperture for receiving a said protrusion.
For easy adjustment of the height of the support, it is advantageous when the aperture opens in the upper face of the floor panel to allow access of a screw tool.
35 For easy and reliable assembling of the system, it is according to the invention advantageous when the aperture is provided in a panel bush, which is arranged in the panel. In this respect it is of further advantage when the lower end of the panel bush is -5- provided with a panel bush flange which lies against the lower side of the floor panel, and in which the aperture tapers with a taper corresponding to the taper of the protrusion. In order to provide on the one hand a reliable fixation with respect to the floor panel and on the other hand some radial freedom of movement for the protrusion inside the aperture, it is according 5 to the invention advantageous when the panel bush and panel bush flange are made of metal and wherein the panel bush is internally provided with a plastic part in which said aperture is formed.
In order to compensate for tolerances in the panel dimensions, it is according to the invention advantageous when the edges of the floor panels are provided with a 10 compressible, especially a elastically compressible, material.
Next, the invention will be described further with reference to the enclosed schematic drawing, wherein:
Figure 1 shows in schematic, perspective view a support according to the invention: 15 Figure 2 shows a schematic, perspective cross section of a panel insert for use with a support according to the invention;
Figure 3 shows in schematic, perspective view an assembly according to the invention;
Figure 4 shows a schematic, perspective cross section of a support according to the invention in a first intermediate phase of laying a floor panel; 20 Figure 5 shows a view corresponding to figures 4 and 5, however in the finished condition;
Figure 6 shows a schematic top view onto the triangular support according to figure 3;
Figure 7 shows a schematic top view onto a square support according to the invention;
Figure 8 shows schematically a top view onto an assembly according to the invention.
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Figure 1 shows in perspective a support 1 according to the invention. This support comprises in total seven parts: a horizontal connection part 2 of polymeric material, especially SBS or SEBS; three adjustment parts 3 and three support inserts 4.
The connection part 2 comprises a horizontal body 7 having, in this embodiment, the 30 shape of a triangular-like plate. The connection part further comprises three protrusions 5 of conical shape. Inside the protrusions a cylindrical hole 6 is formed, which is open at the lower axial end as well as the upper axial end. The horizontal body 7 and three protrusions are preferably made as one moulded part.
The support inserts 4 each have a cylindrical bush 8 carrying at its lower end a flange 35 9. Flange 9 and bush 8 are preferably made out of one piece of plastic or metal. The external diameter of the bush 8 corresponds to the internal diameter of the hole 6 and is -6- inserted in the hole 6. The flange 9 serves as a stop preventing the bush 8 from sliding further upwards in the hole 6. The bush 8 is internally provided with screw thread 10.
Each adjustment part 3 comprises a rod 12 and a foot 11. The rod 12 is provided with external screw thread, which matches the internal screw thread 10 in the bush 8. The 5 foot 11 is provided at the lower end of the rod 12. It should be noted that the foot 11 can also just be the lower end of the rod and also that the foot 11 can have very different shapes. A foot 11 like in the drawings has the advantage that it spreads the forces over a larger area of the base and prevents the base from being damaged. The rod 12 is screwed into the bush 8 and the distances from each foot 11 to the connection part 2 can be 10 adjusted independently from each other by screwing or rotating the rod 12 in the bush 8 with a screw tool. For this purpose, the top end 13 of the rod 12 is provided with a screw slit, a screw cross, a hexagonal bore 21 (see in figure 4), a rib, hexagonal protrusion or any other suitable engagement for a screw tool. As indicated with arrow A, the screw tool can reach the rod 12 from above through the open upper ends of the bush 4 and protrusion 5. The rod 15 12 and foot 11 can be made from any suitable material like a plastic or metal.
Referring to figure 2, each floor panel is preferably provided with panel inserts 14 for receiving the protrusions 5. The panel insert 14 comprises two parts, an outer part 15 and an inner part 16. The outer part 15 comprises a cylindrical bush 17 and a flange 18 at the lower end of the bush 17. The flange 18 serves to prevent the insert from sliding upwards 20 after being inserted into a bore formed in the panel. The outer part 15 may be made of any suitable material like metal or plastic. The inner part 16 comprises a cylindrical part 19 having a conical bore 22 for receiving a conical protrusion 5 of a support 1 and comprises further a flange 20. The inner part can be made from any suitable material. For sound isolation or some additional flexibility when laying a floor, it is advantageous when the inner 25 part 16 or outer part 15 is made from an elastomeric material as well.
