WO2001053629A1 - Apparatus and methods for imparting grouted edge appearance to floor coverings modules during installation - Google Patents
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- WO2001053629A1 WO2001053629A1 PCT/US2001/002076 US0102076W WO0153629A1 WO 2001053629 A1 WO2001053629 A1 WO 2001053629A1 US 0102076 W US0102076 W US 0102076W WO 0153629 A1 WO0153629 A1 WO 0153629A1
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- floor covering
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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
- E04F21/20—Implements for finishing work on buildings for laying flooring
- E04F21/22—Implements for finishing work on buildings for laying flooring of single elements, e.g. flooring cramps ; flexible webs
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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
- E04F21/0076—Implements for finishing work on buildings for marking and cutting tiles
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
- Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
- Y10T156/1788—Work traversing type and/or means applying work to wall or static structure
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- This invention relates to the manufacture and installation of flooring, particular including modular textile face flooring such as flooring modules having a woven, tufted, fusion bonded or other textile fiber face, and to the treatment of such flooring to alter the appearance of portions of the flooring face, such as to impart the appearance of "grout" lines.
- Modular floor covering having a textile face layer such as conventional carpet tile and the floor covering described in Patent Cooperation Treaty Patent Application No. PCT US98/21487 entitled "Floor Covering with Woven Face,” can be manufactured with a treatment at the edge of the modules that results, upon installation, in floor covering that appear to have "grout lines" between adjacent modules. Techniques for accomplishing such appearance during manufacture are disclosed in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 60/130,795 entitled
- This invention makes it possible to impart a "grouted edge" appearance to the face of a floor covering in the field during installation of the floor covering.
- An energy source for produce relatively focused energy which can be a heat source such as a hot air gun, is mounted on a carriage. If a hot air gun is used, air gun is delivered through a tip shaped to heat a peripheral portion of the floor covering. Rollers on a lower portion of the carriage provide alignment and control for directing the heat or other energy to the desired portion of the floor covering while moving the carriage relative to the floor covering.
- this invention Utilizing this invention to install floor covering modules with a "grouted edge” appearance, installers install both full size modules manufactured with such an appearance and portions of such modules field cut to sizes necessary for a particular installation. After cutting modules to fit, this invention is used at the installation site to treat the module faces adjacent to the field-cut edges to match the "grouted edge” appearance of the manufactured edges.
- Figure 1 is a side elevation view of a hand apparatus including a hot air gun for imparting a grouted edge appearance to floor coverings.
- Figure 2 is a perspective view of the apparatus of Figure 1 showing the tip of the hot air gun treating a floor covering.
- Figure 3 is a perspective view showing an arm, roller, guide roller, base plate and hot air gun of the apparatus of Figure 1.
- Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a stanchion, fasteners, and handle of the apparatus of Figure 1.
- Figure 5 is a rear elevation schematic view of the apparatus of Figure 1.
- Figure 6 is a top elevation schematic view of the base plate, arms and handle of the apparatus of Figure 1.
- this invention is an apparatus 8 for mounting a hot air gun 22, such as, for example, a Leister Hot Air Welder model number 1G3, available from Heely Brown Company, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
- the hot air emerges from a tip 24 having an orientation making it possible to position the tip 24 above a floor covering module immediately adjacent to the module edge.
- a base plate 10 rests on top of the face of floor covering 12 to be treated on rollers 14 that contact the floor covering 12 and thereby provide first reference structure for maintaining a selected height of the heat gun above the floor covering face.
- Second reference structure for maintaining a selected relationship between the heat gun and the edge of the floor covering 12 is provided by guides in the form of two arms 16 that are adjustably mounted to project horizontally from base plate 10 by an amount that can be adjusted.
- Each arm 16 terminates in a leg 18 projecting down, which in turn terminates in a bearing such as a guide roller 20 that bears against the edge of floor covering 12 being treated.
- the guide rollers 20 working in cooperation with the rollers 14 provide control and stability so that an operator can efficiently impart hot air to the floor covering 12 in a predetermined area, such as a narrow portion or strip of the face of the floor covering adjacent to the edge of the flooring covering.
- the hot air gun 22 is adjustably mounted on base plate 10 in a manner that positions the tip 24 of hot air gun 22 immediately above floor covering 12 and adjacent to the edge 26 of floor covering 12.
- a mounting can utilize a sloping gusset or carriage 28 bolted to stanchion 30 with adjustable fasteners 32 permitting adjustment in the height of hot air gun 22 above floor covering 12.
- a handle 34 affixed to stanchion 30 can be useful in operating this apparatus.
- a heater bracket 36 adjustably attaches the hot air gun 22 to the stanchion 30. Operation is accomplished by positioning the guide roller 20 against the edge 26 of floor covering 12 so that tip 24 of gun 22 is immediately above the surface of floor covering 12 to be treated. Then, with hot air gun 22 on, the apparatus is moved along the edge 26 at a rate resulting in the desired treatment of floor covering edge 26.
- Apparatus that deposits material on the floor covering could also be combined with or substituted for the hot air gun or other energy source, so that such compositions or colorants provide or contribute to the alteration in the appearance of portions of the floor covering achieved by use of this invention.
- numerous variations in the configuration of the structure are possible, such as substitution of other structures for the rollers and bearings, or omission of the rollers or bearings and use of structure that simply slides on or against the floor covering, among many other possibilities.
- horizontal adjustment of the position of the hot air gun relative to the edge of the floor covering could be achieved in a structure having fixed rather than adjustable arms but in which the position of the hot air gun is adjustable horizontally.
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JP2001553478A JP2004500500A (en) | 2000-01-20 | 2001-01-22 | Apparatus and method for providing grouted edge appearance during installation of floor covering module |
CA002406690A CA2406690A1 (en) | 2000-01-20 | 2001-01-22 | Apparatus and methods for imparting grouted edge appearance to floor coverings modules during installation |
HU0400947A HUP0400947A2 (en) | 2000-01-20 | 2001-01-22 | Apparatus and methods for imparting grouted edge appearance to floor coverings modules during installation |
BR0107759-7A BR0107759A (en) | 2000-01-20 | 2001-01-22 | Apparatus and method for printing a finished edge appearance on floor covering modules during installation |
MXPA02007090A MXPA02007090A (en) | 2000-01-20 | 2001-01-22 | Apparatus and methods for imparting grouted edge appearance to floor coverings modules during installation. |
AU2001234513A AU2001234513A1 (en) | 2000-01-20 | 2001-01-22 | Apparatus and methods for imparting grouted edge appearance to floor coverings modules during installation |
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EP0297684A1 (en) * | 1987-07-02 | 1989-01-04 | Forbo-Krommenie B.V. | A device for forming grooves in floor covering material |
WO2000000329A1 (en) * | 1998-06-30 | 2000-01-06 | Interface, Inc. | Ultrasonic floor covering cutting and seaming device and method |
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WO2003087467A2 (en) | 2001-06-15 | 2003-10-23 | Interface, Inc. | Modular flooring installation techniques and equipment |
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