WO1984003322A1 - Lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings and columns - Google Patents

Lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings and columns Download PDF

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WO1984003322A1
WO1984003322A1 PCT/NL1984/000006 NL8400006W WO8403322A1 WO 1984003322 A1 WO1984003322 A1 WO 1984003322A1 NL 8400006 W NL8400006 W NL 8400006W WO 8403322 A1 WO8403322 A1 WO 8403322A1
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bottom layer
adhesive
lining material
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Wingerden Willem Van
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Priority claimed from BE1/10832A external-priority patent/BE897287R/en
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Priority to DE8484900895T priority Critical patent/DE3470900D1/en
Priority to AT84900895T priority patent/ATE34007T1/en
Priority to AU25732/84A priority patent/AU2573284A/en
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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
    • E04F15/02005—Construction of joints, e.g. dividing strips
    • E04F15/02033—Joints with beveled or recessed upper edges
    • 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
    • E04F15/04—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
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/16—Flooring, e.g. parquet on flexible web, laid as flexible webs; Webs specially adapted for use as flooring; Parquet on flexible web
    • E04F15/166—Flooring consisting of a number of elements carried by a common flexible web, e.g. rollable parquet
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/18—Separately-laid insulating layers; Other additional insulating measures; Floating floors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/18—Separately-laid insulating layers; Other additional insulating measures; Floating floors
    • E04F15/182—Underlayers coated with adhesive or mortar to receive the flooring
    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
    • E04F2201/07—Joining sheets or plates or panels with connections using a special adhesive material

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  • the invention relates to a lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings and columns consisting of a top layer of small boards and a bottom layer.
  • a parqueting element in which parquet strips are adhered to a very thin and open fabric.
  • the fabric serves to keep the parqu strips together in order to facilitate glueing the same to a subfloor; the fabric however is too thin to serve as a bottom layer.
  • a floor coveri is known in which boards of wood are fixed to a bottom layer of fabric and veneer which floor covering therefore is too stiff and expensive in manufacture and has to be adhered inte ⁇ grally to the subfloor for preventing bulging by moisture.
  • Othe known floor coverings and wall linings of wood have the drawbac of too thick a structure in general. In flooring problems are caused thereby with respect to the height of threshold and ad ⁇ joining floors of a different type. In case of walls fastening requires laths causing so high a total thickness that additiona provisions have to be made at doors and window frames.
  • the invention aims to provide a new type of floor cover ⁇ ing and wall and ceiling lining of wood not presenting the above drawbacks.
  • V ° consists of a bottom layer of flexible non-woven one side of which is provided with a contact adhesive, the adhesive on one side being free of tackiness, and adhered thereto small boards which are provided also with a similar adhe ⁇ sive.
  • the bottom layer may be stored in wound up condition for years as well as the small boards which may be stored in stacks.
  • An advantage of the bottom layer acting as an independent support is that this bottom layer may be wound off onto the floor or may be fastened to a wall and the small boards may be pressed onto the same without the use of an adhesive, heat, hammer or other means at any desired time.
  • the non-woven bottom layer does not have to be adhered to the sub-floor but may be kept unfastened.
  • the bottom layer may accommodate deformations or dimen ⁇ sional changes of the small boards without detachment of the boards.
  • the small boards to be affixed to the bottom layer have relatively high moisture content.
  • the small boards are provided round about with a bevelled edge.
  • the small boards may be polished and coated with a finishing layer in advance. In prefabricating panels by affixing the boards to the bottom layer polishing and finishing may also be performed after joining both layers together.
  • the non-wo ⁇ ven bottom layer is provided with a modified natural latex without a curing agent forming a strong adhesive bond to the bottom layer and the small boards are provided with an adhesive of the same type forming a weaker adhesive bond, however, to the wood.
  • damaged boards may be removed and substituted easily by new ones
  • the small boards and the bottom layer are already joined together in the factory.
  • the small boards may be arranged in patterns or an "endless" belt of the small boards in the same direction may be produced which, on the conveyor belt and in fact along the contour of the top layer, are cut to panels having a width of two, three small boards or more, thus present panels that may be laid onto the subfloor in a loose manner like carpet tiles or may be glued to the wall or ceiling without requiring laths underneath.
  • the bottom layer On the side not provided with contact adhesive the bottom layer may be provided with a backing, like bitumen, an anti-skid layer, e.g. honeycomb rubber, or a sound proof ⁇ ing or resilient layer, respectively, e.g. polyurethane foam.
  • the contact adhesive is then applied to the bottom layer such that it has an embossed surface. The adhesion is thus improved upon pressing the small boards onto the bottom layer.
  • An interesting embodiment consists of a square panel having a width of for example six strips in case the length of the strips is six times the width thereof which panel may be cut into two or three identical portions by the user himself with the aid of a Stanley knife for example. When using this panel only one may already form at least twelve different patterns.
  • Fig.l is a plan view of an element of the lining material according to the invention.
  • Fig.2 is a front elevation of this element;
  • Figs. 3 to 5 inclusive, show three patterns which may be formed by means of these elements;
  • OMPI Fig.6 is a plan view of the bottom layer onto which a small board is applied;
  • Fig.7 is front elevation of this small board; and Fig.8 is a cross section of the bottom layer.
  • the lining material consists of a top layer of small boards 1 adhered to a non-woven bottom layer 2.
  • the small boards are provided round about with a bevelled edge at the top thereof and may be of a different shape and of different dimensions.
  • the embodiments shown by way of example use small boards the length of which if four times the width thereof. By arranging four of these small boards side by side the producer then manufactures square panels (Fig.l) which may be laid as tiles by the user (Fig.3) or by means of which different patterns may be formed after separation (Figs. 4 and 5) .
  • the bottom layer consists of a sheeting of non-woven polyester the top side of which is provided with a layer of latex 4 having an embossed surface.
  • the small boards which may have a thickness of 3-6 mm for in ⁇ stance are likewise provided with a layer of latex 5 at the bottom thereof.
  • the bottom layer may be glued thereto whereupon the same method may be practised as described above for laying a parquet floor.

