CN214833865U - Inverted trapezoidal assembled sandwich mirror surface composite board curtain wall system - Google Patents

Inverted trapezoidal assembled sandwich mirror surface composite board curtain wall system Download PDF

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CN214833865U
CN214833865U CN202022874950.0U CN202022874950U CN214833865U CN 214833865 U CN214833865 U CN 214833865U CN 202022874950 U CN202022874950 U CN 202022874950U CN 214833865 U CN214833865 U CN 214833865U
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佟克龙
李翠燕
张洪友
毕研超
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The utility model relates to an installation technical field of sandwich panel curtain specifically is a fall trapezoidal assembled sandwich mirror surface composite sheet curtain system, including curtain stand and sandwich mirror surface board, the vertical right side of installing the curtain stand that the slope was placed of sandwich mirror surface board, and sandwich mirror surface board is the concatenation of falling the trapezium structure, and beneficial effect is: the decorative unit panel of the inverted trapezoidal composite board curtain wall is produced and assembled in a factory, the assembly quality is good, the perfect exterior ornamental impression effect is ensured, the composite board curtain wall and the main structure are connected by the stainless steel sleeve connecting piece and the stainless steel spherical connecting bolt, the assembly is rapid, the indoor impression process is attractive, and the safety performance is superior; only need the grafting installation, the security performance is good, can install rapidly, in time change, and curtain physical properties is more excellent, adopts disconnected hot aluminum alloy equipment and heat preservation rock wool to fill, realizes disconnected hot thermal-insulated effect, and thermal-insulated sound insulation performance is excellent.

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Inverted trapezoidal assembled sandwich mirror surface composite board curtain wall system
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an installation technical field of sandwich panel curtain specifically is a trapezoidal assembled sandwich mirror surface composite sheet curtain system falls.
Background
The inverted trapezoidal composite plate curtain wall with the conventional design and construction and installation method in the traditional process has the following problems:
firstly, the conventional composite board curtain wall is constructed and installed by adopting a field gluing wet method, and the gluing position has the defect of easy glue pollution after installation;
secondly, in the conventional composite board curtain wall, a glue seam is formed by wet installation on a vertical surface, and the surface appearance is poor;
the conventional composite board curtain wall is not easy to form an inverted trapezoidal decorative effect and cannot meet the requirement of changing colorful decorative effects;
and fourthly, the conventional composite board curtain wall is constructed on site, the construction quality cannot be guaranteed, and the construction period cannot be guaranteed due to the influence of external factors.
The problems lead to the gradual loss of the advantages of the traditional composite plate curtain wall and the application of the traditional composite plate curtain wall to modern building curtain wall places.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a fall trapezoidal assembled sandwich mirror surface composite sheet curtain system to solve the problem that proposes among the above-mentioned background art.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
an inverted trapezoid assembly type sandwich mirror surface composite plate curtain wall system comprises a curtain wall upright post and a sandwich mirror surface plate, wherein the sandwich mirror surface plate is vertically arranged on the right side of the curtain wall upright post which is obliquely arranged and is spliced in an inverted trapezoid structure, compact heat-preservation rock wool is filled in an inner cavity of the sandwich mirror surface plate, mirror surface connecting steel pieces are transversely arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the sandwich mirror surface plate, a first vertical frame and a second vertical frame which are mutually spliced are arranged between a pair of adjacent sandwich mirror surface plates in the front and the back, the sandwich mirror surface plate and the mirror surface connecting steel pieces are connected in a splicing manner through a female transverse frame and a male transverse frame, a pair of self-tapping screws which are bilaterally symmetrical are arranged between the sandwich mirror surface plate and the mirror surface connecting steel pieces, the left side of the mirror surface connecting steel pieces extends to the right side of the curtain wall upright post, the curtain wall upright post is fixedly welded with the high positions of the mirror surface connecting steel pieces, curtain rail and mirror surface connection steel spare fixed connection, it has middle picture peg to peg graft in the relative one side joint gap of first mullion and second mullion, the left side of middle picture peg extends to the left end outside of sandwich mirror board, is provided with the screw hole in the middle of the left end face of middle picture peg, is provided with the slope connecting rod between a pair of curtain rail of parallel from top to bottom, the slope connecting rod passes through connecting bolt to be fixed on the curtain rail, and the through hole has been seted up to the interlude of slope connecting rod and the high position such as screw hole, it has the pull rod to slide in the through hole to peg graft, the one end screw thread of pull rod rotates and installs in the screwed hole, and the other end of pull rod is located the left side of slope connecting rod, and the left side tip of pull rod is provided with the stopper, the external diameter of stopper is greater than the internal diameter of through hole.
