Wall with decorative facing
AssigneeLes materiaux de construction Oldcastle Canada, Inc.
InventorsBertin CASTONGUAY, Robert DAOUST
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Abstract
Disclosed is an economical and effective way of producing a double sided wall using facing panels having a face surface and a back surface with a retaining structure. The facing panels are stacked in a back-to-back arrangement into a pair of first and second wall components connected by separate articulated connectors. The articulated connectors each have a first base connector that fits into a respective retaining groove in the first wall component and a second base connector that fits into a respective retaining groove of the second wall component. The first and second base connectors are connected to each other by a link that forms a first pivot joint at the first base connector and a second pivot joint at the second base connector.
Claims25
A method for providing a double sided hollow wall, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of concrete facing panels each having a front surface and an opposite, back surface, the back surface including at least one retaining structure;
- stacking the concrete facing panels back-to-back in spaced apart parallel rows to form a pair of spaced apart parallel first and second wall components and an intermediate space;
- in each row, connecting a first concrete facing panel in the first wall component with a second concrete facing panel in the second wall component in the back-to-back orientation, using at least one separate connector having a first connecting end for engagement in the at least one retaining structure of the first concrete facing panel and a second connecting end for engagement to the at least one retaining structure in the second concrete facing panel to form the double sided wall;
- the at least one separate connector being an articulated connector having a link for forming a pivot joint between the first connecting end and the second connecting end.
A wall kit for a double sided hollow wall, the wall kit comprising:
- a plurality of concrete facing panels each having a front surface and an opposite back surface, the back surface including at least one retaining structure;
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- a plurality of connectors for connecting the plurality of concrete facing panels in back-to-back, spaced apart parallel rows to form a pair of spaced apart parallel first and second wall components with an intermediate space,
- the connectors being articulated connectors each having a first connecting end, a second connecting end and a link, the link for forming a pivot joint between the first connecting end and the second connecting end,
- the first connecting end for removably engaging a respective retaining structure of a concrete facing panel of the first wall, and
- the second connecting end for removably engaging a respective retaining structure of a concrete facing panel of the second wall.
A double sided hollow wall, comprising:
- a plurality of concrete facing panels, each concrete facing panel having a front surface and an opposite back surface with a retaining groove;
- the facing panels being stacked side-by-side and in a spaced apart back to back arrangement for forming back-to-back and spaced apart parallel first and second wall components with an intermediate space;
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- a plurality of first connectors respectively connecting the retaining groove in a concrete facing panel in the first wall component to the retaining groove in at least one concrete facing panel in the second wall component to form the double sided hollow wall,
- the connectors being articulated connectors each having a first connecting end, a second connecting end and a link, the link for forming a pivot joint between the first connecting end and the second connecting end,
- the first connecting end removably engaging a respective retaining structure of a concrete facing panel of the first wall, and
- the second connecting end removably engaging a respective retaining structure of a concrete facing panel of the second wall.
The wall of claim 24, wherein the first connecting end and the second connecting end each have a respective enlargement configured for insertion into a respective keyhole slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.