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US 9,803,362 B2Granted
Support framework for building casing, building casing, building structure and method for manufacturing thereof
AssigneesTop Glass Eu SA, Augusto Bertoldini
InventorsAugusto Bertoldini, Alfonso Branca
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Abstract
A support framework (101) for building casings (200) using pultruded uprights, a building casing (200) and a building structure (300). A process for realizing and installation of the building structure (300), as well as manufacturing processes of the various components of the framework.
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A support framework comprising:
- a plurality of uprights each of which is at least partly made of heat-insulating material and extends along a first prevalent development direction between a first and a second longitudinal end, each upright to extend vertically and comprising:
- a fixing portion, configured to stably constrain to at least a floor deck of a building structure, and
- an engaging portion, wherein each upright presents, in transversal section, at least a first abutment, and at least a second abutment opposite to and interconnected with the first abutment by at least a transversal connecting core, the fixing portion comprising said first abutment of the upright while the engaging portion comprising at least one of said second abutment and said core;
- a stirrup engageable to the engaging portion of at least one of the uprights, the stirrup, when engaged to the upright, being arranged transversally to the upright and being configured to emerge from the upright, the stirrup comprising:
- at least a constraining portion configured to cooperate with the engaging portion and define a snap engagement with the upright,
- a base configured to rest on a respective one of said first abutment and second abutment of the upright, and
- at least a first lip and a second lip, distanced from one another and emerging from the base, the first lip and the second lip being configured for coupling with opposite edges of the respective one of said first abutment and second abutment so as to define sliding guides along the first prevalent development direction of the upright.
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A support framework comprising:
- a plurality of uprights each of which is at least partly made of heat-insulating material and extends along a first prevalent development direction between a first and a second longitudinal end, each upright being destined in use to extend vertically, each upright comprising:
- a fixing portion, configured to stably constrain to at least a floor deck of a building structure, and
- an engaging portion,
- each upright comprising, in transversal section, at least a first abutment and a second abutment opposite to and interconnected with the first abutment by at least a transversal connecting core, the fixing portion comprising said first abutment of the upright while the engaging portion comprising at least one of said second abutment and said core;
- a stirrup engageable to the engaging portion of at least one of the uprights, the stirrup, when engaged to the upright, being arranged transversally to the upright and emerging from the upright, the stirrup comprising:
- at least a constraining portion cooperating with the engaging portion for defining a snap engagement with the upright, wherein the constraining portion of the stirrup comprises a base configured for resting on a respective one of said first abutment and second abutment of the upright,
- at least a spacer emerging from a side of the base opposite with respect to the upright, said spacer extending between a first end arranged at the base and a second end distanced from the base,
- at least a fixing element engaged to the spacer substantially at the second end, the fixing element comprising at least a first fixing portion having at least a plate emerging transversally to the spacer, the plate of the first fixing portion being transversal to the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.