Device for covering the joints between floor coverings or the like

0001The invention relates to a covering device for flooring seam od. like. with a mounting profile and a covering, the a web part od the joints. like. along fastened to the ground Mounting profile at least one towering from the web portion, with the cover strip having a clamping-together legs part.

0002Using this cover devices can stretch and edge joints or stepped shoulders of floor coverings, as well as wall and ceiling coverings be bridged and covered, the holder profiles make their towering leg parts clamping elements and the cover strips matched with in assembly and cross-section of these clamping elements Longitudinal grooves or longitudinal ribs clamp the preassembled holder profiles are placed, resulting in an invisible mounting option and the cover strips even without special fittings or Nailings are mounted and, if necessary, be disassembled again. The mounting profiles have to in order to achieve a sufficiently firm clamping seat accordingly stiff material, which support profiles so far also rigid cover strips are assigned so that the known covering devices covered only rectilinear joints and heels may be arcuate curves but by consuming to be laid polygonal extending covers must be replaced.

0003The invention is therefore based on the object, a cover of the kind to create that even a rational covering arcuate running joints od. like. allowed, yet a safe and reliable fastening of the cover strips by means of mounting profiles ensures.

0004The invention solves this problem by providing a made pliable Material existing and flexible to plug direction parallel axes cover strip is provided, the bending-resistant as mounting profile of material a Plurality of individual profile pieces or by transverse incisions in against each other to plug direction parallel axes pivotable sections divisible rail listened. The individual profile pieces or as needed divided into sections pivotable rails can be schwierigkeitslos the preset course, also the curved course fix of lining joints or -absätzen following the underground, the individual profile pieces with a mutual spacing in the running direction or tangential to a curved course, and the profile rails with straight course the stretched lengthwise or at an arcuate course with the bow be postponed accordingly pivoted sections. Due to the transverse Cuts, depending on the profile design along the outer curvature radial cuts and / or along the inner curvature suitable zwikkelförmige Incisions, the rail can be made in spite of their production bending-resistant material with sufficient accuracy along the curved course protruding. The flexible cover strip can then in a few steps with simultaneous bending in accordance with the mounting profile to the course be pressed profile pieces or the rail and locked in a clamping, so that a clean joint cover od. like. Also along an arc path is guaranteed. The cuts in the rail are expediently made by hand only in the course of laying, including simple Cutting tools, for example, secateurs, suffice it could but may also be prepared by the manufacturer distributed over the whole rail length.

0005If the covering of a plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the covering strip has the desired pliable properties, wherein the material can be virtually any colored and it also is possible od the bar with desired decorative films. like. to coat.

0006In the drawing, the subject invention is purely schematically illustrated, and show true<dl tsize="12" compact="compact"><dt>Fig. 1 and 2</dt><dd>a covered with a covering device according to the invention Floor covering joint in vertical section along line II of FIG. 2 or in the horizontal section according to the line II-II in FIG. 1.</dd></dl>

0007To an arc-shaped Übergangsfuge F between two to floor coverings B cover clean, is a cover 1 with a mounting profile 2 and a covering 3 provided. The mounting profile 2 consists of a rail 4, via a web portion 5 of the joint F along the substrate U is fastened and two from the web portion 5 towering Leg portions 6 with end clamping elements 7. This rail 4 from bending-resistant material in the course of laying by transverse Sipes 8 in mutually parallel to the ground surface to vertical axis A pivotable sections 9 divided so as polygon line similar can also be adapted to a curved course of the joint F.

0008Serving as the transition profile covering strip 3 can be clamped with the rail 4 plug together, which they protruded at the bottom Longitudinal ribs 10 forming the latching in the clamping elements 7 of the leg portions 6 the rail 4 intervene. In this case, as indicated in Fig. 2, the cover strip 3 to compensate for height differences between the joint-limiting Floor coverings B also inclined to the mounting rail 4 locked will. The cover strip 3 consists of pliable material and is to to the insertion direction R parallel axes flexible so that they attach to plugging can turn following the course of the rails on the rail 4 and a proper guaranteed coverage also arcuate running joints F.