Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Assembled in situ-type anchor or tie – Sheet or wire tie
Patent
1982-03-02
1984-11-13
Murtagh, John E.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Assembled in situ-type anchor or tie
Sheet or wire tie
52489, 52509, 52715, 52775, 52DIG6, E04B 138, E04C 200
Patent
active
044817495
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a panelling clip and is concerned more particularly with a clip for fixing tongue and groove boards for the panelling of walls, and a method incorporating the use of such clips.
BACKGROUND ART
The traditional method of fixing tongue and groove boards for wall panelling involves nailing of the boards but this is not always a desirable practice and there is therefore a need for procedures whereby panels can be fixed in position without nailing being apparent and also so that if required the panelling may be wholly or partially disassembled, e.g., to provide access to the space behind the panelling. A particular problem experienced where boards are not firmly nailed is that the boards tend to bow, resulting in an unsightly appearance.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a clip, and a method involving the use of a quantity of such clips, whereby panelling can be carried out expeditiously and cheaply, without resulting in the appearance of nail heads or other fixing means, and whereby the boards of the panelling are held firmly in position and bowing or other distortion is minimised.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
With this object in view one aspect of the invention broadly resides in the provision and utilisation of clips which are constructed to engage upon an edge of a timber board and which are further constructed to move slidably relative to a supporting structure and to engage firmly with said supporting structure to retain boards with which they are engaged.
More particularly a clip according to the invention may comprise a body constructed to be engaged with a channel or like supporting member, said clip having one portion which in use is disposed within the supporting member for the purpose of gripping a surface thereof, and another portion which in use extends outwardly of the supporting member and is constructed to engage upon the edge of a timber board.
Other objects and features of the invention will be apparent from the following description of a preferred form thereof made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a clip according to this preferred form of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the clip of FIG. 1, seen from a different direction and positioned on a supporting channel shown in dotted outline, and
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of part of a pannelled wall showing a channel with two clips according to FIGS. 1 and 2 in conjunction with timber boards.
BEST MODE OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Referring to the drawings a clip 11 is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and two such clips are shown in FIG. 3. The clip 11 is made of suitable spring steel sheet of a suitable gauge, normally 26 gauge. It is made by punching out a piece of the material which is generally rectangular with two triangular projecting tabs 12 at opposite ends of one edge. These tabs 12 are bent in the line of that edge into a plane at right angles to the piece, which is also bent at right angles in the reverse direction, along a line parallel to and close to the same edge. This results in the main body 14 of the clip extending generally parallel to the plane of the tabs 12 and joined to them by an intermediate region 13 hereinafter termed the platform. The said main body 14 is partially cut away centrally to leave two side-pieces 15 which extend from the platform 13 and are joined by a cross-piece 16. The cross-piece 16 is bowed convexly towards the plane of the tabs 12. Part of the material cut out from the main body 14 is left joined to the platform 13 and is bent at right angles towards the side opposite from the platform and in a plane slightly spaced from it in the direction of the cross-piece 16. Hence this remaining part results in a tranverse rib 17 extending along the edge of the platform 13 between the side-pieces 15, and an integral plate 18 joined to the edge of the rib 17. At each end of the plate 18, in the transverse direction of the clip 11, a slot 19 is cut thereby leavi
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Murtagh John E.
Safavi Michael
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