EP0056173A1 - Air grating for use in the masonry of a building - Google Patents

Air grating for use in the masonry of a building Download PDF

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EP0056173A1
EP0056173A1 EP81201398A EP81201398A EP0056173A1 EP 0056173 A1 EP0056173 A1 EP 0056173A1 EP 81201398 A EP81201398 A EP 81201398A EP 81201398 A EP81201398 A EP 81201398A EP 0056173 A1 EP0056173 A1 EP 0056173A1
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Frederik Hermanus Egbert Rouwenhorst
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/70—Drying or keeping dry, e.g. by air vents
    • E04B1/7069—Drying or keeping dry, e.g. by air vents by ventilating
    • E04B1/7076—Air vents for walls
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F13/00—Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F13/00—Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
    • F24F13/08—Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates
    • F24F13/082—Grilles, registers or guards
    • F24F13/084—Grilles, registers or guards with mounting arrangements, e.g. snap fasteners for mounting to the wall or duct

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  • Such a grating is known, it is built into the brick wall of a building and serves for the aeration of the excavated space beneath the floor of the building in order to avoid rotting of the floor, particularly of the layer of wooden girders carrying the floor. Particularly in the case of introduction of insulating material, for example, foam into a cavity wall it should be checked whether the passage of air between the outer and inner openings of the cavity wall has been left satisfactorily free.
  • the known' air grating gets by resilient means into engagement with gripping means of a frame built into the wall opening or embedded in the concrete (see, for example, Swiss Patent Specification 437,706, French Patent Specification 1,100,659 or U.S. Patent Specification 2,722,170).
  • the air grating is made from a single piece of sheet material or when it is formed by a single spray-casting of synthetic resin.

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Abstract

An air grating which can easily be put in the masonry of a building structure consists of a flat grate plate and resilient limbs in opposite positions, the free ends of said limbs resiliently grip on the nearby bricks in a one-brick opening of the masonry.

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  • Air grating for use in the masonry of a building.
  • The invention relates to an air grating for use in the masonry of a buildinq.
  • Such a grating is known, it is built into the brick wall of a building and serves for the aeration of the excavated space beneath the floor of the building in order to avoid rotting of the floor, particularly of the layer of wooden girders carrying the floor. Particularly in the case of introduction of insulating material, for example, foam into a cavity wall it should be checked whether the passage of air between the outer and inner openings of the cavity wall has been left satisfactorily free.
  • The known' air grating gets by resilient means into engagement with gripping means of a frame built into the wall opening or embedded in the concrete (see, for example, Swiss Patent Specification 437,706, French Patent Specification 1,100,659 or U.S. Patent Specification 2,722,170).
  • The invention has for its object to provide a simple air grating. According to the invention the air grating is characterized in that it mainly consists of a flat qrate plate and resilient limbs in relatively opposite arrangement, said limbs being rigidly secured at one end to the plate and resiliently engaging by the free ends the bricks surrounding the opening formed by omitting one brick. This air grating does not require a framework built into the masonry and can be readily arranged in the opening made by taking out a brick, for example, subsequent to the insertion of insulating material.
  • Additionally firm fastening is ensured when each limb has a hook-shaped free end gripping around an inner edge of a brick.
  • Particularly low costs of manufacture are attained when the air grating is made from a single piece of sheet material or when it is formed by a single spray-casting of synthetic resin.
  • The invention will be set out in the following description with reference to a drawing.
  • The drawing shows in
    • Figure 1 a perspective view of a fraction of a building having an air grating embodying the invention,
    • Figure 2 an enlarged, perspective view of the air grating of Figure 1,
    • Figure 3 and 4 the air grating of Figures 1 and 2 in the operational positions,
    • Figure 5 a different air grating embodying the invention, and
    • Figure 6 a sectional view of a cavity wall during the introduction of insulating material.
  • In a cavity wall 1 of a building 2 an outer opening 3 and an inner opening 4 are formed in an outer wall part 5 and an inner wall partition 6 respectively by locally omitting bricks 7. The openings 3 and 4 are in substantially opposite positions and provide an air passage from the outside to the excavated space 8 beneath the floor 9 carried by wooden girders 10. The outer opening 3 is screened against vermin and leaves by an air grating 11 embodying the invention, which comprises two limbs 12 fastened thereto and resiliently engaging the bricks 7 bounding the outer opening 3. The free ends 13 of the limbs 12 are preferably hook-shaped for gripping behind the edges 14 of the bricks 7. For this purpose the length 1 between the grate plate 15 of the air grating 11 and the hook-shaped end 13 is adapted to the brick width b and is preferably slightly shorter.
  • In the absence of such adaption as shown in Figure 4 or in the absence of hook-shaped ends (Figure 5) fastening is somewhat less solid..
  • The air grating 11 may be formed by a spray-casting of synthetic resin or a metal object which may be zinked.
  • When afterwards the cavity wall 2 is insulated by means of insulating material 18, the air passage 20 may be guarded by inserting a piece of wood 19 through the outer opening 3 as far as into the cavity, by subsequently introducing the material and by subsequently removing the piece of wood 19. After an inspection of the work the air grating 11 embodying the invention is arranged in the outer opening 3.
  • The dimensions of the air grating 11 embodying the invention and in particular those of the resilient limbs 12 and their relative distance are adapted to the dimensions of a one-brick opening.

