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US 5,293,694 AGranted
Devices for facilitating the laying of tile
OwnerJames Swindleinventor
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The devices disclosed herein are designed for the purpose of properly spacing tile from each other to provide the desired width of space between tiles to give the desired grout line. The first device has a length sufficient to span the length or width of at least three tiles and likewise has a lip extending downward from a linear edge thereof. The second device has a lip extending downward from a flat rectangular plate having a length shorter than the length of the individual tiles. Both of these lips have identical thicknesses to give the desired grouting space between individual tiles. In preferred modifications of these first and second devices a second lip extends upwardly at the opposite parallel edge from the edge having the first lip. By having the thickness of this second lip of a different thickness from that of the first lip, the second lip can be converted to a downwardly extending lip by inverting the devices and used to give a different dimension to the width of the grout line.
A combination of at least five flat rectangular tiles, each tile having similar rectangular dimensions, and having similar thickness dimensions, a first spacing device and a second spacing device for determining in the laying of said rectangular tile the spacing between adjacent tiles;
A process of providing desired uniformity and width of spacing between adjacent tiles in the laying of rectangular tile having four sides on an adhesive layer comprising the steps of:
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