Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Intersection of wall to floor – ceiling – roof – or another wall – Sustainer coextensive with junction of panels or modules
Patent
1997-12-15
2000-03-28
Friedman, Carl D.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Intersection of wall to floor, ceiling, roof, or another wall
Sustainer coextensive with junction of panels or modules
52271, 525821, 52235, E04B 100
Patent
active
060415630
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a fixing device for fixing at least one panel, such as in particular a facing panel, to a building, in which the fixing device comprises at least one frame section which can form part of a framework to be fitted at one side of the panel, and at least one supporting part for fixing to a floor, ceiling, partitioning wall or structural part of a building, in which the at least one frame section is provided with at least one first connecting part, in which the at least one supporting part is provided with at least one second connecting part, in which the at least one frame section and at least one supporting part can be interconnected by way of said connecting parts, and in which the connecting parts, viewed in the connected state and in a cross-sectional plane at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the frame section, form at least one essentially circular arc-shaped connection.
Panels in this context should be understood as including cladding sheets for fitting in particular on the outside of buildings, both transparent and non-transparent sheets such as, for example, panes and aluminium or plastic cladding sheets respectively, but they also include roof panels. However, the fixing device according to the invention can also be used for facing panels to be fitted in the inside of a building, and for wall, floor and ceiling panels to be fitted on the inside of a building.
Framework in this context should be understood as meaning a frame which is fitted in order to fix or anchor such a panel at two or more sides, by means of which frame such a panel can be fixed to a building. The framework may also be fitted around the panel, if desired.
Such fixing devices are generally known per se.
In the case of large buildings, in particular high-rise buildings, it is currently general practice to construct a building from a concrete skeleton structure which is clad on the outside with facing panels such as panes and non-transparent cladding panels. In the case of such concrete skeleton buildings, concrete outside walls are often not provided, but the outside walls are produced by fitting non-load-bearing facing panels. In this case said facing panels are fixed to the ends of floors and/or ceilings, and/or inside walls situated at the outer sides of the building. Such facing panels are generally fixed in such a way that the reference plane of the facing panel, at least near its fixing point, is perpendicular to the central longitudinal plane of the corresponding floor, the corresponding ceiling or the corresponding partitioning wall. However, if the facing panel has to be fixed to the building at an angle other than 90.degree. relative to the central longitudinal plane of the corresponding ceiling, the corresponding floor or the corresponding partitioning wall, special constructional measures have to be taken. The ceilings, floors and partitioning walls used in such skeleton building are generally concrete slabs always having right-angled transitions between the adjacent external faces of the concrete slab. This means that when a facing panel is fixed to such a concrete slab at an angle other than 90.degree., a line contact, instead of a flat contact, will then be formed between said concrete slab and the facing panel. This produces, as it were, a triangular space between the facing panel and the corresponding concrete slab. This triangular space must be filled up, in order to ensure a sturdy, stable fixing, which is a laborious and time-consuming operation. Another method can be to provide the facing panel with a frame section which surrounds the facing panel, the surrounding frame section being provided with a suitable profile at the position of the so-called oblique fixing, in such a way that a flat contact is still obtained. However, such sections with an adapted profile mean that fitting is possible only at a set, fixed angle. Other sections have to be manufactured for other angles. It will be clear that this is laborious and expensive.
A fixing device of the type mentioned at
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Dorsey Dennis L.
Friedman Carl D.
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