CA2443022C - Panel assembly for joining flat, thin members that adjoin each other - Google Patents
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Abstract
The system relates to a system for joining flat, relatively thin members that adjoin one another along their narrow face, the members having grooves incorporated into the narrow faces that are parallel to the surface and have groove walls that are parallel to each other, and the joining element being inserted into the grooves of two adjacent members and bridging the partition gap between the members in the manner of an external tongue. In this context the joining element (11) has, on its part (12) that can be inserted in the manner of an external tongue in the longitudinal center on its side that faces away from the visible surface of the members, one continuous web or a plurality of aligned webs (13) that preferably protrude at a right angle, from which detent webs (14, 15) protrude on both sides, each of which has a detent projection (16, 17) that projects toward the external-tongue-like part (12), and on the bottom of the member (1, 2), which faces away from its visible surface, detent grooves (7, 8) being provided that run parallel to the adjacent edge at a distance corresponding to the width of the detent webs (14, 15).
Description
PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR JOINING FLAT, THIN MEMBERS
THAT ADJOIN EACH OTHER
The invention relates to a panel assembly for joining flat, relatively thin members that adjoin one another along their narrow face, the members having grooves incorporated into the narrow faces that are parallel to the surface and have groove walls that are parallel to each other, and the joining element being inserted into the grooves of two adjacent members and bridging the partition gap between the members in the manner of an external tongue.
Configurations of this kind have the advantage that all members are formed completely the same; that is, it is not necessary to ensure that a side with a groove always faces a side with a tongue, such members also being substantially easier to manufacture.
In the installation of this known configuration, external tongues are used, whereby the flat member to be attached may be attached without regard to its edge configuration.
These known configurations have the disadvantage that, when installing them, there must be two gluing operations at each plate abutment because the external tongue has to be anchored with both longitudinal edges, namely once on a plate-like member and with the other longitudinal edge in the other member.
In order to generally avoid gluing at the installation site, disposing detent elements in the area of the tongue-and-groove joint in such a manner that projections provided on the tongue snap into corresponding recesses of the groove walls when the flat members that are to be arranged next to each other are joined is already known.
However, in these known designs, especially in those in which the flat joining elements are formed from the same material as the plates themselves, one must ensure that the groove walls are elastic enough that the front edges of the groove walls in the direction of insertion can be moved far enough away from each other that the projections provided on the tongue can be moved in between the front edges of the groove walls without causing damage. In members formed from fiber plates, deficient quality in the fiber plates can in fact cause the groove walls to break through or break away, causing this member to then be unusable. This is especially true if substantial forces are exerted on the groove walls because of a steep inclination of the projections when joining the narrow faces of the members, as is the case, for example, in European Patent Application Publication no. 813 641.
Furthermore, providing snap-fit elements made of synthetic material on the back side of the panels whereby the narrow faces of the members are provided with gradations that engage within each other when the plates are fit together was already known. That plate on which the elastic snap-fit element is mounted forms a "groove" together with the stepped wall in which the projection of the step of the adjacent plate is insertable in the manner of a "tongue". That plate on which the step to be inserted as a "tongue" is provided has a recess on the back side in which the snap-fit clement of the additional snap-fit organ that is to be fastened to the other plate engages. A design of this type has the disadvantage, especially with thin plates, that only a little material is available for clamping the additional snap-fit organ, whereby the step flanks must absorb the forces that are required to move away the snap-fit element when joining together the plates. Although it is described within the context of this design that the member to be joined is swung "tongue-first"
into the "groove" on the other member, this requires an appropriate amount of play between the step walls that run roughly parallel to the top surface, because otherwise the swinging in is not possible or is possible only when swinging away the snap-fit organ, which again exerts substantial forces on the steps. A design of this type emerges from WIPO patent 94/26999. However, such play permits limited movement on both sides, which is especially disadvantageous for floors.
Furthermore, incorporating tongue-and-groove joints made of synthetic material in the cdries of the members, for example, by pouring them in during injection molding or otherwise incorporating them into the material in order to be able to absorb the spreading forces of the groove when joining the members, using not a wood-based material, but an elastic material. Such a design emerges from WIPO patent 94/01628, in which design the tongue is also slit along its longitudinal center plane, thereby enabling it to be slightly compressed. Designs of this type are not usable in terms of manufacturing technology with members that are based on wood materials, because in the process wall thicknesses that are too thin may result, which may easily lead to a danger of breakage when joining and also when shipment is not entirely proper.
