DEVICE FOR FIXING THIN ELEMENTS TO FACADES
(EN) The invention relates to a device for fixing thin elements to facades, particularly thin modular elements made of porcelain or other materials to be fixed to ventilated facades, using suspension sections which are intended to be fixed to the elements made of porcelain or other materials. The invention is characterized in that the suspension sections include a tongue which is shaped and dimensioned such that it can be coupled to the horizontal support section that is fixed to the vertical installation surface.
This invention relates to a device for fixing thin elements to facades, that essentially has novelty characteristics and notable advantages with respect to known methods and the methods used for the same state-of-the-art purposes.
More specifically, the invention proposes the development of a device specially designed to affix thin modular elements made of porcelain or other materials, to be used in ventilated facades and applied on newly constructed facades and when renovating existing ones.
The field of application of the invention is obviously within the industrial construction sector in general and specifically for ventilated facades.
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONCurrent state-of-the-art includes creating systems for fixing thin porcelain elements, or other material, made to coat facades to create the mentioned ventilated facades, in which modular coating elements are left at a certain distance of the interior or original facade. These devices may be mechanical, with
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In general, creating fixing devices for modular elements to be used in the construction of ventilated facades known by the inventor, have many drawbacks, all which derive from the difficulty of holding a thin element reliably and especially in the case of mixed mounting or mounting with adhesive where machining is needed on the parts prior to mounting, making it especially difficult when dealing with elements that must be adapted to the project.
The fixing element for modular elements in ventilated facades which is the object of the invention, consists of a section with a surface that is wide enough to ensure perfect adherence, and a tab (at the top or bottom according to the position of the part) along the entire length that acts as a support along the base of the part, making sure it doesn't fall due to gravity, making it a mechanical fix and therefore avoiding that the glue work continuously against shear strength, which can cause wear on the resistance of the adhesive material; in this type of device the glue only has to support the suction loads which are sporadic and for which the adhesive glue results to be sufficient.
The fixing device for porcelain elements and other material mentioned in this invention is also characterized because each element is designed in a way that in the gluing area there are push-out edges that ensure
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The attached drawings include, but are not limited to, a method of creating the fixing device for thin modular elements in ventilated facades proposed for the invention. In the drawings:
The fixing device for porcelain elements or other elements in ventilated facades that are the object of this invention described below as an example for
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(3) to support the permanent gravitational loads of the parts (6), hung to the sections (7) with the hook (5), and the guide blade (4) which also, in the section
(9) that joins the section (2) with the part (6) includes glue, therefore avoiding that it falls due to the suction effect on the facade.
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(3) and (4) and projected in orthogonal shape with respect to the mentioned blades on a parallel level with the body of the section itself, and at a preset distance from the latter. These tabs allow them to be inserted inside the additional grooves made on the longitudinal edges of the porcelain elements (6), which gives an increased hold of the parts in their set position.
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Claims
1. Device for fixing elements to facades comprising, particularly thin modular porcelain elements or other material, in ventilated facades, using suspension sections (1, 2) which are intended to be fixed to porcelain elements (6) or other material, which is characterized because the mentioned suspension sections (1, 2) include a tongue (5) which is shaped and dimensioned such that it can be coupled to the horizontal support section (7) that is fixed to the vertical installation surface. Also, the mentioned suspension sections (1, 2) which are equipped with a blade portion (3, 4) on its longitudinal edge that according to the position of the section, has a lower longitudinal support along the entire length of the base of the porcelain piece (6) or a guide effect over the top edge of this piece, respectively.
2. Device, according to claim 1, characterized because the suspension sections (1, 2) include in the contact area (9, 10), along with the modular porcelain elements (6), a longitudinal groove to apply the glue to the corresponding porcelain element (6).
3. Device according to claim 1, characterized because optionally, the suspension sections
- (Ibis, 2bis) include in the respective blade areas (3, 4), an orthogonal-shaped tab (11), sized and configured to be inserted into a matching groove
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- made at the longitudinal edge of the modular porcelain elements (6).
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Type: Application
Filed: Feb 7, 2007
Publication Date: Feb 5, 2009
Applicant: FRONS VENTILO S.A. (Madrid)
Inventor: José Antonio Ortega Gatalan (Madrid)
Application Number: 12/278,781
International Classification: E04F 13/08 (20060101); E04B 2/88 (20060101);