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Patent US20080060308 - Locking system for floorboards - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards includes horizontal joining of a first and a second joint edge portion of a first and a second floorboard respectively at a vertical joint plane; vertical joining of the first and second joint edge portions; wherein the tongue, the tongue groove,...http://www.google.com/patents/US20080060308?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080060308 - Locking system for floorboardsAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS20080060308 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 11/822,707Publication dateMar 13, 2008Filing dateJul 9, 2007Priority dateApr 10, 2000Also published asCA2370054A1, CA2370054C, CN1196839C, CN1419625A, DE60113086D1, DE60113086T2, DE60136501D1, EP1272716A1, EP1272716B1, EP1617009A1, EP1617009B1, EP2014845A2, EP2014845A3, EP2014845B1, EP2275618A2, EP2275618A3, US6715253, US6918220, US7003925, US7356971, US7398625, US7845133, US8590253, US20020007608, US20030115821, US20050055943, US20060117696, US20070119110, US20100229491, WO2001077461A1Publication number11822707, 822707, US 2008/0060308 A1, US 2008/060308 A1, US 20080060308 A1, US 20080060308A1, US 2008060308 A1, US 2008060308A1, US-A1-20080060308, US-A1-2008060308, US2008/0060308A1, US2008/060308A1, US20080060308 A1, US20080060308A1, US2008060308 A1, US2008060308A1InventorsDarko PervanOriginal AssigneeValinge Innovation AbExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (51), Referenced by (74), Classifications (14), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetLocking system for floorboards
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0052] Prior to the description of preferred embodiments, with reference to FIG. 5, a detailed explanation will first be given of the most important parts in a strip lock system. [0053] The invention can be applied in joint systems with a worked strip which is made in one piece with the core of the board, or with a strip which is integrated with the core of the board but which has been made of a separate material, for instance aluminium. [0054] Since the worked embodiment, where strip and core are made of the same material, constitutes the greatest problem owing to higher friction and poorer flexibility, the following description will focus on this field of application. [0055] The cross-sections shown in FIG. 5 are hypothetical, not published cross-sections, but they are fairly similar to the locking system of the known floorboard “Fiboloc�” and to the locking system according to WO 9966151. Accordingly, FIG. 5 does not represent the invention but is only used a starting point of a description of the technique for a strip lock system for mechanical joining of adjoining floorboards. Parts corresponding to those in the previous Figures are in most cases provided with the same reference numerals. The construction, function and material composition of the basic components of the boards in FIG. 5 are essentially the same as in embodiments of the present invention, and consequently, where applicable, the following description of FIG. 5 also applies to the subsequently described embodiments of the invention. [0056] In the embodiment shown, the boards 1, 1′ in FIG. 5 are rectangular with opposite long side edge portions 4 a, 4 b and opposite short side edge portions 5 a, 5 b. FIG. 5 shows a vertical cross-section of a part of a long side edge portion 4 a of the board 1, as well as a part of a long side edge portion 4 b of an adjoining board 1′. The boards 1 have a core 30 which is composed of fiberboard and which supports a surface layer 32 on its front side (upper side) and a balancing layer 34 on its rear side (underside). A strip 6 is formed from the core and balancing layer of the floorboard by cutting and supports a locking element 8. Therefore the strip 6 and the locking element 8 in a way constitute an extension of the lower part of the tongue groove 36 of the floorboard 1. The locking element 8 formed on the strip 6 has an operative locking surface 10 which cooperates with an operative locking surface 11 in a locking groove 14 in the opposite long side edge portion 4 b of the adjoining board 1′. By the engagement between the operative locking surfaces 10, 11 a horizontal locking of the boards 1, 1′ transversely of the joint edge (direction D2) is obtained. The operative locking surface 10 of the locking element 8 and the operative locking surface 11 of the locking groove 14 form a locking angle A with a plane parallel with the upper side of the floorboards. This locking angle A of 60� corresponds to the tangent to a circular arc C which has its centre in the upper joint edge, i.e. the intersection between the joint plane F and the upper side of the boards, and which passes the operative locking surfaces 10, 11. In upward angling of the floorboard 1′ relative to the floorboard 1, the locking groove will follow the circular arc C, and taking-up can therefore be made without resistance. The upper part of the locking element has a guiding part 9, which in