Swedish Patent 8 202 375 A discloses the joining of two adjacent members, e.g.
floor covering elements, via a joining element, which is inserted by means of an external-tongue-like n part into the grooves of the longitudinal narrow faces of the members that face each other, whereby protruding at a right angle from this external-tongue-like part is a web from whose open terminal edge detent webs go out on both sides to engage in the bottom of the members.
The transverse extension of the detent webs in relation to the longitudinal center plane of the joining element is many times larger than that of the external-tongue-like part, so that the joining together of'the members after insertion of the joining element in the one member must be accomplished by placing the other member at an angle, then simultaneously swinging it downward and pushing them together, which prevents an analogous joining to the transverse narrow faces of the members.
To avoid this disadvantage, the present invention then is a kit comprising plate-like members and joining elements for joining the members that are adjacent along their narrow face, the members having grooves that run parallel to the surface incorporated in the narrow faces with groove walls running parallel to each other, the joining element associated with the two adjacent members being inserted in the grooves of the members and bridging the gap between them in the manner of an external tongue, the joining element having, on its part that can be inserted in the manner of an external tongue in the longitudinal center on its side that faces away from the visible surface ol'the members, one continuous web or a plurality of aligned webs that preferably protrude at a right angle, from which detent webs protrude on both sides, each of which has a detent projection that projects toward the external-tongue-like part, and on the underside of the member, which faces away from its visible surface, detent grooves being provided that run parallel to the adjacent edge at a distance corresponding to the width of the detent webs, and the lateral extension of the external-tongue-like part and that of the detent webs being approximately equal. In this way the joining areas that are integrally molded with the members, or molded in them, are not subjected to bending stress.
but only to compression, because bending only occurs on the joining element, and specifically between the part that can be inserted in the manner of an external tongue and the associated detent webs, whereas the projecting area of the member that is to be inserted between these two parts o C
the joining element is subject to no bending forces whatsoever, because the groove walls. which have the part that can be inserted in the manner of an external tongue, run parallel to each other, and bending of the groove cheeks of the members is thus avoided.
British Patent 2 124 672 shows a rail having an external-tongue-like part that is insertable in grooves of adjacent roof tiles and having a centrally protruding web and transverse web at the 3a open end that protrudes at an equal distance, whereby it is not a joining element with a holding function, but rather a water diversion element without a latching function.
In order to achieve a secure hold between joining element and the associated members, the delimiting surface of the detent projection that extends from the detent web may be inclined at an angle equal to or greater than 85 , preferably 90 - 100 , the opposite surface of the detent groove having the same inclination. With angles greater than 90 there is also a drawing of the area of the member that engages between the external-tongue-like part of the joining element and the detent web into the joining element when the detent projection(s) is(are) moved into the detent groove(s).
As a result, the groove cheek that faces away from the visible surface can be shorter than the groove cheek that is adjacent to the visible surface by at least about half the thickness of the web, thereby achieving, when used in floors for example, a secure adjoining of the areas of the narrow faces that meet at the surface, and thus a tighter surface connection. In order achieve a gentle sliding of the detent projections onto the associated part of the member, the inclination of the run-in surface of the detent projections and of the outer edge of the associated groove cheek can be roughly equal. To produce a flat underside, the detent profile that is molded in on the bottom side of the member can be sunken into the bottom by roughly at least the thickness of the detent webs, thereby causing the member to lie flat against the associated foundation.
In the drawing, two exemplary embodiments of the subject matter of the invention are shown.
Figure 1 diagrammatically shows two members that are joined by means of the system of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a section through two plates in the junction area during the attachment of the second plate.
Figure 3 depicts the junction area of two plates when the plates are in a joined state.
Figure 4 shows a cross-section through a second design variant of the joining element.
The two members are labeled 1 and 2 that are to be joined side-by-side along their narrow faces 1', 2'. Members 1, 2 on their narrow faces 1', 2' have grooves 3, 4 whose lateral flanks run parallel to each other. In the given exemplary embodiment, the lateral surfaces of grooves 3, 4 also run parallel to the top of members 1, 2. The lateral walls of grooves 3, 4 transition into narrow faces 1', 2' via bevels 5 or 6. On the bottom, members 1, 2 have detent grooves 7, 8 that are provided with run-in surfaces 9, 10, which are disposed running outward from narrow faces 1', 2' at an angle to the bottom of members 1, 2 and transition into detent grooves 7, S.
