Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/38—Connections for building structures in general
  • E04B1/61—Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other
  • E04B1/6108—Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other the frontal surfaces of the slabs connected together
  • E04B1/6112—Connections 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
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
  • E04F19/00—Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
  • E04F19/02—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves
  • E04F19/06—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements
  • E04F19/062—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements used between similar elements
  • E04F19/064—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements used between similar elements in corners
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
  • E04B2/7401—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using panels without a frame or supporting posts, with or without upper or lower edge locating rails
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/38—Connections for building structures in general
  • E04B1/61—Connections for building structures in general of slab-shaped building elements with each other
  • E04B2001/6195—Connections 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
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
  • F16B5/0004—Joining sheets, plates or panels in abutting relationship
  • F16B5/0084—Joining sheets, plates or panels in abutting relationship characterised by particular locking means
  • F16B5/0088—Joining sheets, plates or panels in abutting relationship characterised by particular locking means with locking means moving substantially perpendicular to the main plane, e.g. pins, screws
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
  • F16B5/06—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
  • F16B5/0607—Joining 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
  • F16B5/0614—Joining 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 in angled relationship

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a connection joint that may be used in the building industry to connect perimeter and/or interior non-load-bearing walls of a building.
• connection joints for the assembly or construction of non-load- bearing walls in the building industry has long been known.
• Such joints comprise reciprocally connectible metal elements configured to define uprights in which to retain the respective ends of wooden boards (matchboards or slats) or the like which in turn define the individual non-load- bearing walls.
• connection joint of the known type which comprises two metal elements with an elongate shape, reciprocally connectible so as to define a clamp element in which end portions of laminated wood elements, such as matchboards or slats, may be accommodated and retained in place.
• a first metal element Ml is in the form of a corner bracket to which a second metal element M2, in the form of a perforated, elongate plate, may be connected by bolting.
• a second metal element M2 in the form of a perforated, elongate plate, may be connected by bolting.
• the second metal element M2 When the second metal element M2 is tightened relative to the first metal element Ml it forms a clamp in which wooden boards placed one on top of the other can be retained so as to define a non-load-bearing wall P.
• a lower frame M3, in which flooring M4 is positioned, and an upper frame along which a covering is installed, are constrained to the first metal element Ml.
• connection joint of this kind enables the building of robust wooden constructions.
• the action of tightening between the first metal element Ml and the second metal element M2 entails that the latter, while the bolt system is being screwed tight, is pressed against the ends of the wooden boards interposed between the two metal elements until it contacts, with its edges, the ends themselves, partially penetrating them.
• connection joint entails a localised concentration of the clamping action along the ends of the boards engaged in the joint.
• the object of the present invention is to enable the composition and connection of modular construction elements which can be reciprocally disassembled and reassembled to achieve a composition of a modular building structure in a simple, efficient, and economical manner.
• Another object of the present invention is to reciprocally connect non- load-bearing walls of a modular type in order to perimetrically delimit and/or internally divide a room.
• a further object of the present invention is to simplify the reciprocal connection of pre-fabricated elements - non-load-bearing wall sections - by using an extremely reduced number of tools.
• connection joint configured to reciprocally connect non-load-bearing wall elements
• the connection joint comprises at least a first elongate element, at least a second elongate element which is movable relative to the at least a first elongate element, connection members of a removable and adjustable type for reciprocally connecting the at least a first elongate element and the at least a second elongate element by tightening them, wherein the at least a first elongate element and the at least a second elongate element, when they are connected, reciprocally define an upright and delimit between them two or more housing seats of an adjustable width which extend along a direction of extension, wherein each of the housing seats is accessible through a respective opening delimited between a wall of the at least a first elongate element and a respective wall of the at least a second elongate element, wherein the wall and the respective wall are parallel to each other.
• each of the at least a first elongate element and the at least a second elongate element can be configured as a sheet shaped by means of a double bending so as to have three consecutive sides.
