Method for covering building walls and structure for supporting wall covers
AssigneeMarmi Ghirardi S.r.l.
InventorDaniele Ghirardi
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Abstract
A method and a structure are described that allow covers to be simply and quickly applied to building walls and façades, regardless of whether the walls are inside or outside, flat or curved, ventilated or not. First, the method provides for making a bearing surface, parallel to the wall, by using flexible panels, then constraining the bearing surface to the wall by fastening elements whose orientation can be adjusted, next precisely adjusting the orientation of the bearing surface from the wall by acting selectively on the single fastening elements, and finally fastening the cover, for example marble slabs, to the bearing surface. The support structure includes the just described elements.
Claims11
A method for covering a curved or flat wall (1) of a building, the method comprising:
- a) raising, parallel to the wall (1), a bearing surface (19) comprised of a plurality of flexible panels (8);
- b) constraining the bearing surface (19) to the wall (1) by fastening elements (7), which define a matrix of anchoring points, whose orientation can be adjusted the fastening elements having an extent that is adjustable along a first direction orthogonal to the wall;
- c) precisely adjusting an orientation of the bearing surface (19) from the wall (1), by selectively orienting individual fastening elements (7) to keep the bearing surface (19) flat, curved or wavy in at least one of:
- a horizontal direction, a vertical direction or an oblique direction, and
- d) fastening a cover (9) to the bearing surface (19),
- wherein said fastening elements comprise:
- a spacer permanently fastenable to the wall and whose extent can be adjusted in a first direction, and
- an orientable element translatable along the spacer and rotatable with respect thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.