[0001] The invention relates to the field of construction and is intended for fastening
cladding structures, for example cladding panels of different thickness, at the outer
corners of buildings and installations.
[0002] An L-shape element for cladding external corners of buildings is known. The L-shape
element is made of injection molded plastic - RF patent for utility model N2 74408,
cl. E04F, 13/00 2008. The L-shape element is made with a decorative front surface
and mounting pads placed around its perimeter and shifted relative to its decorative
surface to form grooves for flush mounting of panels on the lateral faces and other
L-shape elements on the top and bottom faces, the side mounting pads featuring the
oblong holes for fixing an L-shape element with a gap to the structure surface.
[0003] The closest analogue is the outer L-shape element for cladding external corners of
buildings - RF patent for utility model Ns 89566, cl. E 04 F 13/00, 2009. The external
L-shape element for cladding external corners of buildings comprises a vertically
oriented mounting pad located along the perimeter of the upper part of the L-shape
element and displaced relative to the decorative front surface; at least one vertically
oriented stiffening rib located on each rear side of the corner and configured to
contact with the surface of the building; at least one horizontally oriented stiffening
rib located at each rear side of the corner; link beams located between the vertically
oriented stiffening ribs and the rear sides of the corner configured to fix the attachable
cladding panels; holes in the vertically oriented mounting pad configured to fix the
L-shape element to the surface of the building; a horizontally oriented mounting pad
located along the perimeter of the upper part at the rear side of the corner, with
tenons, configured to fix other L-shape element to be mounted on the top; and at least
one mounting bracket with a hole configured to mount the L-shape element to the surface
of the building being fixed to each vertically oriented stiffening rib.
[0004] The imperfection of the known constructions is that they are intended for joining
the cladding panels of a strictly defined thickness, which limits the scope of their
application.
[0005] The present invention aims to provide a corner profile to fasten cladding structures
that would retain the positive qualities of the known construction, but at the same
time the profile structure would become morecross functional, which would allow the
cladding of walls simultaneously with cladding structures, for example, panels of
different thicknesses.
[0006] The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that the corner profile for
fastening of cladding structures comprises two load-bearing members connected by one
lateral end side at an angle corresponding to the angle formed by the walls of the
corner of the building or premises that is to be clad; at the other lateral face,
the load-bearing members are provided with a flange in the form of a plate that is
offset toward the inside of the corner and lies parallel to the plane of its corresponding
load-bearing member; spacers, which are connected to the load-bearing members such
as to be connectable to the plates; and mounting cups situated on the outer side of
the load-bearing members to permit the attachment of cladding structures.
[0007] The spacers have protrusions configured to be attached to the plates through the
holes located thereon. On the lateral end sides of the load-bearing members, there
are battens configured to attach claddingstructures, and on the upper and lower end
faces of the load-bearing members, there are protrusions with an offset toward the
inside of the corner configured to attach other corner profiles. The advantage of
such profile improvements is that, for example, to clad the corner forming walls,
panels can be used simultaneously, for example, cladding panels of different thicknesses,
i.e. the proposed profile design is cross-functional.
[0008] Fig. 1 shows a general view of the corner profile. Fig. 2 shows a top view of the
profile with spacers. Fig. 3 shows a top view of the profile with spacers connected
to the plates. Fig. 4 shows a connection of two profiles with spacers connected to
the plates. Fig. 5 shows a connection of two profiles with spacers located inside
the corner. Fig. 6 shows a connection of the cladding panel to the profile. Fig. 7
shows a view of the profileattached to the corner of the building when cladding panels
of different thicknesses are used. Fig. 8 shows a view of the profile attached to
the corner of the building with special mounting bolts allowing to place an insulant
between the profile and the building wall, when the cladding panels of different thicknesses
are used.
[0009] The corner profile (Fig. 1) for fastening of the cladding structures comprises two
load-bearing members 1 connected by one lateral end side at an angle corresponding
to the angle formed by the walls of the corner of the building or premises that is
to be clad. On the other lateral side 2, the load-bearing members 1 are formed with
a flange 3 offset toward the inside of the corner (Fig. 2, 3) ending with a plate
4 parallel to the plane of the corresponding load-bearing member 1.
[0010] The profile comprises spacers 5 (Fig. 2) connected to the load-bearing members 1
configured to connect them with the plates 4 (Fig. 4).
[0011] If necessary, when using the cladding structures of the same thickness, the spacers
are located inside the corner (Fig. 5). On the outer side 6 of the load-bearing members
1, there are mounting cups 7, due to which the profile (Fig. 6) is fastened to the
cladding structures 8 having a special pin 9.
[0012] The spacers 5 have protrusions 10 (Fig. 2), due to which they are connected to the
plates 4 through the holes 11 located thereon (Fig. 5). On the side end faces 2 of
the load-bearing members 1, the battens 12 (Fig. 1) are located, which close the joints
when connecting the cladding structures 8, and on the upper and lower 13 end faces
of the load-bearing members 1, there are projections 14 with an offset inward the
corner providing the connection of the two corner profiles (Fig. 4, 5).
[0013] The profile ismounted as follows. First, the corner profile is mounted on the corner
of the building. Then, the cladding panels 8 are installed. In this case, the end
parts of the panels 8 are mounted with a small gap to the lateral mounting pads of
the corner, for thermal expansion, under the projecting parts of the decorative pads.
Then, decorative panels 8 are mounted on the corner profile overlapping the joint
between the cladding panels and the corner profile. In this case, the corner profile
can be directly attached to the walls 15 of the building (Fig. 7). Moreover, due to
the presence of flanges 3, a necessary ventilated gap is formed between the profile
and the wall 15. The corner profile, using special mounting bolts 16 (Fig. 8), can
also be attached to the walls 15 of the building with a gap to place the insulation
between the profile and the building wall 15, when using the cladding panels 8 of
different thicknesses.
[0014] The invention can be produced from modern materials based on the existing technology
and can be most effectively used for finishing and cladding of the external corners
of buildings, structures and premises.
1. The corner profile for fastening of cladding structures comprises two load-bearing
members connected by one lateral end side at an angle corresponding to the angle formed
by the walls of the corner of the building or premises that is to be clad; at the
other lateral face, the load-bearing members are provided with a flange in the form
of a plate that is offset toward the inside of the corner and lies parallel to the
plane of its corresponding load-bearing member; spacers, which are connected to the
load-bearing members such as to be connectable to the plates; and mounting cups situated
on the outer side of the load-bearing members to permit the attachment of cladding
structures.
2. The profile according to claim 1, characterized in that the spacers have protrusions configured to be attached to the plates through the
holes located thereon.
3. The profile according to claim 1, characterized in that on the lateral end sides of the load-bearing members, there are battens configured
to attach cladding structures.
4. The profile according to claim 1, characterized in that on the upper and lower end faces of the load-bearing members, there are protrusions
with an offset toward the inside of the corner configured to attach other corner profiles.
