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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F15/00—Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like
  • G09F15/0006—Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like planar structures comprising one or more panels
  • G09F15/0025—Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like planar structures comprising one or more panels display surface tensioning means
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B9/00—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation
  • E04B9/30—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation characterised by edge details of the ceiling; e.g. securing to an adjacent wall
  • E04B9/303—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation characterised by edge details of the ceiling; e.g. securing to an adjacent wall for flexible tensioned membranes
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B9/00—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation
  • E04B9/30—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation characterised by edge details of the ceiling; e.g. securing to an adjacent wall
  • E04B9/303—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation characterised by edge details of the ceiling; e.g. securing to an adjacent wall for flexible tensioned membranes
  • E04B9/306—Tensioning hand tools therefor
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F17/00—Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an adjustable fixing plate for stretching without deformation, in particular by its angles, a sheet intended for producing false walls such as false ceilings and false walls.
• the false walls stretched by the angles conventionally comprise at least one flexible stretched sheet made of elastic material, for example polyvinyl chloride
• PVC polyvinyl styrene
• PVC polyvinyl styrene
• the present invention therefore aims to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art by providing a new system for angular fixation of these false walls.
• the subject of the present invention is an adjustable fixing plate intended for fixing and energizing a false wall consisting of a flexible sheet provided along each of its edges with at least one strap and a cable housed in said loops, said cables being fixed through said plate to the walls and / or ceiling of a room to maintain in position said web.
• Said platinum is remarkable in that it comprises a base plate comprising three opening holes and fixed locally by one of its orifices, a first articulated branch along the axis of the second orifice of said base plate, a second branch articulated along the axis of the third orifice of said base plate, a first and a second slider respectively disposed on the first and second branches, each receiving a cable and being able to slide along said first and second branches to allow the tension of said cable, and adjusting means for adjusting the angular spacing between the first and second branches.
• this plate allows to maintain, firstly, the web and, secondly, to exert sufficient tension on said web.
• the plate adapts to different sheet format by allowing an angular adjustment ranging from 0 to 180 ° through the sector. According to a last characteristic, this plate makes it possible to exert sufficient tension on the cables laid in the peripheral loops after the installation of the fabric.
• FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an adjustable fixing plate according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of an adjustable fixing plate according to the invention
• FIG. 3 is a view from above of an adjustable fixing plate according to the invention without a sheet
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of one of the sliders of the adjustable fixing plate which allows the fixing and the tension of the cables,
• FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the other slide of the adjustable fixing plate which allows the fixing and tensioning of the cables;
• FIG. 6 is a perspective view before a second variant of the mounting plate; adjustable according to the invention,
• FIG. 7 is a rear perspective view of the second variant of the adjustable fixing plate according to the invention.
• FIG. 8 is a view from above of the second variant of the adjustable fixing plate according to the invention without a sheet
• FIG. 9 is a perspective view of one of the sliders of the second variant of the adjustable fixing plate which makes it possible to fix and tension the cables,
• FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the other slide of the second variant of the adjustable mounting plate which allows the fixing and tension of the cables,
• FIG. 11 is a perspective view of one of the tension members of the second variant of the adjustable fixing plate which allows the fixing and the tension of the cables,
• FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the other tension member of the second variant of the adjustable mounting plate which allows the fixing and tension of the cables.
• the adjustable fixing plate 1 is intended for fixing and energizing a flexible sheet 2 provided along each of its edges with at least one strap 3, and a cable 4 housed inside said loops 3, said cables 4 being fixed by said plate 1 to the walls of a room in a building to hold said web 2 in position and thus form a false ceiling.
