WO1985000845A1 - Moulding arrangement - Google Patents

Abstract

The application of a moulding arrangement on a ceiling, wall or door requires great precision in cutting the composite strips in order to avoid gaps where the ends meet. The invention aims at simplifying this application by the use of a connection unit (2) for one or more strip ends (1 and 7-9), covering said end(s).

Description

Moulding arrangement

The present invention relates to a moulding arrangement. It is usual to provide moulding arrangements on walls, ceilings, and door panels for aesthetic reasons. A moulding arrangement is usually composed of four or more strip-parts which are cut extremely accurately so that when the parts are joined, there are no cracks or defects where the strip-ends meet. The high demand for precision leads to a certain amount of rejection, as well as being time-consuming.

The object of the present invention is to provide a moulding arrangement which requires less precision and is thus easier and quicker to produce. This is achieved practically in that the required strip parts with the desired profile are cut with less necessity for precision and are laid out on a surface in the desired pattern. Each strip end is covered by a connection unit which is placed over one or more strip ends, this being enabled by each connection unit being provided in its lower surface with one or more recesses or being prepared for the formation of one or more recesses, these recesses having the same profile as the strips with which they engage.

According to the invention, the abutment of two end surfaces of two profiles is replaced by a connection unit covering the ends of the two profiles, and the depth of penetration of the two ends differ.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the desired recesses in the connection unit are prepared so that the desired number of recesses can be obtained by tearing off the appropriate number of parts of the connection unit.

Thus, in order to produce a moulding arrangement in accordance with the present invention, only a number of meters of the desired profile and a number of connection units are required, each being of the same kind. There are therefore only two different components, which simplifies the arrangement of the moulding. Further characteristics of the present invention are revealed in the following claim.

The present invention will be described further with reference to the accompanying five figures, in which

Fig.1 shows an example of a strip profile,

Figs 2-3 show an example of one embodiment of a connection unit,

Figs. 4-7 show a connection unit covering different numbers of strip ends, and

Figs 8-9 show examples of different depths of penetration in a conneetion unit

Figure 1 shows a strip 1 of predetermined profile, which may be varied to a considerable extent. The strip in Figure 1 is designed to engage with a connection unit 2 having four recesses 3-6, these having the same profile as the strip 1. The four recesses 3, 4, 5 and 6 may be obtained either by milling or by the connection unit 2 being prepared to allow from one to four parts of the unit to be broken off, giving rise to one to four recesses.

Figure 4 shows a strip 1 and connection unit 2 in which a part has been broken off to provide a recess and the connection unit has then been placed over the left end of the strip 1. Since the profile of the strip 1 and that of the recess are identical, the recess will completely cover the end of the strip, eliminating undesired gaps. The penetration depth of the strip 1 may vary within wide limits. In Figure 5 the connection unit 2 cover the ends of two strips 1 and 7, in Figure 6 the ends of three strips 1, 7 and 8, and in Figure 7 the ends of four strips 1, 7, 8 and 9. Figure 8 shows an example of how the strips 1 and 8 may be replaced by a single strip 10. It is clear from the drawings that the penetration depth for the ends of strips 7 and 9 may also vary within wide limits without any undesired gaps occurring. Another example of this is shown in Figure 9.

Claims

CLAIM

A moulding arrangement for application on substantially flat surfaces such as ceilings, walls and doors, characterised by a number of strips (1) having predetermined profile cut by the meter, and by a connection unit (2) of the same type at each strip end, said connection unit (2) forming the end point for one or more strips (1 and 7-7), the unit (2) being placed on the end or ends of the strip(s) (1 and 7-9) to engage in recesses (3-6) made or prepared in its lower side, said recesses (3-6) having the same profile as the strips with which they engage (1 and 7-9).