RU2814670C2 - Tile with printing for production of seamless face surface in laying, method of tile printing for production of such tile - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: printing.

SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to printing on tiles. Present invention relates to tile with printing for production of seamless face surface in laying and to method of tile printing for production of tile with printing for production in laying a seamless front surface, comprising at least parts made with possibility of movement during laying in a horizontal and vertical direction, having, respectively, a first front surface (A) and a second front surface (B), and a rear side. First front surface (A) and the second front surface (B) are provided with a print with patterns forming a seamless front surface. Back side has an indicator mark, in accordance with which, during laying, the workpieces can be moved so that the patterns of the first front surface (A) and the second front surface (B) form a seamless front surface.

EFFECT: objective of the present invention is to create a seamless tile pattern, as well as to ensure easy management of warehouse stocks in the ceramic industry.

2 cl, 5 dwg

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of tile printing. In particular, it relates to the implementation of random phases for the application of continuous laying of ceramic tiles. The present invention also provides a method for producing a continuous design installation comprising tiles with a random face and a seamless tile pattern.

BACKGROUND OF THE ART

The market trend in tile design has been the execution and marketing of random phases of marble, textures and wood. The random phases look good individually, but sometimes look very strange once placed. In order for the tile design to be continuous, the phases had to be made and laid in a specified pattern. The given pattern requires a large amount of warehouse management work. Warehouse management in the ceramics industry is a big problem and this creates significant dead stock.

Random phase designs dominated the tile industry. All designs in the tile industry prior to the claimed continuous marble were printed randomly, which affected the aesthetics of the final product. The design in a given pattern creates a warehouse management problem and in turn creates dead stock.

The original designs had a single front surface. All designs had a single front surface and were not seamless or continuous. The inventors of the present invention sought to make the design with a single front surface continuous. This was successfully achieved, however the final product had a lot of repetition due to the single front surface of the design.

The next step was for the authors to create a design with multiple front surfaces. All of these faces were random, and the final coating formed after installation does not look cohesive at all. That is, an observer can discern the size of a tile placed between other tiles.

JPH08209894A is for a set of rag stone pattern tiles and its shipping case. Objective: To improve the efficiency of construction work by gluing/arranging multiple types of tiles of the correct shape to/on a laying sheet having a prescribed shape, with the mutual arrangement of the connecting parts, forming a set of tiles having a rag stone pattern, and performing construction work by placing this set in the mold continuous series. Structure: multiple types of regular shaped tiles from A to G are glued onto a laying sheet of quadrangle, pentagon, hexagon, etc. by mutually arranging the connecting parts in accordance with the layout drawing, forming a set of tiles having a rag stone pattern. The construction showing line, which is a diagonal line of matching polygons, is printed on the laying sheet and is used as a standard for corner placement when a set of tiles are arranged in a continuous row in large quantities. A packing box is also provided in which the regularly shaped pieces of tiles can be placed so that each type is in a vertical position and damage or the like is prevented during transportation. A set of tiles having a rag stone pattern is arranged in a continuous row on a floor surface and a wall surface or similar surface. In this way, on-site work is simplified and construction work can be carried out efficiently.

KR 20100090913 A relates to printed tiles for decorating a base with a non-bonded material. Objective: Printed tiles are proposed to decorate a pre-fabricated base for easy maintenance work through easy assembly and disassembly of the tiles, as well as to improve manufacturability and design parameters. Device: printed tiles for decorating a pre-made base will be made as follows. A sheet of printed design is attached to the top surface of the tile. There are landing ridges and landing grooves on all sides of the tiles. The inner and outer surfaces, in which the landing protrusions and landing grooves mate, are inclined. A square pyramidal groove is formed on the bottom surface of the tile. The printed tiles are made of PVC, stone powder and nano silver.

EP 1873327 B1 refers to a method for seamless laying of tiles. The cover panel has a bottom side spaced from the top side and an edge region connecting the top and bottom sides. The edge region has a surface portion with a flat top surface that is configured to be seamlessly attached to a corresponding covering panel. The other surface portion has a top surface that receives a groove-shaped recess and defines a channel portion that runs parallel to the top side of the panel.

The former surface section runs perpendicular to the top side. Also included is an independent claim for a method of moving a tile cladding with a cover panel.