A joining element 11, which has an external-tongue-like part 12 that can be inserted into grooves 3, 4 in such a manner as to bridge the inner gap, is provided for joining members 1, 2. The open longitudinal edges of tongue-like part 12 are, as can be seen in the figures, rounded or beveled in order to more easily be introduced along bevels 5, 6 into grooves 3, 4. The thickness of the external-tongue-like part 12 corresponds roughly to the distance of the lateral walls of grooves 3, 4 from each other. A junction web 13, at whose bottom end detent webs 14, 15 protrude in the front roughly parallel to tongue-like part 12, goes out from external-tongue-like part 12 at a right angle.
Detent projections 16, 17 that project toward tongue-like part 12 are provided on these detent webs and are configured to snap into detent grooves 7, 8. The detent projections have wedge surfaces that are inclined in a manner corresponding to the inclination of run-in surfaces 9, 10 and transition on their back sides into fitting surfaces 14', 15', fitting surfaces 7', 8' being provided in the detent grooves against which fitting surfaces 14', 15' of the detent projections come to rest. Due to the reciprocal support of the fitting surfaces, a latching of the joining element to adjacent members 1 and 2 is achieved. Because of the inclination of fitting surfaces 7', 8' or 14', 15', the joining element 11 is drawn into the corresponding member when detent projections 14, 15 are moved into detent groove 7, 8, which as a further consequence means that the members are pulled against each other and narrow faces 1', 2' are pressed against each other.
In the design variant according to Figure 4, undercuts 18, 19, which produce a slight bending resistance of the detent webs when they are pushed in because of the reduction of the wall thicknesses of the detent webs, are provided behind fitting surfaces 14', 15' in addition to the details on detent webs 14, 15 that have already been described. Also, it is slightly more possible in this way 5 to have a loosening of the parts, because, when members 1 and 2 are pulled out from each other, the detent projections around the area of the undercut of the detent webs can be pivoted, thereby enabling detent projections 16, 17 to be moved out from detent grooves 7, 8.
What is essential in the present design is that groove flanks 3', 3" or 4', 4", which are formed by grooves 3, 4, are not subjected to bending stress when external-tongue-like part 12 is pushed in, but instead the entire bending force or excursion movement of the detent projections is exerted out on joining element 11, and in particular by the run-in surface of detent projections 16, 17 running in against corresponding run-in surfaces 9, 10 of groove flanks 3', 4' and by facilitating the excursion of the detent webs without an abrupt increase in force during the insertion.
Depending on the material selected for joining element 11, the holding force can be controlled, specifically, on the one hand, in that the individual parts firmly snap together and securely drawing into each other, whereby a loosening of the parts from each other again can also be facilitated. Such a loosening can be achieved or prevented, on the one hand, by the selection of the inclination of fitting surfaces 7 '8 or 14' 15', if the angles are less than 90 . Then this results in a latching of the two parts to each other, whereby, when forces act in the direction of pulling the parts apart, there is a drawing into the associated detent groove because of reciprocal inclination of the detent projection.
The joining element could be formed, in a manner not shown here, in two or more parts, specifically in such a manner that the detent webs are fitted on external-tongue-like part 12 or on web 13 as a separate element, which would have the advantage that, because of the selection of different materials on the one hand, a rigid external-tongue-like guide is obtained in the area of external-tongue-like part 12 and grooves 3, 4, and, on the other hand, a material of high elasticity and stability of shape that poses very little resistance to the joining together of the parts, for example a spring steel or the like, can be used in the area of the detent webs. The wall thickness of the spring steel may also be less than the wall thickness of, for example, external-tongue-like junction web 12.
As is evident from the present drawing, bottom groove flank 3" or 4" is slightly shorter than top flank 3', 4', which is necessitated by the fact that face surfaces 1', 2' must rest against each other tightly in order to achieve a tight adjacent placement of the members.
However, web 13 is provided in the area of the lower groove flanks 3", 4", so that these groove flanks may be configured to be shorter by half the thickness of web 13. In this way an abutment of the faces of groove flanks 3", 4"
against the lateral surfaces of web 13, 14 is ensured, which produces an exceptionally stable joint.
