Mortarless tile installation system and method for installing tiles
AssigneeCustom Building Products, Inc.
InventorsNorman C. Tracy, Charles R. Cornman, Zosimo D. Pamaran
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Abstract
The tile installation system provides a system for installing an architectural covering material to a substrate surface utilizing a plurality of release sheets where each release sheet has a top side surface and a bottom side surface. A plurality of discrete adhesive substrate portions are positioned on the top side surface of the release sheet, wherein the top side surface of the release sheet has a stronger bonding affinity with the plurality of adhesive substrate portions than the bottom side surface.
Claims19
An installation system for installing architectural covering material to a substrate surface, comprising a release sheet and a plurality of discrete adhesive substrate portions positioned on the release sheet.
An installation system for installing architectural covering material to a substrate surface, comprising:
- a plurality of release sheets, each release sheet having a top side surface and a bottom side surface;
- and
- a plurality of discrete adhesive substrate portions positioned on the top side surface of a release sheet, wherein the top side surface of the release sheet has a stronger bonding affinity with the plurality of adhesive substrate portions than the bottom side surface.
A method of manufacturing an adhesive sheet having glue ridges, dots, beads, cylinders, or the like and adhering the adhesive sheet to a tile, the method comprising the steps of:
- thermoforming a release sheet such that it forms a mold having indentations for adhesive;
- distributing liquid glue into and across the release liner to fill the thermoformed indentations in the thermoformed release liner;
- joining an adhesive side of the adhesive sheet to the tile;
- and
- molding the edges of the adhesive sheet around the tile with a thermoforming machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.