EP0945569B1 - Flexible Verbindungsvorrichtung für Panele, insbesondere für Metalpanele von Zäunen - Google Patents

Flexible Verbindungsvorrichtung für Panele, insbesondere für Metalpanele von Zäunen Download PDF

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EP0945569B1
EP0945569B1 EP99104307A EP99104307A EP0945569B1 EP 0945569 B1 EP0945569 B1 EP 0945569B1 EP 99104307 A EP99104307 A EP 99104307A EP 99104307 A EP99104307 A EP 99104307A EP 0945569 B1 EP0945569 B1 EP 0945569B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/16—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames
    • E04H17/165—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames using panels with rigid filling and frame
    • E04H17/166—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames using panels with rigid filling and frame with cross-members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/16—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames
    • E04H17/17—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames brackets for the connection between panels and posts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1417—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members with vertical cross-members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447—Details of connections between rails and posts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447—Details of connections between rails and posts
    • E04H17/1452—Details of connections between rails and posts the ends of the rails are fixed on the lateral sides of the posts

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  • the present invention refers to a flexible connection device for panelings, particularly for metallic panels for fencings.
  • the installing person must provide preparing some panels with an exact measure, by cutting them from the standard ones, and therefore it must often provide installing metallic support rods to which these final panels must be connected: when particularly severe situations occur, the metallic rods to be provided are as many as two, one providing the support for a set of incoming panels, and the other one composing the support for another set of outgoing panels.
  • All panels for fencings are equipped with a plurality of connection devices, usually shaped with drilled wings or ears projecting from every panel and adapted to allow securing the panel on support rods or sometimes to other panels.
  • connection devices in case of cutting of final panels, must be rebuilt and welded again to panel crop ends, and sometimes must also be reworked (for example by cutting and bending their structures) to allow non-rectilinear connections of the panels.
  • connection device which forms the preamble of claim 1, is disclosed in US-A-5 026 028.
  • Object of the present invention is solving the above prior-art problems, by providing a device for connecting panelings that has a very reduced cost and that does not require re-workings before its easy assembly on the interested panel.
  • a further object of the present invention is providing a device for connecting panelings that allows a flexible connection of panelings one to the other, providing a final fencing with different shapes and perfectly adaptable to the open space to be enclosed.
  • the flexible connection device 1 for panelings is substantially composed of a section bar 5 whose cross-section is shaped as a C that is equipped with a projecting wing 7.
  • This wing 7 has at least one hole drilled therein, that allows its different future connections.
  • the section bar 5 has obtained therein at least one pair of holes, one hole for every arm of the C, and preferably, as shown, two pairs of holes, also adapted for the following connections.
  • the device 1 is further equipped with a L-shaped bracket 9, that has obtained therein at least one hole for every arm of the L.
  • the first hole is useful for a rotary connection of the bracket 9 to the wing 7 by using connection means 11 that penetrate into both holes of bracket 9 and wing 7.
  • the connection means 11, that are commonly composed of rivets, allow inclining the bracket 9 with respect to the wing 7 (and therefore with respect to device 1 and panels 3) in order to adapt the resulting fencing to any bending or roughness of the ground, as also shown in Fig. 3.
  • the bracket 9 is adapted to be secured to a support rod 13 of the fencing, as shown in Fig. 1.
  • usually two devices 1 are connected to the two upper and lower side ends of every panel 3, in order to guarantee a more complete and stronger fixing to the support rod 13.
  • the device 1 of the present invention is finally equipped with securing means 15 placed in the at least one pair of holes in the section bar 5: these securing means, that are commonly composed of a screw 17 and a corresponding bolt 19, are adapted to secure the section bar 5 to the metallic panels 3, after having placed every section bar 5 astride of the metallic panel 3 itself. In this way, a further translation flexibility for the section bar 5 is guaranteed longitudinally on the panel 3, after having secured it thereabove.
  • At least one of the holes of bracket 9, particularly the one serving for the connection to the support rod 13, is composed of a slot, that is an elongated hole, for a further installation flexibility.
  • the holes in section bar 5 can be composed of elongated slots adapted to contain at least one of the securing means 15.
  • the device 1 of the present invention has been previously described. Obviously, it can be built according to several configurations and different embodiments, depending on the applications for which it is provided.
  • the bracket 9 can be omitted and the device 1 can be used to directly connect pairs of panels 3 one to the other, by using the respective slots 7: they can be connected one to the other through securing means that are similar to the previous ones, for example of the rivet type, in order to guarantee the maximum flexibility of use.
  • the space to be enclosed it is provided to manufacture a set of standard metallic panels 3 and some panels 3 that are cut to exact measures.
  • the two embodiments of the device 1 of the present invention are used (adequately pre-fixed to the different panels 3) to mutually connect the panels 3, or to secure the panels 3 to the support rods 13.
  • the fencing is completed and it faithfully follows the outline and the roughnesses of the enclosed space, through a simple, quick, flexible and highly strong operation.

