Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05C5/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
• • 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
  • E04F21/06—Implements for applying plaster, insulating material, or the like
  • E04F21/08—Mechanical implements
• • 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
  • 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
  • E04F21/24—Implements for finishing work on buildings for laying flooring of masses made in situ, e.g. smoothing tools
  • E04F21/241—Elongated smoothing blades or plates, e.g. screed apparatus

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a glue distribution device for floor coverings, comprising a quadrangular casing at least open on its lower face, said casing comprising at least a first, a second and a third vertical wall, said second and third vertical walls being opposed to each other and each of said vertical walls including a lower edge and an upper edge, said housing having at least one handle and at least said first vertical wall including teeth on the lower edge .
• a glue distribution device for floor coverings comprising a quadrangular casing at least open on its lower face, said casing comprising at least a first, a second and a third vertical wall, said second and third vertical walls being opposed to each other and each of said vertical walls including a lower edge and an upper edge, said housing having at least one handle and at least said first vertical wall including teeth on the lower edge .
• a glue distribution device for floor coverings comprising a quadrangular casing at least open on its lower face, said casing comprising at least a first, a second and a third vertical wall, said second and third
• the floors to be coated are not necessarily large surfaces and it is often embarrassing to have to interchange the box when one is in the middle of a surface in the building of which part is covered with freshly laid coating, batteries tools, coating stock to be laid, a pre-milled surface, etc.
• a band of glue is not uniform and / or poorly glued, it will be necessary for the skilled person to scrape all the glue already disposed by hand, replace it in the box and start over again. gluing.
• the present invention aims to overcome these disadvantages by allowing the user to work more precisely, faster, easier while requiring less work space and performing a distribution of adhesive strips whose width is adjustable very simply without involving dismantling, emptying, cleaning, transporting and handling excessively heavy and bulky objects.
• the present invention provides a device as mentioned at the beginning characterized in that said vertical walls have an adjustable length adapted to be adapted to a dimension of a tile.
• the device according to the invention allows to distribute adhesive strips of variable width. The user can for example place a tile inside the latter and use it to adjust the width of the adhesive strip by tightening or loosening the vertical walls until they come into contact with the tiles. sides of the tiles.
• the device according to the invention comprises a fourth vertical wall.
• At least one of said vertical walls comprises teeth on the upper edge.
• the presence of an upper or lower edge provided with teeth makes it possible to obtain a more flexible device where the walls can be turned over, which can, for example, have a different tooth size at the top and at the bottom to obtain, for example, grooves different that may be required for one type of coating or another.
• the device comprises a U-shaped part comprising an upper opening and a lower bearing surface, said U-shaped part being provided to be arranged on the lower edge of said second part. and third vertical wall of said housing.
• the second and third vertical walls have at least at the lower edge, a protuberance extending downwardly folded upwards.
• This protuberance has a lower bearing surface and is provided to allow easier sliding of said housing on said floor during said glue distribution.
• These bearing surfaces at the lower edge of the second and third vertical wall act as pads because like wood, all steel, stainless steel and the like has a meaning. This direction makes it possible to define a smoother surface than another which will make it possible, during the traction of the device according to the invention, for the latter to slide on the floor in order to relieve the person skilled in the art.
• the invention further provides that this bearing surface may be present on both the upper and lower edges. In addition, these bearing surfaces prevent wear of the teeth since they do not rub against the ground.
• the lower bearing surfaces of the second and third walls are located lower than said lower edges of the first wall and or the fourth wall, when the device is mounted.
• the weight of the adhesive distribution device according to the invention is mainly distributed over the aforementioned folds to reduce the friction walls that do not have this protuberance.
• this device allows a pre-gluing which is also called the application of pass of a thickness which will be perfectly equal to the difference in height between a lower part of the teeth of the fourth and / or the first wall vertical and the folds of the second and third vertical walls.
• the teeth of the lower or upper edge are teeth which are, for example, either located on at least one edge of an interchangeable plate, which is intended to be fixed at the lower or upper edge, or both, of at least one of said vertical walls, being integral with said edge of at least one of said vertical walls.
• the interchangeable plates may have adjustable lengths for better adaptation to the vertical walls of adjustable length.
• the teeth advantageously have a height and / or a width and / or a spacing different from each other.
• the fourth vertical wall comprises the handle on an outer face.
• two vertical walls comprise an identical or different handle.
• the handle is on the vertical wall at a position such that when the wall is turned over, the device according to the invention can still be towed properly.
• said handle is adjustable in length.
• the handle of the flooring glue distribution device connects the upper edges of the second and third vertical walls. Putting the handle at this location has provided a device of greater rigidity, this handle indeed acts as a reinforcement bar, it is preferably adjustable, namely stretchable or resealable at the same time as the vertical walls.
• a second handle adjustable in length connects the upper edges of the second and third vertical walls. This enhances the benefits mentioned just above and allows more flexibility when pulling. According to the needs, the user will be able to use the first located towards the back or the second located for example towards the front.
