Wall skirting for floor coverings and method of manufacturing a wall skirting

Abstract

Factory-prefabricated wall skirting for floor coverings made of plastic, PVC, rubber, linoleum or similar materials, for manufacturing a moisture-proof wall closure, wherein the floor-side wall skirting is produced from a strip cutting of the floor covering and comprises a bending area, about which the strip cutting is bent, wherein in the convex bending area of the strip cutting the material is partially removed and replaced by a filling material.

Claims

1. A factory-prefabricated wall skirting for floor coverings made of plastic, PVC, rubber, linoleum or similar materials, for manufacturing a moisture-proof wall closure, wherein the floor-side wall skirting is produced from a strip cutting of the floor covering and comprises a bending area, about which the strip cutting is bent, wherein in the convex bending area of the strip cutting, the material of the strip cutting is partially removed and replaced by a filling material.

2. The wall skirting according to claim 1, wherein the filling material consists of a permanently elastic plastic.

3. The wall skirting according to claim 1, wherein the filling material consists of a thermoplastic or elastomer.

4. The wall skirting according to claim 1, wherein the convex bending area comprises at least one lamella extending in the longitudinal direction and formed from the material of the floor covering and at least one groove area recessed on each side of the lamella, and in that the filling material is arranged in the groove area.

5. The wall skirting according to claim 1, wherein the convex bending area comprises lamellae and groove areas with a specific pattern.

6. The wall skirting according to claim 1, wherein the bending area comprises a material thickness corresponding to a material thickness of the strip cutting.

7. The wall skirting according to claim 1, wherein the lamellae and the groove areas extend parallel in the direction of the longitudinal axis or perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the strip cutting.

8. The wall skirting according to claim 1 wherein the lamellae and the groove areas are arranged at a certain angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the strip cutting.

9. The wall skirting according to claim 1, wherein the filling material extends over the surface of the strip cutting and forms an edge support wedge.

10. The wall skirting according to claim 1, wherein the wall skirting and the floor covering are connected to each other with a weld seam.

11. A method of manufacturing a factory-prefabricated, strip-shaped wall skirting made of plastic, PVC, rubber, linoleum or related materials, comprising the steps of: machine strip cutting of a floor covering; partial removal of the material of the strip cutting in the future bending area of the wall skirting; bending of the strip cutting in a shaping device, whereby a convex bending area comes to be on the rear side of the strip cutting; introducing a filling material made of permanently elastic plastic into the convex bending area.

12. A method of manufacturing a factory-prefabricated, strip-shaped wall skirting made of plastic, PVC, rubber, linoleum or related materials, comprising the steps of: machine strip cutting of the wall skirting; feeding of the strip cutting into a shaping device and partial removal of the material in a bending area, whereby lamellae and groove areas are manufactured; bending of the strip cutting in the bending area by the shaping device, whereby a convex bending area comes to be on the rear side of the strip cutting; introducing a filling material of permanently elastic plastic into the convex bending area, wherein the filling material is arranged between the lamellae in the groove areas.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the filling material is filled via the lamellae, whereby the material thickness of the bending area is greater than the material thickness of the wall skirting.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the removal of the material in the bending area is carried out with a shaving removing process or a laser.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the strip cutting is heated before filling with the filling material.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the filling material is filled via the lamellae, whereby the material thickness of the bending area is greater than the material thickness of the wall skirting.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the removal of the material in the bending area is carried out with a shaving removing process or a laser.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the strip cutting is heated before filling with the filling material.

Description

[0045] In the following, the invention is elucidated in more detail by means of figures illustrating several embodiments. Further features and advantages of the invention that are essential to the invention are apparent from the drawings and their description.

[0046] FIG. 1: is a schematic representation of an installed wall skirting

[0047] FIG. 2: is a schematic representation of a strip cutting with lamellae and groove areas

[0048] FIG. 3: is a detailed representation of the bending area of the wall skirting according to FIG. 1

[0049] FIG. 4: is a schematic representation of the wall skirting with the groove area

[0050] FIG. 5: is an embodiment of the wall skirting with serrated lamellae

[0051] FIG. 6: is an embodiment of the wall skirting with round lamellae

[0052] FIG. 7: is an embodiment of the wall skirting with angular lamellae

[0053] FIG. 8: is a rear view of the wall skirting with lamellae and groove areas

[0054] FIG. 9: is a schematic representation of the wall skirting with a greater material thickness in the bending area

[0055] FIG. 1 represents the wall skirting 5 according to the invention in the installed state.

[0056] The wall skirting 5 according to the invention comprises a front side which forms the visible side. Preferably, the wall skirting 5 is made of the same material as the floor covering 4 and is produced from a strip cutting 9 of the floor covering 4. The front side of the wall skirting 5 thus corresponds to the top side of the floor covering 4. The wall skirting, moreover, has a rear side which becomes connected to the walling 2 and the screed 1. The bending process of the strip cutting 9 or alternatively of the wall skirting 5 creates a convex bending area 7 on the rear side.

[0057] The screed 1 is designed as a floating screed 1 and rests on an solid underlying ceiling 8. There is a gap between the screed 1 and the walling 2 in which an edge insulation strip can be arranged.

[0058] The transition between the screed 1 and the adjacent walling 2 must be designed as an absolutely moisture-tight connection that does not lose its absolute tightness either due to thermal expansion, shrinkage at low temperatures, or mechanical loads, such as those caused by floor cleaning machines.