Figure 3 shows in a perspective view the corner section of a floor panel 25 which is provided with a panel insert 14 as shown in figure 2. This panel 15 is supported at its corner on the support 1 as shown in figure 1. One of the conical protrusions 5 is inserted in the correspondingly conically shaped bore 22 of the panel insert 14.
30 Figures 4-5 illustrate schematically some important advantages of the invention.
The support 1 is placed with its feet 11 on the base 22. The floor panel 25 on the left is placed by lowering the conically shaped bore 22 of its panel insert 14 over the protrusion 5 on the left. By adjusting the rod 3 from above one can, if desired, adjust the position of the left floor panel 25 with respect to the base. Subsequently, the right floor panel 25 is placed 35 by lowering the conically shaped bore 22 of its panel insert 14 over the protrusion 5 on the right. As one can see, the right floor panel 25 does not yet perfectly fit.
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Assuming now that the base 22, a building floor, is perfectly flat, that the connection part 7 extends horizontally and that the left and right feet 11 have the same vertical distance to the connection part 7, one of the advantages achievable with the invention will become clear. The preceding assumptions mean that the horizontal distance B between the vertical 5 axes 23 is a little too small for the two panels 25 as, the right panel 25 does not fit properly. The right one lies at a slightly elevated level with respect to the left one, because the right side edge of the left panel 25 prevents the right panel 25 from lowering completely onto the right protrusion 5 of the support. This can for example be caused because the dimensions of the panels are not within fine tolerances. The right panel 25 can be brought in perfect 10 position, shown in figure 5, by exerting a downward force C on the right panel. The downward force C, will via the conical faces of the bore 22 and protrusion 5 cause the connection part 7 to elongate/stretch in the direction of double arrow D over a distance X so that the horizontal distance between the vertical axes 23 becomes B+X (see figure 5). The support 1 according to the invention thus allows for an easy compensation of imperfections 15 in the dimensions of the floor panels or in the locations of the panel inserts.
From the preceding text, a second achievable advantages becomes clear as well. One could also purposefully design the distance B slightly too small. This will also be compensated easily when laying the floor panels. However, a prestressed or biased condition will result as the elastomeric material of the connection part 7 tends to develop a contraction in reaction 20 on being stretched. This prestressed or biased condition is very helpful in preventing little gaps between adjacent floor panels and holding adjacent floor panels in place.
Assuming that the distance B matches perfectly the horizontal distance between the vertical axis of the conically bores 22 of the panel inserts 14 of the adjacent panels 25, similar effects - floor panel being initially raised with respect to the neighbouring one - as 25 shown in figure 4 occur when the base 22 is not flat. Assuming the base 22 slants downwards to the right, the right foot 11 will lie a little lower than the left foot 11. This means that the connection part 7 will not extend horizontally, but will also slightly slant. The result of this is that the horizontal distance B between the vertical axes 23 is reduced a little as well. Assuming the left panel 25 extends horizontal and that right panel 25 is kept horizontal as 30 well, a similar situation with a raised right panel as shown in figure 4 occurs as well. In this case, the right panel 25 can be pressed downward as well (arrow C) or brought otherwise in the condition that the protrusion is entirely received inside the conical bore 22. Again, the connection part 7 will be stretched/elongated. In this case the elongation of the connection part 7 might be reduced partly or completely by adjusting the height of the right foot with 35 respect to the connection part 7 in order to lay the right panel perfectly horizontally. This demonstrates the third advantage of the support according to the invention, namely an easy compensation for imperfections in the flatness of the base 22.
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Figure 6 shows a top view on a support 1 as described above. This support 1 hasthe shape of an essentially isosceles triangle. The horizontal distances Y between adjacent vertical axes 23 is the same for each pair of adjacent protrusions 5.
The support of figure 6 is for use with rectangular floor panels laid in a staggered 5 configuration as shown in figure 8. When for example the lower edge 30 of the two lower panels 25 is to be placed against a vertical wall, the parts 31,32 of the supports 1, which extend horizontally beyond the edge 30 of the floor panels 25 can easily be removed by cutting them off.
Figure 7 shows a square support 40 for use when the corners of four rectangular 10 floor plates come together. This support 40 is, except its shape and fourth protrusion 5, essentially identical to the earlier described support 1.