• the plate 1 comprises a base plate 5 generally horizontal having three orifices 11 emerging from vertical axis and fixed by one of said orifices 11 to the wall, a first branch 6 articulated along the axis of the second orifice 11 of said base plate 5, a second branch 7 articulated along the axis of the third orifice 11 of said base plate 5, a first and a second slide 8, 9 disposed respectively on the first and second branches 6, 7, each receiving a cable 4 and being able to slide along said first and second branches 6, 7 to allow the tension of said cable 4; adjusting means 10 for adjusting the angular spacing between the first and second branches 6, 7.
• the base plate 5 advantageously has a general shape of triangle and comprises an orifice 11 near each of its three vertices, two of its orifices 11 allowing the articulation of the first and second branches 6, 7 and the third for fixing the plate 1 to a wall of the room by means of a screw tensioner, for example.
• the first branch 6 comprises a lower plate 61 and an upper plate 62 which are generally horizontal and of elongate shape, said upper and lower plates 61, 62 being superimposed, arranged on either side of the base plate 5, and hinged to this last at one of their ends by a vertical axis bolt (not shown so as not to overload the drawings) passing through one of the orifices 11 of said base plate 5.
• the upper plate designates the plate receiving the slider.
• Said lower and upper plates 61, 62 are assembled together by two bolts (not shown), for example.
• the upper plate 62 also comprises two pins 63 arranged along its longitudinal axis, and a vertical tongue 64 in the general parallelepiped shape, two of its vertical faces are perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, said pins 63 and the tongue 64 being perpendicularly derived from the upper face of the upper plate 62.
• the tongue 64 further comprises an orifice 65 of horizontal axis passing right through said tongue 64.
• the second branch 7 also comprises a lower plate 71 and an upper plate 72, said upper and lower plates 71, 72 being superimposed, arranged on either side of the base plate 5, and hinged to the latter to one of their ends by a bolt of vertical axis (not shown so as not to overload the drawings) passing through another orifice 11 of said base plate 5.
• Said lower and upper plates 71, 72 are assembled together by two bolts (not shown), for example.
• the upper plate 72 also comprises two tenons 73 disposed along its longitudinal axis, and a vertical tongue 74 in the general parallelepiped shape, two of its vertical faces are perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, said tenons 73 and tongue 74 being derived perpendicularly from the upper face of the upper plate 72.
• the tongue 74 further comprises an orifice 75 of horizontal axis passing right through said tongue 74.
• the first and second branches 6, 7 are advantageously identical.
• the pins 63, 73 are preferably countersunk screws fixed in throughthreads of vertical axis respectively in the upper plates 62, 72.
• the underside of said upper plates 62, 72 comprises milling to receive the screw heads.
• the plate 1, according to the invention also comprises a first and a second slider 8, 9 respectively disposed on the top of the upper plates 62, 72 of the first and second branches 6, 7.
• the first slider 8 comprises a generally horizontal element 81 in the general shape of a flat, elongated parallelepiped, a tube 82 along all or part of one of the longitudinal edges of said element 81 and a vertical tongue 83 general shape of parallelepiped extending perpendicularly from one of the lateral edges of the lower face of the element 81.
• the element 81 of the first slider 8 comprises two slots 84, preferably of oblong shape, traversing vertically through said element 81 and being able to cooperate with the tenons 63 of the upper plate 62 of the first branch 6 to allow the sliding of the first slide 6 on the latter.
• the tube 82 is able to receive a cable 4 to allow it to be secured to the plate 1. It thus comprises two radial orifices 85 opening inside said tube 82 and allowing the establishment of clamping means (not shown). to immobilize the cable 4 inside the tube 82.
• the orifices 85 are preferably tapped and the screw clamping means.
• the tongue 83 has an orifice 86 having a horizontal axis situated in the vicinity of the middle of the vertical face coming from the lateral edge of the element 81 and passing through said tongue 83 from one side to the other.
• the second slide 9 comprises a generally horizontal element 91 in the general shape of a flat, elongate parallelepiped, a tube 92 along all or part of one of the longitudinal edges of said element 91 and a tongue 93 vertical in the general parallelepipedal shape extending perpendicularly from one of the lateral edges of the underside of said element 91.
