Grid of profiles and method for dismounting a grid of profiles
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Ecophon AB
InventorsJan-Dirk P Heesbeen, Duygu Guroglu
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a grid of profiles for a suspended ceiling system, comprising a primary profile having a web, and a first and second secondary profile each having an end provided with a hook-on member, and methods of use thereof.
Claims16
A grid of profiles, comprising
- a primary profile having a web provided with a connection opening, and
- a first and second secondary profile each having an end provided with a hook-on member,
- wherein the first and second secondary profiles are connected to the primary profile by means of the hook-on members which are inserted into the connection opening from opposite sides thereof for hooked engagement with the web of the primary profile,
- wherein the first and second secondary profiles each comprises a lug extending in the longitudinal direction of the associated first or second secondary profile, which lugs cooperate with the primary profile to define a mounted state of the grid of profiles,
- wherein each lug is configured for deformation against the primary profile in response to a thermally induced longitudinal expansion of the associated first or second secondary profile,
- wherein, when the grid of profiles is set to a dismounting state, the primary profile is twistable about an axis parallel with a longitudinal direction thereof for disconnection of one of the first and second secondary profile,
- wherein each lug is moved to a deflected position, and
- wherein the grid of profiles is configured to assume the dismounting state in response to moving at least one of the lugs to the deflected position, characterized in that
- the lug on each of the first and second secondary profiles is configured to be moveable around a folding axis that is arranged at angle in relation to the longitudinal direction of the respective first and second secondary profile, wherein the angle is between 15° and 80°.
A method for dismounting a grid of profiles for a suspended ceiling system, the grid of profiles comprising a primary profile having a web provided with a connection opening, and a first and a second secondary profiles each having an end provided with a hook-on member, wherein the first and second secondary profiles are connected to the primary profile by means of the hook-on members which are inserted into the connection opening from opposite sides thereof for hooked engagement with the web of the primary profile, wherein the first and second secondary profiles each comprises a lug extending in the longitudinal direction of the associated first or second secondary profile, which lugs cooperate with the primary profile to define a mounted state of the grid of profiles, wherein each lug is configured for deformation against the primary profile in response to a thermally induced longitudinal expansion of the associated first or second secondary profile, wherein the grid of profiles is settable to a dismounting state in which the primary profile is twistable about an twisting axis parallel with a longitudinal direction thereof for disconnection of one of the first or second secondary profile, and wherein each lug is movable to a deflected position, the method comprising
- moving at least one of the lugs to the deflected position,
- twisting the primary profile about the twisting axis, and
- extracting the hook-on member of one of the first or second secondary profiles out of the connection opening of the primary profile for disconnecting the one of the first or second secondary profile from the primary profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.