installation and inward angling guides the floorboard to the correct position. [0057] To form a vertical lock in the D1 direction, the joint edge portion 4 a has a laterally open tongue groove 36 and the opposite joint edge portion 4 b has a laterally projecting tongue 38 which in the joined position is received in the tongue groove 36. The upper contact surfaces 43 and the lower contact surfaces 45 of the locking system are also plane and parallel with the plane of the floorboard. [0058] In the joined position according to FIG. 5, the two juxtaposed upper portions 41 and 42 of the surfaces, facing each other, of the boards 1, 1′ define a vertical joint plane F. [0059] FIG. 6 shows an example of an embodiment according to the invention, which has not yet been published and which differs from the embodiment in FIG. 5 by the tongue 38 and the tongue groove 36 being displaced downwards in the floorboard so that they are eccentrically positioned. Moreover, the thickness of the tongue 38 (and, thus, the tongue groove 36) has been increased while at the same time the relative height of the locking element 8 has been retained. Both the tongue 38 and the material portion above the tongue groove 36 are therefore significantly more rigid and stronger while at the same time the floor thickness T, the outer part of the strip 6 and the locking element 8 are unchanged. [0060] FIG. 7 shows a first embodiment of the present invention. The locking element 8 has a locking surface 1 0 with a locking angle A which is essentially perpendicular to the plane of the floorboards. The locking surface 10 has been moved upwards relative to the upper side of the strip 6, compared with prior-art technique. [0061] The locking angle A in this embodiment of the invention is essentially greater than a clearance angle TA, which corresponds to the tangent to a circular arc C1 which is tangent to the upper part of the locking element 8 and which has it centre C3 where the joint plane F intersects the upper side of the boards. [0062] Since the edge of the locking groove 14 closest to the joint plane F has portions which are positioned outside the circular arc C1 to be able to retain the locking element 8 in the locking groove, these portions will, in taking-up of the floorboard 1′, follow a circular arc C2 which is concentric with and has a greater diameter than the circular arc C1 and which intersects the lower edge of the operative locking surface 11 of the locking groove. Taking-up of the floorboard 1′ by upward angling requires that the strip 6 can be bent or that the material of the floorboards 1, 1′ can be compressed. [0063] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the boundary surface of the locking groove 14 closest to the joint plane F has a lower guiding part 12 which is positioned inside the circular arc C1 and which will therefore efficiently guide the locking element 8 in connection with the laying of the floor and the downward angling of the floorboard 1′ relative to the floorboard 1. [0064] FIG. 7 also shows that the operative locking surface 11 of the locking groove 14 and the operative locking surface 10 of the locking element 8 have been moved upwards in the construction and are located at a distance from the upper side of the locking strip 6. This positioning brings several advantages which will be discussed in the following. [0065] As is also evident from FIG. 7, there is an inclined surface 13 between the upper side of the locking strip 6 and the lower edge of the operative locking surface 10 of the locking element 8. In this shown embodiment, there is a gap between this inclined surface 13 and the guiding part 12 of the locking groove 14, so that the transition of the guiding part to the underside of the edge portion 4 b is located inside the circular arc C1. Owing to such a gap, the friction is reduced in mutual displacement of the floorboards along the joint plane F in connection with the laying of the floor. [0066] FIG. 8 shows how upward angling can take place when taking up an installed floor. The locking surface 11 of the locking groove exerts a pressure on the upper part of the operative locking surface 10 of the locking element 8. This pressure bends the strip 6 downwards and the locking element 8 backwards and away from the joint plane F. In practice, a marginal compression of the wood fibers in the upper joint edge surfaces 41, 42 of the two floorboards and of the wood fibers in the locking surface 10 of the locking element and the locking surface 11 of the locking groove takes place. If the joint systems are besides designed in such manner that the boards in their locked position can assume a small play of some hundredths of a millimetre between the locking surfaces 10, 11, opening by upward angling can take place as reliably and with the same good function as if the locking surfaces were inclined. [0067] FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the groove 36 and the tongue 38 have been made shorter than in the embodiment according to FIGS. 7 and 8. As a result, the mechanical locking of two adjoining floorboards 1, 1′ can be carried out both by vertical