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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
  • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
  • E04H12/18—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures movable or with movable sections, e.g. rotatable or telescopic
  • E04H12/182—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures movable or with movable sections, e.g. rotatable or telescopic telescopic
• • 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
  • E04B9/22—Connection of slabs, panels, sheets or the like to the supporting construction
  • E04B9/24—Connection of slabs, panels, sheets or the like to the supporting construction with the slabs, panels, sheets or the like positioned on the upperside of, or held against the underside of the horizontal flanges of the supporting construction or accessory means connected thereto
  • E04B9/26—Connection of slabs, panels, sheets or the like to the supporting construction with the slabs, panels, sheets or the like positioned on the upperside of, or held against the underside of the horizontal flanges of the supporting construction or accessory means connected thereto by means of snap action of elastically deformable elements held against the underside of the supporting construction
• • 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
  • E04F13/0805—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and the wall
• • 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
  • E04F13/083—Hooking means on the back side of the covering elements
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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  • 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
  • E04F13/12—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 of metal or with an outer layer of metal or enameled metal
• • 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
  • E04B1/388—Separate connecting elements
  • E04B2001/389—Brackets
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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  • E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
  • E04F2201/04—Other details of tongues or grooves
  • E04F2201/044—Other details of tongues or grooves with tongues or grooves comprising elements which are not manufactured in one piece with the sheets, plates or panels but which are permanently fixedly connected to the sheets, plates or panels, e.g. at the factory
  • E04F2201/046—Other details of tongues or grooves with tongues or grooves comprising elements which are not manufactured in one piece with the sheets, plates or panels but which are permanently fixedly connected to the sheets, plates or panels, e.g. at the factory wherein the elements are made of metal
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F2201/00—Joining sheets or plates or panels
  • E04F2201/06—Magnets

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a building system with at least one profile and at least one bracket for attaching a building element to a profile, said profile having a bottom and two side walls defining an opening in the profile.
• Such a bracket for a building system is described in WO 2013/079070 A1 .
• This bracket consists of a bi-stable spring having two positions, an open position and a closed position, respectively.
• the bracket is designed for being inserted in the profile of a building element.
• AU 2006202122A1 discloses a connection system for interconnecting two elements such as panels in abutting relationship.
• the connection system comprises an abutting face on each panel.
• Magnets are accommodated in recesses in the vertical sides of the panels adjacent the abutting faces for attracting the two faces into face-to-face abutting relationship for the sake of ease installation.
• the locking of panels is secured by separate restraint means.
• US 3,292,328 discloses a self-supporting panel partition with magnetic latch means therefor.
• the disclosure generally relates to partitions and, in particular, to demountable partitions for use within buildings utilizing a standard magnetic attachment system using permanent magnets simply in order to retain panels in position.
• EP-A-1 467 039 discloses a wall comprising panel parts and post parts which are attached magnetically to each other by permanent magnets provided with holders, wherein mutual influencing of the magnets is prevented.
• DE 102005015270 an adjustable direct suspension device for ceiling and wall profiles is disclosed which has body whose external contour corresponds
• the body has a screw in the form of an adjustment screw with a union sleeve.
• the body is trapezoidal and has two grooves corresponding to the profile edges.
• This object is achieved by a building system of the initially mentioned kind, wherein the side walls and bottom of the profile form a dovetailed profile opening where the profile side walls hereby form an angle of less than 90° with the profile bottom, and wherein the bracket comprises flexible side engagement members that are adapted to be biased against the side walls of the profile for mounting the bracket therein.
• a building element can be attached to a profile in a simple manner by using a bracket.
• the bracket preferably comprises a mounting plate and an expandable member, which is pivotally connected at both ends to side engagement members at the innermost edges thereof and that the side engagement members are connected at their outermost edges to the mounting plate.
• the bracket After insertion of the bracket into the profile the expansion member abuts the side engagement members against the side walls of the profile whereby a pressure is exerted and locking position is achieved. It is found advantageous that the bracket is attachable to and also detachable from the profile simply by manipulating the expandable member.
• the side walls and plate parts are suitably dovetailed. Accordingly, the side walls and bottom of the profile form a dovetailed profile opening where the profile side walls hereby form an angle of less than 90° with the profile bottom.
• a second aspect of the invention concerns a bracket for attaching a building element to a profile in a building system, the profile having a bottom and two side walls defining an opening in the profile, wherein the bracket comprises a mounting plate and an expandable member, which is pivotally connected at both ends to side engagement members at the innermost edges thereof and that the side engagement members are connected at their outermost edges to the mounting plate.
• the axis of the spring even if it is bendable, provides a strong locking force of the bracket in the profile in the locked position.
• the side engagement members are provided between the spring and the mounting plate, the plate parts being attached to the mounting plate at the bottom and ending in a hinge at the top, the spring being attached to the hinge.
• the expandable member is a plate spring, preferably a bi-stable plate spring.
• the spring may preferably be made of a strip of leaf spring steel.