Below, several embodiments of the invention are described in some clauses: 1] Support for at least two floor panels, wherein the support comprises: a horizontal connection part; 15 on an upper side of the connection part, at least two protrusions to be received in a aperture formed in a said floor panel, each protrusion being attached to the connection part and extending from the connection part upwardly along a longitudinal axis of the respective protrusion; on a lower side of the connection part, at least one foot for supporting the support on a 20 base; characterised in that each protrusion is provided with a bore, which extends from the underside of the connection part, transverse to the connection along said longitudinal axis, into the protrusion and which is provided with internal screw thread; 25 in that the longitudinal axes of the protrusions extend mutually parallel; in that the support comprises a said foot for each protrusion, wherein each foot is arranged on the lower end of a rod extending transverse to the connection part, the rod being provided with external screw thread; in that the external and internal screw thread match each other; 30 in that the rod is insertable from below into the bore and is rotatable with respect to the internal screw thread for adjusting the foot with respect to the connection part; and in that the connection part is flexible in such manner that the protrusions are displaceable with respect to each other whilst maintaining both: • the mutual parallelism of the longitudinal axes of the protrusions, and 35 · the mutual distance between the longitudinal axes of the protrusions at the same value.
2] Support according to clause 1, wherein the connection part is elastically flexible.
-9- 3] Support according to one of the preceding clauses, wherein the connection part comprises an elastomer or a polymer modified with an elastomer.
4] Support according to one of the preceding clauses, wherein the connection part is made of an elastomer a polymer modified with an elastomer.
5 5] Support according to clause 3 or 4, wherein the elastomer is a thermoplastic elastomer.
6] Support according to one of the preceding clauses, wherein, viewed in a direction transverse to and away from the connection part, the protrusions taper.
7] Support according to one of the preceding clauses, wherein, viewed in a direction 10 transverse to and away from the connection part, the protrusions taper conically.
8] Support according to one of the preceding clauses, wherein the upper end of the bore is open, and wherein the head end of the rod, which faces away from the foot, is provided with an engagement part for an adjustment tool for rotating the rod with respect to the bore.
15 9] Support according to one of the preceding clauses, wherein each protrusion comprises a support bush, preferably arranged inside the protrusion, wherein the bore is formed in the bush.
10] Support according to clause 9, wherein the support bush is provided with a support bush flange at the lower end of the bush, which support bush flange lies against the 20 underside of the connection part.
11] Support according to clause 9 or 10, wherein the support bush and support bush flange are made from plastic or metal.
12] Support according to one of the preceding clauses, comprising three or more of said protrusions.
25 13] Support according to clause 12, comprising three of said protrusions, which are arranged at the corners of an isosceles-like triangle.
14] Support according to clause 12, comprising four of said protrusions, which are arranged at the corners of a square.
15] Assembly comprising at least one support according to one of the preceding clauses 30 and two or more floor panels, wherein the lower side of each floor panel is provided with at least one aperture for receiving a said protrusion.
16] Assembly according to clause 15, wherein the aperture is open at the topside of the floor panel.
17] Assembly according to one of clauses 15-16, wherein the aperture is provided in a 35 panel bush, which is arranged in the panel.
-ΙΟΙ 8] Assembly according to clause 17, wherein the lower end of the panel bush is provided with a panel bush flange which lies against the underside of the floor panel, and in which the aperture tapers with a taper corresponding to the taper of the protrusion.
19] Assembly according to clause 18, wherein the panel bush and panel bush flange are 5 made of metal and wherein the panel bush is internally provided with a plastic part in which said aperture is formed.
20] Assembly according to one of clauses 15-19, wherein the edges of the floor panels are provided with a compressible, especially an elastically compressible, material.
21] Asssembly according to one of the clauses 15-20, wherein the upper side of the 10 connection part of the support lies against the underside of the floor panels supported by said support.
It will be clear to the skilled man that also further modifications can be made to the support and assembly according the invention, whilst staying within the scope of the invention as defined in the claims. For example: 15 · A locking nut can be provided on the rod between the foot and the connection part or on the upper end of the rod inside the protrusion. Such locking nut or another locking means prevents the rod from turning after being adjusted to the required height.
• The panel insert can also be made of one piece instead of two pieces.
• Instead of providing the protrusions at the upper side of the connection part and the 20 apertures for receiving the protrusions in the under side of the floor panel, the protrusions can equivalently be provided on the underside of the floor panel with the apertures for receiving the protrusions being provided in the upper side of the connection part.
