Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
  • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
  • E04F11/181—Balustrades
  • E04F11/1817—Connections therefor
  • E04F11/1834—Connections therefor with adjustable angle, e.g. pivotal connections
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
  • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
  • E04F11/181—Balustrades
  • E04F11/1812—Details of anchoring to the wall or floor
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
  • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
  • E04F11/181—Balustrades
  • E04F11/1851—Filling panels, e.g. concrete, sheet metal panels
  • E04F11/1853—Glass panels
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
  • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
  • E04F11/181—Balustrades
  • E04F11/1817—Connections therefor
  • E04F2011/1823—Connections therefor between balustrade filling members, e.g. balusters or panels, and horizontal or sloping balustrade members

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for locking and regulation panels or slabs for the realization of balustrades, railings, handrails or other fence elements.
• the invention relates to a device for locking and regulation panels or flat sheets of glass, which are adjacent to one another and achieve a fence structure.
• metal sections made of steel or aluminum
• fastening means such as bolts or screws
• the gripping systems using wedges are scarcely reliable, because the contact surface of the glass sheet and the locking wedge is very little, because the flat contact surfaces of the glass and the wedge are offset, compromising the holding force of the locking and perpendicularity of the plate, especially at the upper end of the latter, which is relatively distant from the portion of the glass engaged by the locking means .
• the metal support sections be of thinner and of less visible as possible, in order not to have a negative impact on the aesthetic continuity of the installations.
• This requirement determines, on the other hand, a lower reliability of the locking device and, in particular, limits the possibility to adjust the inclination of the plates installed and maintain over time the desired position .
• the task of the present invention is therefore to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above and, in particular, that of providing for a device for locking and regulation panels or slabs, that is adaptable to the inclination angle of the two faces of the panel or of the slab, in order to adjust in a simple and fast way the inclination of the plate with respect to the respective fixing section beam.
• Another aim of the invention is to provide a device for locking and regulation panels or sheets, which guarantees an effective grip in correspondence of the locking means of the plate and then secure the retention of each plate.
• a further aim of the present invention is to provide a device for locking and regulation panels or sheets, which is relatively simple to install and which can be applied to any type of panel or slabs, also preserving the aesthetic continuity of installations made with more plates glass adjacent to one another.
• the locking and regulation device for panels or slabs, in particular made of glass, according to the present invention results to be of small size and is adapted to perform an effective locking, safe and of high aesthetic value.
• the device according to the invention is easily adaptable to the inclination angle of the two faces of the panel, ; in order to obtain a perfect perpendicularity of each panel with respect to the mounting surface, as well as a total co-planarity of the panels between them, in case where the same are installed in a grid and used for the realization of balustrades, railings, banisters and fences or similar structures.
• FIG. 1 is a first schematic view and partially in section of a first embodiment of the locking device and regulation of panels or sheets, according to the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a further schematic view and partially in section of the embodiment of Figure 1 of the locking device and regulation of panels or sheets, according to the present invention
• FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view and partial and partially in section of a second embodiment of the locking device and regulation of panels or sheets, according to the present invention.
• a U-shaped extruded profile which at its bottom is fixed by locking means 11 to a reference surface 15, such as a ceiling and/or a floor, and which is adapted to house a panel 12, preferably made of glass, for the realization of balustrades, railings and fence structures in general .
• a sleeve 13 which is U- shaped and positioned almost completely inside the seat 14 in correspondence of the lower portions thereof and which is tapered towards the top in correspondence with an upper portion of said seat 14, so as to constitute the upper portions 13A, 13B which are placed side by side and in contact with the plate 12.
• the sleeve 13 is preferably made of resilient and/or flexible material, the shaped profile 10 being preferably made of steel and/or aluminum.
• the adjusting screws 17 are arranged in a direction which is perpendicular to the surface 15 and they pass through the corresponding wedges 16, in such a way that:
• each screw 17 is constrained to the corresponding wedge 16
• each screw 17 is constrained to the respective wedge 16 by means of a circular abutment 19, which fits into a suitable seat or recess 20 of the sleeve 16, while on the head 21 of each screw 17 is provided a seat for the regulation of the latter from the outside; furthermore, by incorporating the head 21 of each screw 17 within the wedge 16 it is also possible to avoid providing the abutment 19 for anchoring the screw 17 the wedge 16.
• the sleeve 13 keeps the plate 12 in a vertical position, while the presence of the opposing blocks constituted by the respective wedges 16 and the lower portions of the sleeve 13 allow to regulate, with ease and precision, the inclination of the plate 12 with respect to the vertical axis K and the extruded profile 10.
• each screw 17 by means of a specific tool, which can be inserted from the outside of the extruded profile 10 in the upper seat of the head 21
• it causes a displacement in the vertical direction of the corresponding wedge 16, whose diagonal wall is thus forced to slide on the respective diagonal wall of the tapered portion 13A, 13B of the sleeve 13 (as shown in detail in attached figure 1) ; in such a way, it is possible to adjust the inclination of the plate 12 accurately and easily, by acting on bith sides of the said plate 12, as the vertical movement of the wedge 16, which causes the sliding of the wedge 16 on the tapered wall of the sleeve 13, determines the desired displacement of the plate 12 from one side or the other, in order to obtain the desired inclination.
• the anchoring edge of the lower plate 12 may be formed directly from the bottom surface of the extruded section 10 (as shown in detail in attached figure 3) ; in this case, the sleeve 13 is made up of two symmetrical pieces, placed by each side of the plate 12 and held in position inside the seat 14 by means of a tooth 23, formed on the lower portion of the sleeve 13, which is engaged by further tooth 24 protruding from the extruded section 10, in order to anchor the lower portion of the sleeve 13 during the adjustment of the inclination of the plate 12 carried by the rotation of the head 21.

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  • 2015-03-25 WO PCT/IT2015/000079 patent/WO2015145477A1/en active Application Filing
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