Classifications

• • 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
  • E04B2/82—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge characterised by the manner in which edges are connected to the building; Means therefor; Special details of easily-removable partitions as far as related to the connection with other parts of the building
  • E04B2/825—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge characterised by the manner in which edges are connected to the building; Means therefor; Special details of easily-removable partitions as far as related to the connection with other parts of the building the connection between the floor and the ceiling being achieved without any restraining forces acting in the plane of the partition
• • 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
  • E04B2002/7488—Details of wiring

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a metal profile intended in particular for the production of partition support uprights.
• a first drawback of the profiles of the prior art is that, to make a simple room, we are forced to use a wide variety of profiles of specific shapes, which forces the user to make a large supply of all the necessary profiles, to the extent that the defect of a model has the effect of stopping the entire production.
• a second disadvantage is that the user, to ensure the assembly of these profiles, is forced to perform real metal carpentry operations such as milling or miter cuts. Under these conditions it is understood that such installation operations are long and complex and require the services of qualified personnel. It is also understood that it is particularly difficult to ensure the prefabrication of the various elements in the factory.
• the present invention thus relates to a structural profile, in particular for partitions, the cross section of which comprises two parallel U-shaped parts, intended to receive partition panels, characterized in that the internal branches of the U-shaped parts are joined by a transverse junction element placed at a short distance from their respective bases.
• the height of the external branches of the U-shaped parts will be greater than that of the internal branches, the difference in height being substantially equal to the thickness of the profile, which will make it possible to have a flat cover closing the opening of the branch. central section and to have in the same plane the plane of the cover and the ends of the branches profiles of U-shaped cross-sections.
• the total width of the profile will be twice the height of its external branches. Furthermore, in a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the spacing between the two wings of each of the two U-shaped cross-section parts will be equal to the thickness of the partition panels and the length of the transverse joining element is equal to the space which it is desired to provide between the two partition panels.
• This profile can be combined with itself to constitute in particular vertical uprights constituting junctions of several partitions, but it can also be used in combination with a complementary profile matched to it, the cross section of which comprises at least one part in U-shaped, the width of its base being substantially equal to the space separating the two internal branches of the U-shaped parts of the base profile.
• This complementary profile comprises on each of the sides forming the branches of the U two parallel and longitudinal wings whose height is equal to the spacing of the two U-shaped parts of the base profile.
• the upper parts of the two U-shaped branches of the complementary profile are connected by an element parallel to the base of this profile.
• each of the profile elements can be cut to size in the factory.
• the present invention thus also relates to an angular element characterized in that it consists of the association of two profile elements, at least one of which is a profile element according to the invention with an identical profile or a profile complementary.
• the profiles according to the invention can be combined to form vertical uprights and in particular vertical uprights in several directions.
• the present invention thus also relates to a partition structure upright of the type comprising the association of at least two sections, the cross section of which comprises two U-shaped parts intended to receive partition panels, which are joined in a area slightly removed from their bases by a flat part.
• the amount will include two profiles which will be joined by the base of the elements whose cross section is U-shaped and which constitutes a composite profile.
• the upright will include two additional profiles, the bases of the section elements b
• U-shaped straight sections will be fixed to the external sides of the U-shaped elements of the composite profile.
• FIG. 1 is a view in horizontal cross section of a profile according to the invention which forms a vertical stud resting against a wall.
• FIG. 2 is a view in horizontal cross section of an alternative embodiment of the profile according to the invention shown in FIG. 1.
• Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an application of the profile of Figure 2 in the implementation of a plinth resting on the ground.
• Figure 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of an assembly of several profiles according to the invention which are associated to form an upright ensuring a vertical junction of four partitions.
• FIG. 5 is a view in horizontal cross section of an alternative embodiment of the profile according to the invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4.
• FIG. 6 is a view in vertical section, of an angular association of two profiles according to the invention, along the line VI -VI of FIG. 7.
• Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view of the angular association of two profiles according to the invention shown in Figure 6, along the line VII-VII thereof.
• FIG. 8 is a view in vertical section of an angular association of a profile according to the invention and of a complementary profile, along line VIII-VIII of O
• Figure 9 is a vertical sectional view of the angular association of the two profiles shown in Figure 8, along the line IX-IX thereof.
• FIG. 10 is a view in horizontal section of the two sections shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 along the line X-X in FIG. 8.
• Figure 11 is a side view with vertical partial section, of the association of a profile according to the invention used as a plinth with a complementary profile and another profile, the assembly being intended to constitute a part of partition .
• FIG. 12 is a view in vertical cross section of a first complementary profile along the line XII-XII of FIG. 11.
• FIG. 13 is a view in horizontal cross section of a second complementary section along the line XIII-XIII of FIG. 11.
• FIG. 1 a cross section of a profile 1 according to the invention obtained in particular by extrusion.
• a profile comprises two U-shaped parts 3 which are parallel and which are joined at a distance a from their respective bases 3c by a flat part 5.
• the profile 1 is shown in horizontal section, so that it constitutes a vertical upright which is supported by its two bases 3c against a vertical wall 7.
• the interior of the two U-shaped parts 3 has a width e equal to that of the wall panels 9 which they are intended to receive.
