WO2007066358A1 - Apparatus for manufacturing building panels - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
- B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
- B28B7/00—Moulds; Cores; Mandrels
- B28B7/24—Unitary mould structures with a plurality of moulding spaces, e.g. moulds divided into multiple moulding spaces by integratable partitions, mould part structures providing a number of moulding spaces in mutual co-operation
- B28B7/241—Detachable assemblies of mould parts providing only in mutual co-operation a number of complete moulding spaces
- B28B7/243—Detachable assemblies of mould parts providing only in mutual co-operation a number of complete moulding spaces for making plates, panels or similar sheet- or disc-shaped objects
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
- B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
- B28B7/00—Moulds; Cores; Mandrels
- B28B7/16—Moulds for making shaped articles with cavities or holes open to the surface, e.g. with blind holes
- B28B7/18—Moulds for making shaped articles with cavities or holes open to the surface, e.g. with blind holes the holes passing completely through the article
- B28B7/186—Moulds for making shaped articles with cavities or holes open to the surface, e.g. with blind holes the holes passing completely through the article for plates, panels or similar sheet- or disc-shaped objects, also flat oblong moulded articles with lateral openings, e.g. panels with openings for doors or windows, grated girders
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- the present -invention relates to buildings and particularly an apparatus for manufacturing a panel preferably of gypsum especially suitable for the construction of walls and/or partitions for the arrangement of installations.
- a panel preferably of gypsum especially suitable for the construction of walls and/or partitions for the arrangement of installations.
- Such panel usually has an essentially parallelepiped shape.
- a common problem of such known gypsum panels provided or not with tile reinforcement consists in that once the wall is built, it is necessary to cut grooves - commonly called “chases”- in which the installations relative to that wall are located and walled.?' For example, such grooves are used for electrical systems, telephone cables, data transmission cables, etc.
- the main object of the present invention is then to overcome such problems by providing an apparatus for producing panels the main body of which is provided with ducts forming in combination with the ducts of the adjoining panels a network of horizontal and vertical ducts in the wall in which the systems that have to be installed can be easily arranged.
- FIGS. IA to IH show schematically tile-gypsum panels of the known type
- Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a plant of the known type for the production of panels of the preceding figures;
- Figures 3 and 4 are a side view and a front elevation view of an additional vertical wall of the formwork according to the invention, respectively;
- Figures 5, 6 and 7 are a left hand side view, a front elevation view, and a right hand side view of one fixed wall of the formwork according to the invention, respectively, the side walls of the formwork defining the thickness of the panel being applied to such fixed wall;
- Figure 8 is a top view of a cross section of a side wall
- Figure 9 is top plan view of two adjoining formwork to which the addition wall is not applied.
- Figure 10 similar to fig. 8, relates to a second opposite side wall having inner surfaces of the formwork conjugated to the former wall;
- Figure 11 is a partially sectioned side elevation view of two adjoining formworks showing the respective additional wall and the bottom wall provided with moving pistons;
- Figures 12 and 13 show an axonometric view of the single additional vertical wall provided with both side walls and only one side wall, respectively, in case such additional vertical wall is fixed.
- the present invention is an improvement of manufacturing apparatus 3.
- Manufacturing apparatus 3 known at the state of art provides essentially a formwork for each panel to which vertical moving members or cores able to make holes parallel to one another in the body of each panel are associated. Once the panel is set, the cores and the bottom wall of the known panels move together upwards with respect to the essentially vertical walls of the formwork, and the panels is stripped from the latter. After the panel is completely stripped -from the formwork, the cores are lowered with respect to the bottom wall so that the finished panel is ready to be packed.
- each formwork is provided with an additional vertical wall VA located between the two fixed vertical walls PF limiting the thickness of the panel as well as a bottom wall F which is divided into two different portions separated from such additional wall VA.
- bottom wall F is pushed upwards (in a known way) to strip the panel from the formwork.
- the two portions into which such bottom wall F is divided are moved together, for example, by suitable hydraulic pistons P.
- such additional wall VA causes at least a horizontal duct and one or more vertical ducts connected to such at least one horizontal duct to be formed. Accordingly, upon assembling several panels of this type to build a wall so that the vertical ducts of each panel are aligned with those of the panels of the upper and lower rows, a wall with a network of vertical and horizontal ducts already connected to one another will be advantageously manufactured.
- the bottom wall F of the formwork and the side walls PL perpendicular to the surface of the panel are shaped in a known manner to provide the panel with male/female means for coupling with adjoining panels of the same row and those of the upper and lower rows.
- the upper face of the panel is formed with a shape which is conjugated with the shape of the lower face by means of a device which removes in a known manner the excess of gypsum during the solidification step.
- Additional wall VA shown in figures from 3 on is parallel to the two walls PF of the formwork and is preferably, but not exclusively, positioned nearer one such wall PF so as to provide enough room to place in a known manner any reinforcement made of tile or other suitable material to be embedded into the body of the panel .
