# US 7,611,593 B2 · Method for preparing tiles or sheets consisting of mosaic pieces and tiles obtained therewith

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- Number: US 7,611,593 B2
- Document ID: US7611593B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/902,024
- Filed: 2007-09-18
- Published: 2008-03-27
- Granted: 2009-11-03
- Earliest claimed: 2006-09-22
- Assignees: Brix S.r.l.
- Inventors: Claudio Silvestrin; Stefano Bonini
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611593B2

## CPC

- B44C 1/28: Uniting ornamental elements on a support, e.g. mosaics {(B44C3/123 takes precedence)}
- B44C 3/12: Uniting ornamental elements to structures, e.g. mosaic plates
- Y10T 156/1092: All laminae planar and face to face
- Y10T 428/166: Glass, ceramic, or metal sections [e.g., floor or wall tile, etc.]
- B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)}
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A method for preparing tiles or sheets consisting of mosaic pieces. More particularly, the invention relates to a method allowing the assembly of mosaic pieces to be greatly facilitated within suitable supports for producing tiles or sheets of mosaic pieces that are ready to be laid down. The method provides a step of providing cube-shaped pieces and laying the latter on trays that are subjected to a vibratory and rotational motion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for preparing tiles (1) consisting of mosaic pieces (T) comprising the following steps:
a) providing substantially cube-shaped mosaic pieces (T);
b) laying said pieces on suitable trays (V), that are provided with grid (A), and subjected to vibratory and rotational motion, including an alignment/filling step in which said pieces are first aligned in rows and then dropped on said trays by means of a vibratory reciprocating movement forward in the falling direction on the trays and backward in the opposite direction, and an ordering step in which the pieces laid on the trays are evenly distributed within the grid of said trays by means of said vibratory and rotary motion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of drop-supplying the pieces (T) onto an inclined plane (P1) after step a).

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of recovering the pieces (T) which inadvertently fall off the trays and bringing them back to the feeding step.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of controlling the proper positioning of the pieces (T) on the trays (V).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of applying a backing on the exposed surface of the pieces (T) that are laid on said trays (V) such as to form a tile.