Preferably, first mullion and the fixed vertical side that bonds at sandwich mirror panel of second mullion, and first mullion and the cooperation of second mullion are pegged graft, and the grafting clearance intussuseption of first mullion and second mullion is filled with compact structure and is glued, and the joint gap outside of first mullion and second mullion is filled with outdoor waterproof rubber strip.
Preferably, female horizontal frame and the cooperation of public horizontal frame are pegged graft, and the grafting clearance intussuseption of female horizontal frame and public horizontal frame is filled with indoor waterproof rubber strip, all is provided with thermal-insulated disconnected hot strip in the interlude inner chamber of female horizontal frame and public horizontal frame, first mullion and second mullion.
Preferably, the curtain wall transverse steel is fixedly welded with a sleeve connecting piece, the sleeve connecting piece is sleeved on the outer wall of the mirror surface connecting steel piece, and the sleeve connecting piece and the mirror surface connecting steel piece are fixedly connected through a spherical bolt.
Preferably, one side that first mullion and second mullion are relative is provided with a pair of slot of mutual symmetry, the right side of middle picture peg is provided with the cylinder cutting corresponding with the slot, the cylinder cutting slides and pegs graft in the slot.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
1. the decorative unit panel of the inverted trapezoidal composite board curtain wall is produced and assembled in a factory, the assembly quality is good, the perfect exterior ornamental impression effect is ensured, the composite board curtain wall and the main structure are connected by the stainless steel sleeve connecting piece and the stainless steel spherical connecting bolt, the assembly is rapid, the indoor impression process is attractive, and the safety performance is superior;
2. the inverted trapezoidal composite board curtain wall of the utility model is installed only by plugging on site, has good safety performance, can be installed rapidly and replaced in time, has more excellent physical performance, adopts the heat-insulated aluminum alloy assembly and the heat-preservation rock wool filling, realizes the heat-insulated effect, has excellent heat-insulated and sound-insulated performance, adopts the plugging construction method, and is matched with the waterproof adhesive tape to realize dry construction, can also better realize the well-made waterproof function, and has more excellent air tightness performance;
3. the utility model discloses a picture peg in the middle of adding in the package assembly of plug-in type, the connecting rod on stand and horizontal steel is fixed in the cooperation to utilize the pull rod to realize carrying out the pretension to the curtain of assembly shaping, prevent that the curtain from empting when connecting pieces such as bolt are not fixed, the installation of curtain has been convenient greatly, has improved safety protection.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a sandwich mirror panel according to the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of the inclined connecting rod structure of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. curtain wall columns; 2. curtain wall transverse steel; 3. a sleeve connector; 4. a ball bolt; 5. heat preservation rock wool; 6. a female horizontal frame; 7. a sandwich mirror panel; 8. a male transverse frame; 9. the mirror surface is connected with a steel piece; 10. a self-tapping screw; 11. structural adhesive; 12. an outdoor waterproof adhesive tape; 13. a first mullion; 14. a second mullion; 15. heat insulation and heat insulation strips; 16. an indoor waterproof adhesive tape; 17. a middle plug board; 18. a slot; 19. a threaded hole; 20. cylindrical cutting; 21. a tilt link; 22. a connecting bolt; 23. a through hole; 24. a pull rod; 25. and a limiting block.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides a technical solution:
the utility model provides a fall trapezoidal assembled sandwich mirror surface composite sheet curtain system, including curtain stand 1 and sandwich mirror surface board 7, 7 vertical installing on the right side of the curtain stand 1 that the slope was placed of sandwich mirror surface board, and sandwich mirror surface board 7 is the trapezoidal structure concatenation of falling, mirror surface connection steel part 9 is transversely installed at the upper and lower both ends of sandwich mirror surface board 7, sandwich mirror surface board 7 is connected the plug-in connection through female horizontal frame 6 and public horizontal frame 8 between the steel part 9 with the mirror surface, and a pair of self-tapping screw 10 that is provided with bilateral symmetry between 7 of sandwich mirror surface board and the mirror surface connection steel part 9, thereby utilize the grafting of female horizontal frame 6 and public horizontal frame 8, realize the vertical fixed mounting of mirror surface sandwich board 7.
