US20120066996A1 - Construction panel with improved locking mechanism allowing for separable connection with like building panels - Google Patents

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US20120066996A1
US20120066996A1 US13/218,950 US201113218950A US2012066996A1 US 20120066996 A1 US20120066996 A1 US 20120066996A1 US 201113218950 A US201113218950 A US 201113218950A US 2012066996 A1 US2012066996 A1 US 2012066996A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
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    • E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
    • E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/04—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements only of wood or with a top layer of wood, e.g. with wooden or metal connecting members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
    • E04F2201/01—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship
    • E04F2201/0138—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels perpendicular to the main plane
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
    • E04F2201/01—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship
    • E04F2201/0138—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels perpendicular to the main plane
    • E04F2201/0146—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels perpendicular to the main plane with snap action of the edge connectors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
    • E04F2201/01—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship
    • E04F2201/0153—Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by rotating the sheets, plates or panels around an axis which is parallel to the abutting edges, possibly combined with a sliding movement
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
    • E04F2201/02—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
    • E04F2201/026—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections with rabbets, e.g. being stepped
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
    • E04F2201/02—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
    • E04F2201/027—Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections connected by tongues and grooves, the centerline of the connection being inclined to the top surface

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  • Embodiments of the present invention relate to a construction panel in the form of a rectangular panel, comprising:
  • a construction panel, and more specifically a floor panel, of the type described above is known from Applicant's EP 1585876 B1.
  • These floor panels engineered according to the state of the art, have performed reliably in the marketplace and continue to be sold.
  • the structure of these known floor panels ensures unimpeded sliding when dimensional changes occur perpendicular to the long side of the floor panel, as the result of moisture.
  • construction panel may be replaced by the term “floor panel,” which, however, also refers to wall or ceiling coverings, or to furniture panels.
  • a floor panel is defined here as an object in the shape of a panel characterized by a long side and a short side.
  • rounded glide surface can refer to a cylindrical glide surface, as well as to divergent geometrical shapes, such as parabolic or elliptical shapes.
  • the floor panels according to this invention can be made of wood, wood-based materials, plastic or metal, and may be of a solid, i.e., single-layer, or multi-layer design.
  • the floor panels may be made of solid wood or so-called HDF laminate (high density fiberboard) or of MDF laminate (medium density fiberboard), or of other wood-based materials, including combinations of wood composites and plastic.
  • Wood floors are generally durable and hold up well under pressure.
  • An important feature of wood floors is their tendency to absorb and release moisture, and consequently to expand and shrink.
  • Wood or wooden materials offer many positive characteristics, such as air ionization, micro-climate regulation of interior rooms, and protection against electrostatic charges and dust attraction. Their anti-allergic effects are also well-known.
  • the inner wall of the lip can be arranged perpendicular or obliquely to the base face.
  • an oblique arrangement of the inner wall is preferred, wherein the inner wall is at an acute angle to a plane that is perpendicular to the base face, or at an obtuse angle (complementary angle) thereto.
  • the step that is opposite to the inner wall and leads to the depression can be situated within or outside of a projection of the side groove on the base face.
  • the clearance can have a value between 0.01 mm and 0.20 mm, and a value between 0.12 mm and 0.15, with a panel thickness of 14 mm, is preferred.
  • the wood fibers of the upper and lower layers run parallel to the long side of the floor panel, while those in the middle layer (core layer) run perpendicular to the long side of the floor panel.
  • expansion of the upper and lower layers occurs perpendicular to the long side, both in-plane with the panel and perpendicular to the panel surface.
  • the expansion of the core layer occurs perpendicular to the long side, but in a plane that is perpendicular to the base face and parallel to the long side in the panel plane.
  • the latter expansion direction has no practical bearing on dimensional changes to the panel connection.
  • the longitudinal arrangement of the fibers in the core layer which is opposed to the expansion direction of the usage and bottom layers, effectively overcomes the expansion force of these two layers.