• This embodiment may be further advantageous when the bi-stable plate spring is attached to the mounting plate with a curved configuration, so that during insertion into the opening of the profile the curved plate spring abuts against the bottom of the profile whereby a pressure is exerted on the plate spring so that it is substantially straightened into a stable locking position.
• At least one bracket is mounted onto a building component, such as an exterior wall panel, at the mounting plate thereof for attachment of the wall fitting to the profile.
• a building component such as an exterior wall panel
• building components could include wall fitting for mounting an exterior wall panel, wall fittings, such as electricity sockets pre-mounted in a bracket or the like.
• a tongue of a magnet sensitive material is provided on the underside of the spring whereby an expedient manner of releasing the bracket from the profile is obtained without having to use tools which is especially
• this outer covering on the outer side of the mounting plate can be obtained by a wall lining being mounted on the outer side of the mounting plate.
• the bracket can be designed for the mounting of various building components, simply by suitable design of the mounting plate.
• the building components could include wall linings, wall covering panels and similar exterior building covers, as well as electric sockets, sanitary equipment and other wall mounted building equipment, including furniture, bathroom fitting etc.
• the brackets can be used for retaining water pipes, electrical cables or the like inside the groove opening of the profile.
• the side engagement members of the bracket are provided with outward folded flanges on the distal ends extending into the profile.
• this sheet metal can be folded into a U-shape whereby the upraising portions constitute the side engagement members and provide in a simple manner the flexibility that the side engagement members need.
• the outwardly folded flanges are folded almost 180 e and increase thereby the retention forces due to the extra biasing forces that these flanges will provide, when the bracket is inserted into the profile. To further increase this holding force the flanges can be provided with indentations.
• the side walls of the profile may advantageously be provided with ribs. This increases the retention of the bracket inside the profile to prevent any vertical displacement of the bracket relative to the profile.
• Fig. 1 shows a building element with insulation material prior to being provided with a wall lining
• Fig. 2 shows a bracket in a first operation mode for attaching on the building element
• Fig. 3 shows the bracket in fig 2 in a second operation mode
• Fig. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of a bracket in a first operation mode for attachment in a building element
• Fig. 5 shows the bracket according to fig. 4 in a second operation mode
• Figs. 6 - 8 show the fundamental operation principles of the bracket according to figs. 4 and 5;
• Figures 9-1 1 show another embodiment of a bracket for a building system according to the invention.
• Fig. 12 shows a schematic perspective view of a bracket in relation to the second embodiment.
• Fig. 1 shows a building element shown as an insulation material 1 enclosed by plate parts provided with profiles defining one or more profile openings or profile grooves for receiving mounting brackets therein.
• Each opening comprises a bottom 4 and rails with side walls 2, 3 having a dovetailed cross section or in other words, having inclined walls 2, 3 which narrow down from the bottom 4 towards the opening of the profile.
• the side walls 2, 3 hereby form an angle of less than 90 ° with the profile bottom 4.
• the building elements can be mounted adjacent each other to form a building system, such as a wall, ceiling or separation deck of a building.
• the inside walls 2, 3 of the rails facing towards the opening of the profile may be provided with ribs 1 1 , 1 1 a as shown in figs. 2 and 3 intended for engaging with the sides of the bracket.
• the bracket may be provided with complementary ribs (not shown). Referring to figs. 2 and 3, the construction of a first embodiment for a bracket is now explained in detail.
• the bracket basically comprises a mounting plate 8, side engagement members 7, 7a and a plate spring 5, which is pivotally hinged at both ends to the innermost edges of the side engagement members 7, 7a.
• innermost is meant the edges facing towards the bottom 4 of the profile.
• the engagement parts 7, 7a connect to the mounting plate 8.
• Brackets may be attached to a wall lining 10, such as an exterior inner or outer wall panel, which thereby is mountable to the building element.
• the mounting plate 8 has edges 9, 9a shown as bent parts of the mounting part 8. These edges 9, 9a are to engage with the bent edges of the plate-like side
• the mounting plate 8 may extend along the entire length of the profile or have a width for instance similar to the side engagement members 7, 7a and/or the plate spring 5.
• the mounting plate 8 and the side engagement members 7, 7a may be attached in a pivotally engagement either as a permanent attachment or a loose attachment.
• the plate spring 5 is of the bi-stable type having a first stable form with a convex curvature as shown in fig. 2, and a second stable form where the plate spring 5 is straight, as shown in fig. 3.
• the side engagement members 7, 7a end at the innermost top in hinges 14, 14a shaped as rotary joints with plate parts 6, 6a to which the ends of a curved spring 5 is attached whereas the opposite ends of the plate parts are attached on the hinges 14, 14a. It is realised by the invention that the other means of angularly displaceable attachment than hinges may be provided. Furthermore, the outer sides of the side engagement members 7, 7a may be provided with ribs, not shown, for engagement with the ribs 1 1 , 1 1 a on the profiles of the building element. In fig. 2, the bracket is shown prior to being inserted in the profile of the building element shown in fig. 1 . The inclined walls of the building element engage with ribs on the outer side of the side engagement members 7, 7a (not shown).