• the at least a first elongate element can have a central side from whose opposite ends the two outer sides extend symmetrically and the at least a second elongate element has a central portion from whose opposite sides respective outer portions project, wherein the outer portions extend from the central portion by a distance that is smaller than the distance by which the outer sides project from the central side.
• each of the outer sides can delimit with the central side a same bending angle that corresponds to a bending angle delimited between each of the outer portions relative to the central portion.
• connection joint can comprise two first elongate elements and two second elongate elements, wherein the connection members comprise pins that project from one of the two second elongate elements and engage respective holes delimited in the other of the two second elongate elements.
• connection joint can comprise a base element from which the first elongate elements project in a position opposite each other and wherein the two second elongate elements are opposite each other and positioned interposed between the two first elongate elements.
• connection joint can comprise a first elongate element in the form of a plate element and a second elongate element in the form of a plate element, wherein the first elongate element has a greater width than the second elongate element.
• connection members can comprise pins that project orthogonally from the first elongate element and engage respective holes delimited along the second elongate element and nuts for tightening the pins in place, wherein the first elongate element and the second elongate element, when they are connected by means of the connection members, are aligned parallel to each other and delimit two housing seats opposite each other.
• the first elongate element can have, in a bottom portion thereof, an appendage that projects orthogonally and acts as a base for connecting the first elongate element to a support, wherein the appendage delimits at least one through opening for connecting the first elongate element to a support or abutment.
• connection joint can be configured as a "T" and comprise a first elongate element and two second elongate elements, wherein the first elongate element is configured as a plate elongated along the direction of extension and each of the two second elongate elements is in the form of a sheet shaped by bending so as to obtain two consecutive sides orthogonal to each other.
• each of the second elongate elements can have a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of each of the second elongate elements is configured to face the first elongate element when the connection joint is assembled, and the second side of each of the second elongate elements is configured to face a second side of the other of the second elongate elements.
• connection members can comprise first threaded connections for reciprocally connecting each of the second elongate elements to the first elongate element and second threaded connections for reciprocally connecting between the two second elongate elements.
• the first threaded connections can comprise two rows of pins arranged spaced apart from and parallel to each other along the first elongate element, wherein each of the pins is configured to engage a respective hole among a plurality of holes delimited along the first side of each of the second elongate elements and be retained therein by means of a respective nut among nuts comprised in the first threaded connections.
• the second threaded connections can comprise a plurality of respective pins configured to engage in a pass-through manner respective second holes among a plurality of second holes which are delimited to pass through each of the two second elongate elements, wherein the second holes are delimited along the two second elongate elements aligned with each other.
• connection joint according to the invention The advantages offered by the connection joint according to the invention are evident.
• connection joint according to the invention has a limited number of components which are reciprocally connectible by means of bolted connections in order to produce a clamp element for retaining respective end portions of non-load-bearing wall elements, made for example with wooden boards, slats or panels made of wood or plastic or a composite material, in a stable and secure manner.
• connection joint in particular, comprises portions for clamping respective ends of construction elements to be reciprocally connected, wherein the clamping portions are configured parallel in order to distribute the clamping action in an optimal manner, thereby avoiding the concentration of stresses that afflicts solutions of a traditional type.
• connection joint comprises at least one fixed clamping element and at least one movable clamping element which are reciprocally connectible by means of a bolted connection.
• a wrench preferably a torque wrench
• Figure 3 shows a top view of the connection joint as per Figure 2;
• Figure 4 shows a perspective view of some components of the connection joint as per Figure 2, from a different angle;
• Figure 8 shows an exploded view of a further embodiment of a connection joint according to the invention.
• Figure 9 shows a top view of the connection joint as per Figure 8, in an assembled configuration
• Figure 10 shows a top perspective view of another embodiment of a connection joint according to the invention.
• Figure 11 shows a top view of the connection joint as per Figure 10.
• connection joint is denoted in its entirety by 1.
• connection joint 1 is configured as a vertical upright which delimits at least two housing seats opposite each other, in which to position respective end portions of panels, slats or more in general non-load-bearing wall elements or non- load-bearing walls P to be reciprocally connected.
