Classifications

• • 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
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F21/00—Implements for finishing work on buildings
  • E04F21/18—Implements for finishing work on buildings for setting wall or ceiling slabs or plates
  • E04F21/1838—Implements for finishing work on buildings for setting wall or ceiling slabs or plates for setting a plurality of similar elements
  • E04F21/1844—Implements for finishing work on buildings for setting wall or ceiling slabs or plates for setting a plurality of similar elements by applying them one by one

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a tile separator intended to be positioned between the corners of the tiles, facilitating their alignment during installation on a surface, and the definition between them of separation slots of uniform width.
• This separator is applicable in the construction sector and more specifically in the placement of ceramic pieces for the formation of a surface coating, such as walls or floors. Background of the invention.
• These separators are placed between the corners of the successive tiles as they are installed on a flat support surface or substrate, so that the four separating legs are arranged between the pairs formed by the four tiles whose corners converge towards a point common.
• a matrix of rectangular tiles fixed by a layer of material to a substrate is described in which said matrix has interstices between adjacent corners of four tiles, said matrix including a plurality of tile separators located in the respective matrix interstices, each spacer including four frontal portions, spaced 90 °, which are interposed between the respective adjacent faces of the tiles and which further includes a posterior portion that is interposed between the substrate and each tile adjacent to the interstitium .
• This separator does not solve the problem and is not recoverable since the back portion of it is trapped between the substrate and ceramic tiles fixed on it.
• a tile separator which comprises a support portion adapted to overlap by a lower contact surface on the exposed face of one or more tiles and a plurality of first individual separator elements projected inferiorly from the bottom surface. Support separator.
• Each of the first separator elements is separated from the others and has opposite surfaces that adjoin the opposite faces of the adjacent tiles for use, to space said tiles.
• a general problem in the use of tile separators is the difficulty in making a precise placement in the area where corners of several tiles, since the separator itself prevents the view of this area of concurrence of the tiles by the installer.
• the tile separator object of the invention has constructive features that in addition to allowing the separation of adjacent tiles during placement on a flat surface and allowing their removal and reuse once the tiles are fixed on the laying surface, allows separation and preserve the alignment of pairs of adjacent tiles irrespective of whether the joints of consecutive rows of tiles are aligned, or are displaced laterally to a breaker, or that the rows of tiles are installed on surfaces that form different angles of each other, for example, 90 °, when said surfaces are about a wall and a floor, or other angles when it comes to surface sections with different inclination.
• This tile separator applicable in the uniform alignment and separation of successive tiles during placement and fixation on a substrate, comprises a flattened body with two parallel horizontal surfaces; and at least one first pair of separating legs aligned in a first horizontal direction, perpendicular to the flattened body, vertically protruding from at least one of the horizontal surfaces of the flattened body, and with a thickness determining the separation between consecutive tiles.
• Said flattened body comprises at least one horizontal recess, oriented in a direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction defined by the first pair of spacer legs and defining at least one respective folding line of said flattened body; delimiting said horizontal recess in the horizontal body at least two end portions, bearing the separating legs of the first pair and which, depending on the degree of folding of said flattened body, are arranged coplanarly or forming a variable angle to each other.
• the definition in the flattened body of at least one horizontal recess with the indicated orientation allows the separator to be folded by the folding line defined therein, so that the first couple's forming separating legs remain aligned and can be introduced between respective pairs of tiles placed on contiguous, convergent surfaces or with different inclinations, guaranteeing their alignment and a constant separation between them.
• the separator comprises a second pair of separating legs, aligned in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and equidistant from the separating legs of the first pair.
• the flattened body of the separator comprises at least two horizontal recesses perpendicular to the first horizontal direction and arranged on opposite sides of the separating legs of the second pair, so that said horizontal recesses delimit in the flattened body: a central portion carrying the separating legs of the second pair and two extreme portions, carrying the separating legs of the first pair and which, depending on the degree of bending of said flattened body, are arranged coplanarly or forming with each other and with the central portion a variable angle.
