Process for the laying of a floor, and for a tile clothing, and elements for the realization thereof

• US 4,233,792 A
• Filed: 12/26/1978
• Issued: 11/18/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alberto Malavasi
• Original Assignee: Alberto Malavasi
• Inventors: Malavasi, Alberto
• Primary Examiner(s): Ridgill, Jr., James L.
• Application Number:
  US05/973,389
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 52/476, 52/477, 52/384-390, 52/668
• US Class Current: 52/387
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0862 composed of a number of elements which are identical or not, e.g. carried by a common web, support plate or grid
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02016 with sealing elements between flooring elements sealings of joints between building constructions in general E04B1/68
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02022 with means for aligning the outer surfaces of the flooring elements E04F15/02038 takes precedence

Abstract

A process, as well as the relative elements therefore, for the realization, in loco, of floors, tile clothings or similar with different materials, or more generally with each material which is adapt for said purposes.

Claims

1. A net-like support structure for use with tiles to facilitate the laying thereof to cover a surface formed from a plurality of modular elements, each of which when connected to another modular element forms the net-like support structure, each of said modular elements comprising:

a horizontal listel;

a vertical band connected with said horizontal listel to form therewith an inverted T-shaped member to hold the tiles in place, said vertical band forming a spacer between adjacent tiles;

said horizontal listel including upper surfaces on both sides of said vertical band to form a stop for the edge of the lower surface of the tiles; and

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projecting resting means on said horizontal listel upper surface adapted to receive a material which is also used to hold the tiles to the surface to be covered.

2. The net-like support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vertical band is continuous.

3. The net-like support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vertical band is discontinuous.

4. The net-like support as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resting means includes resting points at each of the ends of each said horizontal listel to form cover grout receiving areas beneath the tiles and to provide for a spacing between the tiles and said upper surfaces for receiving grout thereby permitting the leveling of the top surface of the tiles to form a plane surface regardless of the condition of the surface being covered.

5. The net-like support as claimed in claim 4, wherein said horizontal listel and said vertical band are rod-shaped and pressed out of plastic material, and said resting means also includes resting points intermediate the ends of each said horizontal listel.

6. The net-like support structure as claimed in claim 1, including a tongue and groove joint, each said vertical band including a tongue joint at one end and a groove joint at the other end of said modular element.

7. The net-like support structure as claimed in claim 1 or 6, including a tongue and groove joint between the ends of each said vertical band, said tongue and groove joint including a tongue joint on one side of said vertical band and a groove joint on the other side of said vertical band.

8. The net-like support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said modular elements when connected form a net-like base support for the laying of tiles, said upper surfaces of each said horizontal listel cooperating to form a plane for the tiles as they rest on the horizontal listel of each of said modular elements, and said vertical band separates adjacent tiles from each other to provide a space for grout to be received and to take care of any tiles which are out-of-gauge.

9. The net-like support as claimed in claim 8, wherein the height of said vertical band is less than the tile height used with the modular elements.