US20100212256A1 - Tile installation method and devices - Google Patents

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US20100212256A1
US20100212256A1 US11/993,055 US99305506A US2010212256A1 US 20100212256 A1 US20100212256 A1 US 20100212256A1 US 99305506 A US99305506 A US 99305506A US 2010212256 A1 US2010212256 A1 US 2010212256A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F21/20—Implements for finishing work on buildings for laying flooring
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C19/00—Machines, tools or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving
    • E01C19/22—Machines, tools or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving for consolidating or finishing laid-down unset materials
    • E01C19/44—Hand-actuated tools other than rollers, tampers, or vibrators, specially adapted for imparting a required finish to freshly-laid paving courses
    • 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
    • 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
    • E04F15/02005—Construction of joints, e.g. dividing strips
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F21/02—Implements for finishing work on buildings for applying plasticised masses to surfaces, e.g. plastering walls
    • E04F21/16—Implements for after-treatment of plaster or the like before it has hardened or dried, e.g. smoothing-tools, profile trowels
    • E04F21/161—Trowels
    • E04F21/162—Trowels with a blade having a notched or toothed edge
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F21/02—Implements for finishing work on buildings for applying plasticised masses to surfaces, e.g. plastering walls
    • E04F21/16—Implements for after-treatment of plaster or the like before it has hardened or dried, e.g. smoothing-tools, profile trowels
    • E04F21/161—Trowels
    • E04F21/163—Trowels with exchangeable blades
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F21/165—Implements for finishing work on buildings for finishing joints, e.g. implements for raking or filling joints, jointers

