KR100607289B1 - Support apparatus and a method of supporting a masonry wall - Google Patents

Abstract

A support member includes an elongate member (2, 3) being a side wall (30) adapted to be located adjacent an end of a structure (1) to be supported. The side wall (30) includes a number of engagement means (22, 24) which permit a tie member (7) to be mounted on the side wall (30). The tie member (7) has a portion (23) projecting from the side wall (30) to engage with the structure (1) to be supported.

Description

SUPPORT APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF SUPPORTING A MASONRY WALL}

The present invention relates to a support device, in particular to a support device for at least partially supporting a wall.

The brick wall has the maximum length and height that can be constructed without requiring additional support to prevent the wall from bending or collapsing. In the past, brick walls were supported by laying concrete structures at predetermined intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions along the brick walls to support the walls. Since the brick wall needs to be mechanically bonded to the concrete support, it is common practice to use cement structures of the brick wall and metal rods fixed to the concrete support to join the brick wall to the concrete support.

However, one of the drawbacks of this prior attempt is that the fabrication and use of concrete supports is time consuming and labor intensive. In order to form the concrete support, it is necessary to make a shutter that surrounds the volume into which the concrete will be injected. Shutters typically consist of wooden boards and require a carpenter's work to produce the shutter. It is also necessary to insert a metal rod to be used to join the brick wall to the concrete support through the side wall of the shutter so that the metal rod extends from the outside of the shutter into the interior volume of the shutter into which the concrete is injected during the manufacture of the shutter. This requires the use of a steel bender to bend and install metal rods as needed.

After the shutter is completed and the metal rod is inserted, the shutter is removed after concrete is poured into the shutter and cured. When the shutter is removed, the metal rod is joined to the concrete so that the brick wall is joined to the concrete support by the metal rod.

Thus, the conventional method of supporting a brick wall using a concrete supporter requires the work of three other skilled workers (bonder, steel bender, concrete injector) in addition to the bricklayer to construct the wall. This is time consuming and labor intensive.

Summary of the Invention

According to the invention, the support device comprises an elongate member having a sidewall positioned adjacent the end of the brick wall to be supported, the sidewall in use having a plurality of engaging means for allowing the tie member to be mounted on the sidewall, the tie member Has a portion that engages with the brick wall that protrudes from the sidewall.

Preferably, the elongate member may be hollow and typically has a generally rectangular cross section.

Preferably, the support device further comprises a distal portion suitable for engaging the support surface at both ends of the elongate member to support the elongated member between the support surfaces.

Preferably, a plurality of engaging means are provided at positions spaced along the sidewall of the elongated member to adjust the position of the tie member.

Typically, the joining means comprise slots preferably approximately parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the elongate member.

Preferably, the joining means are provided on opposite sides of the elongate member, preferably on all four sides of the elongate member. This has the advantage that when the elongate member has a rectangular cross section an elongate member is used to support the walls of two different thicknesses.

Preferably, the support device is for supporting a brick wall or stone wall, and the tie member is joined with cement between the brick or stone which forms the wall in use.

Typically, the tie member is generally L-shaped and a portion of the L-shape engages the engaging means on the side wall, while the other portion of the L-shape engages the supported wall.

Preferably, the support device is suitable for use in supporting the wall in a nearly vertical orientation or in a nearly horizontal orientation.

Typically, the elongate member is formed of a metal, such as steel.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the support device of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of a brick wall with vertical and horizontal reinforcements (long members) for supporting the wall,

FIG. 2 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the region A of FIG. 1, showing an upper end of a vertical reinforcement (waiting member), FIG.

3 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the region B of FIG. 1, showing a tie (tie member) attached to a vertical reinforcement (a long member);

4 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the region C of FIG. 1, showing a connector for joining a horizontal reinforcement member (waiting member) and a vertical reinforcement member (waiting member);

FIG. 5 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the area D of FIG. 1, showing the lower end of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member); FIG.

6 is a perspective view of the tie (tie member) shown in FIG. 3;

7 is a perspective view of a connector plate for use with the connector shown in FIG. 4.

1 shows a wall 1 supported by a plurality of vertical stiffeners (longest member) 2 (only one shown) mutually coupled by a plurality of horizontal stiffeners (longest member) 3 (only two are shown). The section is shown. As shown in FIG. 1, the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 supports the three parts 4, 5, 6 of the wall 1, and the part 4 adjacent to the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2. The vertical edges 5, 6 are mechanically coupled to the reinforcement (longest member) 2 by a number of ties (tie members) 7.

The vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 is joined to the upper support surface 8 and the lower support surface 9 by a connector (first end) 10 at its upper and lower ends, respectively. In addition, each end of the horizontal reinforcement (waiting member) 3 is coupled to the side of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 by the connector (end) 11.