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Abstract

Lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings and columns consisting of a bottom layer (2) of flexible non-woven one side of which is provided with a contact adhesive, the adhesive on the one side being free of tackiness, and adhered thereto a top layer of small boards (1) provided with a similar adhesive and pressed onto the adhesive side of the bottom layer. The small boards have a relatively high moisture content and are provided with a bevelled edge (3). The adhesive on the bottom layer is a natural latex forming a high adhesive bond with the bottom layer while the adhesive on the small boards forms a weaker adhesive bond to the wood. The back side of the bottom layer is provided with a backing.

Description

Title: Lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings an columns.
The invention relates to a lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings and columns consisting of a top layer of small boards and a bottom layer.
From the Dutch patent application 299.283 a parqueting element is known in which parquet strips are adhered to a very thin and open fabric. Here the fabric serves to keep the parqu strips together in order to facilitate glueing the same to a subfloor; the fabric however is too thin to serve as a bottom layer. From the Dutch patent specification 3466 a floor coveri is known in which boards of wood are fixed to a bottom layer of fabric and veneer which floor covering therefore is too stiff and expensive in manufacture and has to be adhered inte¬ grally to the subfloor for preventing bulging by moisture. Othe known floor coverings and wall linings of wood have the drawbac of too thick a structure in general. In flooring problems are caused thereby with respect to the height of threshold and ad¬ joining floors of a different type. In case of walls fastening requires laths causing so high a total thickness that additiona provisions have to be made at doors and window frames.
In prefabricated floor and wall panels the number of possible patterns per type is limited. Prefabricated floors laid floating have the drawbacks of loud treading noise, the necessity of very smooth subfloors and the risk of set bulging and permanent deformations in case of leakages and abnormally high moisture content of the air. Furthermore it is difficult to replace damaged floor panels or boards fitted together by groove and tongue connections in an easy way and impossible to simply exchange panels or boards as is possible in case of carpet tiles.
The invention aims to provide a new type of floor cover¬ ing and wall and ceiling lining of wood not presenting the above drawbacks.
OMPI
V ° consists of a bottom layer of flexible non-woven one side of which is provided with a contact adhesive, the adhesive on one side being free of tackiness, and adhered thereto small boards which are provided also with a similar adhe¬ sive.
The bottom layer may be stored in wound up condition for years as well as the small boards which may be stored in stacks. An advantage of the bottom layer acting as an independent support is that this bottom layer may be wound off onto the floor or may be fastened to a wall and the small boards may be pressed onto the same without the use of an adhesive, heat, hammer or other means at any desired time. As far as the floor is concerned the non-woven bottom layer does not have to be adhered to the sub-floor but may be kept unfastened. An important advantage is also that the bottom layer may accommodate deformations or dimen¬ sional changes of the small boards without detachment of the boards. It is preferred that the small boards to be affixed to the bottom layer have relatively high moisture content. Hereby one means a moisture content close to the moisture content of the wood if the moisture content of the sur¬ rounding air is at a maximum. By this the boards are not able to swell so much anymore that diffuculties might arise after applying the covering.
