WO2013023236A1 - Entretoise améliorée pour carreaux et procédé de pose de carreaux utilisant ladite entretoise pour carreaux - Google Patents

Entretoise améliorée pour carreaux et procédé de pose de carreaux utilisant ladite entretoise pour carreaux Download PDF

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WO2013023236A1
WO2013023236A1 PCT/AU2012/000557 AU2012000557W WO2013023236A1 WO 2013023236 A1 WO2013023236 A1 WO 2013023236A1 AU 2012000557 W AU2012000557 W AU 2012000557W WO 2013023236 A1 WO2013023236 A1 WO 2013023236A1
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tile spacer
tile
central
detachable shaft
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Salvatore CAPURSO
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Sals Invention Pty Ltd
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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
    • E04F21/0092—Separate provisional spacers used between adjacent floor or wall tiles

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  • This invention relates to a tile spacer, which assists in separating tiles as they are being horizontally laid on flooring, or vertically upon walls.
  • This invention also relates to the use of a tile spacer which can used with little skill or inconvenience and can also assist in levelling tiles thereby providing a substantially lippage tile free configuration. Lippage is the result of edges of adjacent tiles being laid at different elevation or height.
  • tile spacer that for the most part are placed inbetween two adjacently laid tiles as they are being pressed or laid down onto the substrate against fastening or bonding agents such as adhesives or mortar.
  • the tile spacer is responsible for stopping the tiles from shifting laterally during the drying process of the adhesive or the mortar. Only the skill of the tiler determines the vertical (on a floor, horizontal on a wall) position of a tile.
  • Prior Art tile Spacers are cross shaped devices typically made of compressed rubber or a plastic frame. As stated there are some non compressible tile spacers but nonetheless to maintain the ability of removal by hand, such tile Spacers do not go into the grout lying deep enough to maintain a grout line of uniform width.
  • the tile spacer with the configuration of an irregular dodecagon has one of its projecting arms resting upon a corner of tile.
  • these rubber tile spacers may become compressed by the weight of a tile, compressed tile spacers can skew a grout line and may be more difficult to remove for grouting.
  • tile spacers can be used in a single job and therefore the ability to conveniently position a tile spacer and also have it removed is an important consideration not only in respect to a quality finish of the laid tile, but also the time and skill required to lay the respective tiles.
  • the setting tool for the tile spacer is often a requirement as the shaft which acts as the spacing between the adjacent tiles in order to establish the uniform and consistent grout line between adjacently laid tiles is also the support for the main head of the tile spacer which includes the protruding forearms that are adapted to fork and protrude out onto the face of the tile which as introduced above the ability of the arms of the head of the tile spacer can also assist then in establishing some degree of levelling of one tile relative to an adjacent tile.
  • the tile spacer functions not only to establish a uniform and consistent grout line it can also assist in gently compressing or maintaining a levelling line of uniformed elevation between adjacent tiles and therefore avoiding any lippage.
  • hand action may be available but nonetheless this requires a degree of skill as any unexpected compression on the tile resting upon the bonding agent could see relative unacceptable movement leading to a shifting in the grout line or resulting in an altering of the elevation of one tile to that of an adjacent tile thereby exposing the laid tiles to lippage.
  • a tile spacer including:
  • a base plate adapted to be positional on a bonding agent under the bottom of adjacent laid tiles
  • central detachable shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion
  • said lower portion having a substantially flat and/or linear configuration of thickness of a required grout line to be established between adjacently laid tiles; said upper portion of the central detachable shaft including a
  • tile spacer head that includes a threaded central bore so that the tile spacer head is adapted to be rotatable up and down the threaded length of the upper portion of the central detachable shaft;
  • the lower portion of the central detachable shaft establishes a consistent level grout line between adjacent laid tiles and the tile spacer head can be rotated down the threaded shaft of the upper portion of the central detachable shaft so that the tile spacer head can rest upon at least two adjacently laid tiles thereby providing levelling of the elevation between said adjacent tiles so as to eliminate or reduce lippage.
  • tile spacer head is able to be rotated along a "Threaded Shaft" there is no troublesome or cumbersome task of having to use a ratchet mechanism which could inadvertently cause too much force and stress to be placed upon the head thereby dislodging or compressing one tile relative to another, creating unacceptable points of elevation differences between respectively laid tiles resulting in lippage.
  • the tile space head includes a lower portion and an upper portion wherein the lower portion is of a hollow barrel configuration and the upper portion includes the threaded central bore hole.
  • the upper portion includes opposed flanged sides extending out from the threaded central bore hole.
  • the threaded central bore hole has a cut out portion along the external circumferential peripheral edge thereby allowing a tiler to observe the degree of rotation of the tile spacer head along the cylindrical threaded length of the upper portion of the central detachable shaft.
