Mason's adjusting profile

Abstract

 A mason's adjusting profile comprising a post in the form of a metal or plastic profile with one or more chambers (4) which are fully or partially filled with wood (5) which is accessible from the outside for hammering in nails or the like. To create the possibility of using the greater part of the outer surface of the wood for fixing stays the metal or plastic profile is made up of a core (1) from which extend at least two radial faces (2) which at their free ends are provided with retaining elements (3), said core being provided with a cavity (6) for accommodation of a screw spindle (7, 8, 9).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a mason's adjusting profile, comprising a post in the form of a metal or plastic profile with at least one chamber which is fully or partially filled with wood which is accessible from the outside for hammering in nails or the like. Such a mason's adjusting profile is known from EP-A-0033992.

[0002] Mason's adjusting profiles are used in the building of a wall for producing a straight bond between the stone or brick layers. They are usually made of a wooden post which is held in a vertical position by means of stays. The stays are nailed to the post. Since wooden posts can become warped when there are changes in the weather, it is proposed in the above-mentioned Dutch Patent Application that use should be made of a metal or plastic tube in which wooden laths or beams are fitted. These laths or beams are accessible from the outside through slits, windows or other apertures in the tube, for hammering in nails, screws or the like.

[0003] A disadvantage of the known designs is that the surface of the wood into which the nails, screws or the like can be hammered is limited; for a considerable part of the wood is covered by parts of the tubular profile.

[0004] The object of the invention is to eliminate this disadvantage, and to this end the above-mentioned metal or plastic profile is made up of a core from which extend at least two radial faces which at their free ends are provided with retaining elements, and that the core of the profile is provided with a cavity for the accomodation of a screw spindle.

[0005] The confinement of the wood in a star-shaped profile creates the possibility of using the greater part of the outer surface of the wood for fixing stays.

[0006] The vertically placed post can be clamped between floor and ceiling by the screw spindle.

[0007] FR-A-368559 discloses a construction element in the form of an X-­shaped metal profile with two chambers filled with wood which is accessible from the outside. The element is meant as a horizontal support beam for the connection of boards and it is not a mason's adjusting profile used in the building of a wall for producing a straight bond between brick layers. Purther it has no core with a cavity for the accomodation of a screw spindle. As a matter of fact a screw spindle for a masonary guide is known per sé from EP-B-0033992.

[0008] The profile preferably has four radial faces extending from the corner points from a rectangular core.

[0009] The invention also relates to a metal or plastic profile intended for the above-mentioned mason's adjusting profile.

[0010] The invention will now be explained in greater detail with reference to the figures.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a metal or plastic star profile for use in the mason's adjusting profile according to the invention.

Figure 2 shows a top view of the star profile according to Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a top view of the complete mason's adjusting profile provided with a star profile according to Figures 1, 2.

Figure 4 shows a longitudinal profile of the top part of the mason's adjusting profile with screw spindle.

Figure 5 shows a top view of an alternative embodiment of the mason's adjusting profile according to the invention.

[0011] The metal or plastic star profile according to Figures 1 and 2 has a square core 1 and four faces 2 projecting radially outwards from the corner points of said core, and provided at their free ends with retaining flanges 3.

[0012] As Figure 3 shows, wooden laths 5 of suitable shape are slid into the four chambers 4, each of which is bounded by two radial faces, a peripheral face of the core 1 and two flanges 3. The wooden laths need not fill the chambers 4 completely. Stays which are intended for fixing the mason's adjusting profile in a vertical position need only be nailed onto the top part of the adjusting profile. Filling both the top and bottom parts of the chambers 4 of the post with wood makes it possible to use the post at both ends.

[0013] Major advantages of the mason's adjusting profile described are that the wooden laths 5 are accessible almost entirely from the outside. Only the retaining flanges 3 cover a small part of the laths. Nevertheless, warping of the post is out of the question.

[0014] A cavity 6 is hollowed out in the core 1 and, as shown in Figure 4, is suitable for the accommodation of a screw spindle 7. The screw spindle 7 is provided at the top end with a clamping plate 8, while a nut 9 is screwed on the spindle. By turning the nut 9, the clamping plate 8 can be raised or lowered. The mason's adjusting profile can thus be clamped in the vertical position between floor and ceiling. Of course, no stays are needed with these fixing methods of the post. The laths 5 can even be omitted.

[0015] Figure 5 shows an alternative embodiment with two faces 2 and two laths 5. Other numbers of radial faces 2 are also possible. The essential feature is that the metal or plastic profile is composed of a core from which extend two, and preferably three or more, radial faces which are provided with retaining elements at their free ends.

Claims

1. Mason's adjusting profile comprising a post in the form of a metal or plastic profile with at least one chamber which is fully or partially filled with wood which is accessible from the outside for hammering in nails or the like, characterized in that said metal or plastic profile is made up of a core (1) from which extend at least two radial faces (2) which at their free ends are provided with retaining elements (3), and in that the core (1) of the profile is provided with a cavity (6) for the accommodation of a screw spindle.

2. Mason's adjusting profile according to Claim 1, characterized in that the profile has four radial faces (2) extending from the corner points of a rectangular core (1).

3. Metal or plastic profile intended for the mason's adjusting profile according to Claims 1 or 3, comprising a core (1) from which extend at least two radial faces (2) which at their free ends are provided with retaining elements (3).

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