Be provided with first muntin 13 and the second muntin 14 of pegging graft each other between adjacent a pair of sandwich mirror panel 7 around, first muntin 13 and the fixed vertical side that bonds at sandwich mirror panel 7 of second muntin 14, and first muntin 13 and the cooperation of second muntin 14 are pegged graft, and the grafting clearance intussuseption of first muntin 13 and second muntin 14 is filled with compact structure and is glued 11, utilizes first muntin 13 and the convenient quick grafting installation between the adjacent sandwich mirror panel 7 around the realization of second muntin 14.
The left side of mirror surface connection steel part 9 extends to the right side of curtain stand 1, curtain stand 1 and the equal altitude fixed position welding of mirror surface connection steel part 9 have the horizontal steel 2 of curtain, the horizontal steel 2 of curtain and mirror surface connection steel part 9 fixed connection, fixed welding has sleeve connecting piece 3 on the horizontal steel 2 of curtain, sleeve connecting piece 3 cup joints the outer wall at mirror surface connection steel part 9, and through 4 fixed connection of spherical bolt between sleeve connecting piece 3 and the mirror surface connection steel part 9, utilize sleeve connecting piece 3 and spherical bolt 4, realize with 7 fixed mounting of sandwich plate mirror surface at the horizontal steel 2 of curtain, on the curtain stand 1.
The inner cavity of the sandwich mirror panel 7 is filled with compact heat-preservation rock wool 5, the outer side of a connecting gap between the first vertical frame 13 and the second vertical frame 14 is filled with an outdoor waterproof adhesive tape 12, the female transverse frame 6 and the male transverse frame 8 are matched and spliced, the splicing gap between the female transverse frame 6 and the male transverse frame 8 is filled with an indoor waterproof adhesive tape 16, the inner cavities of the middle sections of the female transverse frame 6, the male transverse frame 8, the first vertical frame 13 and the second vertical frame 14 are respectively provided with a heat-insulation and heat-insulation strip 15, the heat-insulation and heat-insulation aluminum alloy is assembled and the heat-preservation rock wool 5 is filled, the heat-insulation and heat-insulation effects are achieved, the heat-insulation and sound-insulation performance is excellent, the splicing construction method is adopted, the waterproof adhesive tape is matched, the dry construction is achieved, the well-made waterproof function can be better achieved, and the air tightness performance is more excellent.
First mullion 13 and the relative one side joint gap interpolation of second mullion 14 have middle picture peg 17, first mullion 13 and the relative one side of second mullion 14 are provided with a pair of slot 18 of mutual symmetry, the right side of middle picture peg 17 is provided with the cylinder cutting 20 corresponding with slot 18, cylinder cutting 20 slides and pegs graft in slot 18, utilize the cooperation of slot 18 and cylinder cutting 20, realize the grafting of middle picture peg 17, thereby utilize middle picture peg 17 to increase the joint strength between the adjacent sandwich mirror panel 7, the protection is extended to the grafting gap between first mullion 13 and the second mullion 14 simultaneously, it causes the corrosion to get into impurity in the avoiding clearance.
