Joint sealing profile, construction joint bridging device and method of manufacturing a joint sealing profile
AssigneeMaurer Engineering Inc.
InventorDaniel Rill
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Abstract
A construction joint bridging device with a joint sealing profile and a joint sealing profile as such, as well as a method for producing a joint sealing profile and a method for producing and disassembling a construction joint bridging device. The joint sealing profile consisting at least partially of an elastic material and having a holding portion for fastening to the construction joint bridging device, wherein the holding portion has at least in sections a material composition which can be activated in a targeted manner by chemical, thermal and physical exposure so that the volume of the holding portion changes.
Claims15
A construction joint bridging device for sealing roadway transitions or pavement transitions in bridges, wherein the construction joint bridging device comprises at least two supports and at least one joint sealing profile, wherein the joint sealing profile consisting at least partially of an elastic material and having at least one holding portion for fastening to the support of the construction joint bridging device,
- wherein each support comprises a recess of fixed volume for receiving at least one holding portion of the joint sealing profile, wherein the recess comprises an undercut into which the holding portion extends when activated,
- wherein at least one holding portion of the joint sealing profile is inserted into the recess, and
- the holding portion has, at least in sections, a material composition which can be activated in a targeted manner by a chemical, thermal, or physical exposure so that the volume of the holding portion increases, in order to form a form-fitting and force-locking component connection between the holding portion and the respective recess.
A method of sealing joint in a construction joint bridging device using of a joint sealing profile, wherein the joint sealing profile consists at least partially of an elastic material and having at least one holding portion for fastening to a support of the construction joint bridging device, wherein each support comprises a recess of fixed volume for receiving at least one holding portion of the joint sealing profile, wherein the recess comprises an undercut into which the holding portion extends when activated, and
- the holding portion has, at least in sections, a material composition which can be activated in a targeted manner by a chemical, thermal, or physical exposure so that the volume of the holding portion increases, the method comprising:
- inserting at least one holding portion of the joint sealing profile into the recess;
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- activating the holding portion in a targeted manner by a chemical, thermal, or physical exposure so that the volume of the holding portion increases so that the volume of the holding portion increases, in order to form a form-fitting and force-locking component connection between the holding portion and the respective recess.
A method for disassembling a construction joint bridging device for sealing roadway transitions or pavement transitions in bridges, wherein the construction joint bridging device comprises at least two supports and at least one joint sealing profile,
- wherein the joint sealing profile consisting at least partially of an elastic material and having at least one holding portion for fastening to the support of the construction joint bridging device, wherein each support comprises a recess of fixed volume for receiving at least one holding portion of the joint sealing profile, wherein the recess comprises an undercut into which the holding portion extends when activated,
- wherein at least one holding portion of the joint sealing profile is inserted into the recess, and
- the holding portion has, at least in sections, a material composition which can be activated and/or deactivated in a targeted manner by a chemical, thermal, or physical exposure so that the volume of the holding portion is reduced, the method comprising reducing a volume of the holding portion in target manner by chemical, thermal, or physical exposure.
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