Therefore, there is a need for a way to create designs with random faces that are continuous after installation.

OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION

The main object of the present invention is to provide a continuous design installation containing tiles with a random face.

Another object of the present invention is to create a seamless tile pattern.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an aesthetically superior tile installation as it becomes seamless.

Another object of the present invention is to provide easy inventory management in the ceramics industry while the end product appears aesthetically superior.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tile installation in which, regardless of the number of phases, the final product is seamless.

Another object of the present invention is to create an aesthetically beautiful product that is as close as possible to natural marble.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a continuous design installation comprising tiles with a random face and a seamless tile pattern.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

One or more problems of the traditional prior art can be overcome by various embodiments of the present invention.

A major aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for printing continuous random phase tiles, comprising:

obtaining a predetermined size of the covering article;

obtaining a subgroup of the original covering product;

wherein the subgroup contains predetermined sizes;

creating one or more facial surfaces from the covering subset;

creating imprints or designs on the horizontal and vertical ends of a subset of the blank to produce a seamless blank with random facing surfaces; and creating a design on the middle or central part of each random phase/front surface,

wherein the printed blank includes an index mark on the rear side, and the printed blanks are laid unidirectionally in accordance with the index mark to obtain seamless or continuous facing surfaces in the layup.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for printing continuous stacked random phase tiles in which the blanks are printed/formed such that the ends of the blank are moved both horizontally and vertically in such a manner that regardless of the orientation of the facing surfaces, as long as the arrow on the back side of the workpiece, both front surfaces become seamless.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for printing continuous random phase stacked tiles in which each face of a preform is configured to continuously match the face of another preform laid unidirectionally in accordance with an index mark.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for printing random phase continuous lay tiles in which the product appears as a homogeneous single product.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for printing random phase continuous stack tiles in which the final product is continuously combined with each sheet containing random faces.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for printing random phase continuous lay tiles, wherein the ceramic is selected from HSN CODE: 69072100, HSN CODE 69072300, and the like.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for printing continuous random phase tiles, in which the preform is selected from marble, tiles and the like.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The features, advantages and objects of the invention, as well as others, will become apparent and understood in more detail from the detailed description of the invention given briefly above with reference to the implementation, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the materials of this application. It should be noted, however, that the drawings illustrate only a preferred embodiment of the invention and therefore should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, since it provides for other equally effective embodiments.

Figure 1 illustrates the single front surface of the "Royal satvario".

Figure 2 illustrates a single front surface "seamless Royal salvatrio".

Figure 3 illustrates two front surfaces of “Royal satvario”, made in a “bookmatch” pattern.

Figure 4 illustrates four "Royal satvario" front surfaces made in the "endless marble" concept in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates a flow chart of a method for printing random phase continuous stack tiles according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS WITH REFERENCE NUMBERS:

[200] Method for printing continuous stacked tiles with random phase

[100] Obtaining a predetermined size of the covering article

[101] Preparation of a subset of the original cover article

[102] Creating one or more faces from a cover subgroup

[103] Creating imprints or designs on the horizontal and vertical ends of a subset of stock to produce a seamless stock with random faces

[104] Create a design on the middle or central part of each random phase/face.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INVENTION

It should be understood that the present invention is not limited in its application to the structural details and arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The present invention may be embodied in other embodiments and practices or carried out in various ways. It should also be understood that the language and terminology herein are used for description and should not be construed as limiting.

The present invention relates to the field of tile printing. In particular, it relates to the implementation of random phases for use in the continuous laying of ceramic tiles. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a continuous design installation comprising tiles with a random face and a seamless tile pattern. Printed tiles are laid unidirectionally according to the directional mark to create seamless or continuous faces in the installation.

History of REY CERA designs in the ceramic industry:

Natural marble is digitally recreated for commercial applications. Digital files from recreated natural marbles are used in digital platforms such as Adobe Photoshop or Coral Draw to further the design process.

Ceramic color profiles are applied to digital files. A color profile is essentially a digital file. The color degradation graph is printed on a ceramic tile and fired. The color intensity gamut in the degradation graph is extracted and stored digitally. This file is called a color profile. It contains information about the color intensity according to the ceramic tile production parameters. The color profile essentially limits the color gamut according to the parameters of the ceramic industry.