An inclined connecting rod 21 is arranged between a pair of curtain wall transverse steels 2 which are parallel up and down, the inclined connecting rod 21 is fixed on the curtain wall transverse steel 2 through a connecting bolt 22, the left side of a middle inserting plate 17 extends to the outer side of the left end of a sandwich mirror surface plate 7, a threaded hole 19 is arranged in the middle of the left end face of the middle inserting plate 17, a through hole 23 is formed in the middle section of the inclined connecting rod 21 and at the same height as the threaded hole 19, a pull rod 24 is inserted in the through hole 23 in a sliding mode, one end of the pull rod 24 is rotatably installed in the threaded hole 19 in a threaded mode, the other end of the pull rod 24 is located on the left side of the inclined connecting rod 21, a limiting block 25 is arranged at the left end of the pull rod 24, the outer diameter of the limiting block 25 is larger than the inner diameter of the through hole 23, the sliding insertion of the pull rod 24 is realized through the through hole 23, the threaded hole 19 is used for realizing the fixed connection between the pull rod 24 and the middle inserting plate 17, so that the pull rod 24 has a pre-tightening effect on the sandwich mirror surface plate 7, prevent through stopper 25 that sandwich mirror surface board 7 from empting or dropping, the curtain installation is mostly in the high altitude, has so not only improved factor of safety, avoids artifical the support before fixed simultaneously, has made things convenient for installation fixed operation greatly.
The working principle is as follows: thereby utilize the grafting of female horizontal frame 6 and public horizontal frame 8, realize the vertical fixed mounting of sandwich mirror panel 7, utilize first mullion 13 and second mullion 14 to realize the convenient quick grafting installation between the adjacent sandwich mirror panel 7 around, realize that the unit panel is decorated and produce the equipment in the mill, the equipment quality is good, guarantees perfect exterior trim impression effect.
The sandwich mirror panel 7 is fixedly installed on the curtain wall transverse steel 2 and the curtain wall upright post 1 by utilizing the sleeve connecting piece 3 and the spherical bolt 4, the assembly is rapid, the indoor appearance process is attractive, the safety performance is superior, the heat-insulation effect is realized by adopting heat-insulation aluminum alloy assembly and heat-preservation rock wool 5 filling, the heat-insulation and sound-insulation performance is excellent, the splicing construction method is adopted, and the dry construction is realized by matching with a waterproof adhesive tape, so that the well-made waterproof function and the more excellent air tightness can be better realized.
Utilize the cooperation of slot 18 and cylinder cutting 20, the grafting of picture peg 17 in the middle of realizing, thereby utilize middle picture peg 17 to increase the joint strength between the adjacent sandwich mirror panel 7, simultaneously to the protection of extending in the grafting clearance between first mullion 13 and the second mullion 14, it causes the corrosion to get into impurity in the clearance to avoid, utilize through hole 23 to realize the slip grafting of pull rod 24, utilize screw hole 19, realize the fixed connection between pull rod 24 and middle picture peg 17, thereby make pull rod 24 have the pretension effect to sandwich mirror panel 7, prevent through stopper 25 that sandwich mirror panel 7 from empting or dropping, the curtain installation is mostly in the high altitude, factor of safety has so not only been improved, avoid the manual work to support before fixed simultaneously, the installation fixed operation of being convenient greatly.