• the device according to the invention further comprises a bar whose one end has a shape designed to be associated with the handle of the housing, in an articulated and removable manner. The bar serves as a handle device allowing the skilled person to not always work on his knees.
• the bar iselescopic.
• the teeth have a height (h) and a width (I) in mm (hx I) selected from the following: 6 x 6, 8 x 8, 8 x 10, 10 x 12, 12 x 14 and a spacing a distance (in mm) chosen from the following: 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14; or a diameter of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 mm and a spacing of a distance (in mm) chosen from the following: 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14.
• the shape of the teeth is advantageously chosen from the forms following: a half-moon, a rectangle, a half-ellipse and the like.
• the length of the vertical walls is in the range of 30 to 80 cm, and preferably 40 to 72 cm.
• the device comprises a blackout plate intended to be affixed to the inner face. at least one vertical wall provided with teeth, the occultation plate being provided to conceal at least one tooth. It is sometimes necessary to have the teeth wider than what has been provided according to the invention, since it is possible by means of this plate, for example to hide one tooth out of two, to hide all the teeth if we want a straight edge and any other possibility of the same range.
• a plate is provided to be affixed to the inner face of at least one vertical wall provided with teeth, the plate being designed to slide vertically so as to vary the height of the teeth. It is sometimes necessary to affix a layer of glue 2 cm thick of which only the first centimeter must be grooved.
• a counterweight is provided to be arranged at the level of the first vertical wall, preferably on the upper edge of the first vertical wall.
• a weight may be advantageous to have a weight to be affixed to said first wall to prevent the unexpected lifting.
• the weight is arranged astride the wall by appropriate fastening means.
• the device according to the invention consists of a material chosen from the group consisting of stainless steel, galvanized steel, rigid plastic material, ceramic and a mixture thereof provided that these materials are sufficiently heavy to prevent that the device according to the invention is lifted during traction.
• Figure 1 illustrates a glue distribution device for floor coverings according to the present invention and its handling by a user.
• Figure 2 is an aerial view of a device according to the invention showing the adhesive layer deposited by the traction of said device.
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of a simple embodiment of the device according to the invention.
• Figure 4a is a front view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention comprising a plate for adjusting the height of the teeth.
• Figure 4b is a front view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention wherein the teeth are placed on an interchangeable plate adjustable in height.
• Figure 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention illustrating the bearing surfaces of the vertical walls.
• Figure 6 illustrates an embodiment of a bar provided for pulling the device according to the invention.
• FIGS. 7a to 7d are front views of an embodiment of the toothed edge and a plate designed to obscure or not at least one tooth of the lower edge of the housing of the device of the invention.
• Figure 8 is a front view of an embodiment, in which the housing has an adjustable width.
• Figure 9 is a side view of an embodiment of the device which has rollers.
• Figure 10 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the device according to the most preferred invention.
• Figure 11 is also a perspective view of the embodiment of the device according to the invention the most preferential in which we can see the counterweight.
• the adhesive distribution device 1 of the invention comprises a housing 2 which, in a preferred embodiment, is rectangular and open on its lower face and on its upper face. Its dimensions are variable according to the dimensions of the rooms in which a floor covering must be glued.
• the width of the housing 2 is generally between 30 and 80 cm and preferably between 40 and 72 cm.
• FIG. 3 illustrates a glue distribution device 1 whose housing 2 comprises a first 2b and a fourth vertical wall 2a, and a second 2c and a third vertical wall 2d.
• the first vertical wall 2b has a toothed lower edge 5 and the fourth vertical wall 2a has a handle 4 on its outer face.
• all the vertical walls 2a, 2b or 2c, 2d may comprise an upper and / or lower edge provided with teeth 5. As can be seen in FIG.
• the teeth 5 are either integral with the edge lower of a vertical wall 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d of the housing 2, or arranged on a plate 13 (see Figure 4b) which is affixed, with adjustable fixing means, such as for example butterfly screws 11, or by a clamping system, against the vertical wall 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d of the housing 2 so that the teeth 5 disposed on the plate 13 are flush with the ground with a height adapted to the thickness of glue 6 that the user wants to spread on the ground.
• adjustable fixing means such as for example butterfly screws 11, or by a clamping system
• the teeth may have different dimensions chosen from the following: 6 mm ⁇ 6 mm, 8 mm ⁇ 8 mm, 8 mm ⁇ 10 mm, 10 mm ⁇ 12 mm, 12 mm ⁇ 14 mm in the case of teeth quadrangular. They have a diameter of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 in the case of half-circle, half-elliptical teeth, etc. They may also be spaced apart from one another by a plate or one edge to another. The height of the teeth can be adjusted either (FIG. 4a) by means of a plate 14 which is disposed inside the housing 2 against the vertical toothed wall, said plate being fixed with eyelets so as to be able to slide from top to bottom.