The software used by the manufacturer is Adobe Photoshop/Coral Draw with the necessary tools for design editing. The manufacturer selects the color of the designs in accordance with the user's requirements.

Figure 1 illustrates a single front surface of the "Royal satvario". The initial designs had a single front surface. All designs had a single front surface and were not seamless or continuous. REY CERA took one of the designs called “ROYAL SATVARIO” as a reference (Fig. 1).

Seamless: When any design is made seamless, the following steps are followed. The cover design is chosen according to the user's requirements, taking into account the essence of the original marble. The best part of the cover is selected and the edges of the design are made in such a way that when the same front surface is repeated along the length or width of the design, the design will remain continuous. It does not cut and looks solid.

The second step was to make the single face design continuous. REY CERA successfully achieved this, however the final product had a lot of repetition due to the single front surface of the design.

Figure 2 illustrates a single front surface of a “seamless royal satvario”. The next step was to create a REY CERA design with multiple front surfaces. All these front surfaces were random, and the final cover formed after installation does not look cohesive at all. That is, you can determine the size of the laid tiles by moving from one tile to another.

So the obvious next step for REY CERA was to create designs with random faces that would be continuous once laid.

But it was difficult to do. REY CERA succeeded in part when the manufacturer developed a concept called Book-Match.

Bookmatch: Bookmatch is a design containing a group of 2 front surfaces. FACIAL SURFACE A and FACIAL SURFACE B. These two facing surfaces must be in an alternating pattern to form a continuous cover. Figure 3 illustrates two front surfaces of “Royal satvario”, made in a bookmatch pattern. FACING SURFACE A and FACING SURFACE B are laid side by side, after which the same facing surfaces are alternated and laid, SURFACE A-SURFACE B-SURFACE A-SURFACE B, to form a design which is known as BOOKMATCH.

But again, there is a limitation in the implementation of BUKMATCH products. The essence of the final design is almost the same in all designs. It is also very difficult to implement commercial production and inventory management. FACE A and FACE B must be maintained in fixed quantities. They must also be stored in the same batch. If a single face is lost during shipping or handling, the other face is automatically redundant.

Striving to constantly innovate, REY CERA always finds new ways to solve existing problems and create better products. REY CERA have been pioneers in all of the above innovations and have always strived to further improve product quality.

The evolution of design and ideas followed by REY CERA is outlined above. Finally, REY CERA came up with the concept of “Endless Marble”.

MAIN ASPECTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

Definition of "Endless Marble"

Figure 4 illustrates four "Royal satvario" front surfaces made in the "endless marble" concept in accordance with the present invention. REY CERA came up with a design of naturally recreated marble. It has many random faces. However, after each and every random face is laid, the random face is connected to the next random face regardless of whether it is laid horizontally or vertically. It must be laid unidirectionally. By unidirectional we simply follow the arrow behind the corresponding tile and continue laying the tile in a single direction. The authors call this “Endless Marble.”

FIG. 5 illustrates a flow diagram of a method for printing continuous stacked random phase tiles. A method [200] for printing continuous stacked random phase tiles includes the steps of:

obtaining [100] a predetermined size of the covering article; obtaining [101] a subset of the original cover article;

wherein the subgroup contains predetermined sizes;

creating [102] one or more facial surfaces from the covering subset;

creating [103] imprints or designs on the horizontal and vertical ends of a subset of the blank to produce a seamless blank with random facial surfaces; And

creating [104] a design on the middle or central part of each random phase/facial surface,

wherein the printed blank contains an index mark on the back side, and the printed blanks are laid unidirectionally along the index mark to produce seamless or continuous face surfaces in the layup.

The blanks are printed/formed in such a way that the ends of the blank move both horizontally and vertically so that regardless of the orientation of the face surfaces, as long as the arrow on the back of the blank is followed, both facing surfaces are seamless. Each face of the workpiece is configured to continuously correspond to the face of another workpiece laid unidirectionally along the index mark. The product appears as a homogeneous single product. The final product has a continuous pattern, with each cover containing random facial surfaces. Ceramics selected from HSN code: 69072100, HSN CODE 69072300 and the like. The workpiece is selected from marble, tiles, etc.