The vertical and horizontal reinforcements (waiting members) 2, 3 each comprise a hollow rectangular box section defined by the side walls 30, 31. Typically, the width of the side wall 30 is approximately half the width of the side wall 31. Each of the side walls 30, 31 has a plurality of slots (engagement means) 22, 24 extending in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the reinforcement (waiting member) 2, 3. The slots (engagement means) 22, 24 also have openings 45, 46, respectively.

An enlarged exploded perspective view of the connector (first end) 10 at the upper and lower ends of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 is shown in more detail in FIGS. 2 and 5. The connector (first end) 10 has a hollow box section 12 defined by two side walls 17, a side wall 18 and two partial side walls 40, 41. The bent portion 13 extends from the side wall 18, and the bent portion 14 extends from the two partial side walls 40, 41. The bends 13, 14 allow the plate 15 to slide between the end 16 of the side wall 17 and the bends 13, 14. The width of the side wall 17 and the side wall 18 is less than or equal to the inner dimension of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 so that the box section 12 can be inserted into the upper and lower ends of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2. .

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the plate 15 has two pairs of holes 19, in which mechanical fasteners 42 are inserted through the holes 19 to allow the plate 15 to have an upper support surface ( It can be attached to the lower side of 8) and the upper side of the lower support surface 9. The mechanical fasteners 42 are preferably powder actuated fasteners, but may alternatively be any type of suitable fasteners such as nails, concrete nails or screws.

An enlarged exploded perspective view of the region B of FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 3, wherein the tie (tie member) 7 has a flat portion (first) having two lugs (forming portions) 21 formed thereon. Portion 20) is shown. The lug (formation part) is inserted through the openings 45 and 46 to engage with the slots (engagement means) 22 and 24 of the side wall of the reinforcement (waiting member) 2 so as to connect the tie (tie member) 7 to the side wall. (30). The length of the slots (engagement means) 22, 24 is longer than the length of the lug (formation part) 21 so that the movement of the tie (tie member) 7 and the tie (tie member) 7 with respect to the side wall 30. Allow position adjustment. The flat portion (first portion) 20 of the tie (tie member) 7 is coupled to the rib portion (second portion) 23. The rib portion (second portion) 23 has a rib forming portion 25. The rib part (second part) 23 forms an angle of about 90 ° with the flat part (first part) 20 when the lug (formation part) 21 is inserted into the slot (engagement means) 22. The rib part (second part) 23 of the tie (tie member) 7 extends almost perpendicularly to the side wall 30 of the reinforcement (waiting member) 2. A rear perspective view of the tie (tie member) 7 is shown in FIG. 6, where the lug (forming part) 21 is shown extending backwards and to the side of the flat part (first part) 20. have.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the region C of FIG. 1 showing the connector (end) 11 in more detail. The connector (end) 11 has the same box section 12 as the box section 12 used for the connector (first end) 10. However, the connector (end) 11 has a plate 26 inserted between the bends 13, 14 (not shown in FIG. 4) and the end 16 of the side wall 17. The plate 26 has four lugs 27 and 28 that engage with the slots (engagement means) 24 and 22 of the side wall 30 of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2, respectively. The box section 12 is coupled into the end of the horizontal reinforcement (waiting member) 3 so that the connector (end) 11 couples the horizontal reinforcement (waiting member) 3 to the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2. .

Plate 26 is shown in more detail in FIG. 7. The plate 26 is symmetrical about 180 ° rotation about an axis perpendicular to the surface of the plate 26 through the center of the plate 26. Lugs 28 and 27 are formed by punching sections of plate 26 to form lugs 28 and 27 extending rearward behind plate 26. This is because the rear surface of the plate 26 is installed against the outer surface of the wall 30 and the lugs 28 and 27 are inserted through the openings 45 and 46 respectively so that each slot of the wall 30 (engaging means) The plate 26 (and connector (end) 11) is attached to the vertical reinforcing material (long member) 2 by being engaged in the 22 and 24.

In use, the reinforcement (waiting member) 2, 3 is installed by first installing the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2. The vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 is installed by inserting the connector (first end) 10 into the upper and lower ends of the reinforcement (waiting member) 2 and placing the reinforcement (waiting member) 2 where desired. do. When the reinforcement (waiting member) 2 is in the correct position, the fastener 42 enters through the hole 19 of the plate 15 to bring the connector (first end) 10 into the upper and lower support surfaces 8. , 9) to hold the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 in the correct position.

Typically, the length of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 is chosen to be nominally shorter than the height of the vertical gap where the reinforcement (waiting member) should fit into it, and the depth of the box section 12 is determined by the connector ( The combination of the first end 10 and the reinforcement (waiting member) 2 facilitates the adjustment to ensure that it extends from the lower support surface 9 to the upper support surface 8. The box section 12 on the upper connector (first end) 10 does not necessarily need to be fully inserted into the upper end of the reinforcement (waiting member) 2, and only a part of the box section 12 is the reinforcement (waiting member) 2. Is inserted into the top of the Thus, this facilitates the height adjustment of the reinforcement (waiting member) 2 to take into account the differences and tolerances between the design height of the wall 1 and the actual height of the wall 1.