• Instead of rotating the rod by means of a screw tool for height adjustment, also the 25 support bush can be rotated by means of a screw tool. In this case the support bush does not need to be open at its upper side but might be closed at its upper side.

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-11 - 1] Steun voor tenminste twee vloerpanelen, waarbij de steun omvat: een horizontaal verbindingsdeel; aan een bovenzijde van het verbindingsdeel, tenminste twee uitsteeksels voor opname in een in een genoemd vloerpaneel gevormde uitsparing, waarbij elk uitsteeksel aan het 5 verbindingsdeel bevestigd is en zich vanaf het verbindingsdeel opwaarts uitstrekt langs een langshartlijn van het respectieve uitsteeksel; aan een onderzijde van het verbindingsdeel, tenminste een voet voor afsteuning van de steun op een ondergrond; met het kenmerk, 10 dat elk uitsteeksel is voorzien van een boring, die zich, vanaf de onderzijde van het verbindingsdeel, dwars op dat verbindingsdeel langs genoemde langshartlijn in het uitsteeksel uitstrekt en is voorzien van inwendige schroefdraad; dat de langshartlijnen van de uitsteeksels onderling parallel verlopen; dat de steun per uitsteeksel een genoemde voet omvat, waarbij elke voet is voorzien aan 15 het ondereind van een zich dwars op dat verbindingsdeel uitstrekkende pen met uitwendige schroefdraad, dat de uitwendige en inwendige schroefdraad onderling paren, dat de pen van onderaf in de boring te steken is en ten opzichte van de inwendige schroefdraad verdraaibaar is voor het stellen van de voet ten opzichte van het 20 verbindingsdeel; en dat het verbindingsdeel zodanig flexibel is dat de boringen ten opzichte van elkaar verplaatsbaar zijn onder handhaving van: • zowel de onderlinge parallelliteit van de langshartlijnen van de uitsteeksels • als de onderlinge afstand tussen de langshartlijnen van de uitsteeksels. 25 2] Steun volgens conclusie 1, waarbij het verbindingsdeel elastisch flexibel is. 3] Steun volgens een der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het verbindingsdeel een elastomeer of een met een elastomeer gemodificeerde polymeer omvat. 30 4] Steun volgend een der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het verbindingsdeel is gevormd van een elastomeer of een met een elastomeer gemodificeerde polymeer. -12- 5] Steun volgens conclusie 3 of 4, waarbij de elastomeer een thermoplastische elastomeer is. 6] Steun volgens een der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitsteeksels, beschouwd 5 in een richting dwars op en weg van het verbindingsdeel, taps toelopend zijn uitgevoerd. 7] Steun volgens een der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de uitsteeksels, beschouwd in een richting weg van het verbindingsdeel, conisch toelopend zijn uitgevoerd. 10 8] Steun volgens een der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de boring aan de bovenzijde van het uitsteeksel open is, en waarbij het van de voet afgekeerde kopse eind van de pen is voorzien van een aangrijping voor een stelgereedschap voor het verdraaien van de pen in de boring. 15 9] Steun volgens een der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij elk uitsteeksel een, bij voorkeur in het uitsteeksel opgenomen, steunbus omvat, en waarbij de boring gevormd is in de steunbus. 10] Steun volgens conclusie 9, waarbij de steunbus aan de onderzijde is voorzien van 20 een steunbus-flens welke tegen de onderzijde van het verbindingsdeel ligt. 11] Steun volgens conclusie 9 of 10, waarbij de bus en flens van kunststof of metaal zijn. 12] Steun volgens een der voorgaande conclusies, omvattende drie of meer genoemde 25 uitsteeksels. 13] Steun volgens conclusie 12, omvattende drie genoemde uitsteeksels, die zijn voorzien op de hoekpunten van een gelijkbenige driehoek. 30 14] Steun volgens conclusie 12, omvattende vier genoemde uitsteeksels, die zijn voorzien op de hoekpunten van een vierkant. 15] Samenstel omvattende tenminste een steun volgens een der voorgaande conclusies en twee of meer vloerplaten, waarbij elke vloerplaat aan de onderzijde is voorzien van 35 tenminste een opname voor het opnemen van een genoemd uitsteeksel. -13- 16] Samenstel volgens conclusie 15, waarbij de opname aan de bovenzijde van de vloerplaat open is. 17] Samenstel volgens een der conclusies 15-16, waarbij de opname is voorzien in een 5 paneelbus die in het paneel is opgenomen. 18] Samenstel volgens conclusie 17, waarbij de paneelbus aan de onderzijde is voorzien van een paneelbus-flens die tegen de onderzijde van het paneel aanligt, en waarbij de opname is uitgevoerd met een tapsheid overeenkomstig de tapsheid van het uitsteeksel. 10 19] Samenstel volgens een der conclusies 18, waarbij de paneelbus en paneelbus-flens van metaal zijn en waarbij de paneelbus inwendig voorzien is van een kunststofdeel waarin de opname gevormd is. 15 20] Samenstel volgens een der conclusies 15-19, waarbij de randen van de vloerpanelen voorzien zijn van een samendrukbaar, in het bijzonder elastisch samendrukbaar, materiaal. 