Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
Patent
1998-05-11
2000-05-30
Stemmer, Daniel
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Methods
Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
52390, 264277, 264278, E04F 1308
Patent
active
060687266
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a method of applying tiles to a tiling table.
Previously known from the CH-patent 609 122 is the production of a wall element in placing the tiles in the space between two boards that form the mould. With the tiles properly spaced in the mould, hardening plastic is sprayed into the free back space of the tiles, which binds the tiles into a uniform wall that can be handled and conveyed to the final site.
The disadvantage of such a construction is the great portion of handicraft needed by tile laying. The mould must match the greatest wall or there must be several moulds, i.e one for each wall size. The tiling must cover the mould dimensions exactly so that no binding agent is unnecessarily sprayed on the not-tiled area in the mould.
In order to eliminate the obvious present disadvantages a general solution is brought forth by this invention aiming at automation of tiling and reduction of handicraft.
The most significant advantages of the invention can be considered that tiling of different size plane surfaces is carried out on the same tiling table regardless of the tile size. Tile spacing is made accurately by means of guides rapidly formed on the table for each tile type. Since the guides determine the tile positions, tile laying can be carried out by moving the tiling apparatus over the table. The tiling may be removed from the table by using a vacuum operated suction device adhering to each tile and retaining their position while conveying the tiling to the work station, where the tiles are bonded by spraying binding agent onto the back side. By this method the tiling can be laid on the tiling table also up side down, in which case, binding the tiles with regard to one another can be done on the table taking into account the doorways and the edge cuts if tile spacing does not match the wall dimensions.
In the following the invention is disclosed with reference to the enclosed drawing, where
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of the tiling apparatus and tiling table;
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic side elevation sectional view of a portion of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view of a detail of the apparatus of FIG. 1 showing a stopper in the table top;
FIG. 4 shows perforated lines in the tiling table of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic view showing two tiles positioned by stoppers.
In FIG. 1 the tiling apparatus 2 is arranged to slide along rails 9 on tiling table 1. In addition, table 1 can be moved along rails 10 into different positions, for instance into a position, where the tiling apparatus is lifted off the table. The tiling apparatus 2 moves accurately along rails 9 conveying the tile packs 3 in its rear, from where the nethermost tiles always remain on the table, while the apparatus is moved forward. The tiles stop in proper positions on the table guided by protruding stoppers 7. The stoppers 7 are set exactly on the spacing required by tiles 14 both laterally and longitudinally. For stoppers 7 there are plenty of holes in the table top.
FIG. 2 shows the tiling apparatus in profile and viewed from the end. In the figure the tile pack 3 is illustrated, from which the nethermost tile 14 has stopped on the table retained by stopper 7 and the next one will stay behind the former one. At first, from stopper supply tube 4 stopper 7 falls into hole 13 when the tube 4 end hits the hole. In this way installation of the stopper and tile laying can be carried out simultaneously with the apparatus. In the lower edge of the rear end of the apparatus there is a stop plate allowing only the nethermost tile to be left on the table. There is in front of the apparatus a sufficient number of supply tubes 4 for stoppers 7 adjusted for the perforated lines of holes 13 in which the stoppers are needed. FIG. 3 shows an enlargement of stopper 7, its respective hole 13 in table top 11 and of the perforated plate 12 under top plate 11 that can be positioned to block each hole 13. Between table top 11 and plate 12 there is a sliding part 8 facilitating the mutual moving of
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