(19)
(11) EP 2 907 938 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
23.12.2015 Bulletin 2015/52

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.08.2015 Bulletin 2015/34

(43) Date of publication:
19.08.2015 Bulletin 2015/34

(21) Application number: 14155559.9

(22) Date of filing: 18.02.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
E04F 21/18(2006.01)
B25J 9/16(2006.01)
 E04F 21/22(2006.01)
B65G 47/91(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(71) Applicant: IR.Eng.Limited
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon (HK)

(72) Inventor:
  • Trobec, Etienne
    1820 Montreux (CH)

(74) Representative: Bittner, Thomas L. 
Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Apparatus and method for placing a tile on a floor


(57) The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for placing a tile (7, 25) on a floor, comprising a holding device (2) configured to hold a stack of tiles (3), a positioning device (5) configured to hold a tile (7, 25) of the stack of tiles (3), a measuring device (18) configured to determine a coordination of the tile (7, 25), and a control device configured to receive measurement signals from the measuring device (18) and further configured to provide control signals to the positioning device (5), wherein the positioning device (5) is further configured to place the tile (7, 25) on the floor according to the control signals provided by the control device. Furthermore, a method for placing a tile on a floor is provided (Fig. 1)