Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
  • E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
  • E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
  • E04F13/0801—Separate fastening elements
  • E04F13/0803—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements
  • E04F13/081—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements
  • E04F13/0821—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements the additional fastening elements located in-between two adjacent covering elements
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
  • E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
  • E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
  • E04F13/0801—Separate fastening elements
  • E04F13/0803—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements
  • E04F13/081—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements
  • E04F13/0821—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements the additional fastening elements located in-between two adjacent covering elements
  • E04F13/0826—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements the additional fastening elements located in-between two adjacent covering elements engaging side grooves running along the whole length of the covering elements

Definitions

• Multi elements support for facework of ventilated walls
• the present invention addresses a multi elements support for facework of walls, particularly ventilated walls.
• Prior art support means for ventilated walls are known to be substantially composed of uprights comprising specially shaped fixed plates for engagement of the edges of the facework components, such as slabs, tiles and the like.
• the problem on which the present invention is based is to provide a multi elements support for facework of ventilated walls whose structural and functional features obviate such drawbacks .
• the multi elements support for facework of ventilated walls is composed of a movable plate for lower anchorage, a movable plate for upper anchorage and a base plate for connection to the uprights and/or crosspieces of the framework;
• the base plate may be configured for attachment on or between the edges of the profiles that form the uprights of the framework, or for fixed anchorage on straight uprights and/or crosspieces;
• the movable plates have upper and lower anchor tabs ;
• the support elements may be assembled together and position- adjusted and are self-locking and vertically slideable to opening and closing positions for supporting and locking the ventilated wall facework components; through the mounting procedure or maintenance or replacement works, the elements may be moved to intermediate, adjustable positions;
• the elements may be also preassembled, either directly on the uprights and/or crosspieces of the framework, when the latter are not engaged on the wall, or on wall-mounted uprights and/or crosspieces, and each may be individually position-adjusted to alignment and/or wholly removed even during operation;
• the base plate may be designed for hook-like or interlocking connection, or for attachment by screws, rivets and the like, depending on the design of the profiles that form the uprights of the framework, thereby allowing use thereof in any application
• - the multi elements supports is not only designed for attachment on wall-mounted uprights and/or crosspieces of frameworks, but also for preassembly on unmounted framework uprights and/or crosspieces, thereby allowing pre-alignment thereof, as well as faster operations, shorter mounting times, shorter scaffold renting times and better working time management, due to the possibility of working indoors in case of bad weather or during winter
• the multi elements support allows easy correction of alignment, joint width and position of the facework components to be mounted to the wall, with very close tolerances, as a function of the setting gage and precision of the components and of their connection distances, the multi-element nature of the inventive support, or the provision of positioning and safety means there
• FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the elements of a dual anchor support according to the invention, in a vertically aligned position,
• FIG. 2a, b and c are perspective views of different base plate connections, compatible with the movable elements of the inventive support, for application on different types of uprights and/or crosspieces designed to form ventilated wall frameworks
• FIG. 3a, b, and c are perspective views of a support according to the invention for exposed application, at the start of the facework component mounting procedure, in the intermediate step of upper connection of such components and in the end step of positioning of the lower anchors for base support of other components
• FIGS. 4a and b are perspective and sectional views of an embodiment of movable plates with inclined tabs for hidden application on oblique and grooved edges of facework components
• FIGS. 5a and b are perspective and sectional views of an embodiment of a movable plate for simultaneous upper and lower connection, designed for exposed or hidden application on normal or vertically grooved edges of facework components, and
