Worktop for pieces of furniture and method for joining slabs so as to obtain said worktop
AssigneeMarmo Arredo S.P.A.
InventorRomeo Scapin
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Abstract
A worktop (1) for pieces of furniture includes two slabs (3, 4) made of stone, arranged so that they are adjacent to each other at the level of corresponding head surfaces (5, 6) in order to define a work surface (2) exposed to the outside. A joining arrangement is suited to stably connect the slabs (3, 4) and includes a first bonding substance (8) interposed between the head surfaces (5, 6) and recesses (9) obtained on the head surfaces (5, 6) of each slab (3, 4), mutually facing each other and configured in such a way as to define corresponding housings completely delimited in the direction of the thickness of the slabs (3, 4), the first bonding substance (8) being spread mainly in the housings.
Claims12
A worktop for pieces of furniture, comprising:
- two slabs made of stone, the two slabs comprising a first slab and a second slab each terminating at a head surface that extends between opposing side surfaces and that extends between a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, the first slab and the second slab each having a direction of development that projects between the opposing side surfaces and a direction of thickness that projects from the head surface into the corresponding slab between the top surface and the bottom surface so as to be perpendicular to the direction of development, the two slabs being disposed so that the head surfaces are opposingly facing, wherein the two slabs cooperate to define a work surface;
- joining means for connecting the two slabs to each other and comprising a first bonding substance interposed between the head surfaces;
- the joining means further comprising one or more first recesses formed on the head surface of the first slab and one or more second recesses formed on the head surface of the second slab, the one or more first recesses at least partially facing the one or more second recesses along the direction of thickness to form housings completely delimited in the direction of thickness of the slabs, the first bonding substance being disposed within the housings,
- wherein the first recesses are offset from the second recesses along the direction of development so that at least one of the first recesses communicates with two of the second recesses and at least one of the second recesses communicates with two of the first recesses.
A method for joining two slabs made of stone, the two slabs comprising a first slab and a second slab each terminating at a head surface that extends between opposing side surfaces and that extends between a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, the first slab and the second slab each having a direction of development that projects between the opposing side surfaces and a direction of thickness that projects from the head surface into the corresponding slab between the top surface and the bottom surface so as to be perpendicular to the direction of development, one or more first recesses being formed on the head surface of the first slab so as to be delimited according to the direction of thickness and one or more second recesses being formed on the head surface of the second slab so as to be delimited according to the direction of thickness, the method comprising:
- spreading a first bonding substance in the first recesses and the second recesses;
- arranging the head surfaces of the first slab so as to be in contact with the head surface of the second slab,
- wherein the one or more first recesses are at least partially facing the one or more second recesses along the direction of thickness to form housings completely delimited in the direction of thickness of the slabs, the first bonding substance being disposed within the housings, and
- wherein the first recesses are offset from the second recesses along the direction of development so that at least one of the first recesses communicates with two of the second recesses and at least one of the second recesses communicates with two of the first recesses;
- waiting until said first bonding substance has solidified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.