• distance 1 . separating the two internal branches 3b of parts 3 with a U-shaped cross section is equal to the inter-panel distance desired for the wall thus produced.
• This width 1. corresponds for example to the thickness of the thermal and / or sound insulation that it is desired to have between these panels 9.
• the height h of the outer branches 3a and inner 3b of the parts 3 in U will be equal to half the width L of the profile 1.
• Such a profile is particularly advantageous in that it allows, due to the large height of the branches 3a and 3b, to compensate for the non-perpendicularity of a floor and a wall on which such profiles are applied.
• the profile coming to bear on the wall 7 only on two vertical zones corresponding to its base 3c it is understood that this profile occupies on the wall a stable position even if, as shown in Figure 1, it has irregularities between the two bases 3c.
• Such a profile is also advantageous insofar as it can be used as well, as shown in FIG.
• a plinth that is to say a lower part of such a frame, or the upper part thereof.
• a profile to make a plinth, that is to say that, in this figure, the two bases 3c of the profile 1 are supported on a floor 13.
• the profile 1 maintains of two glass walls 14 o
• the profile 1 is also advantageous in that it makes it possible to fix, in the volume 10 comprised between the two U-shaped parts 3, any attachment or separation device which is fixed on the planar element 5.
• the offset , (height a) of this planar element relative to the bases 3c in fact makes it possible to use fixing systems, constituted for example by “pop” rivets or by screws, which can pass through the wall 5 without however come to bear against the plane (floor or wall) on which the profile is placed, which would have the effect of disturbing the proper support of the latter.
• the profile 1 or, more precisely, the volume 10 can be closed by a shutter 15, the cross section of which is U-shaped and the branches of which bear against the internal branches 3b of the parts 3.
• the internal branches 3b will be shorter than the external branches 3a, so that, once the shutter 15 is in place, the upper plane P thereof is located in the extension of the upper part of the external branches 3a, as shown in FIG. 3.
• the fixing of the shutter 15 can be ensured by the cooperation of ribs 16 provided on the profile 1 and of ribs 17 provided on the shutter 15.
• the closure of the internal volume 10 of the profile 1 gives it on the one hand cosmetic advantages when the partitions 14 are made of a transparent material, and also confers functional safety advantages in the since this closure makes it possible to reserve a volume for the passage of fasteners and / or electrical conduits or various conduits.
• the profile 1 according to the invention can be easily assembled at an angle using simple fixing means requiring only sawing and drilling / screwing operations.
• a first profile la is supported on the ground 13 and thus constitutes a plinth and the second profile lb is supported against a wall 7.
• the profile lb is cut along its cross section and is fixed to the profile la by means a bracket 30, the horizontal branch of which is screwed onto the flat part 5a of the profile 1a and the vertical branch is fixed to the flat part 5b of the second profile 1b.
• Such a method of attachment can be achieved either by POP rivets, or, as shown in FIGS.
• the profile according to the invention can not only be used to constitute the vertical and horizontal uprights of a frame intended to ensure the maintenance of partition panels, but also to produce branches, or crossings of various partitions, as shown in FIG. 4.
• the bases 3c of these two other sections le and ld are applied against the external branches 3a of the composite profile.
• the fixing is ensured by screws 21 which are introduced from the internal volume 10 of the profiles le and ld in the flat parts 5c and 5d of these profiles and in the external walls 3a of U-shaped cross section of the composite profile and which are screwed in the outer branches of the U-shaped parts.
• the profile 1 according to the invention is also advantageous in that it can be centered quickly relative to an upright, in particular a vertical upright 23 by means of a wedge 25 which is fixed on the amount 23 or which may be a boss thereof.
• the profile 1 according to the present invention is also advantageous in that it makes it possible to receive, once the structure is in place, a stiffening element 27, consisting of a steel tube of rectangular section whose width corresponding to that existing between the internal walls of the U-shaped cross-section profiles.
• This stiffening element 27 has the effect on the one hand of improving all of the mechanical characteristics of the profile, such as in particular its resistance to compression and to bending and on the other hand the fire resistance of the structure. It can thus be used to easily and quickly transform normal partitions into fire partitions. It is thus particularly advantageous when it is adapted to arrangements of partitions as well as those represented in FIG. 4.
• Profile 1 according to the invention can be used in particular with a profile of complementary shape allowing other combinations.
• This complementary profile 40 is shown in Figures 12 and 8 to 10.
• This profile 40 has a U-shaped cross section whose side branches 40a are each provided with two small perpendicular wings 40b.
• FIGS. 8 to 10 show an arrangement of this complementary profile 40 with a main profile 1, in which the latter forms a plinth bearing on the ground 13 and the complementary profile 40 forms a vertical upright bearing against a wall 7.
• the combination of these two profiles is advantageous insofar as, as before, their assembly is done at from cuts at right angles and their maintenance is ensured by a simple U, in particular in folded sheet 42.
• FIG. 11 shows a combination of a base profile 1 according to the invention with a first complementary profile 40 used as a horizontal upright and a second complementary profile 50 which, as shown in FIG. 13, is a complementary profile 40, the ends of the U-shaped branches of which have been joined by an element parallel to its base so as to form a rectangular cross section.
• Such a combination of profiles is particularly advantageous insofar as it makes it possible to have, between the complementary profile 40 and the base profile 1, any means suitable for producing a specific partition.
• the complementary profile 50 is fixed to the base profile 1 by means of a U-shaped element, of the type used in FIG. 10.
• the profile 40 is fixed to the profile 50 is also produced by a U-shaped element 53 whose base 52 is fixed by screwing into the wall of the profile 50.
• the complementary profile 40 is fixed to the U-shaped element 53 by screws 55 which are screwed into the wings 56 thereof.
• each of the profile elements can be cut to size in the factory.
• angular elements in the factory, composed of an association of two main sections as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 or of a section main and a secondary profile as shown in Figures 8 to 10. These angular elements will have a short length and will be intended to be combined with rectilinear elements, their practical interest being to avoid the installer having to make on-site connections at right angles to profiles.

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