CEILING TILE UNIT AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A CEILING TILE UNIT

• US 20110146183A1
• Filed: 12/17/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ecophon AB (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ecophon AB (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: WILKENS, Jan, SKEPPAS, Jonas, NILSSON, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US12/971,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20110146183A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/506.06
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 9/0414 being foldable, curvable or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 9/045 being laminated

Abstract

The present invention relates to a ceiling tile unit comprising a tile body made of mineral fibre material, a surface layer and a guide. The tile body has a front side, a rear side and at least one side edge, and the surface layer is arranged on said front side of said tile body. A groove is provided in said rear side of said tile body dividing said tile body into a first tile body section and a second tile body section. Said guide is adapted to form a fold guidance for inclination of said first tile body section in relation to said second tile body section by folding about an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction of said groove. The invention further relates to a method for forming a ceiling tile unit.

Claims

1. A ceiling tile unit, comprising a tile body made of mineral fibre material, a surface layer and a guide,

the tile body having a front side, a rear side and at least one side edge,

the surface layer being arranged on said front side of said tile body,

wherein a groove is provided in said rear side of said tile body dividing said tile body into a first tile body section and a second tile body section, and

wherein said guide is adapted to form a fold guidance for inclination of said first tile body section in relation to said second tile body section by folding about an axis parallel to the longitudinal extension of said groove.

2. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 1, wherein the guide comprises a crease formed in said surface layer.

3. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the guide comprises a guide body of a compressible material, the guide body being adapted to be arranged in the groove.

4. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 1, wherein the guide comprises a profile insertable in said groove.

5. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 4, wherein the profile is at least partially enclosed by the tile body when inserted in said groove and when the first tile body section is inclined in relation to the second tile body section.

6. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 4, wherein the profile is included in a supporting system for supporting said tile body.

7. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the surface layer comprises a layer of paint.

8. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the groove has a depth corresponding to the thickness of the tile body.

9. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 1, further comprising an angle bar for locking the first tile body section in relation to the second tile body section in an inclined position.

10. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 4, wherein the profile comprises protrusions forming an angle bar.

11. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an additional groove provided in said rear side of said tile body, said groove and said additional groove dividing said tile body into said first tile body section, said second tile body section and a third tile body section, and

wherein an additional guide is adapted to form a fold guidance for inclination of said third tile body section in relation to said first tile body section by folding about an axis being parallel to said additional groove.

12. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the groove has a square cross section and has a width corresponding to a thickness of the tile body.

19. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 2, wherein the guide further comprises a profile insertable in said groove.

20. A ceiling tile unit according to claim 19, wherein the profile is at least partially enclosed by the tile body when inserted in said groove and when the first tile body section is inclined in relation to the second tile body section.

21. A ceiling tile unit according to 19, wherein the profile is included in a supporting system for supporting said tile body.

13. A suspended ceiling comprising at least one ceiling tile unit, said at least one ceiling tile unit comprising a tile body made of mineral fibre material, a surface layer and a guide,

the tile body having a front side, a rear side and at least one side edge,

the surface layer being arranged on said front side of said tile body,

wherein a groove is provided in said rear side of said tile body dividing said tile body into a first tile body section and a second tile body section, and

wherein said guide is adapted to form a fold guidance for inclination of said first tile body section in relation to said second tile body section by folding about an axis parallel to the longitudinal extension of said groove.

14. A suspended ceiling according to claim 13, wherein the guide comprises a crease formed in said surface layer.

15. A suspended ceiling according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the guide comprises a guide body of a compressible material, the guide body being adapted to be arranged in the groove.

16. A suspended ceiling according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the guide comprises a profile insertable in said groove.

17. A method for forming a ceiling tile unit, comprising

providing a ceiling tile unit comprising a tile body made of mineral fibre material and a surface layer, said tile body having a front side, a rear side and at least one side edge, and said surface layer being arranged on said front side of said tile body,

forming a groove in said rear side of said tile body dividing said tile body into a first tile body section and a second tile body section,

providing a guide adapted to form a fold guidance for inclination of said first tile body section in relation to said second tile body section by folding about an axis parallel to the longitudinal extension of said groove.

18. A method according to claim 17, further comprising inclining said first tile body section in relation to said second tile body section about said axis.