After the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 is installed, the wall 1 is constructed so that the tie (tie member) 7 is disposed on the side wall 30 of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2 with an appropriate spacing (usually Every third or fourth layer of brick) so that the ribs (second part) 23 are mechanically fixed to the wall 1 by being positioned between the layers of brick and by holding the cement between the layers. If the lower parts 4, 5 are configured to the level at which the horizontal reinforcement (waiting member) 3 is required, the last layer of brick is completed except for the two end bricks adjacent to the vertical reinforcement (waiting member). The connector (end) 11 is inserted into each end of the horizontal reinforcement (waiting member) 3 so that the lugs in the plate 26 of the connector (end) 11 are adjacent to the sidewall of the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2. It is inserted into the slots (engagement means) 22, 24 of 30 to mount the horizontal reinforcement (waiting member) onto the last layer of brick. Then each end brick is placed. Subsequently constructing the wall 1 over the horizontal reinforcement (waiting member) 3 continues by constructing the wall part 6 over the reinforcement (waiting member) 3, whereby the tie (tie member) ( It is inserted along the side 30 of the reinforcement (waiting member) 2 at appropriate intervals so that 7) is joined between layers of adjacent bricks to join the wall portion 6 to the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a metal reinforcement (long member) on which a tie (tie member) can be mounted, so that the installation of the reinforcement (long member) 2 and 3 can be performed more linearly than conventional methods using concrete reinforcement. Has the advantage. The present invention also has the advantage of reducing the need for many skilled workers required to construct and erect reinforcements (waiting members).

The use of the slots (engagement means) 22, 24 allows the vertical adjustment of the tie (tie member) 7 to the reinforcement (waiting member) 2, 3 and the horizontal reinforcement to the vertical reinforcement (waiting member) 2. It has the advantage of allowing vertical adjustment of the (waiting member) 3. This adjustment is further enhanced by distributing a plurality of slots (engagement means) 22, 24 over the surface of the side walls 30, 31.

In addition, since the width of the side wall 31 is twice the width of the side wall 30, by using the tie (tie member) 7 on the side wall 31, the reinforcing material (long member) 2, 3 is more effective. It can be used to support thick walls. Thus, the reinforcement (waiting member) 2, 3 can be used to support two different thickness walls.

Slots (engagement means) also have the advantage of helping to fix the plaster to the reinforcement (waiting member) 2, 3 by helping the plaster to be fixed to the metal surface. In addition, by making the spacing between the side walls 30 smaller than the width of the side walls 31, the property of the side walls 30 to be concave also helps to retain the plaster on the side walls 30. This is less important for the side wall 31 because the side wall 31 becomes narrower. However, the side wall 31 may also be concave if necessary.

Claims (13)

An elongate member having a sidewall, adjacently located, in contact with an end of the brick wall being supported in use, comprising a plurality of engaging means, and A plurality of tie members disposed to be mounted on the sidewalls through the coupling means; Wherein each tie member protrudes from the sidewall and supports a brick wall having a portion disposed to engage with the supported brick wall. The coupling means are provided at discrete positions along the longitudinal direction of the side wall of the elongated member. Support device. The method of claim 1, The elongate member is hollow Support device. The method of claim 1, The elongate member has a rectangular cross section Support device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, In use, further comprising a first end coupled with the support surface at both ends of the elongate member to support the elongated member between the support surfaces; Support device. delete The method of claim 1, The coupling means includes a slot Support device. The method of claim 6, The slot is parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the elongate member. Support device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The tie member includes a first portion that engages with the engagement means and a second portion that protrudes from the sidewall of the elongate member when the first portion engages with the engagement means. Support device. The method of claim 8, The first and second portions form an "L" shape Support device. The method of claim 8, The first portion of the tie member includes a formation adapted to engage the slot. Support device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The coupling means are provided on each side wall of the elongate member. Support device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, An additional elongate member and an end, the end engaging with the coupling means on the first support member to support the second elongate member in a horizontal orientation in use when the first support member is in vertical orientation in use. Support device. In a method of supporting a brick wall, Positioning the sidewalls of the elongate member adjacent and in contact with the ends of the brick wall to be dried, Drying the brick wall, and Mounting a plurality of tie members on the sidewalls through coupling means; The side wall includes a plurality of the engaging means provided at discrete locations along the longitudinal axis of the side wall of the elongated member, wherein each tie member has a portion protruding from the side wall and between the brick layers as the side wall is being dried. Located How to support a brick wall.

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