1. A leveling device for laying tiles comprising:
a tie-rod (2) having a support base (4) for edge portions of one or more adjacent tiles and a projecting element (5) from said support base (4), configured to be arranged in junctions between the adjacent tiles; and
a knob (3) configured to be coupled to said projecting element (5) and having an outlet pass-through hole (6) for a free end (7) of said projecting element (5), said knob (3) forcing at least the edge portions of the adjacent tiles against said base (4), thereby leveling the tiles,
wherein said knob (3) comprises at least one cap (10) having said outlet pass-through hole (6) and configured to receive and retain, by snap coupling elements (11), a blocking tie-rod (12), hooking and retaining said projecting element (5) inside a pass-through channel (13) defined in said blocking tie-rod (12), and
wherein said blocking tie-rod (12) are sectioned into at least two half-shells (15) configured to mutually couple, thereby embracing and constraining said projecting element (5) when inserted in said cap (10), and to separate, thereby freeing said projecting element (5) when at least partially extracted from said cap (10).
2. The leveling device according to claim 1, wherein said snap coupling elements (11) comprise at least one protrusion (20) lateral to said blocking tie-rod (12) and configured to interact with a collar (21) protruding inside said cap (10).
3. The leveling device according to claim 1, wherein said half-shells (15) are shaped to allow their oscillation with respect to a plane of mutual contact, said oscillation allowing said two half-shells (15) to assume at least two coupling positions selected from the group consisting of:
a first position, in which first ends (25) facing each other of said half-shells (15) are in contact while second ends (26) are spread apart; and
a second position, in which said first ends (25) of said half-shells (15) are spread apart and said second ends (26) are in contact.
4. The leveling device according to claim 3, wherein said first ends (25) of said half-shells (15) are coupled to one another by hinges (30).
5. The leveling device according to claim 1, wherein said projecting element (5) is constrained in said blocking tie-rod (12) by a thread (23) formed on said projecting element (5) and a mating female portion (24) provided in said channel (13).
6. The leveling device according to claim 1, wherein said projecting element (5) is constrained in said blocking tie-rod by one or more protrusions formed on a lateral surface of said projecting element and at least one tooth projecting from an inner surface of said channel.
7. The leveling device according to claim 6, wherein said protrusions are shaped as a rack.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A wet wipe comprising:
a fibrous sheet material; and
a solution comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is a solvent derived from agricultural crops and selected from soy methyl ester, one or more lactate esters, ethyl lactate, or suitable combinations thereof, and the second portion is a vegetable oil, fruit oil, animal fat, algae oil, halophyte oil, or fungi oil lubricant, and wherein the fibrous sheet material is at least about 50 percent by weight biodegradable or compostable.
2. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the fibrous sheet material is selected from hydro-entangled materials; melt-blown web materials; co-formed web materials; air-laid web materials and bonded carded web materials.
3. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the fibrous sheet material is a co-formed base sheet of polymeric microfibers and cellulosic fibers.
4. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the fibrous sheet material is multi-layered material formed from an elastomeric film or melt-blown layer disposed between two co-formed layers.
5. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the wipe contains about 150 weight percent to about 600 weight percent solution based on the dry weight of the wipe.
6. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the solution evaporates and the second portion is biodegradable.
7. The wet wipe of claim 1, further comprising mineral spirits.
8. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the first portion is soy methyl ester and the second portion is refined soybean oil.
9. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the solution is selected from one or more soybean oils, one or more rape seed oils, one or more corn oils, one or more sunflower oils, one or more palm kernel oils, one or more coconut oils, one or more cottonseed oils, one or more olive oils, one or more palm oils, one or more peanut oil, one or more safflower oils, one or more sesame oils, one or more nut oils, one or more melon seed oils, one or more gourd seed oils, one or more flax seed oils, one or more hemp oils, one or more wheat germ oils, one or more castor oils, one or more rice bran oils, one or more tung oils, one or more vegetable oils, one or more fruit oils, one or more animal fats, tallow, lard, yellow grease, one or more fish oils, one or more algae oils, copaiba, one or more oils from halophytes, one or more oils from fungi, or suitable combinations of two or more thereof.
10. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the solution ranges in volume from 0 to about 99.9 percent.
11. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution further comprises water, one or more emollients, one or more surfactants, one or more preservatives, one or more chelating agents, one or more pH buffers, one or more fragrances, one or more lotions, one or more carrier agents, one or more disinfectants, one or more binders, or suitable combinations of two or more thereof.
12. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution further comprises a third portion which is inert.
13. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution comprises:
about 80 percent by volume water;
about 10 percent by volume alcohol;
about 5 percent by volume refined soybean oil;
about 3 percent by volume mineral spirits; and
about 2 percent by volume binder additive,
and wherein the fibrous sheet material is impregnated with the solution.
14. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution comprises:
from 0.1 percent by volume to about 99.9 percent by volume of the second portion and from 99.9 percent by volume to about 0.1 percent by volume of the first portion.
15. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution further comprises an additional solvent.
16. The wet wipe of claim 15, wherein the additional solvent is one or more alcohols.
17. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution comprises from about 2.5 percent by volume to about 95 percent by volume of the lubricant, and from about 97.5 percent by volume to about 5 percent by volume of the solvent.
18. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution comprises from about 5 percent by volume to about 90 percent by volume of the lubricant, and from about 95 percent by volume to about 10 percent by volume of the solvent.
19. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution comprises from about 7.5 percent by volume to about 85 percent by volume of the lubricant, and from about 92.5 percent by volume to about 15 percent by volume of the solvent.
20. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the solution comprises from about 10 percent by volume to about 80 percent by volume of the lubricant, and from about 90 percent by volume to about 20 percent by volume of the solvent.
21. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the first portion is soy methyl ester and the second portion is soybean oil, and further comprising mineral spirits.
22. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the first portion is present in an amount of at least about 20% by volume and the second portion is present in an amount of at least 2.5% by volume.
23. A wet wipe comprising:
a fibrous sheet material; and
a solution comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is mineral spirits and the second portion is soybean oil, wherein the second portion of the solution is present in at least about 2.5% by volume, and wherein the fibrous sheet material is at least about 50 percent by weight biodegradable or compostable.
24. A wet wipe comprising:
a fibrous sheet material that is at least about 50 percent by weight biodegradable or compostable; and
a solution comprising about 40% to about 50% soybean oil, about 50% to about 60% of soy methyl ester, and a preservative.
25. A wet wipe comprising:
a fibrous sheet material; and
a solution comprising a first portion and a second portion,
wherein the first portion is a solvent derived from agricultural crops, and the second portion is a vegetable oil, fruit oil, animal fat, algae oil, halophyte oil, or fungi oil lubricant and is present in at least about 2.5% by volume, and wherein the fibrous sheet material is at least about 50 percent by weight biodegradable or compostable.
26. A wet wipe comprising:
a fibrous sheet material; and
a solution comprising a first portion and a second portion,
wherein the first portion is a solvent derived from agricultural crops and is present in at least about 20% by volume, and the second portion is a vegetable oil, fruit oil, animal fat, algae oil, halophyte oil, or fungi oil lubricant, and wherein the fibrous sheet material is at least about 50 percent by weight biodegradable or compostable.
27. A wet wipe comprising:
a fibrous sheet material that is biodegradable andor compostable; and
a solution comprising:
from about 2.5 percent by volume to about 99.9 percent by volume of at least one vegetable oil, fruit oil, animal fat, algae oil, halophyte oil, or fungi oil lubricant; and
from about 97.5 percent by volume to about 0.1 percent by volume of at least one solvent derived from agricultural crops.
28. A wet wipe comprising:
a fibrous sheet material that is biodegradable andor compostable; and
a solution comprising:
from about 0.1 percent by volume to about 80 percent by volume of at least one vegetable oil, fruit oil, animal fat, algae oil, halophyte oil, or fungi oil lubricant; and
from about 99.9 percent by volume to about 20 percent by volume of at least one solvent derived from agricultural crops.
29. The wet wipe of claim 1, wherein the lubricant is present in an amount from about 2.5 percent by volume to about 80 percent by volume, and wherein the solvent is present in an amount from about 97.5 percent by volume to about 20 percent by volume.
30. A method of cleaning a surface comprising contacting the wipe of claim 1 to a surface comprising a substance, and removing the substance from the surface.
31. A method of cleaning a surface comprising contacting the wipe of claim 14 to a surface comprising a substance, and removing the substance from the surface.