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US 2021/0010257 A1Published application
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.
Claims14
1:
- A sealing element for sealing a corrugation of a fluted metal deck, having a predefined geometry 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.
2:
- The sealing element according to claim 1, wherein the sealing element is elastic.
3:
- The sealing element according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the cross section of the sealing element corresponds to the shape of the cross section of the corrugation.
4:
- The sealing element according to claim 1, wherein the cross sectional area of the sealing element is larger than the cross sectional area of the corrugation.
5:
- The sealing element according to claim 1, wherein the height of the sealing element is larger than the depth of the corrugation.
6:
- The sealing element according to claim 1, wherein the maximum width of the sealing element is larger than the maximum width of the corrugation.
7:
- The sealing element according to claim 1, wherein the sealing element is made from a material which is at least air-tight, sound-attenuating or sound-proof, fire-resistant, smoke-proof, and/or thermally isolating.
8:
- A seal, comprising:
- the sealing according to claim 1, and
- a carrier strip,
- wherein the sealing element is mounted on the carrier strip.
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9:
- The seal according to claim 8, wherein the seal further comprises:
- a second sealing element,
- wherein the sealing element and the second sealing element are mounted on the same side of the carrier strip with a common orientation and in a predefined distance to each other.
10:
- The seal according to claim 8, wherein the carrier strip comprises:
- a supplementary section adapted to protrude from a corresponding track when the seal is mounted in a corrugation.
11:
- 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 the sealing element according to claim 1 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.
12:
- The sealing element according to claim 7, wherein the material is a putty or a butyl.
13:
- The method according to claim 11, wherein the wall configuration is a drywall configuration.
14:
- The method according to claim 11, wherein a wall plane of the wall configuration is positioned substantially perpendicular to a flute axis.