EP2666387B1

EP2666387B1 - Supporting unit for wall coating panels

Info

Publication number: EP2666387B1
Application number: EP13165675.3A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Carlo Cattaneo
Original assignee: Leonardo SRL
Current assignee: Leonardo SRL
Priority date: 2012-05-21
Filing date: 2013-04-29
Publication date: 2018-04-04
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-29
Also published as: EP2666387A3; ITMI20120875A1; ES2672323T3; PL2666387T3; EP2666387A2

Description

The present invention relates to a supporting unit for wall coating panels.
The invention also relates to a coating panel provided with a plurality of devices produced according to the invention.
As is well known to experts in the field, for the wall assembly of coating panels, for example for the production of "boiseries" or other types of coatings, for various types of environments and/or walls, devices are preferably used which allow not only the fixing of each panel to the wall, but also at least its height (vertical) regulation.
A device of this type is described for example in EP-A-2199488 .
The device of EP-A-2199488 has a completely satisfactory functioning but is relatively costly to produce due to the presence of a slide which, activated by a screw, allows the regulation of the panel in height.
More specifically, the regulation screw, which is housed on a base fixed to the panel, acts on a plate which is fixed to the wall, not directly, but through another intermediary component, which is the slide.
The document CH 690588 discloses a suspension device is for plates and comprises two identical cooperating holding strips. The strips are fixed to a sub-structure and by being turned through 180 degrees to the rear side of a plate. Each holding strip has a rear wall and two legs extending out of the plane of the front side of the rear wall and forwardly. One leg has an inwardly open U-shape and the other is L-shaped. The wall thickness of an inwardly extending outer leg section of the U-shaped leg corresponds to the thickness of the rear wall (2). In particular, the document discloses a plate and counter-plate which has riser and skirts and which develop partially in a plane which is perpendicular to the plane on which lies the central portion of the plate and counter-plate. The mutual engagement disclosed need that one of the two (riser or skirt) is hook-shaped (see 3' and 3" in figure 1).
For applications which do not strictly require the possibility of regulating the position of the panel in height (vertical), supporting systems have already been proposed, comprising a plate and a counterplate, identical to each other, suitable for being fixed to the panel and wall respectively.
Although identical to each other, the configuration of said plate and counterplate, however, is such as to require that they be fixed to the panel and wall with a reciprocal overturned orientation (position) with respect to each other.
This requires great precision in fixing the plate and counterplate to the panel and wall: this precision is not always respected and this causes difficulty in assembling the panel to the wall, and an incorrect positioning with respect to the adjacent panels.
The general objective of the present invention is to provide a system for the wall assembly of coating panels comprising a plate suitable for being fixed to the panel and a counterplate suitable for being fixed to the wall, which is at the same time economical to produce, simple and rapid to apply, and with a satisfactory functioning.
This objective is achieved by a device having the characteristics specified in claim 1 and in the enclosed subclaims.
The structural and functional characteristics of the present invention, and its advantages with respect to the known art, will appear even more evident from the following description, referring to the enclosed drawings, which show an embodiment example of the same invention. In the drawings:

figure 1 is a raised view according to the arrow F of figure 3, illustrating the plate (counterplate) forming the supporting unit of the invention;
figure 2 is a raised view according to the arrow F1 of figure 3;
figure 3 is a raised view according to the arrow F2 of figure 1;
figure 4 is a plan view according to the arrow F3 of figure 1;
figure 5 is a perspective view of the supporting plate (counterplate) ;
figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating a panel provided with two supporting plates according to the invention, in which a pair of corresponding counter-plates protrudes from the wall;
figure 7 is a vertical section illustrating a panel assembled on the wall by means of the supporting unit according to the invention; and
figure 8 is a perspective view illustrating the supporting unit according to the invention in detail.

With reference to the drawings, the supporting unit according to the invention comprises the combination of a metallic plate 10 and a metallic counterplate 10A that have the specific feature of being perfectly identical to each other.
The plate 10 is destined for being fixed to a panel P, whereas the counterplate 10A is destined for being fixed to a wall M; as can be clearly seen in figures 7 and 8, the positioning of said plate 10 and counterplate 10A is specular, even if at different heights.
Said plate 10 and counterplate 10A have a central section 11, 11A which is withdrawn with respect to a riser 12, 12A and a skirt 13, 13A.
The central section 11, 11A has a series of pass-through holes 14, 14A for the passage of screws 15 (for fixing the plate 10 to the panel P) and dowels 16 (for fixing the counterplate 10A to the wall M), figures 6-8.
Slots 9, 9A are also envisaged for fixing the plate 10 to the panel and counterplate 10A to the wall M, with the possibility of horizontal regulation.
The riser 12, 12A has two terminal run- end projections 17, 17A which limit the lateral movement of the plate 10 with respect to the counterplate 10A.
The functioning of the supporting unit, object of the present invention, is evident from what is described above with reference to the drawings and is briefly as follows.
With reference to the examples of figures 6-8, a pair of plates 10 and counterplates 10A are fixed (specularly facing each other - even if at different heights - and levelled) to the panel P and wall M respectively.
The panel P can then be anchored to the wall M by connecting the skirts 13 of the bases 10 to the risers 12A of the counterplates 10A, with the skirts 13 positioned between the projections 17A, as clearly illustrated in detail in figure 8.
The panel P can therefore be moved horizontally within the limits of the projections 17A.
The objective mentioned in the preamble of the description has therefore been achieved.
The protection scope of the invention is defined by the following claims.

Claims

Support assembly of coating panels (P) of the type comprising, in combination: a plate (10) adapted to be secured to said panel (P) and a counterplate (10A) adapted to be secured to a wall (M), between said plate (10) and counterplate (10A) being provided mutual engagement means, said plate (10) and said counterplate (10A) being made of sheet metal and perfectly identical to each other and adapted to be fixed to the panel (P) and the wall (M) oriented and positioned in the same way, in a mirror-like manner at different heights
characterized in that
said plate (10) and said counterplate (10A) comprise a central section (11, 11A), a riser (12, 12A) being contiguous with and extending in a first direction away from the central section and a skirt (13, 13A) being contiguous with the central section and extending in a second direction opposite said first direction, said central section (11, 11A) being set back with respect both to the riser (12, 12A) and to the skirt (13, 13A), said riser (12, 12A) and said skirts (13, 13A) being located on a same first plane which is parallel to a second plane on which lies said central section (11, 11A), so that said riser (12, 12A) and said skirt (13, 13A) define-s- said engagement means, wherein the skirt of the plate is adapted to engage behind the riser of the counterplate.
Assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that said central section (11, 11A) has a series of through holes (14, 14A) for the passage of screws (15) for fixing the plate (10) to the panel (P) and dowels (16) for securing said counterplate (10A) to the wall (M).
Assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that said central section (11, 11A) presents a series of slots (9, 9A) also for securing said plate (10) to the panel (P) and said counterplate (10A) to the wall (M), with possibility of adjustment in the horizontal in the plane of the plates.
Assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that said riser (12, 12A) has two limit projection terminals (17, 17A) which limit the lateral displacement of said plate (10) with respect to said counterplate (10A).