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  • the present invention relates to a method for installing tiles upon a forging or any other type of flooring, as well as the tools that allow carrying out said method.
  • the object of the invention is to achieve the installation of the tiles to be carried out rapidly and easily by scarcely qualified workers and with optimal results regarding tiling finishing.
  • tiler works from establishing level references or guides on which he slides a rule in order to conveniently spread a mass of mortar that acts as a link between the tiles and the ground, subsequently placing an initial tile and levelling it by tapping it with a rubber paviour's hammer and constantly controlling the level.
  • the following tile is placed by moving the material closer to the tile that is already in place with the aid of a paddle or the like, creating a groove that moves the mortar to the adjacent area in order to place the tile without the mortar protruding from between them, which when placing the new tile and pressing upon it with the paviour's hammer or calibrating it, makes the accumulated mortar give way and move slightly towards the previously placed tile, causing that tile to move, movement that has to be rectified by levelling it again.
  • the method proposed by the invention solves the problems explained above in an entirely satisfactory manner, allowing performing tiling operations in a fast, comfortable and simple manner.
  • said method starts from using a pair of rules that are conveniently leveled in parallel on the floor, with a distance to one another that is slightly greater than the width of the tiles to be installed and a height that is also in agreement with the thickness of said tiles plus that of the layer of mortar to be used to fasten them.
  • the rules are fixed to the ground, parallel to one another upon parallel level guides, and the mortar is poured into the space determined between them, spreading it with a tool shaped like a rake that is discussed below. This tool does not only perfectly spread the mortar so that it is perfectly distributed, defining a notably leveled upper surface, but it also makes said surface be in conditions to receive the tiles so that they are in turn level with the rules.
  • a line of tiles is then placed laterally resting upon the rules placed at the beginning and the tiles are placed individually after having removed part of the mortar existing on the free edge between said tile and the next with the aid of a grooving device, which will also be discussed below.
  • the tiles are then definitively leveled with a paviour's hammer, which is a minimal operation since the regular distribution of the mortar performed before placing the tiles makes the possible unevenness between the tiles and said rules not exceed one or two millimetres, so that the definitive levelling is performed very quickly.
  • Said rules are then removed and one of them is placed parallel to the line of tiles and with an equal distance with respect to these tiles as the two rules had initially, the line of tiles then acting as the other rule, and the method described above is then repeated.
  • the devices used to put said method into practice consist of toothed rakes of different kinds, specifically with different widths and different arrangements of the toothing, according to the size of the tiles, their thickness, the flooring arrangement and the type of fastening material used, so that each rake is introduced between the pair of rules, or between the rule and the line of tiles already in place, and is slid, perfectly guided, spreading the mortar in order to leave a homogeneous layer on the ground with the desired thickness.
  • the rake when the layer of mortar must be thin because the tile to be placed is not very heavy, such as those in stonewear or the like, the rake will have small, identical, evenly distributed triangular teeth. If a flooring arrangement is required having a contraction joint or open joint where there is a certain distance between the tiles, the rake will incorporate blades on its ends acting as runners to facilitate its movement over these joints.
  • the fastening material used is fast-drying cement or similar materials that require thinner layers of fastening material.
  • the rake will then have double the number of teeth described above, said teeth having an identical triangular configuration and even distribution.
  • the rake When thicker layers of mortar are required, such as for example to place tiles of considerable weight such as marble and the like, the rake will have small teeth such as those mentioned above, alternating with other longer teeth with truncated vertices.
  • the rakes have a handle to facilitate their manual operation, they have end supports on the rules that specify the degree or working level thereof and they will also have side stops in order to prevent the mortar from spilling out over the side with respect to the rake.
  • the grooving device will have a grooved body with a trapezoidal profile, the side branches of which configure together with its middle branch at a right angle inside of which to couple a handgrip.
  • This last side branch incorporates two openings inside of which to insert a pin acting as a level regulator according to the height of the tile used and the depth of the groove desired, the grooving device shifts on the free edge between said tile and the next, generating a groove and accumulating the excess mortar removed when grooving inside its grooved body, preventing an accumulation of said material in the adjacent area and also preventing the shifting of the tile that is already in place when placing the following tile.
  • FIG. 1 Shows, according to a perspective view, an initial phase of the method for installing tiles object of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 Show other successive phases of said method.
  • FIG. 4 Shows, also according to a perspective view, the practical phase for the use of the grooving device.
  • FIG. 5 Shows a perspective view of a rake in order to put into practice the method of the previous Figures.
  • FIG. 6 Shows a similar representation to that of the previous Figure, corresponding to a practical embodiment variant of the rake.
  • FIG. 7 Shows a similar representation to that of FIG. 5 , corresponding to a practical embodiment variant of the rake.
  • FIG. 8 Shows a similar representation to that of FIG. 5 , corresponding to a practical embodiment variant of the rake.
  • FIG. 9 Shows, finally, a perspective detail of the grooving device.
  • the mass of mortar ( 4 ) or fastening material chosen for the tiles ( 3 ) is then poured between the rules ( 2 - 2 ′) and spread with the aid of a rake ( 5 ) that leaves the mortar ( 4 ) perfectly level and grooved ( 7 ) between the rules ( 2 - 2 ′) and at a suitable height so that when the tiles ( 3 ) are adequately placed they remain level with the upper side of the rules ( 2 - 2 ′).
  • a line of tiles ( 3 ) is then placed by individually placing each one and using the grooving device ( 6 ) shown in FIG. 4 , which defines a groove on the mortar on the free edge between said tile ( 3 ) and the next, preventing excess accumulation of material at this point when placing the following tile and preventing shifts in the position of the tile that is already in place.
  • any possible and slight levelling errors of said tiles ( 3 ) are corrected using a paviour's hammer and a level, then one of the rules ( 2 ′), the one that was initially separated from the tiles ( 3 ), is shifted sideways until the position shown in FIG. 3 , wherein between said rule ( 2 ′) and the aligned tiles ( 3 ) there is a distance equal to that initially existing between the rules ( 2 - 2 ′) in FIG. 1 .
  • the rule ( 2 ′) is now functionally combined with the aligned tiles ( 3 ) themselves, as also shown in FIG. 3 , and a new mass of mortar ( 4 ′) is poured between them, which is similarly spread with the rake ( 5 ) and remains in conditions to receive a second alignment of tiles ( 3 ).
  • This method is repeated as many times as necessary until covering the entire surface to be paved.
  • the rake ( 5 ) basically adopts a dihedral and obtuse configuration, preferably of about 125°, such that a handgrip or handle ( 8 ) of considerable length, enough for a worker to work from a standing position, emerges from its oblique branch ( 5 ), whereas its vertical branch ( 9 ) incorporates on its lower free edge a plurality of triangular teeth ( 10 ), as shown in FIG. 5 , determining longitudinal grooves in the mortar ( 7 ) strip as it is being spread, which perfectly levels the layer of mortar.
  • the rake ( 5 ) is provided with staggered notches ( 11 ) on its ends for support upon the rules ( 2 - 2 ′) or on the rule ( 2 ′) and the aligned tiles ( 3 ) previously fastened to the ground.
  • staggered notches ( 11 ) have a closed internal edge ( 12 ) in order to prevent the mortar from spilling out.
  • This rake ( 5 ) from FIG. 5 is especially suited for slabs or tiles of lithe thickness and therefore little weight, whereas when dealing with larger slabs, such as terrazzo, marbles and the like, it is expected to use rakes ( 5 ′) as those shown in FIG. 6 , with a similar basic structure to the previous one but also with small triangular teeth ( 10 ′), alternating with considerably larger teeth ( 13 ) with truncated vertices ( 14 ).
  • These rakes ( 5 ′) being intended for slabs of considerably greater thickness, have larger staggered notches ( 11 ′) on the ends.
  • the fastening material used is fast-drying cement or similar materials that require smaller amounts of fastening material, resulting in thinner layers of fastening material.
  • rakes ( 5 ′′) will be used such as the one shown in FIG. 7 , which have a basic structure similar to that of FIG. 5 , with small, evenly distributed triangular teeth ( 10 ) in a proportion that doubles the amount of teeth shown in said FIG. 5 .
  • This rake ( 5 ′′) has a closed edge ( 12 ) on both ends in order to prevent the mortar form spilling out.
  • the rake ( 5 ) of FIG. 5 is especially ideal for slabs or tiles placed in a conventional paving arrangement.
  • the use of rakes ( 5 ′′′) such as that shown in FIG. 7 is expected for a paving arrangement requiring contraction joints or open joints where there is a certain distance between the tiles, with a basic structure similar to that of FIG. 5 but incorporating on either end blades ( 20 ) acting as runners that aid its shifting along the tiles without said joints preventing their correct shifting.
  • the grooving device ( 6 ), FIG. 9 has a grooved body in order to accumulate the excess mortar that corresponds to reference ( 6 ), with a trapezoidal profile as seen above, with a handle ( 15 ) integral to one of its ends that has a side ( 16 ) that is perpendicular to its middle branch ( 6 ), i.e. forming a right angle with the latter, and defining between them a protruding section ( 17 ) that consists in an operating end of the device, i.e. of the grooving device, and is consequently the one that will generate the groove ( 7 ) on the mortar, as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • a pair of openings ( 18 ) is established on this same branch ( 16 ) for inserting a pin ( 19 ) that can be used as a supporting guide on the tile ( 3 ) such that the working depth of the protruding section ( 17 ) of the grooving device will depend on which of these openings ( 18 ) is chosen to insert the pin, in order to adapt to thinner or thicker tiles.

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