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Claims (8)

  1. Vorrichtung zur flexiblen Verbindung (1) von Tafelwerk, insbesondere für Metalltafeln (3) für Umfriedungen, bestehend aus:
    einer Profilleiste (5) mit einem C-förmigen Querschnitt; die Profilleiste (5) weist mindestens ein Paar Bohrungen auf, eine pro Arm von C; sowie
    Befestigungselementen (15), mit Sitz in mindestens einem Paar der Bohrungen der Profilleiste und zur Befestigung der Profilleiste (5) an den Metalltafeln (3) vorgesehen;
       diese Vorrichtung (1) ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ausserdem folgende Teile Bauteile umfasst:
    einen vorstehenden Flügel (7), der mindestens eine Bohrung aufweist, dieser vorstehende Flügel (7), der sich über einen Teil der Längsseite von C erstreckt und die beiden Arme von C verbindet und der sich im Verhältnis zu Profilleiste (5) in Längsrichtung sowie entlang einer Richtung, die sich im rechten Winkel zu der Richtung befindet, in die sich die beiden Arme von C erstrecken, ausdehnt.
  2. Vorrichtung zur flexiblen Verbindung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie weiterhin eine Halterung (9) in L-Form umfasst, diese Halterung (9), die mindestens eine Bohrung für jeden Arm von L aufweist und die mit Verbindungselementen (11), die in beide Bohrungen der Halterung (9) und des Flügels (7) eingeführt sind, drehend mit Flügel (7) verbunden ist und die für die Befestigung an einer Stützstange (13) der Umfriedung vorgesehen ist.
  3. Vorrichtung zur flexiblen Verbindung (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens eine der beiden Bohrungen der Halterung (9) aus einer Öse besteht.
  4. Vorrichtung zur flexiblen Verbindung (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Profilleiste (5) mit zwei Paar Bohrungen versehen ist, in die zwei Schrauben (17) mit Mutterschrauben (19) eingeführt sind, die Schrauben (17) sind zur Befestigung der Vorrichtung (1) an die Metalltafel (3) vorgesehen.
  5. Vorrichtung zur flexiblen Verbindung (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens ein Paar der Bohrungen der Profilleiste (5) aus verlängerten Ösen bestehen, in die mindestens eines der Befestigungselemente (15) eingeführt ist.
  6. Vorrichtung zur flexiblen Verbindung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Flügel (7) der Profilleiste (5) mit Verbindungselementen (11) vom Typ Nieten, drehend mit einem entsprechenden Flügel (7) einer anderen Profilleiste verbunden ist.
  7. Vorrichtung zur flexiblen Verbindung (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Flügel (7) der Profilleiste (5) mit Verbindungselementen (11) vom Typ Nieten, drehend mit der genannten Halterung (9) verbunden ist.
  8. Metalltafeln (3), insbesondere für Umfriedungen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie mindestens mit einer der Verbindungsvorrichtungen (1) nach einem der Ansprüche von 1 bis 7 ausgestattet sind, die Verbindungsvorrichtungen (1) sind an den oberen und/oder unteren Enden der Tafeln (3) befestigt.
EP99104307A 1998-03-26 1999-03-03 Flexible Verbindungsvorrichtung für Panele, insbesondere für Metalpanele von Zäunen Expired - Lifetime EP0945569B1 (de)

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ITTO980056U 1998-03-26
IT1998TO000056U IT245815Y1 (it) 1998-03-26 1998-03-26 Dispositivo di collegamento flessibile per pannellature, inparticolare per pannelli metallici per recinzioni
ITTO980056 1998-03-26

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