- the additional wall VA is essentially shaped like a "comb" with wide teeth directed upwards which are able to form the holes or vertical ducts inside the panel, and the base from which such teeth project is able to form the horizontal hole connecting such vertical ducts inside the panel.
- the size of such "comb” is such as to form vertical ducts opened towards the upper face of the panel and at least one horizontal duct opened both towards the lower face and the side faces of the panel .
- additional wall VA can be advantageously be fixed or mobile independent of bottom wall F so as to allow, the best handling of the different portions of the panel upon stripping the same from the formwork by the operator.
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Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing building panels including a building panel manufacturing device which is provided with means for making vertical and horizontal ducts into each panel which are connected to one another and opened towards the upper and lower faces as well as the side faces perpendicular to the surface of the panel. Said apparatus includes at least one formwork to mould at least one panel, wherein said means for making vertical and horizontal ducts consists of an additional vertical wall (VA) located in each formwork, said additional wall (VA) being located between two fixed vertical walls (PF) limiting the thickness of the panel as ell as a lower bottom wall (F) divided into two portions separated by said additional wall (VA).
Description
Apparatus for manufacturing building panels
The present -invention relates to buildings and particularly an apparatus for manufacturing a panel preferably of gypsum especially suitable for the construction of walls and/or partitions for the arrangement of installations. Such panel usually has an essentially parallelepiped shape.
There ' are presently known apparatus for the manufacturing of gypsum panels usually provided with a reinforcing tile member which is embodied in the panel and provided with holes which usually are arranged horizontally. •>
A common problem of such known gypsum panels provided or not with tile reinforcement consists in that once the wall is built, it is necessary to cut grooves - commonly called "chases"- in which the installations relative to that wall are located and walled.?' For example, such grooves are used for electrical systems, telephone cables, data transmission cables, etc.
It should be appreciated that the cutting of such grooves after having built the wall, the positioning and fastening the installations inside the wall and the following (indispensable) smoothing are all burdensome operations because of both the economic aspect regarding the materials and labour and the time required to carry them out.
It would then be desirable to provide building panels which allow the building of walls provided with a network of ducts in which the installation can be
arranged .
The main object of the present invention is then to overcome such problems by providing an apparatus for producing panels the main body of which is provided with ducts forming in combination with the ducts of the adjoining panels a network of horizontal and vertical ducts in the wall in which the systems that have to be installed can be easily arranged.
This has been accomplished according to the invention by providing a device for producing building panels which is provided with means for cutting vertical and horizontal ducts into each panel communicating among one another and opened to the upper and lower faces as well as to the side faces perpendicular to the surface of the panel.
A better understanding of the invention will result from the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings that show a preferred embodiment thereof only by way of a not limiting example .
In the drawings:
Figures IA to IH show schematically tile-gypsum panels of the known type;
Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a plant of the known type for the production of panels of the preceding figures;
Figures 3 and 4 are a side view and a front elevation view of an additional vertical wall of the formwork according to the invention, respectively;
Figures 5, 6 and 7 are a left hand side view, a front elevation view, and a right hand side view of one fixed wall of the formwork according to the invention, respectively, the side walls of the formwork defining the thickness of the panel being applied to such fixed wall;
Figure 8 is a top view of a cross section of a side wall;
Figure 9 is top plan view of two adjoining formwork to which the addition wall is not applied;
Figure 10, similar to fig. 8, relates to a second opposite side wall having inner surfaces of the formwork conjugated to the former wall;
Figure 11 is a partially sectioned side elevation view of two adjoining formworks showing the respective additional wall and the bottom wall provided with moving pistons;
Figures 12 and 13 show an axonometric view of the single additional vertical wall provided with both side walls and only one side wall, respectively, in
case such additional vertical wall is fixed.
With reference to figure 2 showing schematically a plant of the known type for producing tile-gypsum panels essentially four main portions can be defined: proportioning system 1, mixing system 2, manufacturing system 3, and handling and packing system 4 of the panels .
The panels produced by such plant of the known type are shown schematically in figures 1A-1H. As can clearly seen, such known panels are provided with ducts arranged in only one direction which is the horizontal in the figures.
In particular, the present invention is an improvement of manufacturing apparatus 3.
Manufacturing apparatus 3 known at the state of art provides essentially a formwork for each panel to which vertical moving members or cores able to make holes parallel to one another in the body of each panel are associated. Once the panel is set, the cores and the bottom wall of the known panels move together upwards with respect to the essentially vertical walls of the formwork, and the panels is stripped from the latter. After the panel is completely stripped -from the formwork, the cores are lowered with respect to the bottom wall so that the finished panel is ready to be packed.
One problem of such known manufacturing apparatus is that such moving cores do not allow ducts perpendicular to the cores to be made, this preventing
panels provided . with a network of vertical and horizontal ducts communicating to each other to be manufactured.
The innovative manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that each formwork is provided with an additional vertical wall VA located between the two fixed vertical walls PF limiting the thickness of the panel as well as a bottom wall F which is divided into two different portions separated from such additional wall VA.
