Method and apparatus for securing a profile
AssigneeBrickwork Tools Limited
InventorsRichard FITZGERALD, Nicholas JONES-FORD
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for securing a tube of uniform cross section to a brickwork corner to serve as a profile. The apparatus comprises at least one collar for sliding onto the tube to define fixed reference surfaces to contact the two faces of the corner and to define adjustable abutments for contacting the two faces of the corner at a distance from the reference surfaces to permit adjustment of the attitude of the tube in two orthogonal planes, and a tensioning arrangement for applying a force directly or indirectly to the tube to urge the reference surfaces and the adjustable abutments into contact with the two faces of the corner.
Claims13
Apparatus for securing a tube of uniform square cross section, corner to corner, to a previously laid brickwork corner having two faces, to enable the tube to serve as a profile, the apparatus comprising
- at least one collar for sliding onto the tube to define
- (i) reference surfaces to contact the two faces of the corner, and
- (ii) abutments for contacting the two faces of the corner at locations spaced along the tube from the reference surfaces, the abutments being adjustable to permit the attitude of the tube to be set in two orthogonal planes, and
- a tensioning arrangement configured to be anchored to the two faces of the brickwork corner at a distance from the tube and to apply a force directly or indirectly to the corner of the tube remote from the brickwork corner to urge the reference surfaces and the adjustable abutments into contact with the two faces of the corner.
A method of securing a tube of uniform square cross section, corner to corner, to a previously built brickwork corner to serve as a profile, which method comprises
- sliding onto the tube at least one collar to provide
- (i) reference surfaces to contact the two faces of the corner, and
- (ii) abutments for contacting the two faces of the corner at locations spaced along the tube from the reference surfaces, the abutments being adjustable to permit the attitude of the tube to be set in two orthogonal planes.
- applying a force directly or indirectly to the corner of the tube remote from the brickwork corner by means of a tensioning arrangement, to urge the reference surfaces and the adjustable abutments into contact with the two faces of the corner, and adjusting the adjustable abutments to set the attitude of the tube in two orthogonal planes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.