CA1042175A - Mounting for detachably connecting wall elements - Google Patents

Mounting for detachably connecting wall elements

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CA1042175A
CA1042175A CA256,152A CA256152A CA1042175A CA 1042175 A CA1042175 A CA 1042175A CA 256152 A CA256152 A CA 256152A CA 1042175 A CA1042175 A CA 1042175A
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jaw
panels
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Ruedi Zwissler
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16BDEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/06Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
    • F16B5/0607Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/38Connections for building structures in general
    • E04B1/61Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other
    • E04B1/6108Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other the frontal surfaces of the slabs connected together
    • E04B1/6112Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other the frontal surfaces of the slabs connected together by clamping, e.g. friction, means on lateral surfaces
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/38Connections for building structures in general
    • E04B1/61Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other
    • E04B2001/6195Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other the slabs being connected at an angle, e.g. forming a corner

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  • Mutual Connection Of Rods And Tubes (AREA)
  • Joining Of Building Structures In Genera (AREA)
  • Connection Of Plates (AREA)
  • Finishing Walls (AREA)

Abstract

Abstract of the Disclosure A mounting detachably connects panels such as wall panels at their ends or edges. In one embodiment, a first jaw member has an inter-mediate part or member formed integrally thereon and a pair of jaw devices are fixable on the intermediate part. Each jaw device has a recess com-plementary with the intermediate part for guiding the jaw device along the intermediate part. In order to connect the panels, the jaws are pressed against each other and form openings which snugly receive the panels. The dimensions of the recess can be chosen so that panels of different thick-nesses can be connected to each other. In several embodiments, the inter-mediate part is a separated elongated, multi-sided member fixable to the jaws. A screw releasably secures each jaw device to the intermediate member.
The recess accurately determines the separation of the jaw device from the jaw member so that the separation matches the thickness of the connected panel.

Description

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The prescnt invention rc]ates to a mounting for detachabLy connecting elements, such as wall elements, edge protectors, rails etc. by means of jaws pressable against each other for lodging the elements.
Numerous embodiments of such mountings are known and in frequent use. Thus, a mounting of the above-mentioned type is known which comprises two similar jaws between which, in assembled condition, two openings forming a part of a circle or of a cylinder are formed. Within each opening, there is arranged a gripping element provided with an incision for holding an edge of the wall element. The gripping elements consist of resilient material such as for example hard rubber or polyamide. By more or less strong pressing against each other of the two jaws, the gripping parts are more or less strongly pressed together, and the wall elements to be connected held in the incisions of the gripping elements.
- Although the known mounting, because of the cylindrical shape of the gripping elements, permits any angle between the wall elements to be connected, it has many disadvantages.
Such a disadvantage consists for example in that it is expensive in construction and consists of several co-acting parts. A particularly strong disadvantage is that rigid connection of two wall elements is not poæsible because of the resilient gripping elements. A further disadvantage of the known mountings is that~ independently of the angle, only two wall elements can be connected with each other. A further disadvantage arises ~-from the fact that the known mountings must be exactly horizontal since, otherwise, the wall elements to be connected would be directly gripped by the jaws and their surface damaged.
Since the gripping element can be distorted within the jaws, it is furthermore not possible to connect together two wall elements at a ~ precisely determined angle.
;; It is the purpose of the present invention to avoid the disadvantages _1- ~