Furthermore, a formation sunk into the back side of members 1, 2 is shown in the drawing, but the hollowed area can be omitted when an underlayment plate that is bent back appropriately is used, whereupon there is less of a weakening of bottom groove flank 3", 4".
The features and advantages of the subject matter of the invention are presented again in summarized form below:
a) All existing production cylinders may be preserved, because absolutely no geometric alterations to the surface of the member are called for, b) A simple double profile, which maybe made out of PVC, aluminum or similar materials, is used as a joining element and may be produced in a simple manner by extrusion.
c) The snapping operation is accomplished using only the return force of the joining profile and does not depend on the lateral tensile strength of the carrier plate.
d) The strength of the joint may be affected by the height of the detent projection, the wall thickness of the detent web and by the material selected.
e) The automatic closure of the partition gap between the two members and also the strength of the joint can be controlled by the inclination of the fitting surfaces on the detent projection and also on the detent groove.
f) The joining element can be pre-mounted on a longitudinal and a lateral side during production, specifically by pressing it in using an appropriate device, which makes installation easier.
g) The members have the same profile on all four sides, thereby achieving a simple manufacture of the members without milling cutters that are formed in a complicated manner having to be used.
h) The flush alignment of the members is produced by the external-tongue-like part of the joining element.
i) The grooves for acceptance of the external-tongue-like part extend at a right angle from the narrow face surfaces and thus parallel to the surfaces of members 1, 2, thereby achieving a precise joining of the members.
j) The detent grooves for the detent projections are placed in the bottom side of the members and are therefore relatively easy to mill and also easy to check.
k) The joining elements can be milled on four spindles.
1) Because no tongues are milled on the members, milling cutters that correspond in width to the formatting can be used and often can be adjusted in height accordingly.
The thickness of the members may be varied in accordance with the particular circumstances or the type of the two members, whereby MDF plates, that is medium thickness fiber plates, may be used in laminate floors because of the lower stress. With plates of this type, it is nevertheless beneficial to provide at least a thickness of 2.4 mm as a lower groove flank, which may be achieved either by increasing the overall thickness of the member or laminate flooring plate to, for example, 8 mm or, as already indicated, by selecting the configuration of the detent groove such that the detent webs are not sunken into the plate level.
THAT ADJOIN EACH OTHER
The invention relates to a panel assembly for joining flat, relatively thin members that adjoin one another along their narrow face, the members having grooves incorporated into the narrow faces that are parallel to the surface and have groove walls that are parallel to each other, and the joining element being inserted into the grooves of two adjacent members and bridging the partition gap between the members in the manner of an external tongue.
Configurations of this kind have the advantage that all members are formed completely the same; that is, it is not necessary to ensure that a side with a groove always faces a side with a tongue, such members also being substantially easier to manufacture.
In the installation of this known configuration, external tongues are used, whereby the flat member to be attached may be attached without regard to its edge configuration.
These known configurations have the disadvantage that, when installing them, there must be two gluing operations at each plate abutment because the external tongue has to be anchored with both longitudinal edges, namely once on a plate-like member and with the other longitudinal edge in the other member.
In order to generally avoid gluing at the installation site, disposing detent elements in the area of the tongue-and-groove joint in such a manner that projections provided on the tongue snap into corresponding recesses of the groove walls when the flat members that are to be arranged next to each other are joined is already known.
However, in these known designs, especially in those in which the flat joining elements are formed from the same material as the plates themselves, one must ensure that the groove walls are elastic enough that the front edges of the groove walls in the direction of insertion can be moved far enough away from each other that the projections provided on the tongue can be moved in between the front edges of the groove walls without causing damage. In members formed from fiber plates, deficient quality in the fiber plates can in fact cause the groove walls to break through or break away, causing this member to then be unusable. This is especially true if substantial forces are exerted on the groove walls because of a steep inclination of the projections when joining the narrow faces of the members, as is the case, for example, in European Patent Application Publication no. 813 641.