  • the shape of the cross section of the lip is chosen in such a way that the height dimension of the lip, measured from the base face, approximately corresponds to a height where a transition from the step to the groove flank is situated.
  • the depression can be level and/or bow-shaped.
  • the depression is preferably divided into two regions in the form of circle-sections. The region closer to the inner wall has a radius that is equal to a radius of the glide surface. The remaining region of the depression has a radius that exceeds the value of the other radii.
  • the contact surface of the projection with the depression or the point of transition from the inner wall to the glide surface is limited to the aforementioned linear contact. This significantly improves the slide of the floor panels with respect to each other, both during and after installation.
  • An advantage is that the normally occurring stresses, at least on the long sides of the new panel construction, as well as any potential concavities in the usage layer in the region of the abutting surfaces can be avoided or considerably limited.
  • Possible woods for the floor panel according to this invention include, among others, the following domestic types of wood, as well as especially hardy tropical varieties:
  • Woods from responsible and sustainable lumber operations are stamped with the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) seal and are preferred for production.
  • FSC Form Stewardship Council
  • the Brinell hardness of the wood varieties listed above is between 43 N/mm 2 (mountain maple) and 90 N/mm 2 (Sucupir).
  • the invention also relates to a surface covering consisting of trimmed construction panels of the type described above.
  • the surface covering can be a floor, wall or ceiling covering, facade siding, or furniture paneling.
  • FIG. 1 a floor panel according to the invention in a top view of the flat face
  • FIG. 2 section A-A from FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 a section of an enlarged detail of the side face with a groove, which extends along the long side, and is shown in FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 a section of an enlarged detail of two floor panels having multiple layers in the vicinity of the longitudinal side faces thereof after assembly;
  • FIGS. 5 to 7 sections of an enlarged detail of another variant of the side face, with the groove shown in FIG. 3 , with the step to the depression set back;
  • FIG. 8 a a section of an enlarged detail of two floor panels having multiple layers, after assembly
  • FIG. 8 b a section of an enlarged detail of two solid floor panels, after assembly
  • FIG. 9 section B-B from FIG. 1 ;
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 sections of enlarged details of two floor panels having multiple layers in the vicinity of the narrow sides thereof, before and after assembly;
  • FIG. 12 a perspective view of the floor panels shown in FIG. 11 during assembly.
  • FIG. 1 shows a rectangular floor panel 100 , 100 ′, or 200 , 200 ′, in a schematic top view of the visible face 11 thereof.
  • the floor panel 100 , 100 ′ or, 200 , 200 ′ has two side faces 1 . 1 , 2 . 1 that are parallel to each other, and two side faces 1 . 2 , 2 . 2 that are perpendicular to the side faces 1 . 1 , 2 . 1 , with the side faces 1 . 1 , 2 . 1 being arranged on the long sides and the remaining side faces 1 . 2 , 2 . 2 being arranged on the short sides of the floor panel.
  • FIG. 1 shows two different embodiments of the floor panels. The differences between the embodiments relate only to the long sides of the floor panels.
  • the floor panel 100 , 100 ′ is shown in greater detail in FIGS. 2 , 3 , and 4 .
  • the side faces 1 . 1 , 2 . 1 along the long sides have locking mechanisms 9 ; 19 , which form a tongue and groove connection 40 as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the floor panel 100 , 100 ′ consists of three layers, namely a bottom layer 7 , an upper usage layer 5 having a visible face 11 , and a central core layer 3 .
  • FIG. 2 further schematically depicts expansion directions QR 1 , QR 2 , QR 3 , and QR 4 .
  • the wood fibers of the usage and bottom layers 5 ; 7 run parallel to the long side of the floor panel (not visible in FIG. 2 ).
  • the expansion direction QR 1 is indicated by arrows pointing perpendicular to the long side.
  • the expansion direction QR 2 is indicated by arrows pointing perpendicular to the visible face or the base face.
  • QR 3 indicates an expansion direction perpendicular to the long side and to the base face 12 .