Claims (4)

1. An air grating for use in the masonry of a building, characterized in that the grating mainly consists of a flat grate plate and resilient limbs in opposite positions, said limbs being rigidly secured at one end to the plate and resiliently engaging by their free ends the bricks surrounding an opening made by omitting one brick from the masonry.
2. An air grating as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that each limb has a hook-shaped free end gripping around an inner edge of a brick.
3. An air grating as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the air grating is made from a single piece of sheet material.
4. An air grating as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the air grating is formed by a single spray-casting of synthetic resin.
EP19810201398 1981-01-13 1981-12-24 Air grating for use in the masonry of a building Expired EP0056173B1 (en)

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NL8100133 1981-01-13
NL8100133A NL8100133A (en) 1981-01-13 1981-01-13 AIR GRILL FOR A CONSTRUCTION.

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GB2162305A (en) * 1984-06-28 1986-01-29 Banbury Plastics Limited A ventilator
GB2174192B (en) * 1985-04-20 1989-05-10 Catnic Components Ltd Improvements in or relating to cavity-wall ventilators
FR2627261A1 (en) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-18 Hci Sa Fire damper for ventilation duct - has spring-clip orifice plate with bimetal flap
GB2234582A (en) * 1989-07-19 1991-02-06 Glidevale Building Prod Slot ventilator
AU628012B3 (en) * 1992-06-05 1992-07-15 Baxter, Phillip Thomas Ventilation duct
AU667220B2 (en) * 1992-07-10 1996-03-14 Glen William Farley An insert and pest deterrent for a weephole
GB2299664A (en) * 1995-03-31 1996-10-09 Hardware & Systems Patents Ltd Ventilator
GB2311597A (en) * 1996-03-27 1997-10-01 Titon Hardware Slot ventilator
EP1566499A1 (en) * 2004-02-19 2005-08-24 NGF Holding B.V. Wall vent screen

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FR1100659A (en) * 1953-05-16 1955-09-22 Svenska Flaektfabriken Ab Fixing device for a part provided with flanges intended to be fixed in a wall opening or the like
US2722170A (en) * 1951-05-16 1955-11-01 Svenska Flaektfabriken Ab Arrangement for supporting of ventilating grills and similar elements
CH437706A (en) * 1964-05-30 1967-06-15 Weka Metallbau Built-in box with slide ventilation
NL6602909A (en) * 1966-03-07 1967-09-08
US3364841A (en) * 1964-10-20 1968-01-23 Uchiyama Yoichi Slidably mounted perforated sheets
BE718623A (en) * 1967-07-26 1968-12-31
FR1587476A (en) * 1967-10-11 1970-03-20
FR2407435A1 (en) * 1977-10-26 1979-05-25 Aldes Plastics sleeve for air conditioning outlet - has externally moulded flexible tongues arranged spirally to grip and seal by flexing
US4274330A (en) * 1979-07-09 1981-06-23 Witten Automatic Vent Company, Inc. Ventilator and mounting frame assembly

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US2722170A (en) * 1951-05-16 1955-11-01 Svenska Flaektfabriken Ab Arrangement for supporting of ventilating grills and similar elements
FR1100659A (en) * 1953-05-16 1955-09-22 Svenska Flaektfabriken Ab Fixing device for a part provided with flanges intended to be fixed in a wall opening or the like
CH437706A (en) * 1964-05-30 1967-06-15 Weka Metallbau Built-in box with slide ventilation
US3364841A (en) * 1964-10-20 1968-01-23 Uchiyama Yoichi Slidably mounted perforated sheets
NL6602909A (en) * 1966-03-07 1967-09-08
BE718623A (en) * 1967-07-26 1968-12-31
FR1587476A (en) * 1967-10-11 1970-03-20
FR2407435A1 (en) * 1977-10-26 1979-05-25 Aldes Plastics sleeve for air conditioning outlet - has externally moulded flexible tongues arranged spirally to grip and seal by flexing
US4274330A (en) * 1979-07-09 1981-06-23 Witten Automatic Vent Company, Inc. Ventilator and mounting frame assembly

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2162305A (en) * 1984-06-28 1986-01-29 Banbury Plastics Limited A ventilator
GB2162305B (en) * 1984-06-28 1989-05-17 Banbury Plastics Limited A ventilator
GB2174192B (en) * 1985-04-20 1989-05-10 Catnic Components Ltd Improvements in or relating to cavity-wall ventilators
FR2627261A1 (en) * 1988-02-15 1989-08-18 Hci Sa Fire damper for ventilation duct - has spring-clip orifice plate with bimetal flap
GB2234582A (en) * 1989-07-19 1991-02-06 Glidevale Building Prod Slot ventilator
AU628012B3 (en) * 1992-06-05 1992-07-15 Baxter, Phillip Thomas Ventilation duct
AU667220B2 (en) * 1992-07-10 1996-03-14 Glen William Farley An insert and pest deterrent for a weephole
GB2299664A (en) * 1995-03-31 1996-10-09 Hardware & Systems Patents Ltd Ventilator
GB2311597A (en) * 1996-03-27 1997-10-01 Titon Hardware Slot ventilator
GB2311597B (en) * 1996-03-27 2000-10-18 Titon Hardware Slot ventilator
EP1566499A1 (en) * 2004-02-19 2005-08-24 NGF Holding B.V. Wall vent screen

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