• the tube 92 is able to receive a cable 4 and has two radial orifices 95 allowing the establishment of clamping means (not shown) to immobilize the cable 4 inside the tube 92.
• the orifices 95 are preferably tapping and tightening means screws.
• the tongue 93 has a hole 96 of axis horizontal located in the vicinity of the middle of the vertical face from the side edge of the element 91 and through said tab 93 from side to side.
• the orifices 86, 96 of the tongues 83, 93 are preferably tappings generally coaxial with the orifices 65, 75 of the tongues 64, 74 respectively of the first and second arms 6, 7, when the first and second slides 8, 9 are positioned on these last .
• the tabs 83, 93, the first and second slides 8, 9 have the same dimensions as the tabs 64, 74 of the first and second branches 6, 7.
• the first and second slides 8, 9 are advantageously symmetrical with respect to the the axis of their lights 84, 94.
• the plate 1, according to the invention, further comprises at least two tensioning means 12.
• One of said tensioning means 12 is able to cooperate simultaneously with the orifice 65 of the first branch 6 and the orifice 86 of the first slider 8, and the other is able to cooperate simultaneously with the orifice 75 of the second branch 7 and the orifice 96 of the second slider 9 to slide said sliders 8, 9 along their slots 84, 94 resting on studs 63, 73 to tension cables 4.
• the tensioning means 12 are advantageously screws introduced into the orifices 65, 75 of the first and second branches 6, 7 and screwed into the orifices 86, 96 (advantageously threaded) of the first and second slides 8, 9 so that the rotation of the screw causes a displacement of the first and second slides 8, 9 by relative to the first and second branches 6, 7 and therefore a tension (or a relaxation in the direction of movement) of the cables 4.
• the position of the first and second slides 8, 9 is locked in position. screwing nuts on the tensioning means 12 to make the locknut and immobilize the first and second slides 8, 9 relative to the first and second branches 6, 7.
• the axes of the orifices 65, 75, 86, 96 and the longitudinal axes of the slots 84, 94 advantageously belong to the same vertical plane.
• Said adjustment means is preferably a first and a second sector 13, 14 respectively disposed on said first and second slides 8, 9, able to slide the one relative to the other then to be secured together, but also able to slide relative to said first and second slides 8, 9.
• Each sector 13, 14 is a generally horizontal blade generally in the form of a crown arc respectively comprising a light 131, 141 along its midline.
• the first and second sectors 13, 14 are secured together at one of their ends by at least one fastening means (not shown), which is advantageously a bolt passing simultaneously through the light 131 of the first sector 13 and the light 141 of the second sector 14. This configuration allows to slide said first and second sectors 13, 14 relative to each other to vary the length overall of the set consisting of the first and second sectors 13, 14.
• Said assembly is then fixed to the free end of the first sector 13 on the top of the first slider 8 and the free end of the second sector 14 on top of the second slider 9, by engaging the pin 63 located at the end free of the first branch 6 in the free end of the light 131 of the first sector 13 and the pin 73 located at the free end of the second branch 7 in the free end of the light 141 of the second sector 14.
• This configuration makes it possible to adjust the relative angular spacing between the first and second branches 6, 7 by sliding the pins 63, 73 respectively along the lights 131, 141. After obtaining the desired spacing, the position of the first and second branch 6, 7 is locked by screwing for example a nut on the pins 63, 73 to immobilize the first and second sectors 13, 14 relative to the first and second branches 6, 7.
• first and a second sector 13, 14 advantageously identical allows an angular spacing of the first and second branches 6, 7 between them ranging from 0 to 180 degrees.
• the plate 1, according to the invention is particularly suitable for the sheets 2 whose contour has a general shape of polygon and having loops along each of their edges, but also to the sheets 2 of which the contour is a continuous curve and has loops along part of their periphery.