  • the obliquely extending expansion direction QR 4 is indicated by oblique arrows.
  • the expansion direction QR 4 corresponds to the direction of the long side; thus it is also parallel to the panel plane, shown in FIG. 2 as point P.
  • the side face 2 . 1 comprises, starting from the visible face 11 , an abutting surface 28 . 1 , a groove 13 , and a lower side piece 4 , which protrudes beyond the abutting surface 28 . 1 and ends with an upwardly oriented lip 8 .
  • the side piece 4 has a depression 10 that, on one hand, adjoins an inner wall 21 of the lip 8 and, on the other hand, adjoins a gently rounded step 17 , which in turn transitions into a lower, oblique groove flank 25 of the groove 13 .
  • a free, upper surface 44 of the lip 8 transitions along a rounded glide surface 20 into the inner wall 21 .
  • An upper, second groove flank 15 of the groove 13 is parallel to the visible face 11 .
  • the groove 13 is thus shaped as an orthogonal trapezoid, and thus tapers towards the groove bottom 14 thereof.
  • the locking mechanism 19 comprises a trapezoidal tongue 24 that protrudes beyond an abutting surface 28 . 2 and then continues in a semicircular, downwardly oriented projection 26 .
  • the projection 26 is located slightly above the depression 10 , so as to form a clearance 29 there.
  • the projection 26 is, however, supported on a transition 18 from the inner wall 21 to the glide surface 20 , in such a way as to create a linear contact 41 which can be seen as a point in FIG. 4 .
  • the abutting surface 28 . 1 ends with a lower bevel 45 in the region of the usage layer 5 .
  • the bevel 45 leads to a rounding 46 that in turn adjoins the upper groove flank 15 .
  • FIG. 5 shows a floor panel 200 , or 200 ′, in the region of the side face 2 . 1 thereof, which differs from the first embodiment according to FIG. 3 in terms of the manner in which the transition 17 is arranged.
  • the transition 17 is located in front of a plane E 1 that is defined as a downward continuation of the abutting surface 28 . 1 .
  • FIG. 5 also shows that the inner wall 21 is arranged obliquely with respect to the base face 12 .
  • the inner wall 21 assumes an acute angle ⁇ with respect to a plane E 2 that is defined by the transition 18 from the glide surface 20 to the inner wall 21 , and which is disposed parallel to the aforementioned plane E 1 .
  • the angle ⁇ is 18°.
  • the lip 8 has a height dimension H 1 that approximately corresponds to a height H 2 at which a transition 31 from the step 17 to the groove flank 25 is disposed.
  • FIG. 6 shows a bevel or a chamfer 22 on the abutting surface 28 . 1 that adjoins the upper groove flank 15 .
  • FIG. 7 shows how the depression 10 is divided into two regions L 1 , L 2 in the form of circle-sections.
  • Region L 1 has a radius R 2 that corresponds to a radius R 1 of the glide surface 20 and is smaller than a radius R 3 of the larger region L 2 .
  • the assembled floor panels 200 , 200 ′ are shown in FIG. 8 a .
  • the lip 8 is accommodated within a recess 27 in the counter panel, and in a manner similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 , the lower projection 26 of the tongue creates a clearance 29 with the depression 10 , and creates the linear contact 41 at the transition 18 from the inner wall 21 to the glide surface 20 .
  • a depression edge 42 is visible as a point.
  • the depression 10 steadily rises toward the step 17 .
  • FIG. 8 b shows solid wood floor panels 300 , 300 ′ before and after the tongue 24 has been inserted into the groove 13 .
  • the inclined position of the floor panel 300 where the tongue 24 , having a lower beveled edge 47 , glides over the gently rounded step 17 , is shown by a dot-dashed line.
  • the lower projection 26 is still supported by an edge 48 formed by the upper surface 44 of the lip 8 and the glide surface 20 .