• the convex curved plate spring 5 abuts on the bottom 4 whereas the side engagement members 7, 7a are close to the walls of the plate parts 2, 3.
• the plate spring 5 will be caused to transform its shape from the first stable form to the second straight form and thereby cause the side engagement members 7, 7a into engagement with the profile side walls 2, 3, preferably even such that the plate spring 5 exercise a spring force on the side engagement members 7, 7a and thereby enhances the surface engagement between the side engagement members 7, 7a and the profile side walls 2, 3.
• the spring is preferably constructed as a bi-stable spring causing the coupling of the bracket to the profile being able to be carried out as a "click coupling" with the spring being clicked in place from the position in fig. 2 to the position in fig. 3.
• a tongue 12 is shown in figs. 2 and 3, the tongue is magnetically sensitive. This tongue 12 is attached to the interior surface of the spring 5 near the plate part 6. As shown, the tongue 12 is detached of the spring at its free end.
• the function of the tongue 12 is the following:
• the tongue 12 When the bracket is guided from the position in fig. 2 to the position in fig. 3, the tongue 12 will be in the position in fig. 2 when the spring 5 meets the bottom, in this position the tongue is pointing downwards as it follows the movement of the plate part 6.
• the bracket When the bracket is locked inside the profile opening in the position shown in fig. 3 the tongue 12 points somewhat outwards. If the tongue is subjected to magnetic forces in the position in fig. 3, the tongue will be pulled outwards and click the bi-stable spring 5 whereby the plate part 6 can be released from the building element 1 after which the spring will be in the curved position in fig. 2. In this way, a hidden mounting of a wall lining 10 can be removed from a building element without use of tools other than a magnet.
• mounting blocks are designated 16, 17 and are connected to each other by a spring 19 of the bi-stable type.
• ribs 18, 18a are provided for engaging ribs on a building element - not shown - with parallel ribs.
• a pawl 20 extending from the mounting block 17 is shown.
• corresponding pawl 20a is on the mounting block 16 which cannot be seen in the figure but which is shown in the following figures.
• fig. 4 the bracket is shown in a position with a curved spring before being inserted in the rails of the building element, whereas fig. 5 shows the bracket in a position in which it has been inserted into the building element and with a stretched spring.
• the figures show the spring 19 and pawl 20 and the pawl 20a. These pawls 20, 20a are connected to the ends of the spring 19.
• Fig. 8 shows the position of the pawls when the bracket is removed from the profile.
• the connecting pieces 21 , 21 a follow the magnet sensitive mass 22 and function as levers that fall into notches under the pawls which thereby are retained when the bi-stable spring is stretched, i.e. straightened, to the locked position.
• the pawls disengage the connecting pieces when the magnet sensitive mass is lifted and first the connecting pieces tilt and then the bi-stable spring clicks into the position shown in fig. 6.
• FIG. 9-1 1 a second embodiment of a bracket is shown in a building system according to the invention.
• a profile of the same kind as shown in figures 1 -3 is provided. This profile has a bottom 4 and side walls 2, 3 whereby the groove or opening is formed in which a bracket is received.
• the bracket which is shown in fig. 9 prior to mounting in the profile groove opening, is made from sheet metal which is folded into a U-like shape with a bracket mounting plate portion 8 and two upright side engagement members 7, 7a with exterior wing flanges 22, 22a provided on the distal ends of said side engagement members 7, 7a.
• the sheet metal of preferably 0.5-1 .5 mm in thickness provides a flexibility of the bracket, in particular the side engagement members 7, 7a will flex as the bracket is advanced into the groove opening of the profile to the position as shown in fig. 10.
• This flexibility in the sheet metal provides a biasing force which forces the side engagement members 7, 7a and their exterior wing flanges 22, 22a onto the side walls 2, 3 of the profile and thereby provides a firm retention of the bracket in the profile groove opening.
• the side walls 2, 3 are preferably provided with ribs 1 1 , 1 1 a.
• the exterior wing flanges 22, 22a are provided with indentations 24, 24a on their exterior distal edges. These indentations engage with the ribs 1 1 , 1 1 a on the side walls 2, 3 to further increase the retention force.
• the bracket can be pre-mounted on a wall panel 10.
• the wall panel 10 can be mounted via screws 13 (see f ig . 1 1 ) or other means.
• the advantage of this building component mounting according to the invention is also that the profile itself is not penetrated by any fastening means and the profile remains intact and provides a vapour barrier for the building system. Additionally, the space between the bottom 4 of the profile and the bracket mounting plate portion 8 leaves a room for e.g. pipes, cables or other building installations.
• the brackets may have a relative small length covering only a small portion of the groove opening in the profile or the bracket could have a "full" length, i.e. the same length as the profile. If the brackets are relatively narrow, e.g. made of strips of material, it is also realised that several brackets can be mounted in the same profile groove opening. With reference to fig. 12, such a short bracket according to the second embodiment, which is also described above with reference to figures 9-1 1 , is shown before being mounted in the profile groove.

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