• each housing 2 has fixed teeth dimensions and the user therefore chooses the housing 2 according to these.
• the housing 2 is provided with teeth 5 on the lower edge and on the upper edge of the vertical wall 2b opposite the vertical wall 2a provided with a handle 4.
• the teeth of the lower edge have dimensions different from those of the teeth of the upper edge.
• FIG. 5 illustrates a particularly preferred embodiment, particularly for applying a pass.
• the vertical side walls 2c, 2d have a lower edge 15 comprising a protuberance 16 extending downwards folded upwards provided to allow easier sliding of said housing on said floor during said glue distribution.
• This fold 16 at the bottom 15 of the vertical wall 2c, 2d plays the role of a pad because like wood, all steel, stainless steel and the like has a meaning.
• This direction makes it possible to define a smoother surface than another which will make it possible, during the traction of the device according to the invention, for the latter to slide on the floor in order to relieve the person skilled in the art.
• the vertical walls 2c, 2d have a height greater than that of the vertical walls 2a, 2b, and they therefore descend lower than the vertical walls 2a, 2b.
• the weight of the adhesive distribution device according to the invention is mainly distributed over the folds 16 mentioned above, making it possible to reduce the friction of the walls 2a, 2b which do not have this protuberance 15.
• this device allows pre-gluing which can be also called the pass application of a thickness which will be relatively equal to the difference in height between a lower portion of the teeth 5 of the vertical wall 2a, 2b and the bearing surface 18 of the folds 16 of the vertical wall 2c, 2d.
• Figure 6 illustrates the bar 3, provided with the lever 7 to be held in the hand by the user and an end 8 opposite the handle 7 whose shape allows a removable association on the handle 4 of the housing 2.
• the bar 3 can be inclined at a variable angle, and this bar 3 is preferably telescopic to be adaptable to the size of the user.
• the vertical wall 2c, 2d comprises a handle 4 identical to or different from the handle 4 disposed on said wall vertical 2a, 2b. This makes it possible to quickly interchange the second 2a and the first 2b and the second 2c and the third vertical wall 2d, without disassembling the device 1 since it is then sufficient to turn a quarter turn relative to the direction of the traction of the device 1 according to the invention.
• the adhesive distribution device 1 provides that the housing 2 is preferably made of stainless steel (15/10, 18/10), so as to be solid, washable and heavy enough not to lift when the user pulls it to spread the glue. Other materials may be used such as galvanized steel of ceramic or a rigid plastic material.
• the glue distribution device 1 of the invention is mainly used in the context of the laying of floor tiles, but other floor coverings require the use of glue, such as carpet, linoleum, cork, glued parquet.
• Figures 7a to 7d illustrate the possibility of having a shutter plate 9 which allows to determine six different laying widths depending on the size of the tiles to be glued.
• a glue distribution device 1 of the invention can have dimensions ranging from 30 to 80 cm and preferably from 40 to 72 cm, this including all the possible intermediate sizes.
• Figure 8 illustrates a method of adjusting the width of the housing 2 by means of a butterfly screw 11 which slides in a slideway 10 so as to narrow or widen the toothed edge.
• the glue distribution device 1 of the invention may be provided with rollers 12, as shown in FIG. 9 to facilitate traction.
• rollers 12 as shown in FIG. 9 to facilitate traction.
• FIG. 10 illustrates the preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention.
• the housing 2 comprises three vertical walls 2b, 2c, 2d.
• the first wall is adjustable in length by means of a groove 10 in which a fixing means slides, for example a butterfly screw or any other fastening means, such as a clip or other.
• the teeth 5 are located on an interchangeable plate 13 of adjustable length, the interchangeable plate is fixed to the first wall 2b by mutual recess means 19 and 19 '.
• the device comprises a U-shaped part 15 comprising an upper opening and a lower bearing surface 18.
• the lower edges of the second 2c and third vertical wall 2d of the housing 2 are slid into the U-shaped part 15 by the upper opening of the latter. This is equivalent to equipping the casing 2 with pads 15 in order to delay the wear of the teeth 5 and to facilitate the sliding of the device according to the invention since the bearing surface 18 rests on the ground and the teeth 5 are not to them, not in contact with the ground.
• the handle 4 connects the upper edges of the second 2c and third vertical walls 2d, the handle is adjustable in length.
• a second handle 4 ' also adjustable in length connects the upper edges of the second 2c and third vertical walls 2d.
• this handle plays indeed the role of bar reinforcement, it is preferably adjustable, and stretchable or retightenable at the same time as the vertical walls.
• the user may use the first located towards the rear or the second situated, for example, towards the front and affix the telescopic bar assisting the traction such as that represented in FIG. 6.
• the counterweight 17 which is intended to be disposed at the first vertical wall 2b, preferably on the upper edge of the first vertical wall 2b.
• the weight is arranged astride the wall by appropriate fastening means.

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