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of the known untings and particularly to provide a mounting of the above-mentioned type which permits rigid connection of panels and which also permits the connection of at least three panels together.
A further purpose of the invention is providing a mounting which can be produced economically and which comprises the lowest possible number of individual parts.
A further purpose of the invention is providing a mounting by means of which several panels can be rigidly connected together while avoiding undue tensions resulting from non-parallelism or from different distances between the individual panels.
According to the present invention, a mounting for detachably connecting juxtaposed ends of at least three panels radiating away from the mounting comprises a jaw member formed with a first pair of spaced jaw surfaces positioned to engage respectively faces on one side of two of said panels adjacent said ends thereof, an intermediate part rigid with said jaw member and located between the ends of said first pair of panels, a pair of jaw devices, each having one jaw surface positioned to engage, , respectively faces on opposite sides of said first pair of spaced jaw sur-faces, each of said jaw devices having a further jaw surface positioned to engage a further panel, each of said jaw devices having a portion shaped to interfit with said intermediate part to accurately determine the separation Yj of said jaw devices from the jaw member to match the thickness of the first pair of panels located between said jaw devices and said jaw member, said ~ intermediate part positioned in alignment with the ends of all of the panels ¦ which radiate from the mounting, and means for releasably securing said jaw devices to said intermediate part.
~ The interfitting portion on each jaw device is preferably a recess j complementary with the intermediate part. If desired the dimensions of the recess can be chosen so that elements of different thicknesses can be cor~-cted to cach othor.

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According to the present invention, a mounting for rigidly connect-ing at least three panels is provided in an optimally simple manner since no intermediate parts of gripping elements of resilient material are used.
By appropriate choice of the dimensions of the recess, it is possible to effect the connection of panels within a determined range of thicknesses since the jaw devices are guided on the intermediate part by the recess. By the use of the intermediate part, the distances between the individual panels are kept equal due to their construction so that no differences of parallel-- ism can arise.
The present invention furthermore renders possible particularly economical production of mountings since they consist of the lowest possible number of individual parts.
According to one embodiment, the intermediate part can be made in one piece with the first jaw whereby a further simplification and still more economical production of the mounting are rendered possible.
For connecting four panels, the present invention can be realized in a particularly advantageous manner if the intermediate part is a prism of square cross-section and the jaw member, the jaw devices, and another jaw device form four equal partial jaws fixed on the longitudinal edges of the intermediate part.
Individual panels can be removed independently from the still ~ remaining panels with the mounting described herein.
- For the connection of three panels, the present invention can be realized advantageously if the intermediate part is a prism of pentagonal ~- cross-section; if, on each of two non-adjacent faces of the prism, there is provided one of said jaw devices with a recess; if the jaw surfsces of each jaw device form an angle of 135 so that, between the jaw devices, there is formed an opening for fixing a panel; if, on the longitudinal edge of the prism which is situated opposite the opening, there is provided said jaw member, and if the angle between the faces of the prism which form the - 3 _ ,........................ ~ ' ... . .
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longitudinal edge of the prism is 90.
In order to achieve safe and rigid connection of the panels, it is advantageous if the individual jaws are fixed on the intermediate part by means of at least one screw.
The invention will be described hereinafter by means of some examples with reference to the attached drawings wherein:
Figure 1 shows a top view of a mounting for connecting three wall panels at angles of 90 and 180, respectively, Figure 2 shows a top view of a mounting for connecting four wall panels at angles of 90, Figure 3 shows a top view of a mounting for connecting three wall panels at angles of 90 and 135, respectively, and Figure 4 shows a top view of a mounting for connecting three wall panels at angles of 120.
Figure 1 shows a mounting for connecting three wall panels 5 at angles of 90 and 180, respectively. This mounting comprises a first jaw member 1, an intermediate part 2 formed thereon as well as two jaw devices 6 . fixed on the intermediate part. The jaw devices 6 are pressed against the intermediate part 2 and accordingly against the jaw member 1 by means of a ;~
~s 20 screw (not shown in detail) countersunk in an opening 8. The jaw devices q, each have two jaw surfaces positioned to engage wall panels and these sur-faces form an angle of 90. As can be seen, individual wall panels 5 can be removed independently of the remaining wall panels by opening individual jaw devices 6. The jaw devices 6 each have a recess 4 complementary with the intermediate part 2 which assures the guiding and the securing of the jaw device against distortion.
Figure 2 shows a mounting for connecting four wall panels 5 at angles of 90. The mounting comprises a prism 7 of square cross-section on ~ each of the longitudinal edges of which there is fixed a jaw device by means ¦ 30 of screws (not shown). The individual wall panels 5 are fixed and held .~ . ~ . .
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The mounting for connecting three wall panels 5 shown in Figure 3 consists of a prism 10 of pentagonal cross-section, of two jaw devices 9 fixed on non-adjacent faces of the prism 10 and of a jaw member 6. Each of the jaw devices 9 includes a recess 4 by means of which the guiding of the same along the prism 10 is assured. The jaw devices 9 have jaw surfaces which form an angle of 135. Between the jaw devices, an opening for lodging a first wall panel 5 is formed thereby.
The jaw member 6 has an angle of 90 formed by the two jaw surfaces thereof and is fixed on the longitudinal edge of prism 10 which is situated opposite the aforesaid opening. Between the partial jaw 6 on one side and ~; each jaw device 9 on the other side, two further openings for lodging two -1 further wall panels at an angle of 90 to each other are formed.
Figure 4 shows a mounting for connecting three wall panels 5 at ` an angle of 120. This unting consists of a prism 12 of hexagonal cross-section and three jaw devices 11 arranged symmetrically around the prism on three non-adjacent faces of the prism. Each of the jaw devices 11 has a recess for guiding the same along the prism 12. The individual jaw devices are fixed on the prism 12 by means of screws not shown in detail, counter-sunk in the openings 8.
As can be seen, the choice of a suitable dimension for the recesses 4 of the individual jaws permits one to connect wall elements of a prcdctcrrincd thickncss.

