Classifications

• • 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
  • E04B1/38—Connections for building structures in general
  • E04B1/61—Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other
  • E04B1/6108—Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other the frontal surfaces of the slabs connected together
  • E04B1/612—Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other the frontal surfaces of the slabs connected together by means between frontal surfaces
  • E04B1/6183—Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other the frontal surfaces of the slabs connected together by means between frontal surfaces with rotatable locking means co-operating with a recess
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
  • E04B2/7407—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts
  • E04B2/7453—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with panels and support posts, extending from floor to ceiling

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a corner post for the assembly of two insulating panels forming the walls of an isothermal enclosure.
• This panel finds its application more particularly in the production of refrigerated chambers, in which the conditions of hygiene and temperature must be controlled.
• the term post must be taken in the broad sense, because it can just as easily relate to a vertical element intended to assemble two vertical panels arranged at right angles to each other, as a horizontal element intended to ensure the assembly between vertical panels and horizontal panels.
• hooking members such as hooks pivotally mounted about a transverse axis of the panel and able to pass from an erasing position in the panel to a position locking in which they are hooked behind fixed transverse elements arranged in the opposite element.
• hooking members such as hooks pivotally mounted about a transverse axis of the panel and able to pass from an erasing position in the panel to a position locking in which they are hooked behind fixed transverse elements arranged in the opposite element.
• These fixed transverse elements can be constituted by cylindrical fingers housed in holes formed transversely and horizontally in the post and passing through a longitudinal groove emerging from the assembly face thereof. Thus, each hook can be engaged in the groove and come to lock behind this axis.
• each of the hooks of a partition panel is hooked on the edge of a vertical light formed by machining in a wall of the post, said light having a length sufficient to allow the passage of the hook during from its pivoting from its erasing position to its locking position.
• This method of hooking known for ensuring the connection of metal frames, cannot be transposed directly to a post made of material which is not conductive of heat and for example of plastic material, since the wall comprising the opening and its environment does not would not exhibit sufficient strength.
• the object of the invention is to provide a corner post for the assembly of two insulating panels, which has a simple structure, and allows the hooking of the fastening members of the panels, at any point of its length, and by limiting the number of parts to be used.
• the post is made of extruded synthetic material, such as polyvinyl chloride and each of its assembly walls comprises, in its zone for receiving the hooks of the panel, a longitudinal internal box of rectangular cross section, the two of which long sides are formed by walls arranged perpendicular to the assembly wall and spaced apart from the thickness of a hook, and the short inner side of which is constituted by a single wall, while the short outer side, in which are made the openings for the passage of the hooks, is constituted by two parallel walls spaced apart and connected by at least one spacer, said box itself being connected by spacer walls to the other walls of the post.
• extruded synthetic material such as polyvinyl chloride
• this plastic post is particularly resistant, even in the hooking area of the hooks since its part receiving the support of each hook consists of two spaced and braced walls, reinforced by the box which they make part and by the bracing walls which surround them.
• Such a post therefore makes it possible to assemble the angles of an isothermal enclosure in the same way as a metal post but without generating thermal bridges with the outside, while replacing the use of external fastening members by machining. forming the hooking edges.
• each of its assembly walls is doubled by an internal wall parallel to it and to which it is connected by bracing walls.
• This arrangement improves the rigidity of the assembly wall and of the box in which the openings forming the assembly edges are formed.
• each internal box is set back with respect to the corresponding assembly wall and constitutes the bottom of a groove whose sides flare outward. If the hooks are not perfectly positioned opposite the openings in the boxes to receive them, one of the flared sides of the groove guides their ends and brings them back in line with the opening.
• each of the insulating panels 2 comprises a core 3 of expanded plastic material, coated with facing walls 4.
• each attachment zone comprises a housing 6 embedded in the panel and inside which is pivotally mounted, about a transverse and horizontal axis, a hook 7.
• the hook In the erasing position, the hook is housed entirely in the housing 6, while, in the locked position, it protrudes by its curved end from the end face of the panel.
• This hook 7 can be actuated in rotation using a tool, not shown in the drawing, passing through a hole 8 shown in FIG. 4 and emerging from one of the facings of the panel.
• Each hook 7 is associated with a system cams, not shown, for clamping each panel 2 against a post 5.
• the post 5 is made of extruded plastic, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
• PVC polyvinyl chloride
• assembly walls two walls 9 which, perpendicular to each other and intended to come face to face with the assembly faces of the panels 2, are called assembly walls,
• Each of the assembly walls 9 comprises, in its longitudinal area for receiving the hooks 7, an internal longitudinal box 15 having a rectangular cross section. This box is delimited:
• the boxes 15 of the post are connected to each other, to the outer wall 10 and optionally to the assembly walls 9, by spacer walls 13, defining a honeycomb structure having the shape shown in Figures 2 and 4 or a nest shape of bees.
• each assembly wall 9 is doubled by an internal wall 9a, parallel to it and to which it is connected by bracing walls 18. Thanks to these various reinforcements , and although made of plastic, the profile of the post has great transverse and longitudinal rigidity.
• each wall 16 of a box 15 is set back from the adjoining assembly wall 9 and constitutes the bottom of a groove 14, of trapezoidal section, and the sides 14a of which go in s' flaring from the bottom outwards.
• each post is prepared by machining lights 20, visible in FIGS. 1 and 3, in the walls 15c, 16 and 17 of the box 15. These lights are spaced apart longitudinally and arranged in the tilting zones of the hooks of the panels to be assembled.
• the post has a square cross section as shown by the dashed line 22 in Figure 2 and has three assembly walls 9 distributed in U, each wall having a structure identical to that of the two walls shown in this figure.
• the post can be arranged vertically, but also horizontally, to assemble a vertical panel with a horizontal panel.
• the openings 20 machined in the post are produced in pairs and spaced little apart to form a bridge between them allowing hooking above or below.

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