Method for laying mosaic elements

US6190086A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Pflaster-Mueller GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Heiko Mueller · Heidelberg, DE
• Thomas Mueller · Lappersdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/16
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A method for laying a mosaic in which a quantity of n individual mosaic elements are arranged on a common support surface so as to be separated from one another by joints, preferably for laying natural stones to form natural stone paving. The method comprises the steps of placing a partial amount n.sub.1 <n of mosaic elements inside of a frame on a work surface at a location separate from the laying site for the mosaic or framing such partial amount after placement on the work surface, wherein these n.sub.1 mosaic elements are already positioned relative to one another in a manner corresponding to their respective position in the mosaic; subsequently filling the joints between the mosaic elements with a liquid medium; then, cooling the mosaic elements to a temperature at which the liquid medium solidifies, wherein there is formed a composite V.sub.1 which is held together by the solidified medium; subsequently storing the composite V.sub.1 at a temperature below the solidification temperature of the liquid medium until the laying of the mosaic is begun; producing and storing additional composites V.sub.2, V.sub.3 . . . V.sub.n with the rest of the partial amounts n.sub.2, n.sub.3 .…