  • the barrel portion of the tile spacer head provides a cylindrical type inner spacing which can accommodate the linear arrangement of the spacer but also provide a suitable contact area between adjacent tiles as its tensioned into position so as to level one tile against an adjacently laid tile.
  • the tile spacer head was simply a rotatable washer with no hollow barrel or chamber there within as it was rotated down the threaded . length of the central detachable shaft once it hits the actual linear spacer no further rotation could take place which then takes away some of the degree of adjustability of the tile spacer it is also going to assist in levelling the respective elevation of edges of adjacent tiles.
  • the tile spacer head in this invention has hollow barrel or chamber to which is supported by the fact that the central threaded bore of the "upper portion" of the tile spacer rests upon the threaded length of the central detachable shaft provides a very unique ability to be able to have a Tiler simply rotate the tile spacer head down upon the top of the adjacent tiles without the use of any required setting tool.
  • the bonding agent is an adhesive or mortar.
  • central detachable shaft is detachable from the base of the tile spacer by a reduced thickness at the distal end of the lower potion of the central detachable shaft having contact with the base of the tile spacer.
  • the distal end of the lower potion of the central detachable shaft includes a tear or slit across its breadth to reduce thickness at the lower potion of the central detachable shaft relative to the remaining lower portion of the central detachable shaft.
  • a hammer or mallet is used to tap the tile spacer when the tile spacer is to be removed, such that the tear line or slit cuts the central detachable shaft having a lower portion and an upper portion way from the base due to the applied force of the hammer or mallet.
  • the arrangement further includes a washer adapted to be placed between the end of the hollow barrel and the tiles.
  • An advantage of such an arrangement is that the barrel presses down on the washer as it is rotated down so it does not scratch the service of the tile, particularly stone and porcelain tiles.
  • tile spacer is made of resilient plastic.
  • Figures 1 a and 1 b show perspective views of the tile spacer in a preferred embodiment of this invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the central detachable shaft upon the base plate of the tile spacer in a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • Figures 3a, 3b and 3c show a variety of perspective views of the space tile head in a preferred embodiment of this invention.
  • Figure 4 shows a schematic view of the application of the tile spacer in laying adjacent tiles in order to establish a uniform and consistent grout line and a leveling effect between the respective tiles in order to avoid unnecessary lippage.
  • the tile spacer shown generally as 10 includes a base plate 12 to which a central detachable shaft shown generally as 14 stems out from the base plate 12.
  • This central detachable shaft 14 is divided into two portions that being the "lower portion” 16, which has a substantially linear or flat configuration, and the "upper portion” 18, which is a substantially cylindrical length rod with a threaded peripheral edge.
  • the tear line 20 will allow the detachable central shaft 14 to be removed from the base plate 12 once the bonding agent has dried and the laid tiles are adequately secured.
  • the tile spacer head as best seen in Figures 3a, 3b and 3c is shown generally as 28 and includes the "lower portion” made up of the hollow barrel 30 which has a spacing there within 34 which is of dimensions enough such that once the barrel or hollow chamber portion 30 of the tile spacer head 28 is rotated down along the threaded length 18 of the central detachable shaft 14, the linear or flat portion 16 of the shaft 14 can easily be accommodated within and rotation is allowed to proceed over the linear "lower portion" 16 of the central shaft 14 by virtue of the hollow chamber and spacing 34 with the peripheral edge or rim 36 of the "lower portion” 30 then is adapted to rest upon the upper level of the laid tiles in order to adjust any elevation differences between adjacent laid tiles.
  • the "upper portion" 32 of the tile spacer head 28 includes the central bore 40 to which opposing flanges 38 and 39 extend there out from and wherein the central bore 40 includes the inner thread 42 which is compatible with the threads of the central detachable shaft 18 so as to allow the tile spacer head 28 to be rotated up and down the shaft as required in order to get the circular peripheral edge 36 of the hollow chamber portion 30 of the spacer head 28 appropriately tensioned up against the laid tiles during application.
  • cutaway portions 44 and 45 which will allow a degree of visual accessibility for a Tiler to appreciate how many rotations, have been made down through the detachable shaft.
  • FIG 4 shows the application of the tile spacer 10 wherein a series of adjacently laid tiles 50, 52 and 54 requires the establishment of a uniformed grout line 56 to which is achieved by the fact that the tile spacer 10 includes the linear or flattened portion 16 of the main detachable shaft 14.
  • the tile spacer head 28 is able to be rotatable down the central detachable shaft 14 by the fact that there are two separate portions and to which the "lower portion" of the flattened configuration to establish the spacing between adjacent tiles is able to then be accommodated within the hollow chamber or barrel 30 of the tile spacer head 28, as it is rotated along the threaded length 18 of the central detachable shaft 14.
  • the user can simply grab the tile spacer head 28 and pull the detachable shaft from the base platform 12 by virtue of the tear line 20.
  • a hammer or mallet (not shown) maybe used to tap the tile spacer such that the tear line or slit 20 cuts the central detachable shaft 14 away from the base 12 of the tile spacer 10 due to the applied force of the hammer or mallet.