Furthermore, providing snap-fit elements made of synthetic material on the back side of the panels whereby the narrow faces of the members are provided with gradations that engage within each other when the plates are fit together was already known. That plate on which the elastic snap-fit element is mounted forms a "groove" together with the stepped wall in which the projection of the step of the adjacent plate is insertable in the manner of a "tongue". That plate on which the step to be inserted as a "tongue" is provided has a recess on the back side in which the snap-fit clement of the additional snap-fit organ that is to be fastened to the other plate engages. A design of this type has the disadvantage, especially with thin plates, that only a little material is available for clamping the additional snap-fit organ, whereby the step flanks must absorb the forces that are required to move away the snap-fit element when joining together the plates. Although it is described within the context of this design that the member to be joined is swung "tongue-first"
into the "groove" on the other member, this requires an appropriate amount of play between the step walls that run roughly parallel to the top surface, because otherwise the swinging in is not possible or is possible only when swinging away the snap-fit organ, which again exerts substantial forces on the steps. A design of this type emerges from WIPO patent 94/26999. However, such play permits limited movement on both sides, which is especially disadvantageous for floors.
Furthermore, incorporating tongue-and-groove joints made of synthetic material in the cdries of the members, for example, by pouring them in during injection molding or otherwise incorporating them into the material in order to be able to absorb the spreading forces of the groove when joining the members, using not a wood-based material, but an elastic material. Such a design emerges from WIPO patent 94/01628, in which design the tongue is also slit along its longitudinal center plane, thereby enabling it to be slightly compressed. Designs of this type are not usable in terms of manufacturing technology with members that are based on wood materials, because in the process wall thicknesses that are too thin may result, which may easily lead to a danger of breakage when joining and also when shipment is not entirely proper.
Swedish Patent 8 202 375 A discloses the joining of two adjacent members, e.g.
floor covering elements, via a joining element, which is inserted by means of an external-tongue-like n part into the grooves of the longitudinal narrow faces of the members that face each other, whereby protruding at a right angle from this external-tongue-like part is a web from whose open terminal edge detent webs go out on both sides to engage in the bottom of the members.
The transverse extension of the detent webs in relation to the longitudinal center plane of the joining element is many times larger than that of the external-tongue-like part, so that the joining together of'the members after insertion of the joining element in the one member must be accomplished by placing the other member at an angle, then simultaneously swinging it downward and pushing them together, which prevents an analogous joining to the transverse narrow faces of the members.
To avoid this disadvantage, the present invention then is a kit comprising plate-like members and joining elements for joining the members that are adjacent along their narrow face, the members having grooves that run parallel to the surface incorporated in the narrow faces with groove walls running parallel to each other, the joining element associated with the two adjacent members being inserted in the grooves of the members and bridging the gap between them in the manner of an external tongue, the joining element having, on its part that can be inserted in the manner of an external tongue in the longitudinal center on its side that faces away from the visible surface ol'the members, one continuous web or a plurality of aligned webs that preferably protrude at a right angle, from which detent webs protrude on both sides, each of which has a detent projection that projects toward the external-tongue-like part, and on the underside of the member, which faces away from its visible surface, detent grooves being provided that run parallel to the adjacent edge at a distance corresponding to the width of the detent webs, and the lateral extension of the external-tongue-like part and that of the detent webs being approximately equal. In this way the joining areas that are integrally molded with the members, or molded in them, are not subjected to bending stress.
but only to compression, because bending only occurs on the joining element, and specifically between the part that can be inserted in the manner of an external tongue and the associated detent webs, whereas the projecting area of the member that is to be inserted between these two parts o C
the joining element is subject to no bending forces whatsoever, because the groove walls. which have the part that can be inserted in the manner of an external tongue, run parallel to each other, and bending of the groove cheeks of the members is thus avoided.
British Patent 2 124 672 shows a rail having an external-tongue-like part that is insertable in grooves of adjacent roof tiles and having a centrally protruding web and transverse web at the 3a open end that protrudes at an equal distance, whereby it is not a joining element with a holding function, but rather a water diversion element without a latching function.
In order to achieve a secure hold between joining element and the associated members, the delimiting surface of the detent projection that extends from the detent web may be inclined at an angle equal to or greater than 85 , preferably 90 - 100 , the opposite surface of the detent groove having the same inclination. With angles greater than 90 there is also a drawing of the area of the member that engages between the external-tongue-like part of the joining element and the detent web into the joining element when the detent projection(s) is(are) moved into the detent groove(s).