The structural adhesive 11, the outdoor waterproof adhesive tape 12, the indoor waterproof adhesive tape 16, the heat preservation rock wool 5 and the heat insulation and heat insulation strip 15 are all common heat preservation materials in the field and are not described in detail.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a trapezoidal assembled sandwich mirror surface composite sheet curtain system falls, includes curtain stand (1) and sandwich mirror surface board (7), its characterized in that: the sandwich mirror panel (7) is vertically arranged on the right side of a curtain wall upright post (1) placed in an inclined mode, the sandwich mirror panel (7) is spliced in an inverted trapezoidal structure, compact heat-preservation rock wool (5) is filled in an inner cavity of the sandwich mirror panel (7), mirror connection steel parts (9) are transversely arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the sandwich mirror panel (7), a first vertical frame (13) and a second vertical frame (14) which are mutually spliced are arranged between a pair of sandwich mirror panels (7) adjacent in the front and at the back, the sandwich mirror panel (7) and the mirror connection steel parts (9) are connected in a splicing mode through a female transverse frame (6) and a male transverse frame (8), a pair of self-tapping screws (10) which are bilaterally symmetrical are arranged between the sandwich mirror panel (7) and the mirror connection steel parts (9), and the left side of the mirror connection steel parts (9) extends to the right side of the curtain wall upright post (1), the curtain wall upright post (1) has the horizontal steel of curtain (2) with the fixed position welding such as mirror surface connecting steel spare (9) height, the horizontal steel of curtain (2) and mirror surface connecting steel spare (9) fixed connection, it has middle picture peg (17) to peg graft in the relative one side joint gap of first mullion (13) and second mullion (14), the left side of middle picture peg (17) extends to the left end outside of sandwich mirror panel (7), is provided with screw hole (19) in the middle of the left end face of middle picture peg (17), is provided with slope connecting rod (21) between a pair of curtain wall horizontal steel (2) of parallel from top to bottom, slope connecting rod (21) are fixed on the horizontal steel of curtain wall (2) through connecting bolt (22), and through hole (23) have been seted up to the interlude of slope connecting rod (21) and the high position such as screw hole (19), it has pull rod (24) to peg graft in through hole (23), one end of the pull rod (24) is rotatably installed in the threaded hole (19) through threads, the other end of the pull rod (24) is located on the left side of the inclined connecting rod (21), a limiting block (25) is arranged at the end portion of the left side of the pull rod (24), and the outer diameter of the limiting block (25) is larger than the inner diameter of the through hole (23).
2. The inverted trapezoidal fabricated sandwich mirror composite panel curtain wall system according to claim 1, wherein: the fixed vertical side that bonds at sandwich mirror panel (7) of first mullion (13) and second mullion (14), and first mullion (13) and second mullion (14) cooperation are pegged graft, and the grafting clearance intussuseption of first mullion (13) and second mullion (14) is filled with compact structure and is glued (11), and outdoor waterproof adhesive tape (12) have been scribbled to the joint gap outside of first mullion (13) and second mullion (14).
3. The inverted trapezoidal fabricated sandwich mirror composite panel curtain wall system according to claim 1, wherein: female horizontal frame (6) and public horizontal frame (8) cooperation are pegged graft, and the grafting clearance intussuseption of female horizontal frame (6) and public horizontal frame (8) is filled with indoor waterproof adhesive tape (16), all is provided with thermal-insulated disconnected hot strip (15) in the interlude inner chamber of female horizontal frame (6) and public horizontal frame (8), first mullion (13) and second mullion (14).
4. The inverted trapezoidal fabricated sandwich mirror composite panel curtain wall system according to claim 1, wherein: fixed welding has box connector (3) on horizontal steel (2) of curtain, box connector (3) cup joint the outer wall at mirror surface connection steel part (9), and through spherical bolt (4) fixed connection between box connector (3) and mirror surface connection steel part (9).
5. The inverted trapezoidal fabricated sandwich mirror composite panel curtain wall system according to claim 1, wherein: the utility model discloses a vertical column, including first mullion (13) and second mullion (14), first mullion (13) and second mullion (14) relative one side are provided with a pair of slot (18) of mutual symmetry, the right side of middle picture peg (17) is provided with cylinder cutting (20) corresponding with slot (18), cylinder cutting (20) slide and peg graft in slot (18).
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