Method for producing a facing
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Isover
InventorsManel Ben Saad, Patrice Freslon, Jérôme Goudard
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Abstract
A method for producing a facing includes at least one first panel and one second panel that are each delimited by a front face and a rear face connected by a lateral edge, the method including a) a first panel is fitted, b) a first part of a connector is fastened to the first panel such that a second part of the connector projects beyond said first panel, c) a second panel is fitted next to the first panel and fastened to the second part of the connector.
Claims16
A method for producing a facing, said facing comprising at least one first panel and one second panel that are each delimited by a front face and a rear face connected by a lateral edge, the method comprising at least the following steps:
- a) installing a first panel,
- b) fastening a first part of a connector to the first panel such that a second part of the connector projects beyond said first panel,
- c) installing a second panel next to the first panel and fastening the second panel to the second part of the connector,
- wherein the connector comprises means for pivoting the first and the second parts with respect to one another, and the connector is not visible following the production of the facing,
- wherein the first part of the connector comprises a main face and at least one lug comprising a wedging wing extending from said main face, and during step b), the main face of the first part of the connector is installed on the rear face of the first panel and the wedging wing is wedged against the edge of the first panel, and
- wherein the lug is cut or broken at the end of step b) or step c).
A connector for implementing a method for producing a facing, said facing comprising a first panel and a second panel that are each delimited by a front face and a rear face connected by a lateral edge,
- the connector comprising a first part for fastening it to the first panel and a second part for fastening it to the second panel,
- wherein at least one of the first and the second part comprises an overall planar main face,
- wherein the first part has at least one lug provided with a wedging wing extending from its main face, orthogonally to said main face, and the lug is designed to be entirely or partially removable, and
- wherein the connector comprises means for pivoting the first and the second parts with respect to one another and the connector is not visible following the production of the facing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.