21] Samenstel volgens een der conclusies 15-20, waarbij de bovenzijde van het verbindingsdeel van de steun tegen de onderzijde van de door die steun gedragen vloer 20 panelen ligt. 25-11 - 1] Support for at least two floor panels, the support comprising: a horizontal connecting part; on a top side of the connecting part, at least two protrusions for receiving in a recess formed in a floor panel, wherein each protrusion is attached to the connecting part and extends upwards from the connecting part along a longitudinal axis of the respective protrusion; on a lower side of the connecting part, at least one foot for supporting the support on a surface; characterized in that each protrusion is provided with a bore which extends from the underside of the connecting part transversely of said connecting part along said longitudinal axis in the protrusion and is provided with internal screw thread; that the longitudinal center lines of the protrusions run parallel to each other; that the support comprises a said foot per protrusion, wherein each foot is provided at the lower end of a pin with external screw thread extending transversely to said connecting part, the external and internal screw thread mutually connecting the pin into the bore from below is stabbing and rotatable relative to the internal thread for adjusting the foot relative to the connecting part; and that the connecting part is flexible such that the bores are displaceable relative to each other while maintaining: • both the mutual parallelism of the longitudinal axis of the protrusions • and the mutual distance between the longitudinal axis of the protrusions. 2] Support according to claim 1, wherein the connecting part is elastically flexible. Support as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the connecting part comprises an elastomer or a polymer modified with an elastomer. 4] Support according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the connecting part is formed from an elastomer or a polymer modified with an elastomer. Support according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the elastomer is a thermoplastic elastomer. Support as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the protrusions, viewed in a direction transverse to and away from the connecting part, are designed to be tapered. Support as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the protrusions, viewed in a direction away from the connecting part, are conically tapered. Support as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the bore at the top of the protrusion is open, and wherein the end of the pin remote from the foot is provided with an engagement for an adjusting tool for turning the pin in the pin bore. 9. Support as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein each protrusion comprises a support bush, preferably included in the protrusion, and wherein the bore is formed in the support bush. Support as claimed in claim 9, wherein the support bush is provided on the underside with a support bush flange which lies against the underside of the connecting part. 11. Support as claimed in claim 9 or 10, wherein the bush and flange are made of plastic or metal. 12. Support as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, comprising three or more said protrusions. Support as claimed in claim 12, comprising three said protrusions, which are provided at the corner points of an isosceles triangle. Support as claimed in claim 12, comprising four said protrusions, which are provided at the corner points of a square. Assembly comprising at least one support according to any one of the preceding claims and two or more floor plates, wherein each floor plate is provided on the underside with at least one receptacle for receiving a said protrusion. Assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein the accommodation on the top side of the floor plate is open. 17. Assembly as claimed in any of the claims 15-16, wherein the accommodation is provided in a panel bus which is included in the panel. Assembly as claimed in claim 17, wherein the panel bush is provided on the underside with a panel bush flange which abuts against the underside of the panel, and wherein the receiving is made with a taper corresponding to the taper of the protrusion. Assembly as claimed in any of the claims 18, wherein the panel bush and panel bush flange are made of metal and wherein the panel bush is internally provided with a plastic part in which the receptacle is formed. Assembly as claimed in any of the claims 15-19, wherein the edges of the floor panels are provided with a compressible, in particular elastically compressible, material. Assembly as claimed in any of the claims 15-20, wherein the top side of the connecting part of the support lies against the bottom side of the floor panels supported by said support. 25
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