• the non-load-bearing walls P will not be described in detail as they do not form the specific subject matter of the invention.
• the housing seats are oriented orthogonally or substantially orthogonally to each other.
• the width of the housing seats is adjustable according to the thickness of the end portions to be connected by means of the connection joint 1.
• connection joint 1 comprises a first elongate element 2, a second elongate element 3, and connection members 4, of a removable type, for reciprocally joining to each other the first elongate element 2 and the second elongate element 3.
• the first elongate element 2 is in the form of a sheet shaped by a double bending so as to obtain three consecutive sides (see for example Figure 4).
• the first elongate element 2 has a central side 6 at whose opposite ends two outer sides 7 extend symmetrically.
• each of the central side 6 and/or the outer sides 7 has a width or extent of about 50, 60 mm. It is to be understood that according to an alternative embodiment not illustrated in the appended Figures, the central side 6 and/or the outer sides 7 can have different sizes, larger or smaller than the ones stated above.
• the first elongate element 2 has a connection portion in a bottom portion of the first elongate element 2 itself.
• connection portion is preferably in the form of an appendage 8 that projects orthogonally from the first elongate element 2 and acts as an abutment for the installation of the first elongate element 2 in an orthogonal position relative to a support against which it is positioned (see Figures 3 and 4).
• the appendage 8 delimits at least one through opening 9 that is engageable, for example by means of a pin or a threaded bar that projects from a horizontal frame to which it is intended to connect the first elongate element 2.
• the base element 10 forms a single body with the first elongate element 2, optionally in place of the appendage 8, as it performs an analogous function.
• the second elongate element 3 similarly to what was described in relation to the first elongate element 2, is in the form of a sheet shaped by a double bending so as to obtain three consecutive sides.
• the holes 13 and the pins 14 are reciprocally aligned along the direction of extension 5.
• the pins 14 can be removably connected to the central side 6 of the first elongate element 2.
• nuts 16 can be constrained, for example by welding, the nuts acting as a seat for the installation of a respective pin among the pins 14, which can be screwed thereinto.
• first elongate element 2 and the second elongate element 3 allow respective end portions of non-load-bearing wall elements P to be clamped between them without impacting the surface thereof in any way. In this manner, it is possible to securely retain in the connection joint 1 non-load-bearing wall elements P constructed with panels or strips substantially of any kind and made of any material, such as, for example wood panels, wood slats or sound-absorbing or heat-insulating panels without damaging them.
• the two first elongate elements 102 are constrained to the base element 110.
• Each of the two first elongate elements 102 is in the form of a sheet shaped by means of a double bending so as to obtain three consecutive sides and has a central side 106 at whose ends two outer sides 107 extend.
• each of the two first elongate elements 102 is connected to the base element by means of a bolted coupling.
• each of the two first elongate elements 102 comprises an appendage, configured for example as a tab or the like, which projects orthogonally in a bottom portion of each of the two first elongate elements 102, starting from the central side 106, in a position interposed between the two outer sides 107.
• the tab delimits at least one through opening engageable by means of a pin or a bolt for the connection between the tab itself and the base element 110.
• the two second elongate elements 103 have the same dimensions or substantially the same dimensions.
• each of the first elongate elements 102 corresponds to the angle delimited between the two outer portions 12 of each of the two second elongate elements 103.
• connection joint 100 differs from the previous embodiment as regards the manner in which the connection members 104 bring about a connection between the two second elongate elements 103 and, consequently, between the two first elongate elements 102.
• the pins 114 similarly to what was described in relation to the previous embodiment, extend along the direction of extension 105 aligned with each other and can project from one of the two second elongate elements 103 to which they are constrained or removably connectible.
• connection joint 100 In orderto connect the non-load-bearingwall elements P to the connection joint 100 it is sufficient to reciprocally connect the two second elongate elements 103, positioning them interposed between the two first elongate elements 102 so as to delimit four housing seats within the space delimited between the first elongate elements 102 and the second elongate elements 103.
