IP Library Granted Patent US 8,372,240
Granted Patent B2
US 8,372,240 · App. 12/539,005 · Granted Feb 12, 2013

Production line for hydraulic binder-based, tapered-edge boards

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Patent No.
US 8,372,240
App. No.
12/539,005
Granted
Feb 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The subject of the invention is a novel plasterboard and its manufacturing processes. The novel board comprises, on one side, two first parallel feathered edges and, on the other side, two other, second, parallel feathered edges that are perpendicular to the first ones; or, on one side, two first parallel feathered edges and, either on the same side or on the other side, two second parallel feathered edges that are perpendicular to the first ones, the said other parallel feathered edges having a width of between 100 and 200 mm; or, on one side, two first parallel feathered edges and, either on the same side or on the other side, two second parallel feathered edges that are perpendicular to the first ones, the said second parallel feathered edges having a width such that the ratio of the width of the said second parallel feathered edges to the width of the said first parallel feathered edges is between 1.5 and 5.

Claims (32)

1. A production line for producing hydraulic-binder-based boards from a preform comprising a facing material covered with a hydraulic binder composition and supported by a conveyor belt, comprising at least two forming tapes fitted with longitudinal tapes, the line further including a device that produces an impression in the preform before the first forming tape, the impression being produced in an upper part of the preform,

wherein the device for forming the impression in a hydraulic-binder-based preform comprises at least:

a frame;

two first pulleys supported at a first end of the frame and two second pulleys at a second end of the frame;

the first pulleys and the second pulleys being in parallel planes;

the pulleys facing each other being identical;

two transmission belts wrapped respectively around the first pulleys and the second pulleys; and

at least one wire fixed removably to the belts and extending between the belts so that its longitudinal axis is parallel to the axis of rotation of the pulleys;

the distance between the transmission belts of the device being at least equal to the width of the preform and the device being placed so that when its transmission belts turn, its wire(s) creates(create) an impression in the preform.

2. A production line for producing hydraulic-binder-based boards from a preform comprising a facing material covered with a hydraulic binder composition and supported by a conveyor belt, comprising at least two forming belts fitted with longitudinal tapes, the line further including a device for making an impression in the preform before the first forming belt, and a device for introducing, under the preform between two forming belts, a lath opposite the point or at the point where the impression has been made.

3. Production line according to claim 2 , wherein the device for forming the impression in a hydraulic-binder-based preform comprises at least:

a frame;

two first pulleys supported at a first end of the frame and two second pulleys at a second end of the frame;

the first pulleys and the second pulleys being in parallel planes; the pulleys facing each other being identical;

two transmission belts wrapped respectively around the first pulleys and the second pulleys; and

at least one wire fixed removably to the belts and extending between these belts so that its longitudinal axis is parallel to the axis of rotation of the pulleys;

the distance between the transmission belts of the device being at least equal to the width of the preform and the device being placed so that when its transmission belts turn, its wire(s) creates an impression in the preform.

4. Production line according to claim 2 , wherein the device for introducing a lath under the preform between two forming belts opposite the point or at the point where the impression has been made comprises at least:

a laths magazine;

at least one lath; means for extracting, one at a time, a lath from the laths magazine;

means for receiving the extracted lath;

means for moving the extracted lath in a direction parallel to its length;

means for supporting the moved lath; and

means for sliding the lath under the facing material.

5. Production line according to claim 2 , in which the device for introducing a lath under the preform between two forming belts, opposite the point or at the point where the impression has been made, comprises at least: a secondary forming device, the secondary forming device comprising:

a belt supporting a forming lath, this belt being mounted on rollers, this belt sliding over a first plate, and facing the other side of the preform; and

a backing device, the backing device comprising: a belt mounted on rollers, the belt sliding over a second plate; the belts having a linear speed approximately equal to that of the forming belts.

6. Production line according to claim 5 , which further includes, downstream of the secondary forming device and also facing the backing device: a calibration device, the calibration device comprising: a belt mounted on rollers, the belt sliding over a plate; the belt having a linear speed approximately equal to that of the forming belts.

7. Production line according to claim 2 , wherein the hydraulic binder comprises gypsum plaster.

8. Production line according to claim 5 , wherein the first plate is made of marble.

9. Production line according to claim 5 , wherein the second plate is made of marble.

10. Production line according to claim 6 , wherein the plate is made of marble.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2020
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 051703/0598 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 18, 2016
From: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 039751/0807 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2015
From: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC
To: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 035523/0504 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2014
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS SECOND LIEN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC (F/K/A CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC)
Reel/Frame 032252/0210 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 2, 2013
From: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS SECOND LIEN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 031325/0645 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 1, 2013
From: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS FIRST LIEN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 031317/0950 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2013
From: LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA INC.
To: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC
Reel/Frame 031218/0288 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2013
From: LAFARGE, S.A.
To: LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 031180/0178 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2013
From: JALLON, PAUL; LAURENT, JEAN-LOUIS; PERONNET, FREDERIC; ARESE, ROGER; ZBINDEN, LIONEL; VIAL, EMMANUEL; MARTIN, LOIC
To: LAFARGE PLATRES
Reel/Frame 030511/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2013
From: LAFARGE PLATRES
To: LAFARGE SA
Reel/Frame 029856/0896 →