snap action and by inward angling during the bending of the strip. The vertical snap action can also be combined with known shapes of locking surfaces and with a possibility of displacement along the joint direction in the locked position and also taking-up by pulling out along the joint edge or upward angling. However, the Figure shows the floorboards during inward angling of the floorboard 1′. The lower part or guiding part 12 of the locking groove guides the floorboards and enables the introduction of the locking element 8 into the locking groove 14 so that the locking surfaces 10, 11 will engage each other. The strip 6 is bent downwards and the locking element 8 is guided into the locking groove although the edge surface portions 41, 42, facing each other, of the floorboards are spaced apart. The locking angle A is in this embodiment about 800. The bending of the strip can be facilitated by working the rear side of the strip, so that a part of the balancing layer 34 between the joint plane F and the locking element 8 is wholly or partly removed. [0068] FIG. 10 shows an enlargement of the locking element 8 and the locking groove 14. The locking element 8 has an operative upper locking surface 10 which is formed in the upper part of the locking element at a distance from the upper side of the locking strip 6. The locking groove 14 has a cooperating operative locking surface 11 which has also been moved upwards and which is at a distance from the opening of the locking groove 14. [0069] Operative locking surfaces relate to the surfaces 10, 11 which, when locked and subjected to tension load, cooperate with each other. Both surfaces are in this embodiment plane and essentially at right angles to the principal plane of the floorboards. The locking groove has a guiding part 12 which is located inside the previously mentioned circular arc C1 and which in this embodiment is tangent to the upper part of the operative locking surface 10 of the locking element 8. [0070] In this embodiment, the locking element has in its upper part a guiding part 9 which is located outside the circular arc C1. The guiding parts 9, 12 of the locking element and the locking groove respectively contribute to giving the joint system a good guiding capacity. The total lateral displacement of the floorboards 1, 1′ in the final phase of the laying procedure is therefore the sum of E1 and E2 (see FIG. 10), i.e. the horizontal distance between the lower edge of the guiding part 12 and the circular arc C1 and between the upper edge of the guiding part 9 and the circular arc C1. This sum of E1 and E2 should be greater than the above-mentioned maximum banana shape of the floorboards. For the joint system to have a guiding capacity, E1 and E2 must be greater than zero, and both E1 and E2 can have negative values, i.e. be positioned on the opposite side of the circular arc C1 relative to that shown in the Figure. [0071] The guiding capacity is further improved if the strip 6 is bendable downwards and if the locking element 8 is bendable away from the joint plane so that the locking surface 10 of the locking element can open when the locking element comes into contact with a part of the other board. A free play between surfaces which are not operative in the locking system facilitates manufacture since such surfaces need not be formed with narrow tolerances. The surfaces which are operative in the locking system and which are intended to engage each other in the laid floor, i.e. the operative locking surfaces 10, 11, the edge surface portions 41, 42 and the upper contact surfaces 43 between the groove 36 and the tongue 38 must, however, be manufactured with narrow tolerances both as regards configuration and as regards their relative positions. [0072] If the inoperative surfaces in the locking system are spaced from each other, the friction in connection with lateral displacement of joined floorboards along the joint edge will decrease. [0073] According to the invention, the operative locking surfaces 10, 11 of the locking element and in the locking groove have been formed with a small height, seen perpendicular to the principal plane of the floorboards. This also reduces the friction in lateral displacement of joined floorboards along the joint edge. [0074] By the operative locking surfaces according to the invention being made essentially plane and parallel with the joint plane F, the critical distance between the joint plane F and the locking surface 10 and 11, respectively, can easily be made with very high precision, since the working tools used in manufacture need only be controlled with high precision essentially horizontally. The tolerance in the vertical direction only affects the height of the operative locking surfaces but the height of the locking surfaces is not as critical as their position in the horizontal direction. Using modern manufacturing technique, the locking surface can be positioned in relation to the joint plane with a tolerance of �0.01 mm. At the same time the tolerance in the vertical direction can be �0.1 mm, which results in, for instance, the height of the operative locking surfaces