• This arrangement of the horizontal recesses, displaced with respect to the center of the flattened body allows, by folding the separator by only one of the horizontal recesses, that one of the separating legs of the first pair is positioned above the plane of the flattened body, while and that the other three separating legs remain coplanar, which allows the use of this separator in the assembly of tiles to breaker, or with joints of three branches in "T".
• the central portion forms a wide chamfer between the carrying end portions of the first pair of spacer legs; in this way the second pair of separating legs is maintained in an inoperative position, within the angle formed by the projection of the end portions and which will coincide with that defined by the laying surfaces of the tiles to be separated.
• the separating legs protrude vertically with respect to the two horizontal surfaces of the flattened body, having a specific thickness different from each side of the flattened body than the other side, which allows the separator to define two different separations between the tiles depending of its use position.
• this separator is forming into a single-piece body of plastic material with suitable characteristics so that it can be bent repeatedly by the indicated recesses without breaking and maintaining the shape provided with the folding.
• contour of the flattened body can have different geometric shapes (square, round, rhomboidal, etc.) and be continuous, or have holes of any size and configuration on its surface to reduce weight and the amount of material necessary for its manufacture.
• this separator has characteristics oriented to facilitate its placement and the observation of the area of concurrence of the tiles to be separated, without the separator itself preventing such observation and without the need for the separator body to have a window or a open center that causes its weakening.
• this tile separator has the particularity that the whole of it is formed of a transparent plastic material, which allows to visualize the area of convergence of the tiles located below the separator, and consequently facilitate its correct placement and use. Description of the figures.
• FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment example of the tile separator according to the invention, with two pairs of separating legs aligned in perpendicular directions.
• FIG. 2 shows a top plan view of the tile separator arranged between the corners of four tiles arranged coplanarly, establishing the alignment and separation between them.
• - Figure 3 shows a profile view of the separator of the previous figures in the position of use of Figure 2.
• FIG. 4 shows a top plan view of the separator of the figures front folded by one of the horizontal recesses, establishing the separation with three of the separating legs of three tiles arranged to breaker.
• FIG. 6 shows a profile view of the separator of the previous figures folded by the two horizontal recesses defined in the flattened body thereof and with the separating legs of the first couple establishing the separation of two pairs of tiles mounted on perpendicular surfaces.
• FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of an embodiment example of the tile separator according to the invention, with two pairs of separating legs aligned in two perpendicular directions and in which the whole of it is formed in transparent plastic.
• FIG. 8 shows a top plan view of the tile separator of Figure 7 positioned between the corners of four tiles arranged coplanarly, establishing the alignment and separation between them and allowing the observation of the area of concurrence of the tiles through of the transparent body of the separator.
• the tile separator comprises a flattened body (1) and a first pair of spacer legs (2) aligned in a first direction (D1) and perpendicular to the flattened body (1).
• the flattened body (1) has two horizontal recesses (3) perpendicular to the direction (D1) defined by the first pair of spacer legs (2) and which form two fold lines of the flattened body (1); delimiting said recesses in the flattened body (1) a central portion (1 1) and two end portions (12) carrying the first separating legs (2).
• the separator has a second pair of separating legs (4) aligned in a second direction (D2), perpendicular to the first direction (D1), said separating legs (4) being equidistant from the separating legs (2) .
• These separating legs (4) also protrude vertically from the flattened body (1), defining an upper section (41) and a lower section (42) of different thicknesses and coincident respectively with those of sections (21 and 22), upper and lower , of the first pair of separating legs (2).
• this device allows to align consecutive and coplanar tiles (B) by introducing the separating legs (2, 4) between them, determining a minor or greater separation between said tiles (B) depending on whether the upper sections (21, 41) of smaller thickness, or the lower sections (22, 42) of greater thickness of the separating legs (2, 4) enter between said tiles.
• the central portion (1 1) forms a chamfer, leaving the second pair of separating legs (4) in an inoperative position, distanced from the tiles (B) and without forming any hindrance during their installation. .
• the separator can only have the first pair of separating legs (2) and a only horizontal recess (3), arranged in this case centrally for folding.
• the separator is constituted in a transparent plastic material which allows, as shown in figure 8, that during its use a concurrence zone of the tiles to separate.

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