Mortise lock with an operating mechanism with a pinion that is turnable around a geometric axis and a rack engaging therewith that is movable along a direction perpendicular to the aforementioned geometric axis, whereby the pinion is provided with a double toothing with two sets of teeth that are separated by a geometric dividing plane that extends perpendicularly to the axial direction of the pinion, wherein the teeth of each set of teeth of the pinion form an oblique toothing, whereby the faces of these teeth are oblique with respect to the axial direction and these faces include an angle to one another that is such that the width of the teeth of each of the two sets of teeth either decreases or increases in the direction of the dividing plane.

A flooring substrate system that uses one of three substrate components upon which various types of finish flooring may be attached above a deck structure. The deck structure may be open lumber framed or may be a waterproofed planar surface. Affixation of the flooring system may be by direct connection or by gravitational placement. Height and slope adjustable components interlock through a plunge, twist and locking teeth arrangement to form supporting members beneath the substrate components. A special fastening system is utilized with one the substrate components to provide a floating structural panel assembly that may be gravitationally placed atop a waterproofed deck while allowing for water to pass under the top finish flooring.

A construction element for connecting in a low thermally-bridging manner a protruding external part to a building shell, having a least one insulation member to be disposed between the protruding external part and the building shell and at least one integrally configured reinforcement element from fiber-reinforced plastics material formed as at least one tensile reinforcement element. The reinforcement element horizontally traverses the insulation member and is connectable to the external part and the building shell. The reinforcement element has a central portion which extends through the insulation member and projects therethrough, and at least in this projecting region on the radial external face of the said reinforcement element either is configured substantially smooth-walled, or at least in part has a casing, and in a region outside the insulation member has at least one first anchoring portion which on the radial external face thereof has a first surface profile, and between the central portion and the first anchoring portion has a second anchoring portion which has a second surface profile. These first and second surface profiles differ in terms of the geometric and/or material properties thereof.

A structural element for thermal insulation between two building parts, particularly between a building (B) and a projecting external part (A), including an insulating body (2) to be arranged between the two building parts and including reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile reinforcement elements (3), which in the installed state of the structural element (1) extend through it essentially horizontally and perpendicularly in reference to the essentially horizontal longitudinal extension of the insulating body, and respectively project in the horizontal direction beyond the insulating body and here can be connected to at least one (B) of the two building parts preferably made from concrete, with the tensile reinforcement elements (3) comprising an anchoring element (6, 16, 26, 36) in an area of at least one building part (B) surrounding its radial exterior, with the anchoring element at least including an anchoring bushing (6a, 16a, 26a, 36a) made from a concrete material and a profiling (6b, 16b, 26b, 36b), provided at the radial exterior of the anchoring bushing and projecting outwardly, particularly in the radial direction.

An element for thermal insulation between two building parts, including an insulating body to be arranged between the two building parts and reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile elements, extending in the installed state of the element essentially horizontally and perpendicularly to the essentially horizontal extension of the insulating body through said body, and respectively projecting in the horizontal direction from the insulating body and here allowing a connection to one of the two building parts preferably made from concrete. The tensile reinforcement elements are formed as multi-part composite elements such that at least in the area of the insulating body they exhibit a central section projecting from the insulating body and at least partially being made from fiber-reinforced synthetic material. The tensile reinforcement elements have in an area outside the insulating body at least one anchoring section with geometric and/or material characteristics at least partially deviating from the central section, with the anchoring section being connected to the central section in a connection area. The connection area is arranged distanced from the insulating body. The central section is made from a cylindrical rod-shaped and/or tubular material and is provided on its radial exterior, at least in an area between the insulating body and the connection area, with an essentially smooth wall.

A construction element is for forming a connection between two parts of a building that are thermally insulated from one another. The element includes an elongate portion having a thermally insulating material, and configured to be placed between the parts of the building. Bars run through the thermally insulating portion and are configured to be anchored in the building parts that are to be connected and thus to absorb the tensile forces between the building parts. The element includes an insulating portion for absorbing compression and shear forces between the building parts. The bars include metal bars, as well as non-metallic bars formed of a thermally insulating material. The metal bars are configured to maintain the connection when the tensile force absorbed by the non-metallic bars is lost.

A thermal break system for cast-in-place concrete slabs is provided that includes a load-bearing structural foam barrier designed to separate an interior portion of concrete slab from an exterior portion of concrete slab. The thermal break system includes a plurality of reinforcing tension bars holes passing through the insulating barrier. In addition, reinforcing shear bars are inserted through the insulating foam at a non-horizontal angle and bent such that the shear bars are horizontal on either side of the insulating barrier.

A connecting assembly for the force-transmitting attachment of a first force-absorbing structural part to a second force-absorbing structural part includes tensile force-transmitters, shearing force-transmitters and compressive force-transmitters. The compressive force-transmitters include at least one compression element with a rod-like section. The rod-like section is provided for arrangement in a joint between the structural parts. The rod-like section is made from a metallic material. The rod-like section has a flow section with a constant cross-sectional area which is reduced compared with the rod-like section. A structure includes a connecting assembly.

A structural element for the low heat-bridging attachment of a protruding exterior part to a building envelope, having at least one insulating body to be arranged between the protruding exterior part and the building envelope, and at least one force transmission element which can be connected to the protruding exterior part and to the building envelope. The insulating body has at least one enveloping element and at least one insulating material introduced into the enveloping element, which enveloping element can be produced by folding and/or plugging together so that the enveloping element is storable substantially flat in an unfolded and/or non-plugged-together storage state, whereas the enveloping element is filled with the insulating material in a folded and/or plugged-together use state and is traversed by the force transmission element. A method for producing such a structural element for the low heat-bridging attachment of a protruding exterior part to a building envelope is also provided.

A connector element for installation between a building fixture component and a building, including an insulating body for creating a thermal insulation between the building fixture component and the building. The insulating body has a first edge region on the building side and a second edge region on the side of the building fixture component, and includes a force absorption element with a first extension portion arranged on the building side, and a second extension portion arranged on the side of the building fixture component. The force absorption element exerts a resistance force counter to a force emanating from the building fixture component and has a force-path characteristic which defines the resistance force in dependence on a relative movement of the building fixture component relative to the building.