In order to render practically invisible or anyway acceptable interstices due to contraction as well as the possible deformations of the small boards, the small boards are provided round about with a bevelled edge. The small boards may be polished and coated with a finishing layer in advance. In prefabricating panels by affixing the boards to the bottom layer polishing and finishing may also be performed after joining both layers together. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the non-wo¬ ven bottom layer is provided with a modified natural latex without a curing agent forming a strong adhesive bond to the bottom layer and the small boards are provided with an adhesive of the same type forming a weaker adhesive bond, however, to the wood. In this embodiment damaged boards may be removed and substituted easily by new ones
WIPO without the risk of damaging the bottom layer. The latex from the boards removed will then remain on the bottom layer presenting the contact adhesive layer for the new board without requiring reapplication of the adhesive onto the bottom layer.
According to an other embodiment of the invention the small boards and the bottom layer are already joined together in the factory. Here one has a broader choice of the type of adhesibe. In the factory the small boards may be arranged in patterns or an "endless" belt of the small boards in the same direction may be produced which, on the conveyor belt and in fact along the contour of the top layer, are cut to panels having a width of two, three small boards or more, thus present panels that may be laid onto the subfloor in a loose manner like carpet tiles or may be glued to the wall or ceiling without requiring laths underneath.
On the side not provided with contact adhesive the bottom layer may be provided with a backing, like bitumen, an anti-skid layer, e.g. honeycomb rubber, or a sound proof¬ ing or resilient layer, respectively, e.g. polyurethane foam. The contact adhesive is then applied to the bottom layer such that it has an embossed surface. The adhesion is thus improved upon pressing the small boards onto the bottom layer.
An interesting embodiment consists of a square panel having a width of for example six strips in case the length of the strips is six times the width thereof which panel may be cut into two or three identical portions by the user himself with the aid of a Stanley knife for example. When using this panel only one may already form at least twelve different patterns.
The invention is further elucidated with reference to the embodiments represented in the drawing. Fig.l is a plan view of an element of the lining material according to the invention;
Fig.2 is a front elevation of this element; Figs. 3 to 5 , inclusive, show three patterns which may be formed by means of these elements;
OMPI Fig.6 is a plan view of the bottom layer onto which a small board is applied;
Fig.7 is front elevation of this small board; and Fig.8 is a cross section of the bottom layer. The lining material consists of a top layer of small boards 1 adhered to a non-woven bottom layer 2. The small boards are provided round about with a bevelled edge at the top thereof and may be of a different shape and of different dimensions. The embodiments shown by way of example use small boards the length of which if four times the width thereof. By arranging four of these small boards side by side the producer then manufactures square panels (Fig.l) which may be laid as tiles by the user (Fig.3) or by means of which different patterns may be formed after separation (Figs. 4 and 5) .
When laying a parquet floor one winds off the bottom layer 2 onto the subfloor first and then presses the small boards 1 onto the side of the bottom layer provided with adhesive (Fig.6) . The bottom layer consists of a sheeting of non-woven polyester the top side of which is provided with a layer of latex 4 having an embossed surface. The small boards which may have a thickness of 3-6 mm for in¬ stance are likewise provided with a layer of latex 5 at the bottom thereof.
For lining walls, ceilings and columns the bottom layer may be glued thereto whereupon the same method may be practised as described above for laying a parquet floor.

