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.
Claims21
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) whose orientation can be adjusted;
- c) precisely adjusting an orientation of the bearing surface (19) from the wall (1), by acting selectively on individual fastening elements (7), and
- d) fastening a cover (9) to the bearing surface (19).
A supporting structure to support covers (9) of building walls, comprising a plurality of fastening elements (7) constrainable to a wall (1) or a framework (3) connected to a wall (1), and a plurality of flexible panels (8) constrainable to the fastening elements (7),
- wherein the flexible panels (8) constrained to the fastening elements (7) define a bearing surface (19) on which a cover (9) can be applied, and
- wherein the fastening elements (7) can be selectively oriented to locally adjust an orientation of the bearing surface (19) with respect to the wall (1), thereby allowing the bearing surface (19) to be kept flat, or curved or wavy in at least one direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.