US1854772A

US1854772A - Wall tile covering

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Publication number: US1854772A
Application number: US547323A
Authority: US
Inventors: Stuken Hubert
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-02-24
Filing date: 1931-06-27
Publication date: 1932-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 1949-04-19

Description

'April 19, 1932. HQ sTKi-:N

WALL TILE COVERING Filed June 27, 1931 7, afd a 10`,

Iii/#Mahn HHM m Patented Apr. 19, 1 932 PMEN'rl OFFICE HUBER'r s'rKE'N, oFfWUPPERTAL-LANGERFELD. GERMANY WALL TILE- covERINe, u y

Applicationy mea June 27, 1931, serial No. 547,323, an@ in sammyl February 24, 193e.

This invention relates to a wall tileI covering of hard stoneware o r similar material and consists inthat the tiles have depressions in their rear side, and that a support to be fixed on the Wall has projecting press button like connecting means so that if a tile is placed onto the support its depressions come into contact with the connecting means of the support and a clamping connection is 1,0 established.. Such press button likeconnecting means may also be provided inthe depressions inthe wall tile, the connecting means of the support fitting the saine. According to a modified form of construction the connecting-means in the depressionsv of the wall tile project from these depressions and the support has cut out portions or bent out flaps, in which the projecting parts of i the inserted connecting means of the tiles can 23 be engaged.

The advantage of this wall tile covering consists in that cach tile can be separately eX- changed and the ,fitting can beeffected quickly and without any accessory means or preparations.

Several embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example in the accom panying drawings in which :A l Fig. l shows in vertical cross section one form of construction.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a second form A of construction.

Fig. 3 shows av third form of construction also in vertical cross-section. Fig. 4 shows in front elevation a support o for the construction shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 shows in vertical cross section a fourth form of construction. i

Fig. 6 is a similar viewof a fifth form of construction.

Fig. 7 shows in front elevation a support for the construction illustrated in Fig. 6.

Each wall tile a has in its rear -side a plurality of depressions b, preferably of circular cross-section. For example four such depressions are 'provided on each tile arranged in a square. y'

The depressions are preferably Wider towards the bottom end, but may also be cylindrical and reinforced with .metal inserts.

The support 'c ispreferably madeof rolla-ble material and has press button like heads so shaped rand distributed over the entire surface of the support that the4 depressions of the tiles fit thereon and can be pressed onto the heads the heads being thereby yclamped in the depressions to securely hold the tiles. The support may also consist of'astripdesigned for one row of tiles and at first fixed separately on the wall. Moreover the' tiles can be fitted onthe support before the same is fixed on the wall. The press-button like heads of the support may be of various shapes. Metallic press-button'like connecting parts can also be inserted in the depressions in the tiles a-dapted to fit on the'heads on the support.

fixed on the wall carries at corresponding points resilient press button like heads e. The Sleeves d may also be made resilient by incisions in their wall. The sleeves d of the tiles are pressed onto the heads e and thus tightly adhere to the support c. The heads e may also engage directly into the depressions in the tiles and in this instance the det pressions are preferably made conical by widening towards their bottom end, for example as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

In the form of construction illustrated in Fig. 2 the connecting -parts on the support c are constructed as sleeves 7 which fit in the sleeves 0l of the tilesand clamp therein.

In the form of construction according to Fi 3 the two connecting parts are provided in the tiles. T he .sleeves d inserted in the depressions Z of the tiles are pressed into the sleeves f so that the 4sleeves f still project slightly from the sleeves d. Both sleeves have a flanged edge and a. gap remains between these fianged edges. The support is made of stronger material, for example of sheet metal, or it is covered with a rigid cover g. In'the support cut out portions h are provided at the points registering Vwith each of .the depressions in the tile, so that it is possible to insert the fianges of the sleeves f in these cutout portions h. The

connecting parts d, f are fitted on the lower edge of the cut out portions h by means of the gap between the two flanges of a pair of sleeves d, f. In this form of construction it is also sufficientfonly to insert asingle connecting part in the depressions of the tiles, for example a sleeve z', as shown in Fig. 5.

Thedepressions b widen towards their bottom end, and the/sleeves z' are incised and `spread apart in the depressions. The flange of the sleeves projects so far from the plane of the tile, that a gap is formed between the tile and the ange, and the tiles are applied "HUBERT STKEN.

with this gap on the lower edge of the cut out portion L, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the form of construction shown in Fig. 6 the suspension gaps are formed in a similar manner to the rconstruction shown in Figs. 3 or 5 by the sleeves z' inserted in the depressions in the plate.` In the support c-g flaps c are bent'out at suitable points and form a supporting bearing for the projecting sleeve parts. These iaps k may be j formed as continuous strips so that the-tiles can be arranged side by side and pushed together. Other press-button like forms of construction of the connecting parts are possible. The invention covers all such metal parts inserted in depressions in wall tiles, for example sleeves, spring rings and the like and corresponding press-in parts, slot-s or projecting parts on the support.

I claim 1. In a wall tile covering of `hard ston'ev ware and like substances, the combination of tiles having in their rear side depressions, a support adapted to be ixed on the wall, and press button-like lconnecting means on said support adapted to be fixed in the depressions in said tiles and to clamp therein when said tiles are pressed against said support.

2. In a wall tile covering of hard stoneware, the combination of tiles having depressions in their rear side, a support adapted to be fixed on the wall, press button-like elements in the depressions of said tiles, and counter press button-like elements on said support registering with and adapted to engage the elements inI the depressions in said tiles to hold said tiles on said support.

3. In a wall tile covering of hard stoneware the combination of tiles having depressions in their rear side, a support adapted to be fixed on the wall, metal sleeves in said depressions, and press button-like resilient sleeves on said support adapted to engage and clamp the sleeves in said depressions.

4. In a wall tile covering of hard stone ware, thecombination of tiles having depresslons in their rear side, a support adapted to be fixed on the vWall having slots, press button-like sleeves in and projecting from said depressions, anda jliange on each of said sleeves adapted to engage intheslots of said