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1. A lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings and columns consisting of a top layer of small boards and a bottom layer characterized in that the bottom layer consists of flexible non-woven' one side of which is provided with a contact adhesive the adhesive on one side being free of tackiness and adhered thereto small boards which are provided also with a similar adhesive.
2. The lining material according to claim 1 characterized in that the boards have a relatively high moisture content.
3. The lining material according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that the boards are provided round with a bevelled edge.
4. The lining material according to one of claims 1-3 characterized in that the non-woven bottom layer is provided with a modified natural latex without a curing agent forming a strong adhesive bond to the' bottom layer and that the boards are provided with an adhesive of the same type forming a weaker adhesive bond, however, to the wood.
5. The lining material according to one of claims 1-4 characterized in that at the side not provided with an adhesive the bottom layer is provided with a backing such as bitumen, anti-skid material or polyurethane foam.
6. The lining material according to one of claims 1-5 characterized in that the adhesive side of the bottom layer possesses an embossed surface.
7. A method for the production of panel of the lining material according to claim 1-6 characterized by placing a plurality of small boards fittingly onto the bottom layer and the cutting the bottom layer along the contour of the set of board.
8. A method for laying a parquet flooring characterized by spreading the bottom layer onto the supporting floor and then pressing the small boards onto the side of the bottom layer provided with adhesive.
9. A parquet flooring laid in accordance with thef method of claim 8. (^
PCT/NL1984/000006 1983-02-22 1984-02-20 Lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings and columns WO1984003322A1 (en)

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DE8484900895T DE3470900D1 (en) 1983-02-22 1984-02-20 Lining material for covering floors, walls, ceilings and columns
AT84900895T ATE34007T1 (en) 1983-02-22 1984-02-20 COVERING MATERIAL FOR FLOORS, WALLS, CEILINGS AND COLUMNS.
AU25732/84A AU2573284A (en) 1983-02-22 1984-02-20 Bekledings materiaal voor vloeren, wanden, plafonds en kolommen

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BE0/10730A BE895969A (en) 1983-02-22 1983-02-22 Wall or floor cladding material - has flexible nonwoven underlay with adhesive to which planks are stuck
BE1/10832A BE897287R (en) 1983-07-14 1983-07-14 Parquet-type covering for floor, wall etc - has non-woven backing sheet with latex coating adhesive only to similar coating of wood strips

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WO1996034164A1 (en) * 1995-04-28 1996-10-31 Jose Antonio Martinez Santiago Cover panel applicable to flat surfaces
GB2339807A (en) * 1998-07-17 2000-02-09 M J Highway Technology Limited Surface covering array
US6694682B2 (en) * 2000-03-09 2004-02-24 The Amtico Company Limited Multicomponent tiles and a method for manufacturing multicomponent tiles

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FR930174A (en) * 1946-07-03 1948-01-19 Removable parquet
CH335845A (en) * 1955-09-10 1959-01-31 Bembe Parkett Fabrik Jucker & Mosaic parquet board
GB960006A (en) * 1961-02-28 1964-06-10 Vigers Bros Ltd Improvements in or relating to panels for block floors and floorings made therefrom

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FR930174A (en) * 1946-07-03 1948-01-19 Removable parquet
CH335845A (en) * 1955-09-10 1959-01-31 Bembe Parkett Fabrik Jucker & Mosaic parquet board
GB960006A (en) * 1961-02-28 1964-06-10 Vigers Bros Ltd Improvements in or relating to panels for block floors and floorings made therefrom

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1996034164A1 (en) * 1995-04-28 1996-10-31 Jose Antonio Martinez Santiago Cover panel applicable to flat surfaces
GB2339807A (en) * 1998-07-17 2000-02-09 M J Highway Technology Limited Surface covering array
US6694682B2 (en) * 2000-03-09 2004-02-24 The Amtico Company Limited Multicomponent tiles and a method for manufacturing multicomponent tiles

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