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L'invention concerne une entretoise pour carreaux dotée d'une semelle à positionner sur un agent d'adhérence sous la face inférieure de carreaux posés adjacents, ainsi que d'une tige centrale détachable émergeant de la semelle et comprenant des parties inférieure et supérieure. La partie inférieure présente une configuration sensiblement plate et / ou linéaire de l'épaisseur d'une ligne de jointoiement requise à établir entre les carreaux posés de façon adjacente. La partie supérieure est dotée d'une longueur filetée. Une tête d'entretoise pour carreaux comprend un alésage central fileté de telle façon que la tête d'entretoise pour carreaux puisse tourner en parcourant la longueur filetée de la partie supérieure de la tige centrale détachable de telle manière que, lorsque l'entretoise pour carreaux est utilisée, la partie inférieure de la tige centrale détachable établisse une ligne de jointoiement de niveau régulier entre des carreaux posés adjacents, la tête d'entretoise pour carreaux pouvant être tournée le long de la tige filetée pour assurer un nivellement de hauteur entre les carreaux adjacents afin de réduire les dénivellations.
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WO2020231377A1 (fr) * 2019-05-16 2020-11-19 Sevinc Murat Appareil de mise à niveau et de support
WO2021071456A1 (fr) * 2019-10-08 2021-04-15 Sevinc Murat Outil de mise à niveau pour matériaux de revêtement de construction
USD956519S1 (en) * 2019-10-28 2022-07-05 Marshalltown Company T-shaped threaded spacer for a tile leveling system
USD956520S1 (en) * 2019-10-28 2022-07-05 Marshalltown Company Cross-shaped threaded spacer for a tile leveling system
USD962038S1 (en) * 2019-10-28 2022-08-30 Marshalltown Company Threaded spacer for tile leveling system
USD988828S1 (en) 2019-10-28 2023-06-13 Marshalltown Company Leveling cap for tile leveling system
WO2021227558A1 (fr) * 2020-05-09 2021-11-18 浙江沃工机械有限公司 Dispositif de mise à niveau en spirale et procédé de fonctionnement

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