As a result, the groove cheek that faces away from the visible surface can be shorter than the groove cheek that is adjacent to the visible surface by at least about half the thickness of the web, thereby achieving, when used in floors for example, a secure adjoining of the areas of the narrow faces that meet at the surface, and thus a tighter surface connection. In order achieve a gentle sliding of the detent projections onto the associated part of the member, the inclination of the run-in surface of the detent projections and of the outer edge of the associated groove cheek can be roughly equal. To produce a flat underside, the detent profile that is molded in on the bottom side of the member can be sunken into the bottom by roughly at least the thickness of the detent webs, thereby causing the member to lie flat against the associated foundation.
In the drawing, two exemplary embodiments of the subject matter of the invention are shown.
Figure 1 diagrammatically shows two members that are joined by means of the system of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a section through two plates in the junction area during the attachment of the second plate.
Figure 3 depicts the junction area of two plates when the plates are in a joined state.
Figure 4 shows a cross-section through a second design variant of the joining element.
The two members are labeled 1 and 2 that are to be joined side-by-side along their narrow faces 1', 2'. Members 1, 2 on their narrow faces 1', 2' have grooves 3, 4 whose lateral flanks run parallel to each other. In the given exemplary embodiment, the lateral surfaces of grooves 3, 4 also run parallel to the top of members 1, 2. The lateral walls of grooves 3, 4 transition into narrow faces 1', 2' via bevels 5 or 6. On the bottom, members 1, 2 have detent grooves 7, 8 that are provided with run-in surfaces 9, 10, which are disposed running outward from narrow faces 1', 2' at an angle to the bottom of members 1, 2 and transition into detent grooves 7, S.
A joining element 11, which has an external-tongue-like part 12 that can be inserted into grooves 3, 4 in such a manner as to bridge the inner gap, is provided for joining members 1, 2. The open longitudinal edges of tongue-like part 12 are, as can be seen in the figures, rounded or beveled in order to more easily be introduced along bevels 5, 6 into grooves 3, 4. The thickness of the external-tongue-like part 12 corresponds roughly to the distance of the lateral walls of grooves 3, 4 from each other. A junction web 13, at whose bottom end detent webs 14, 15 protrude in the front roughly parallel to tongue-like part 12, goes out from external-tongue-like part 12 at a right angle.
Detent projections 16, 17 that project toward tongue-like part 12 are provided on these detent webs and are configured to snap into detent grooves 7, 8. The detent projections have wedge surfaces that are inclined in a manner corresponding to the inclination of run-in surfaces 9, 10 and transition on their back sides into fitting surfaces 14', 15', fitting surfaces 7', 8' being provided in the detent grooves against which fitting surfaces 14', 15' of the detent projections come to rest. Due to the reciprocal support of the fitting surfaces, a latching of the joining element to adjacent members 1 and 2 is achieved. Because of the inclination of fitting surfaces 7', 8' or 14', 15', the joining element 11 is drawn into the corresponding member when detent projections 14, 15 are moved into detent groove 7, 8, which as a further consequence means that the members are pulled against each other and narrow faces 1', 2' are pressed against each other.
In the design variant according to Figure 4, undercuts 18, 19, which produce a slight bending resistance of the detent webs when they are pushed in because of the reduction of the wall thicknesses of the detent webs, are provided behind fitting surfaces 14', 15' in addition to the details on detent webs 14, 15 that have already been described. Also, it is slightly more possible in this way 5 to have a loosening of the parts, because, when members 1 and 2 are pulled out from each other, the detent projections around the area of the undercut of the detent webs can be pivoted, thereby enabling detent projections 16, 17 to be moved out from detent grooves 7, 8.
What is essential in the present design is that groove flanks 3', 3" or 4', 4", which are formed by grooves 3, 4, are not subjected to bending stress when external-tongue-like part 12 is pushed in, but instead the entire bending force or excursion movement of the detent projections is exerted out on joining element 11, and in particular by the run-in surface of detent projections 16, 17 running in against corresponding run-in surfaces 9, 10 of groove flanks 3', 4' and by facilitating the excursion of the detent webs without an abrupt increase in force during the insertion.
Depending on the material selected for joining element 11, the holding force can be controlled, specifically, on the one hand, in that the individual parts firmly snap together and securely drawing into each other, whereby a loosening of the parts from each other again can also be facilitated. Such a loosening can be achieved or prevented, on the one hand, by the selection of the inclination of fitting surfaces 7 '8 or 14' 15', if the angles are less than 90 . Then this results in a latching of the two parts to each other, whereby, when forces act in the direction of pulling the parts apart, there is a drawing into the associated detent groove because of reciprocal inclination of the detent projection.
