Methods and apparatuses for aligning tiles

摘要

A tile alignment device includes: a shaft having a handle end and a blade end; opposed blades extended laterally from the shaft at the blade end; and a pressure plate mounted on the shaft to define respective tile receiving recesses between the pressure plate and the respective opposed blades. A combination includes: a tile alignment device; adjacent tiles each clamped within a respective one of the tile receiving recesses, in which external faces, of the adjacent tiles, contact the pressure plate and are flush relative to one another. A method includes: inserting a blade end of a shaft into a gap between side walls of adjacent tiles, the blade end having opposed blades extended laterally from the shaft; hooking the opposed blades underneath the adjacent tiles; and clamping the adjacent tiles between the opposed blades and a pressure plate mounted on the shaft.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
positioning adjacent tiles on a mortar bed that is unset; while the mortar bed is unset, inserting a blade end of a shaft into a gap between side walls of the adjacent tiles, the blade end having opposed blades extended laterally from the shaft; hooking the opposed blades underneath the adjacent tiles; clamping the adjacent tiles between the opposed blades and a pressure plate mounted by a spring to the shaft, in which the spring applies pressure between the pressure plate and the opposed blades to push the pressure plate against the adjacent tiles to cause alignment; and after the mortar bed is partially set, withdrawing the shaft and the opposed blades through the gap.