• most of the elements constituting the plate 1, according to the invention are made of a light alloy, for example an aluminum alloy.
• the installer When mounting a false ceiling in a room, the installer will have provided the upper end of the walls of fastening means such as hooks adapted to cooperate with the free orifice 11 of the base plate 5 of the Plates 1.
• the ply 2 preferably polygonal, is provided along each of its edges of loops 3 in which cables 4 are housed.
• a platen 1 At each vertex of the ply 2, a platen 1 will be placed and the inserts will be inserted and immobilized. ends of the cables 4 joining said peaks in the respective tubes 82, 92 of the first and second slides 8, 9. Then, the cables 4 will be energized using the tensioning means 12 and the displacement of said slides 8, 9.
• the first and second sectors 13, 14 will be adjusted to obtain the desired angular separation between the first and second branches 6, 7 of each of the plates 1 and in this way to eliminate the wrinkled appearance of the sheet 2.
• the subject of the present invention is also a second variant of embodiment, according to which with reference to Figures 6 to 12, the plate 20 is similar to the plate 1 previously described in that it comprises a generally horizontal base plate 5 having three openings 11 of vertical axis and fixed by the one of said orifices 11 on the wall, a first branch 6 articulated along the axis of the second orifice 11 of said base plate 5, a second branch 7 articulated along the axis of the third orifice 11 of said base plate 5, a first and a second slider 8, 9 respectively disposed on the first and second branches 6, 7, each receiving a cable 4 and being slidable along said first and second branches 6, 7 to allow the tension of said cable 4; adjusting means 21 for adjusting the angular spacing between the first and second branches 6, 7.
• first and second branches 6, 7 of the plate 20 each comprise a lower plate 61, 71 and an upper plate 62, 72, said lower and upper plates 61, 62, 71, 72 being superimposed, articulated to said plate base 5 and assembled together by two bolts (not shown), for example.
• the upper plates 62, 72 comprise two pins 63, 73 disposed along its longitudinal axis and issuing perpendicularly from the upper face of said upper plates 62, 72.
• the plate 20 differs from the plate 1 previously described in that its upper plates 62, 72 do not comprise tabs 64, 74 and in that it comprises instead a first and a second tensioning member 22, 23 of cables 4, each being respectively fixed on each of the first and second branches 6, 7, said first and second tension members 22, 23 being able to cooperate with respectively the first and second slides 8, 9.
• the first and second tensioning members 22, 23 each advantageously and respectively comprise an element 221, 231 generally horizontal in the general shape of a flat and elongated parallelepiped, a tube 222, 232 along of all or part of one of the longitudinal edges of said element 221, 231 and a vertical tongue 323, 233 in the general shape of parallelepiped extending perpendicularly from one of the lateral edges of the upper face of the element 221, 231.
• the elements 221, 231 advantageously comprise respectively two orifices 224, 234 vertically traversing from one side to the other, said elements 221, 231 and being able to cooperate, for example, with screws (not shown in the figures) for fixing said elements 221, 231 respectively on the upper plates 62, 72 of the first and second legs 6, 7.
• Each tube 222, 232 is adapted to receive a cable 4 to enable the powering of said cable 4. It comprises for this, at least a radial orifice 225, 235 opening inside said tube 222, 232 and allowing the establishment of clamping means (not shown) for immobilizing the cable 4 inside the tube 222, 232.
• the orifice 225, 235 is preferably a tapping and the tightening means of the screws.
• the tongue 223, 233 comprises an orifice 226, 236 of horizontal axis located near the middle of the vertical face from the side edge of the element 221, 231 and passing through said tongue 223, 233 from one side to the other.
• the orifices 226, 236 of the tongues 223, 233 are preferably smooth holes generally coaxial with the orifices 86, 96 of the tongues 83, 93 of the respective tongues.
• first and second tension members 22, 23 are symmetrical with respect to the axis of their orifices 226, 236.
