Device for Leveling and Aligning Tiles and Method for Leveling and Aligning Tiles

摘要

A device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling device includes a body and two spaced and parallel strip members extending transversely from the body. Each of the spaced and parallel strip members extend to the front and rear of the body. Two opposing lateral open windows are formed in the body. A breakaway section is defined along the body. A wedge device is provided for penetrating one or more of the two opposing lateral open windows and exerting a force on the tiles for leveling them relative to each other.

主权项

1. A tile leveling device and tile combination comprising:
a leveling device comprising:
an inverted U-shaped body defining an open window between first and second stems of the inverted U-shaped body,an I-shaped base orthogonally coupled to the inverted U-shaped body, the I-shaped based having spaced first, second, third, and fourth bars extending transversely from the inverted U-shaped body, the spaced first and second bars extending to the front and outward of the inverted U-shaped body and the spaced third and fourth bars extending to the rear and outward of the inverted U-shaped body,the I-shaped base being intersected by a crossbar located between the first and third bars and the second and further bars,the first, second, third, and fourth bars having outwardly extending arcuate portions at the respective ends that compress and flatten to accommodate the thickness,first and second breakaway sections defined along the respective first and second stems of the inverted U-shaped body,an open span proximally interposed between the first and second breakaway sections, the open span forming a portion of the open window,a first notch formed between the first and second bars, anda second notch formed between the third and fourth bars; a first tile over the first and second bars, the first tile having a first surface opposite a second surface, the first tile having contact with mortar at the first notch, wherein the first surface faces the first and second bars and the second surface is farther from the first and second bars than the first surface; a second tile over the third and fourth bars, the second tile having a third surface opposite a fourth surface, the second tile having contact with mortar at the second notch, wherein the third surface faces the first and second bars and the fourth surface is farther from the first and second bars than the third surface; and a wedge device comprising:
a backstop member, anda wedge member extending from the backstop member, the wedge member having a tapered surface penetrating the open window and exerting force against both tiles pressing the tiles against the first and second bars, wherein the breakaway section is located beyond the first surface and the third surface in a direction away from the first, second, third, and fourth bars.