ACOUSTIC AND INSULATION MOUNTING

Abstract

A mounting for acoustically insulating a first building component from a second building component, said mounting having a first insulating portion extending around a fastener, a second insulating portion extending around said fastener, a neck insulating portion extending between said first insulating portion and said second insulating portion, such that a shaft of the fastener is covered by one or more of the insulating portions between the first building component and the second building component.

Claims

1. A mounting for acoustically insulating a first building component from a second building component, said mounting having: a first insulating portion extending around a fastener; a second insulating portion extending around said fastener; a neck insulating portion extending between said first insulating portion and said second insulating portion; such that a shaft of the fastener is covered by one or more of the insulating portions between the first building component and the second building component.

2. A mounting according to claim 1 wherein the neck insulating portion fits through an aperture in said second building component, said second building component having two sections perpendicular to one another, one section having the aperture and the other section providing connection to a secondary building component.

3. A mounting according to claim 2 wherein the first insulating portion extends between the first building component and said one section of the second building component.

4. A mounting according to claim 3 wherein at least the first insulating portion is substantially circular in cross-section and has a series of alternating ribs and grooves around the outer surface of the first insulating portion.

5. A mounting according to claim 4 wherein the first building component is a primary bracket that has a raised portion and the second building component is a secondary bracket, such that when the first building component is connected to the second building component through the fastener, a head of the fastener abuts against a rear surface of the raised portion of the first building component.

6. A mounting according to claim 1 wherein the mounting is dimensioned to provide a gap between the first building component and the second building component and wherein the fastener is insulated by said mounting from the second building component.

7. A mounting according to claim 2 wherein the mounting is dimensioned to provide a gap between the first building component and the second building component and wherein the fastener is insulated by said mounting from the second building component.

8. A mounting according to claim 3 wherein the mounting is dimensioned to provide a gap between the first building component and the second building component and wherein the fastener is insulated by said mounting from the second building component.

9. A mounting according to claim 4 wherein the mounting is dimensioned to provide a gap between the first building component and the second building component and wherein the fastener is insulated by said mounting from the second building component.

10. A mounting according to claim 5 wherein the mounting is dimensioned to provide a gap between the first building component and the second building component and wherein the fastener is insulated by said mounting from the second building component.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] A preferred embodiment will hereinafter he described, by way of example only, with reference to the drawings which:

[0016] FIG. 1 is a perspective view from above of a mounting that connects two building components;

[0017] FIG. 2 is a perspective view from behind of the mounting of FIG. 1;

[0018] FIG. 3 is a further perspective view from above of the mounting shown in FIG. 1; and

[0019] FIG. 4 is a side view showing the connection of each building component through the mounting.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0020] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 there is shown apparatus 2 including a mounting 4 for acoustically insulating a first building component or member 8, in the form of a primary or first bracket, from a second building component or member 6, in the form of a secondary or second bracket. The mounting 4 comprises a first insulating portion 10 and a second insulating portion 12, each of which are connected to one another through a neck insulating portion 14. The bracket 8 can be any particular bracket, however in this instance it is an angled bracket and more particularly a right angled bracket. It has a section 34 having an aperture through which the neck insulating portion 14 fits tightly. The bracket 8 is connected to bracket 6 through a fastener such as an assembly bolt 16 that has a nut 18 which tightens against plate 36. The bolt 16 has its head 17 against the inside surface of bracket 6 and more particularly the inside surface of raised section 22. This allows space to access the head 17 of the fastener. The remainder of the bracket 6 has two flat portions 20 and 24 which respectively have apertures 30 and 32 to enable bracket 6 to be fastened to a primary building component such as a wall 44 or other similar structure through fasteners 52 and 50 which protrude respectively through apertures 30 and 32. The bracket 8 can alternatively be connected directly to another type of building component. Each of portions 10 and 12 have raised ribs 38 and grooves 40, each groove being located in between each raised rib on an outer surface of portion 10 and 12.

[0021] It is seen that a portion of the mounting 4, that is the first insulating portion 10 separates the two brackets 6 and 8 to provide a space therebetween and the bracket 8 has a 90 bend to enable the attachment thereto of an upright member or secondary building component such as stud 42 through fasteners 46 and 48 (refer to FIG. 4). This space also prevents any unwanted short circuiting that might otherwise occur through a metal piece of material lodging in this space accidentally and touching an otherwise exposed shaft of fastener 18. The space created also enables acoustic and vibrational isolation between the two building components 6 to and 8. The mounting 4 is made of rubber that is able to be compressed.

[0022] The arrangement shown in the various FIGS. 1 to 4 enables the primary building component, such as a wall to be offset from the secondary building component such as a stud, also to be at 90 or perpendicular to it and importantly not have any contact with the stem or shaft of fastener 18, due to the separation of the bracket 8 and the fastener 18 through the mounting 4.