High excursion expansion joint
AssigneeUNIVERGOM S.r.l.
InventorGianantonio VENERI
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Abstract
An expansion joint for building suitable to connect structural elements of a building structure to fill a space between the structural elements themselves is provided, in which the expansion joint is suitable for a connection with one of the structural elements in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the expansion joint has a plate body and a deformable body flanked or adjacent to the plate body along the longitudinal direction. The deformable body includes two superimposed and structurally independent portions connected to each other in a removable way, or configured for a removable connection with one another.
Claims21
An expansion joint for building suitable for connecting structural elements of a building structure to fill a space between the structural elements themselves, wherein said expansion joint is adapted to a connection with one of said structural elements in a longitudinal direction, and wherein said expansion joint comprises a plate body, and a deformable body flanked or adjacent to said plate body along said longitudinal direction, said expansion joint wherein the deformable body includes a first portion and a second portion superimposed and structurally independent on each other, said superimposed first portion and second portion being connected one with the other in a removable way, or being configured for a removable connection with one another, and wherein said first portion is an upper portion comprising a plurality of first transversal elements connected with each other by first elastic portions;
- and wherein said second portion is a lower portion comprising a plurality of second transversal elements connected with each other by second elastic portions, said first transversal elements and said second transversal elements being elements which extend in length in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction.
The expansion joint (a) according to claim 9, wherein the ring structure comprises one of said T-shaped elements, one of said coupling elements and one couple of elastic elements.
A method for repairing an expansion joint adapted to connect structural elements of a building structure to fill a space between the structural elements themselves and comprising a plate body and a deformable body flanked or adjacent to said plate body along a longitudinal direction including an upper portion and a lower portion superimposed and structurally independent on each other, connected with each other in a removable way, or being configured for a removable connection with one another, wherein said upper portion comprises a plurality of first transversal elements connected with each other by first elastic portions and wherein said lower portion comprises a plurality of second transversal elements connected with each other by second elastic portions, said first transversal elements and said second transversal elements being elements which extend in length in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction;
- said repair method comprising the steps of:
- removing a connection of the upper portion from the lower portion;
- and
- connecting a new upper portion to the lower portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.