Thus, as the panel is solidified, bottom wall F is pushed upwards (in a known way) to strip the panel from the formwork. To this end, the two portions into which such bottom wall F is divided are moved together, for example, by suitable hydraulic pistons P.
According to a peculiar feature of the finding, such additional wall VA causes at least a horizontal duct and one or more vertical ducts connected to such at least one horizontal duct to be formed. Accordingly, upon assembling several panels of this type to build a wall so that the vertical ducts of each panel are aligned with those of the panels of the upper and lower rows, a wall with a network of vertical and horizontal ducts already connected to one another will be advantageously manufactured.
According to the invention, the bottom wall F of the formwork and the side walls PL perpendicular to the surface of the panel are shaped in a known manner to provide the panel with male/female means for coupling
with adjoining panels of the same row and those of the upper and lower rows.
It should just be appreciated that the upper face of the panel is formed with a shape which is conjugated with the shape of the lower face by means of a device which removes in a known manner the excess of gypsum during the solidification step.
Additional wall VA shown in figures from 3 on is parallel to the two walls PF of the formwork and is preferably, but not exclusively, positioned nearer one such wall PF so as to provide enough room to place in a known manner any reinforcement made of tile or other suitable material to be embedded into the body of the panel .
In the disclosed embodiment the additional wall VA is essentially shaped like a "comb" with wide teeth directed upwards which are able to form the holes or vertical ducts inside the panel, and the base from which such teeth project is able to form the horizontal hole connecting such vertical ducts inside the panel.
Of course, the size of such "comb" is such as to form vertical ducts opened towards the upper face of the panel and at least one horizontal duct opened both towards the lower face and the side faces of the panel .
Furthermore, additional wall VA can be advantageously be fixed or mobile independent of bottom wall F so as to allow, the best handling of the different portions of the panel upon stripping the same from the formwork
by the operator.
The present invention has been described according to a preferred embodiment thereof. However, it is self- evident that those skilled in the art can make a number of modifications and/or replacements without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.
Claims
1. An apparatus for manufacturing building panels, characterized in that it includes a building panel manufacturing device which is provided with means for making vertical and horizontal ducts into each panel which are connected to one another and opened towards the upper ' and lower faces as well as the side faces perpendicular to the surface of the panel.
2. The apparatus according to the preceding claim, including at least one formwork to mould at least one panel, characterized in that said means for making vertical and horizontal ducts consists of an additional vertical wall (VA) located in each formwork, said additional wall (VA) being located between two fixed vertical walls (PF) limiting the thickness of the panel as well as a lower bottom wall
(F) divided into two portions separated by said additional wall (VA) .
3. The apparatus according to the preceding claim, characterized in that bottom wall (F) is provided with handling means (P) of the known type able to move it upwards to strip the panel from the formwork after its setting, said handling means (P) being such that the two portions into which said bottom wall (F) is divided move together.
4. The apparatus according to claim 2 or 3,
characterized in that said additional wall (VA) is able to make at least one horizontal duct as well as one or more vertical ducts connected to said at least one horizontal duct so that upon assembling several panels to form a wall, with the vertical ducts of each panel being aligned with the ducts of the panels of the upper and lower rows, said wall is provided with a network of vertical and horizontal ducts already connected to one another.
5. The apparatus according to any claim from 2 on, characterized in that the bottom wall (F) of the formwork and its side walls (PL) perpendicular to the plane of the panel are shaped to provide the panel with male/female means for coupling the adjoining panels of the same row and those of the upper and lower rows, the upper face of the panel being shaped with a face which is conjugated with the its lower face by a device that removes the excess of gypsum during the setting step.
6. The apparatus according to any claim from 2 on, characterized in that said additional wall (VA) is parallel to the two fixed walls (PF) of the formwork.
7. The apparatus according to any claim from 2 on, characterized in that said additional wall (VA) is shaped essentially like a "comb" with wide teeth directed upwards and forming vertical holes or ducts inside the panel, and the base of the "comb" from
which said teeth project is able to form at least one horizontal hole or duct connected to such vertical ducts .
8. The apparatus according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the size of such "comb" is such as to form vertical ducts opened towards the upper face of the panel and at least one horizontal duct opened both towards the lower face and the side faces of the panel.
9. The apparatus according to any claim from 2 on, characterized in that said additional wall (VA) is fixed with respect to vertical walls (PF) of the formwork.
10. The apparatus according to any claim 2 to 8, characterized in that said additional wall (VA) is mobile independent of bottom wall (F) so as to allow the best handling of the different portions of the panel upon stripping the same from the formwork by the operator.
11. An installation for the production of tile-gypsum panels including a proportioning system (1) , a mixing system (2), a manufacturing system (3), and a panel handling and packing system (4), characterized in that said manufacturing system is made according to one or more preceding claims.
12. An apparatus for manufacturing building panels as essentially disclosed and shown in the present description and the accompanying drawings.
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