PROCESS

Initially, the entire cover is taken. The required size is selected from the cover. Let's assume that there is a cover of 1500 mm × 3000 mm and it is necessary to produce 4 faces of 600 mm × 1200 mm. Therefore, the size of the cover to be selected from the original cover is 1200 mm × 2400 mm. 4 faces from the cover subgroup can now be produced. The naturalness of the original cover is also taken into account when extracting a subgroup from it. The four faces are produced keeping in mind the original essence of the marble. First, a single front surface is taken, and then it is made seamless. After the first front surface is made seamless, move on to the second front surface. Now both of these faces are done at the same time. Considering the essence of the original marble, the two faces begin to be executed as a continuous, seamless marble. First, the ends of the marble are made, both horizontally and vertically, so that regardless of the orientation of the facing surfaces, as long as the arrow on the back of the tile is followed, both facing surfaces become seamless.

Once the ends are completed and the two faces are seamless, the middle portion of each face is finished to preserve the essence of the original natural marble.

This creates a continuous marble with two random faces. However, in the implementation of the final product there are at least 4 random front surfaces.

Therefore, a 3rd face is made and the same process is repeated as with the 2nd face. Now these three faces are done simultaneously. The creation of three front surfaces in the form of continuous seamless marble begins. Each face is taken and its ends are made so that, regardless of the choice and orientation of the faces, they form only one continuous marble. Once the horizontal and vertical ends of the faces are completed to the user's specifications, one moves on to the middle portion of each face and finishes it in a manner that keeps the essence of the original marble intact. This produces a continuous marble with three random faces.

It should be noted that as and when a new face surface is added and started to be customized, the faces already designed in the previous stages undergo minor changes to approximate the naturally recreated marble.

After the third front surface, they move on to the fourth front surface. As mentioned earlier, all designs use a minimum of four face surfaces.

Now that the earlier faces have been completed, the fourth face begins to be completed in a similar manner. First, both the horizontal and vertical ends of the fourth face are made such that it is laid adjacent to any of the previous faces in accordance with the direction of the arrow and remains seamless and continuous with any of them.

All four faces are then completed simultaneously, aiming to get as close as possible to the surface of the recreated natural marble we started with. Again, each and every face surface undergoes minor changes without affecting the natural appearance of the recreated marble.

This produces marble that contains many random faces and yet is continuous.

ADVANTAGES

The first and foremost benefit is that the user receives a superior product. The final product appears seamless once installed and will only appear as a uniform, solid Italian slab. Thus, the final product of the present invention can be used as a replacement for Italian marble. Italian marble is much more expensive to extract, and some natural marbles are very rare. Since the tiles of the present invention are man-made, the user can produce the same marble for a long time as and when required. Installation and handling of tiles is much easier than Italian marble. Throughout the entire production process, the manufacturer takes the environment into account and strives to use as much recycled products and green energy as possible. Thus, the real end product is less polluting and environmentally friendly. The end client receives the best product at an affordable price. In addition, in the product claimed according to the invention, the end user receives an optimal price-quality ratio.

While the invention has been described and illustrated with respect to exemplary embodiments thereof, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing and various other changes, omissions and additions may be made therein and in connection with it without departing from the spirit and within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (2)

1. A printed tile for laying a seamless face surface, comprising at least portions capable of moving when laid in a horizontal and vertical direction, having, respectively, a first face surface (A) and a second face surface (B), and the rear side, wherein the first front surface (A) and the second front surface (B) are equipped with a print with patterns that form a seamless front surface when laid, characterized in that the back side contains an indication mark, according to which, during installation, it is possible to move the parts in such a way such that the patterns of the first face surface (A) and the second face surface (B) form a seamless face surface. 2. A method for printing tiles to produce printed tiles for laying a seamless front surface, comprising the steps of: obtaining at least two parts capable of moving when laid in the horizontal and vertical directions, having, respectively, a first front surface (A) and the second front surface (B), and the back side, printing on the first front surface (A) and the second front surface (B) with patterns that form a seamless front surface when laid, characterized in that an indication mark is applied to the back side, in whereby during installation the parts can be moved so that the patterns of the first face (A) and the second face (B) form a seamless face.