varying between 0.5 mm and 0.3 mm. Tensile tests have demonstrated that operative locking surfaces with a height of 0.3 mm can give a strength corresponding to 1000 kg/running metre of joint. This strength is considerably higher than required in a normal floor joint. The height H of the locking element 8 above the upper side of the strip 6 and the width W of the locking element 8 on a level with the operative locking surface are important to the strength and the taking-up of the floorboards. [0075] At the long side where the strength requirements are lower, the locking element can be made narrower and higher. A narrow locking element bends more easily and facilitates removal of installed floorboards. [0076] At the short side where the strength requirements are considerably higher, the locking element should be low and wide. The lower front part 13 of the locking element, i.e. the locking element portion between the lower edge of the locking surface 10 and the upper side of the strip 6, has in this embodiment an angle of about 45�. Such a design reduces the risk of cracking at the border between the upper side of the strip 6 and the locking element 8 when subjecting the installed floor to tensile load. [0077] FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the invention. In this case, use is made of a locking element 8 which has an upper operative locking surface 10 with an angle of about 85� which is greater than the clearance angle, which is about 75�. In this embodiment, the guiding part 12 of the locking groove 14 is also used as a secondary locking surface which supplements the operative locking surfaces 10, 11. This embodiment results in very high locking forces. The drawback of this embodiment, however, is that the friction in connection with relative displacement of the floorboards 1, 1′ in the lateral direction along the joint plane F will be considerably greater. [0078] FIG. 12 shows one more embodiment with essentially perpendicular locking surfaces 10, 11 and small guiding parts 9, 12, which makes it necessary to bend the strip 6 in connection with laying of the floorboards. The joint system is very convenient for use at the short sides of the floorboards where the need for guiding is smaller since in practice there is no “banana shape”. Opening of the short side can be effected by the long sides first being angled upwards, after which the short sides are displaced in parallel along the joint edge. Opening can also be effected by upward angling if the locking groove and the locking element have suitably designed guiding parts 12, 9 which are rounded or which have an angle less than 90�, and if the operative locking surfaces 10, 11 have a small height LS (FIG. 12), so that their height is less than half the height of the locking element. In this embodiment, E2 is greater than E1, which makes the sum of E2 and E1 greater than zero (E1 represents in this case a negative value). If in this case E1 and E2 should be of almost the same size, the guiding may be effected by downward bending of the strip 6, which automatically causes displacement of the guiding part 9 of the locking element 8 away from the intended joint plane F and also causes a change in angle of the locking element 8 so that guiding takes place. [0079] Several variants of the invention are feasible. The joint system can be manufactured with a large number of different joint geometries, some or all of the above parameters being made different, especially when it is desirable to give priority to a certain property over the other properties. [0080] The owner has taken into consideration and tested a number of variants based on that stated above. [0081] The height of the locking element and the angle of the locking surfaces can be varied. Nor is it necessary for the locking surface of the locking groove and the locking surface of the locking element to have the same inclination or configuration. Guiding parts can be made with different angles and radii. The height of the locking element can vary over its width in the principal plane of the floorboard, and the locking element can have different widths at different levels. The same applies to the locking groove. The locking surface of the locking groove can be made with a locking angle exceeding 90� or be made slightly rounded. If the locking surfaces of the locking element is made with an angle exceeding 90�, taking-up of the floorboards by upward angling can be prevented and permanent locking can be achieved. This can also be achieved with a joint system having 90� locking surfaces which are sufficiently large or in combination with specially designed guiding parts which counteract upward angling. Such locking systems are particularly suited for short sides which require a high locking force. [0082] Although only preferred embodiments are specifically illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated that many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings and within the purview of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit and intended scope of the invention. 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