  • the rounded projection 26 will also glide over the glide surface 20 and sink in the direction of the depression 10 to the extent that the aforementioned clearance 29 is created there.
  • An additional clearance 30 is, however, also created between the projection 26 and the transition 18 from the glide surface 20 to the inner wall 21 .
  • the clearance 30 has a maximum value of 0.14 mm, with a panel thickness of 14 mm.
  • FIG. 9 shows the aforementioned floor panel 100 or 100 ′ (this also applies to the floor panel 200 , 200 ′) according to the section B-B in FIG. 1 .
  • the triple-layer floor panel 100 ( 100 ′) has a further locking mechanism 6 (left side of the figure) in the form of a trapezoidal head piece 48 that is arranged on the side face 1 . 2 , and a groove-shaped recess 49 that adjoins the head piece 48 and is bordered by a lip 51 .
  • the head piece 48 has a trapezoidal base face 35 that runs plane-parallel to the base face 12 , as well as two oblique sidewalls 36 , 56 that adjoin the trapezoidal base face.
  • the outer sidewall 36 of the head piece 48 transitions into a step 38 . 2 on an abutting surface 64 . 2 .
  • the recess 49 has a flank 65 that is oriented perpendicular to the base face 12 and is situated opposite the sidewall 56 of the head piece 48 .
  • the recess 49 is shaped as an orthogonal trapezoid, the bottom 67 of which is wider than the inside width 66 of the recess 49 . Additionally, in the lowermost region thereof the head piece 48 is beveled on both sides to facilitate insertion of the counter panel in a groove 34 (not depicted).
  • the second side face 2 . 2 (see right side of FIG. 9 ) comprises a locking mechanism 16 that is compatible with the locking mechanism 6 and bears a locking arm 33 that protrudes beyond an abutting surface 64 . 1 of the floor panel.
  • the locking arm transitions into the trapezoidal lip 51 that protrudes upward.
  • the open groove 34 is countersunk in the locking arm 33 .
  • the groove 34 has a groove bottom 39 that is parallel to a base face 12 of the floor panel and two groove flanks 52 . 1 , 52 . 2 that are inclined in such a way that the groove 34 tapers toward the top.
  • a step 38 . 1 in the groove flank 52 . 1 adjoins the abutting surface 64 . 1 .
  • the groove 34 takes the form of a nearly equilateral trapezoid.
  • the two steps 38 . 1 , 38 . 2 run parallel to the base face 12 of the floor panel and are slightly shifted with respect to each other by the fact that the height dimension of the abutting surface 64 . 1 slightly exceeds the height dimension of the abutting surface 64 . 2 .
  • a positive tongue and groove connection 50 (dovetail joint) is created, in which the groove flanks 52 . 1 , 52 . 2 press against the sidewalls 36 , 56 of the head piece 48 .
  • a clearance 37 remains between the two steps 38 . 1 , 38 . 2
  • a further clearance 60 remains between the trapezoid base face 35 and the groove bottom 39 .
  • the purpose of the two clearances 37 and 60 is to compensate for dimensional changes in the floor panels once installed.
  • the steps 38 . 1 , 38 . 2 stabilize the resulting dovetail joint 32 perpendicular to the visible face 11 and protect the abutting surfaces from destructive pressures caused by moisture-related dimensional changes in the engineered wood product.
  • the magnitudes of the clearance 37 and the clearance 60 are negligible and, in the present case, range between 0.1 mm and 0.2 mm.
  • FIG. 12 shows the short side of an assembly of the solid floor panels 300 , 300 ′.
  • the head piece 48 is pressed into the groove 34 of the counter panel until a positive tongue and groove connection 50 is achieved (as in FIG. 11 ).
  • the swivel axis X runs parallel to the long side of the floor panels and is defined by the cooperating parts thereof, which is to say, by the lower semicircular projection 26 of the floor panel and the glide surface 20 of the counter panel.
  • the swivel axis X does not necessarily represent a straight line in the geometrical sense and may also be called a swivel axis region.
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