• the plate 20, according to the invention further comprises at least two voltage means 12.
• One of said voltage means 12 is adapted to cooperate simultaneously with the orifice 226 of the first tension member 22 and the orifice 86 of the first slider 8, and the other is able to cooperate simultaneously with the orifice 236 of the second tension member 23 and the orifice 96 of the second slider 9 to slide said sliders 8, 9 along their lights 84, 94 rest on the pins 63, 73 in order to tension the cables 4.
• the plate 20 is also different from the plate 1 previously described by its adjustment means 21 to adjust the angular spacing between the first and second branches 6, 7.
• said adjustment means 21 comprises a first and a second sectors 24, 25 fixed at one of their ends respectively to said first and second slides 8, 9 and able to slide relative to each other and then to be joined together.
• Each sector 24, 25 is a generally horizontal blade in the general shape of a crown arc respectively comprising an orifice 241, 251 opening at each of its ends and a lumen 242, 252 along its median line located between said orifices 241, 251. .
• the first and second sectors 24, 25 are secured together at one of their ends by two fixing means (not shown), which are advantageously bolts.
• a first fastening means simultaneously passes through one of the orifices 241 of the first sector 24 and the slot 252 of the second sector 25, and the second fastening means simultaneously passes through one of the orifices 251 of the second sector 25 and the slot 242 of the first section 24.
• This configuration makes it possible to slide said first and second sectors 24, 25 relative to one another so as to vary the overall length of the assembly formed by the latter and thus to obtain the spacing desired angle between the first and second legs 6, 7.
• Said assembly is attached to the free end of the first sector 24 on the first slider 8 and the free end of the second sector 25 on the second slider 9, by engaging the tenon 63 located at the free end of the first branch 6 in the free orifice 241 of the first sector 24 and the pin 73 located at the free end of the second branch 7 in the free orifice 251 of the second sector 25. Then, for example, a nut is screwed on the tenons. 63, 73 for immobilizing the first and second sectors 24, 25 with respect to the first and second branches 6, 7.
• the installer When mounting a false ceiling in a room, the installer will have provided the upper end of the walls of fastening means such as hooks adapted to cooperate with the free orifice 11 of the base plate 5 of the plates 20.
• the sheet 2 preferably polygonal, is provided along each of its edges of loops 3 in which cables 4 are housed.
• a plate 20 is placed and the first and second second sectors 22, 23, to obtain the desired angular separation between the first and second branches 6, 7 of each of the plates 1 and in this way remove the wrinkled appearance of the tablecloth 2.
• the end of one of the cables 4 joining said vertices is inserted into the tube 82 of the first slide 8 and then into the tube 222 of the first tensioning member 22 and, on the other hand, the end of the other of the cables 4 in the tube 92 of the second slider 9 and then in the tube 232 of the second tension member 23,
• the first and second slides 8, 9, respectively, of the first and second tensioning members 22, 23 are brought into contact with the tensioning means 12, and these cables 4 are locked in the tubes 222, 232 first and second tensioning members 22, 23 by means of the associated clamping means and then said cables 4 are unlocked in the tubes 82, 92 of the first and second slides 8, 9, - the distance is using the tensioning means 12, the first and second slides 8, 9 of the first and second tensioning members 22,
• said cables 4 are locked in the tubes 82, 92 of the first and second slides 8, 9 with the help of associated clamping means and then said cables 4 are unlocked in the tubes 222, 232 of the first and second tensioning members 22, 23,
• the position of the first and second slides 8, 9 is locked by screwing the nuts on the tensioning means 12 to make the locknut and immobilize first and second slides 8, 9 relative to the first and second branches 6, 7.
• a nut can be screwed on the studs 63, 73 located near the tabs 83, 93.
• pins 63, 73 of the upper plates 62, 72 respectively of the first and second branches 6, 7 may be replaced by bolts or any other equivalent means without departing from the scope of the present invention.

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