• the support of the invention in its basic configuration, is composed of a movable plate 1 for upper anchorage, a movable plate 2 for lower anchorage and support, and a base plate (3) for connection to the uprights 4, 4' or crosspieces 4" of the framework to be mounted to the wall .
• the base plate 3 is specially formed to provide different connection means, namely, without limitation:
• the base plate 3 may have tabs for upper 13 or lower 16 anchorage (so defined depending on whether they are designed to engage the upper or lower edges respectively of the facework component 12 which are disposed below or above the base plate 3 respectively) and allow attachment of one of the two movable plates 1 or 2 only.
• the means for stably connecting and/or positioning the base plate 3 may be obviously envisaged, to allow attachment thereof to the framework, it the latter is formed of uprights and/or crosspieces having particular and different configurations, provided there exists the above gap 8 for manual press fit of said movable plates 1 and 2 or one of said movable plates 1 and 2 only.
• the base plate 3 is replaced by a functionally equivalent fastening member, which is adapted to be directly attached to the vertical profiles 4, 4 1 and/or the crosspieces 4", which are designed to form the overall framework for the facework 12 of the ventilated wall.
• a functionally equivalent fastening member also allows to engage corresponding apertures 24 and 25 of the movable plate 1 for lower anchorage and the movable plate 2 for upper anchorage, to ensure attachment of such movable anchor plates to said profiles 4, 4' and/or crosspieces 4".
• the above fastening member is preferably a pin, but a screw, an expansion bolt, a rivet, a stud or a structurally and/or functionally equivalent member may be also used.
• the distance between said movable plate 1 for lower anchorage and the movable plate 2 for upper anchorage may be vertically adjusted.
• the multi elements support in its preassembled configuration, is placed and aligned on an upright 4, with the movable plates 1 and 2 inserted in coupled pairs in the positioning gap 8, but partly lifted so that the upper edges 11 of the facework components 12 may be introduced under (arrow F) and beyond the tabs for upper anchorage 13 of the movable plate 1, that is to say the tabs designed to engage the upper anchorage tabs 11 of the facework components 12, which are disposed below the base plate 3.
• the movable plate 1 is pushed down until said anchor tabs 13 are in retained relation with said upper edges 11 of the facework components 12 (see Figure 3b)—, whereas the movable plate 2 remains in a lifted position with a lower retainer 17 thereof being engaged in a complementary upper receptacle 18 of the base plate 3 .
• the movable plate 2 By later pushing the movable plate 2 down, and fitting its retainers 17 in the complementary- corresponding receptacles 18, the movable plate 2 is aligned with the pre-assembled parts, and its lower anchorage tabs 16 (i.e. the tabs designed to engage the lower edges 11 of the facework component 12 below the base plate 3) are oriented in such a manner as to provide anchorage and support to the lower edges of other of other facework components 12 placed above them.
• its lower anchorage tabs 16 i.e. the tabs designed to engage the lower edges 11 of the facework component 12 below the base plate 3
• the movable plate 1 has a lower vertical safety tongue 14, to be introduced in an opening 15 of the base plate 3 and folded into engagement therewith to permanently lock the support. Whenever a particular component should be removed, the tongue 14 may be straightened and the plate 1 may be pulled up again.
• the retainer means 17 may be, for example, simple engravings or ridges projecting from the front wall of said movable plate 2.
• the retainer means are designed for coupling relation with corresponding engagement means 18, essentially consisting of holes formed on the surface of said base plate 3.
• the multi elements support of the invention is of the dual, i.e. upper and lower, anchorage type, for simultaneous attachment of contiguous corners of four components of a ventilated wall facework, i.e. two upper and two lower corners ; for particular applications, such support may be configured with one upper or lower anchorage arrangement only.
• the support as disclosed above is typically used with the retaining ends of the anchor tabs 13 and 16 either exposed on the exterior surface of the facework components 12 to be supported (see Figures 3a, b, c) or hidden if the edges of the facework components have vertical grooves 19; in the latter case, movable plates 1' may be simply used, with the anchor tabs 13' and 16' extending in both upward and downward directions, still associated to base plates 3, with the movable plates 2 being omitted (see Figures 5a, b) .
• the retaining ends of the anchor tabs 13" and 16" of the movable plates 1", 2" may be correspondingly inclined to be used in hidden arrangement (see Figures 4 a,b) .
• movable plates 1' ' ' , 1 IV may be used, having complementary profiles 22' and 23', still associated to base plates 3, with the movable plates 2 being omitted. (See Figures 6a, b) .

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