The joining element could be formed, in a manner not shown here, in two or more parts, specifically in such a manner that the detent webs are fitted on external-tongue-like part 12 or on web 13 as a separate element, which would have the advantage that, because of the selection of different materials on the one hand, a rigid external-tongue-like guide is obtained in the area of external-tongue-like part 12 and grooves 3, 4, and, on the other hand, a material of high elasticity and stability of shape that poses very little resistance to the joining together of the parts, for example a spring steel or the like, can be used in the area of the detent webs. The wall thickness of the spring steel may also be less than the wall thickness of, for example, external-tongue-like junction web 12.
As is evident from the present drawing, bottom groove flank 3" or 4" is slightly shorter than top flank 3', 4', which is necessitated by the fact that face surfaces 1', 2' must rest against each other tightly in order to achieve a tight adjacent placement of the members.
However, web 13 is provided in the area of the lower groove flanks 3", 4", so that these groove flanks may be configured to be shorter by half the thickness of web 13. In this way an abutment of the faces of groove flanks 3", 4"
against the lateral surfaces of web 13, 14 is ensured, which produces an exceptionally stable joint.
Furthermore, a formation sunk into the back side of members 1, 2 is shown in the drawing, but the hollowed area can be omitted when an underlayment plate that is bent back appropriately is used, whereupon there is less of a weakening of bottom groove flank 3", 4".
The features and advantages of the subject matter of the invention are presented again in summarized form below:
a) All existing production cylinders may be preserved, because absolutely no geometric alterations to the surface of the member are called for, b) A simple double profile, which maybe made out of PVC, aluminum or similar materials, is used as a joining element and may be produced in a simple manner by extrusion.
c) The snapping operation is accomplished using only the return force of the joining profile and does not depend on the lateral tensile strength of the carrier plate.
d) The strength of the joint may be affected by the height of the detent projection, the wall thickness of the detent web and by the material selected.
e) The automatic closure of the partition gap between the two members and also the strength of the joint can be controlled by the inclination of the fitting surfaces on the detent projection and also on the detent groove.
f) The joining element can be pre-mounted on a longitudinal and a lateral side during production, specifically by pressing it in using an appropriate device, which makes installation easier.
g) The members have the same profile on all four sides, thereby achieving a simple manufacture of the members without milling cutters that are formed in a complicated manner having to be used.
h) The flush alignment of the members is produced by the external-tongue-like part of the joining element.
i) The grooves for acceptance of the external-tongue-like part extend at a right angle from the narrow face surfaces and thus parallel to the surfaces of members 1, 2, thereby achieving a precise joining of the members.
j) The detent grooves for the detent projections are placed in the bottom side of the members and are therefore relatively easy to mill and also easy to check.
k) The joining elements can be milled on four spindles.
1) Because no tongues are milled on the members, milling cutters that correspond in width to the formatting can be used and often can be adjusted in height accordingly.
The thickness of the members may be varied in accordance with the particular circumstances or the type of the two members, whereby MDF plates, that is medium thickness fiber plates, may be used in laminate floors because of the lower stress. With plates of this type, it is nevertheless beneficial to provide at least a thickness of 2.4 mm as a lower groove flank, which may be achieved either by increasing the overall thickness of the member or laminate flooring plate to, for example, 8 mm or, as already indicated, by selecting the configuration of the detent groove such that the detent webs are not sunken into the plate level.
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1. A panel assembly comprising panel members and joining elements for joining together adjacent panel members along their opposed narrow faces wherein:
(a) each of said members has a top and bottom surface and its narrow face includes a first elongate groove intermediate said surfaces, a second elongate groove in the narrow face adjacent said bottom surface, an elongate detent groove in a sidewall of said second groove, said grooves extending parallel to each other and said surfaces;
(b) each of said joining elements is I-shaped and includes a central web and opposed pairs of upper and lower flanges positioned on opposite sides of said web and at right angles thereto, and a detent projection on a side of each of said lower flanges that faces an upper flange;
(c) said upper and lower flanges of each of said joining elements being respectively insertable into said first and second grooves of said adjacent members.