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Claims (9)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A mounting for detachably connecting juxtaposed ends of at least three panels radiating away from the mounting, said mounting comprising: a jaw member formed with a first pair of spaced jaw surfaces positioned to engage respectively faces on one side of two of said panels adjacent said ends thereof, an intermediate part rigid with said jaw member and located between the ends of said first pair of panels, a pair of jaw devices, each having one jaw surface positioned to engage, respectively faces on opposite sides of said first pair of spaced jaw surfaces, each of said jaw devices having a further jaw surface positioned to engage a further panel, each of said jaw devices having a portion shaped to interfit with said intermediate part to accurately determine the separation of said jaw devices from the jaw member to match the thickness of the first pair of panels located between said jaw devices and said jaw member, said intermediate part positioned in alignment with the ends of all of the panels which radiate from the mounting, and means for releasably securing said jaw devices to said intermediate part.
2. A mounting according to claim 1 for connecting four panels, wherein the intermediate part is a prism of square cross-section, said jaw member, said pair of jaw devices, and another jaw device form four equal partial jaws fixed on the longitudinal edges of the intermediate part, and the angle between the jaw surfaces of each jaw device, facing the panels to be connected, is 90°.
3. A mounting according to claim 1 for connecting three panels wherein the intermediate part is a prism of pentagonal cross-section, said jaw devices are fixed on two non-adjacent faces of the prism, the jaw surfaces of each jaw device form an angle of 135° so that, between the jaw devices, an opening for fixing a panel is formed, said jaw member is fixed on the longi-tudinal edge of the prism situated opposite the opening, and the angle between the faces of the prism forming said longitudinal edge is 90°.
4. A mounting according to claim 1 for connecting three elements wherein the intermediate part is a prism of hexagonal cross-section; said jaw devices each have a recess; on each of three non-adjacent faces of the prism there is fixed one of said jaw devices and said jaw member; the jaw surfaces of each jaw device and said jaw member form an angle of 120° so that, between the jaw devices and the jaw member, an opening for fixing a panel is formed.
5. A mounting according to any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein said means for releasably securing said jaw devices comprises at least one screw for each jaw device.
6. A mounting according to claim 1 for connecting three panels wherein said intermediate part is an integral part of said jaw member and is formed at the center of said jaw member and the jaw surfaces of said jaw member are situated in the same plane.
7. A mounting according to claim 1 or 6 wherein the jaw surfaces of each jaw device form an angle of 90° to each other.
8. A mounting according to any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein said securing means comprises one opening in each jaw device to accommodate a screw, said screw being countersunk in the opening.
9. A mounting according to any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the interfitting portion on each jaw device is a recess complementary with an edge formed on said intermediate part.
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