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US 12,116,775 B2Granted
Sealing element, seal and method for installing a wall configuration
AssigneeHilti Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsManfred Klein, Christian Förg
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Abstract
A sealing element as well as a seal is for sealing a corrugation of a fluted metal deck. The sealing element is moldable and self-adhesive and has a predefined geometry adapted to seal the corrugation. Furthermore, a method is for installing a wall configuration, preferably a drywall configuration, to a fluted metal deck with corrugations.
Claims9
A method for installing a wall configuration to a fluted metal deck with corrugations, wherein the wall configuration comprises a ceiling runner being mounted on a lower side of the fluted metal deck, the method comprising:
- inserting one or more of a sealing element and/or one or more seals comprising the sealing element and a carrier strip into at least one of the corrugations of the fluted metal deck according to a track of the wall configuration, and
- subsequently mounting the ceiling runner and/or a top track seal to the track of the wall configuration with the inserted one or more of the sealing element and/or one or more seals,
- wherein the sealing element is a sealing element for sealing a corrugation of a fluted metal deck, having a shape and volume adapted to seal the corrugation between adjacent fluted deck elements or in one of the fluted deck elements, wherein the sealing element is moldable and self-adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.