(a) each of said members has a top and bottom surface and its narrow face includes a first elongate groove intermediate said surfaces, a second elongate groove in the narrow face adjacent said bottom surface, an elongate detent groove in a sidewall of said second groove, said grooves extending parallel to each other and said surfaces;
(b) each of said joining elements is I-shaped and includes a central web and opposed pairs of upper and lower flanges positioned on opposite sides of said web and at right angles thereto, and a detent projection on a side of each of said lower flanges that faces an upper flange;
(c) said upper and lower flanges of each of said joining elements being respectively insertable into said first and second grooves of said adjacent members.
2. The panel assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which a lower section of said narrow face between said first and second grooves relative to an upper section of said narrow face between said upper surface and said first groove is set back a distance which corresponds to at least one half the thickness of said central web.
3. The panel assembly as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, wherein the profile of said first groove corresponds to the profile of each of said upper flanges, the profile of said second groove and said detent groove corresponds to the profile of each of said lower flanges and said detent projections, and a bottom of each of said I-shaped joining element lies in the same plane as the bottom surface of adjacent panel members when joined together by said joining element.
4. The panel assembly as claimed in Claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein an insertable surface of the detent projection is inclined at an angle that is equal to or greater than 85°, and an opposite facing surface of the detent groove has the same inclination.
5. The panel assembly as claimed in any one Claims 1-4, wherein the detent groove is recessed in said sidewall of said second groove a distance corresponding to at least the thickness of said lower flange.
6. The panel assembly as claimed in any one of Claims 1-5, wherein said second groove adjacent said lower section of said narrow face includes a bevelled edge extending into said second section.
7. The panel assembly as claimed in any one of Claims 1-5, wherein said second groove includes a bevelled edge which is inclined at an angle corresponding to an angle of the detent projection on a side of said detent projection remote from said central web.
8. The panel assembly as claimed in any one of Claims 1-7, wherein sidewalls of said first groove include bevelled edges extending into said first groove.
9. The panel assembly as claimed in any one of Claims 1-8, wherein the combined thickness of each of said lower flanges and the flange projections thereon is greater than the remaining thickness of the lower flange between the flange projection and the central web.
10. A panel assembly, comprising:
a joining element; and at least two flooring plate members, said joining element being I-shaped and structured and arranged to connect the at least two flooring plate members and comprising:
a central web member;
upper tongues protruding from both sides of the web member at an upper web end and lower tongues protruding from both sides of the web member at a lower web end, wherein the upper and lower tongues have substantially a same length; and a fitting surface and an upward facing angled wedge surface arranged on a top surface of each lower tongue, each of the at least two flooring plate members comprising:
a top side and a bottom side;
a first groove along a side edge of the plate which is parallel to the top side and arranged to accommodate one of the upper tongues of the joining element, wherein the first groove is defined by an upper groove flank and a lower groove flank;
a lower tongue run-in surface disposed below said lower groove flank having an inclination angle corresponding to an angle of inclination of an angled wedge projection provided on the top of the lower tongues; and another lower tongue receiving surface disposed below said lower groove flank arranged to abut against the top of one of the lower tongues when a joining element and the at least two flooring plate members are in an assembled state and whereby a bottom surface of said lower tongues and said lower web end lie in the same plane as the bottom sides of said plate members, wherein, in the assembled state, a gap exists between a free end of each lower tongue and a corresponding opposed surface in each flooring plate member.
a joining element; and at least two flooring plate members, said joining element being I-shaped and structured and arranged to connect the at least two flooring plate members and comprising:
a central web member;
upper tongues protruding from both sides of the web member at an upper web end and lower tongues protruding from both sides of the web member at a lower web end, wherein the upper and lower tongues have substantially a same length; and a fitting surface and an upward facing angled wedge surface arranged on a top surface of each lower tongue, each of the at least two flooring plate members comprising:
a top side and a bottom side;
a first groove along a side edge of the plate which is parallel to the top side and arranged to accommodate one of the upper tongues of the joining element, wherein the first groove is defined by an upper groove flank and a lower groove flank;
a lower tongue run-in surface disposed below said lower groove flank having an inclination angle corresponding to an angle of inclination of an angled wedge projection provided on the top of the lower tongues; and another lower tongue receiving surface disposed below said lower groove flank arranged to abut against the top of one of the lower tongues when a joining element and the at least two flooring plate members are in an assembled state and whereby a bottom surface of said lower tongues and said lower web end lie in the same plane as the bottom sides of said plate members, wherein, in the assembled state, a gap exists between a free end of each lower tongue and a corresponding opposed surface in each flooring plate member.
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