• Each of the four seats is accessible through a respective opening elongated along the direction of extension 105.
• connection joint 100 In order to connect the four non-load-bearing walls P by means of the connection joint 100, the ends of each of the non-load-bearing walls P are positioned inside a respective housing seat and clamped in place by means of the connection members 104. Practically, tightening the nuts 115 along respective pins 114 brings the two second elongate elements 103 closer to each other and likewise to the two first elongate elements 102, thereby clamping end portions of the non-load-bearing walls P inside the connection joint 100.
• connection joint 100 The clamping action exerted by the connection joint 100 along the end portions of the non-load-bearing walls P is balanced as a result of the configuration of the connection joint 100 itself.
• connection holes 117 for connecting the connection joint 100 to a support, for example by means of a bolted connection not illustrated in detail in the appended Figures.
• each of the two first elongate elements 102 has a respective connection tab that projects in a base portion, starting from the central side 106, and delimits at least one through hole for connecting to the base element.
• the through hole is preferably aligned with a corresponding connection hole 117 delimited along the base element 110 to enable the connection of the connection tab and, therefore, of the respective elongate element between the first elongate elements 102 from which the tab itself projects.
• the second elongate element 203 is likewise in the form of a flat plate element, without outer portions inclined relative to a central portion.
• connection joint 200 comprises connection members 204 configured analogously to the connection members described in relation to the previous embodiments.
• the pins 214 project orthogonally from the first elongate element 202 and engage respective holes 213 delimited along the second elongate element 203.
• connection members 204 comprise nuts 215 engageable along the pins 214 in order to reciprocally connect the first elongate element 202 and the second elongate element 203, by tightening them together.
• the first elongate element 202 and the second elongate element 203 each have lateral portions that project from the opposite sides of a central portion in which the connection members 204 are positioned, so as to delimit respective spaces or seats to accommodate the ends of non-load-bearing wall elements P to be reciprocally connected by means of the connection joint 200.
• the first elongate element 202 and the second elongate element 203 when are connected reciprocally, are aligned parallel to each otherto enable even, distributed clamping along the direction of extension 205 of respective end portions of the non-load-bearing wall elements P connected by means of the connection joint 200.
• the first elongate element 202 has a width or breadth, i.e. a dimension along a direction perpendicular to the direction of extension 205, which is greater than that of the second elongate element 203.
• the connection joint, 200 when assembled, has opposite portions of the first elongate element 202 that project externally relative to those of the second elongate element 203, acting as a guide to favour the insertion of the non-load-bearing wall elements P in the respective housing seats.
• the first elongate element 202 has a width of 120mm whilst the second elongate element 203 has a width of 100mm. It is understood that alternative embodiments of the connection joint 200 are possible in which the first elongate element 202 and the second elongate element 203 each have a respective dimension in width that is different from the previously indicated one, that is, greater or less than the values described, according to the thickness of the panels to be assembled.
• the first elongate element 202 has, in a bottom portion thereof, an appendage 208 that projects orthogonally.
• the appendage 208 acts as a base element for connecting the first elongate element 202 to a support or an abutment.
• the appendage 208 delimits at least one through opening 209 for enabling the connection of the first elongate element 202 to a support or an abutment by means of a bolted connection, not illustrated in detail in the appended Figures.
• first threaded connections 319 comprise two rows of pins 314 arranged spaced apart from and parallel to each other along the first elongate element 302, wherein each of the pins 314 is configured to engage a respective hole among a plurality of holes 313 delimited along the first side 317 of each of the second elongate elements 303.
• the connection joint 300 delimits three housing seats in which to accommodate and retain respective non-load-bearing wall elements P, wherein two of the three housing seats are aligned parallel to each other and a third housing seat is aligned orthogonally with the remaining two seats.
• the three housing seats are delimited in a space which is in turn delimited between the first elongate element 302 and the two second elongate elements 303 and between the first threaded connections 319 and the second threaded connections 320.

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