Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Multiroom or level – Curtain-wall; i.e. – panel attached outside floor or beam
Patent
1989-03-15
1991-05-21
Scherbel, David A.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Multiroom or level
Curtain-wall; i.e., panel attached outside floor or beam
52773, 52775, E04F 1900
Patent
active
050164104
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for the localized fastening of elements having an edge, especially of plates to a supporting structure.
In a particular use, it relates to a device for the localized fastening of plates made of building materials to a supporting structure, for the purpose of covering or forming at least partially frontages of buildings or internal walls, where the plates can be made of various building materials, for example asbestos cement, wood or glass, which are single or multi-layer.
At the present time, for the fastening of covering plates, continuous sections are often used, and these are engaged in grooves made in the end faces of the plates and are fastened to a supporting structure. In other cases, fastening members screwed to a supporting structure are used. When the plates are made of glass, they are usually adhesively bonded to a supporting structure, and auxiliary retaining and safety elements screwed to the supporting structure are added.
Furthermore, the Patent FR-A-2,531,755 shows a hook which is cut out from a metal sheet and which is fastened flat to the end face of a plate and then catches on a lug secured to the supporting structure, and the U.S. Pat. No. 2,816,436 shows a U-shaped wire engaged transversely on the edge of a plate in order to grip this, its end being fastened to a supporting structure by means of a nail.
These known arrangements are relatively complicated to put into effect and present problems especially at the time of assembly of the plates and also when one of several plates forming a surface is to be changed, for example because it is damaged.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is, in particular, to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art and provides a localized fastening device which is especially simple to produce and put into effect during both the assembly and the removal of the plates.
The device according to the invention for the localized fastening of a component having an edge, such as a plate, to a supporting structure comprises a first element fastened to the structure or integrated in this (also called the supporting member) and having a catching lug, and a second element fastened to the edge of the plate and interacting with the said catching lug, in order to fasten the plate to the supporting structure in a localized manner.
According to the invention, the said second element comprises a first part bearing against the front face of the said plate, a second part engaged behind the rear face of the said plate and a third part connecting the said first and second parts and extending across the end face of the plate, this second element being at least partially deformable elastically, in such a way that its third part is deformable substantially parallel to the end face of the plate, so as to generate, in one direction of deformation of this part, an elastic effect of gripping the edge of the plate between the said first and second parts of the second element and, in its other direction of deformation, a spreading apart of the said first and second parts of the second element, so as to release the edge of the plate. The second element will also be called the gripping element in this specification.
The invention can have many alternative embodiments, some of which are described below.
The third part of the gripping element can comprise at least one branch inclined at least partially relative to the transverse direction of the end face of the plate and elastically deformable at least parallel to the end face of the plate.
The third part of the gripping element can comprise two branches at least inclined oppositely relative to the transverse direction of the end face of the plate and parallel to the end face of the plate.
The third part of the gripping element can comprise two branches which are at least partially arcuate in opposite directions and elastically deformable parallel to the end face of the plate. These branches can be made arcuate, in such a way that the
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Scherbel David A.
Watson Linda J.
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