| 摘要 |
<p>A method of making a mechanically-held tile is disclosed by providing a tile (800) having a durable surface, an underside and an anchoring region (825), locating the tile in a mould (810), and injecting a polymer into the mould to form a substrate (820) with an integral coupling region. Alternatively, a substrate can be provided in addition to the tile; the injected material mechanically anchors the substrate to the tile. A surrounding grout gasket can also be formed during injection. Injections can be consecutive or concurrent to tailor the properties of the substrate, grout gasket and other layers or regions. Also disclosed is a multi-part tile made by such a process, and a tile with intrinsic manufacturing deviations compensated by a grout gasket. The tile can be interconnected via the coupling regions with other surface-covering materials.</p> |