[0059] Such a moisture-proof connection is achieved with the wall skirting 5 according to the invention. The wall skirting 5 is configured in a curved shape and consists substantially of a first side leg 11, which is connected to the walling 2, and a second side leg 12, which is connected to the screed 1. The bending area 7 is located between the first side leg 11 and the second side leg 12. The second side leg 12 is connected to the floor covering 4 by a weld seam 6.

[0060] FIG. 2 shows a strip cutting 9 with a bending area 7. The strip cutting 9 is not yet bent. Material has already been partially removed from area 7, resulting in the formation of lamellae 16 and groove areas 18.

[0061] FIG. 3 shows, in detail, the bending area 7 of wall skirting 5 according to FIG. 1. In the bending area 7 of the wall skirting 5, the material has been partially removed and replaced by another filling material 15.

[0062] The bending area 7 has a convex rear side and consists of two sections arranged one above the other. The first section is a connecting strip 17. The connecting strip 17 is the area remaining after machining which is not machined. The connecting strip 17 forms the top side of the wall skirting 5 and is the visible area. In the case of the second area, material is first removed by shaving-producing processing and then infilled by a filling material 15.

[0063] The removal of the material in bending area 7 is preferably carried out with a specific pattern. Possible patterns include serrations, curves, waves, angular shapes or other geometric shapes. In the case of FIG. 2, it is a strip-shaped pattern, wherein the strips extend in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the strip cutting 9.

[0064] The pattern has a wave trough and a wave crest. The wave crest is formed by lamellae 16. The wave trough is formed by groove areas 18. Preferably, the lamellae 16 are formed so high that the material thickness 19 of the filling area 14 corresponds to the material thickness 10 of the wall skirting 5.

[0065] FIG. 4 shows the wall skirting 5 with the bending area 7. The connecting strip 17, which forms the visible surface of the wall skirting 6, is located in the bending area 7. The connecting strip 17 comprises a reduced material thickness when compared with the two side legs 11, 12. The reduction of the material thickness in the bending area 7 is carried out by a shaving removing process, whereby material is selectively removed and a filling area 14 is created. Preferably, the material is removed following a specific pattern.

[0066] By introducing the filling material 15 into the filling area 14, the shape retention of the wall skirting 5 is supported and the memory behavior is reduced to a minimum. The filling area 14 thereby forms a kind of stabilization, whereby the factory-curved shape of the wall skirting 5 is maintained in the long term.

[0067] FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the wall skirting 5 according to the invention, wherein the filling material 15 in the groove area 18 has been removed completely, which is to say, the material of the wall skirting 5 has been removed without a specific pattern. The single groove area 18 is filled with filling material 15, whereby the material thickness 14 of the bending area 7 corresponds to the material thickness 10 of the two side legs 11, 12. It is also possible that more filling material 15 is filled into the groove area 18, whereby the filling material 15 extends beyond the circumference of the wall skirting 5, thereby forming a kind of edge support wedge.

[0068] FIG. 5, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 respectively show wall skirtings 5 with different lamellae 16 or alternatively groove areas 18. The lamellae 16 are the original material of the wall skirting 5, which material has been machined to create the lamellae. The groove areas 18 are filled in with a filling material 15.

[0069] According to FIG. 5, the lamellae 16 and groove areas 18 are serrated. The filling material 15 is filled into the groove area 18 and together with the lamellae 16 forms a unit.

[0070] FIG. 6 shows a wall skirting 5 with lamellae 16 and groove areas 18, which are configured in a wave form. The filling material 15 is filled into the wave-shaped groove area 18 and with the wave-shaped lamellae 16 forms a unit.

[0071] FIG. 7 shows a wall skirting 5 with angular lamellae 16 and angular groove areas 18.

[0072] FIG. 8 shows a flat, unbent strip cutting 9 which is processed into a wall skirting 5. The strip cutting 9 is preferably made of the same material as the floor covering 4 and is separated from the floor covering 4 mechanically.

[0073] The rear side of strip cutting 9 is shown in FIG. 8, wherein material has already been partially removed in the future bending area 7. The processing was carried out by the partial removal of material in the form of longitudinal strips, resulting in raised lamellae 16 and incised groove areas 18. The strip cutting 9 now comprises a first section, which later forms the first side leg 11. This is followed by the bending area 7 with the lamellae 16 and the groove areas 18, which are later filled with the filling material 15. The bending area is in turn followed by the second side leg 12, which is later connected to the screed 1.

[0074] FIG. 9 shows a further embodiment of the wall skirting 5. The convex bending area 7 comprises a filling area 14, the material thickness 19 of which is greater than the material thickness 10 of the two side legs 11 and 12. The filling material 15 thereby extends beyond the actual circumference of wall skirting 5 and forms a kind of edge support wedge through the projection, which is configured as an elastic coved fillet reinforcement.

DRAWING LEGEND

[0075] 1. Screed [0076] 2. Walling [0077] 3. [0078] 4. Floor covering [0079] 5. Wall skirting [0080] 6. Weld seam [0081] 7. Bending area [0082] 8. Solid underlying ceiling [0083] 9. Strip cutting [0084] 10. Material thickness of 5 [0085] 11. 1.sup.st side leg [0086] 12. 2.sup.nd side leg [0087] 13. Edge support wedge [0088] 14. Filling area [0089] 15. Filling material [0090] 16. Lamellae [0091] 17. Connecting strip [0092] 18. Groove area [0093] 19. Material thickness of 7