TRANSITION CONSTRUCTION FOR BRIDGING A BUILDING JOINT

Abstract

A transition construction for bridging a building joint between two component parts of a building with at least one cover element that at least partially covers the building joint. The cover element is attached to a component part of the building via an anchoring structure, wherein the anchoring structure is configured such that the at least one cover element is selectively supported.

Claims

1. A transition construction for bridging a building joint between two component parts of a building with at least one cover element that at least partially covers the building joint and can be attached to a component part of the building via an anchoring structure, wherein the anchoring structure is configured such that the at least one cover element is selectively supported thereon, wherein a spacer and a tightening means abutting piece as a whole form a retaining anchor and that the anchoring structure has a plurality of retaining anchors arranged spaced apart from each other and the selective support of the cover element is realized such that the cover element in the region of the upper front faces of the retaining anchors rests on the anchoring structure.

2. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the anchoring structure has a plurality of support points at least one of which can be adapted or oriented in its position independently from the others.

3. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the cover element is detachably attached to the anchoring structure by means of at least one screwed connection and the anchoring structure is configured such that at least one screwed connection has a grip length corresponding to at least three times the thickness of the cover element in the region of the respective screwed connection.

4. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein at least one screwed connection has a threaded bolt and at least one tightening means.

5. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the threaded bolt is part of a rule-consistent screw.

6. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein at least one tightening means is formed as a nut, a bolt head, or a thread on the anchoring structure or the cover element.

7. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the anchoring structure has a tightening means abutting piece for a tightening means formed as a nut or a bolt head on a side facing away from the cover element.

8. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the anchoring structure has a spacer that ensures a defined distance between the cover element and the tightening means abutting piece.

9. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the spacer is configured tubular, preferably as a square tube.

10. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the anchoring structure is configured such that it can directly be attached to a reinforcement of a component part of the building.

11. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the anchoring structure has at least one anchor device for anchoring within a component part, wherein the anchor device is preferably configured as a set bolt.

12. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the transition construction has at least one access duct, wherein the access duct extends from the anchoring structure to one end of the building.

13.-14. (canceled)

15. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the anchoring structure has at least one row of retaining anchors in parallel to the building joint and preferably a further row of retaining anchors behind it also in parallel to the building joint.

16. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the transition construction has a draining element that is arranged on the anchoring structure under and spaced apart from the cover element, preferably at an acute angle to the cover element and downward towards the building joint.

17. The transition construction according to claim 16, wherein the draining element is configured as a metal sheet that is chamfered downwards at its side facing the building joint such that this side forms a drip edge.

18. The transition construction according to claim 16, wherein the draining element configured as a metal sheet is chamfered upwards at its side facing away from the building joint and preferably contacts a front face of the cover element.

19. The transition construction according to claim 16, wherein the draining element is flexibly attached to the anchoring structure.

20. The transition construction according to claim 16, wherein the draining element is flexibly supported on the building.

21. The transition construction according to claim 16, wherein the at least one retaining anchor of the anchoring structure passes through the draining element and in this region a flexible, waterproof seal is arranged.

22. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the transition construction has a sealing underneath the cover element, especially an elastomeric band.

23. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the cover element is configured as a fingerplate.

24. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein it has two anchoring structures that are opposite with respect to the building joint it has to bridge and that have opposite cover elements, wherein the cover elements are preferably configured as meshing fingerplates.

25. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the transition construction is modular and has a plurality of adjacent cover elements or draining elements that each are narrower than a carriageway of a car, wherein preferably at least between adjacent draining elements a seal is arranged.

26. The transition construction according to claim 1, wherein the transition construction is configured as an assembly preassembled in the manufacturing facility in which the at least one cover element is detachably attached to at least one anchoring structure by means of at least one screwed connection, wherein the assembly as a whole can be attached to, especially concreted into the component part, preferably with the aid of a transport and/or mounting device via the anchoring structure.

Description

[0046] In the following the object of the invention is described in detail with the help of an example. Here,

[0047] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the transition construction according to the invention; and

[0048] FIG. 2 shows a side elevational view of the transition construction shown in FIG. 1 in the built-in state, wherein the right part of the drawing is a cross section through the transition construction shown in FIG. 1.

[0049] In the present embodiment the transition construction 1 has two cover elements 3 configured as fingerplates that oppositely mesh with the projecting portions. In this way, a building joint between two component parts of the building 2 is bridged. Here, the cover elements 3 each are selectively attached via a concreted anchoring structure 4 to a component part of the building 2 each and adjoin a carriageway 5 with the front face spaced apart from the building joint.

[0050] As FIG. 1 shows, the anchoring structure 4 consists of a cover element 3 of two rows of several retaining anchors 6 each in parallel to the building joint. Here, the cover element 3 is detachably attached to the retaining anchors 6 of the anchoring structure 4 with a screwed connection 7 each. In this way, the cover element 3 is selectively supported by the anchoring structure 4 and does not flatly rest on the building 2. In addition, a corbel 14 is arranged between a retaining anchor 6 of the row near the carriageway and the carriageway 5 each. Here, the carriageway 5 does not directly rest on the corbels 14, but on an insulation flange 13 that is arranged between the corbels 14 and the carriageway 5 along the cover element 3.

[0051] In this embodiment the screwed connection 7 consists of a threaded bolt 7a having a bolt head in the form of a rule-consistent screw that contacts the upper surface of the cover element 3 in a recess. A nut is mounted to the threaded bolt 7a as an associated tightening means 7b at the distant side of the cover element 3. In this context, the retaining anchor 6 has a spacer 8 as an oblong square tube and a tightening means abutting piece 9, which the tightening means 7b does contact. Here, the spacer 8 is arranged between the cover element 3 and the tightening means abutting piece 9 and thus, determines the grip length of the associated screwed connection 7. The threaded bolt 7a passes through the spacer 8 and the tightening means abutting piece 9 to come into contact with the tightening means 7b.

[0052] As illustrated in FIG. 2, the grip length of the screwed connection 7 is at least three times the thickness of the cover element 3 in the region of the screwed connection 7. In this case, the thickness of the cover element corresponds to the distance between the contact surface of the bolt head of the threaded bolt 7a in the recess of the cover element 3 and the contact surface of the cover element 3 on the retaining anchor 6. The grip length is the distance between the contact surface of the bolt head of the threaded bolt 7a on the cover element 3 and the contact surface of the tightening means 7b on the tightening means abutting piece 9.

[0053] The anchoring structure 4 has several anchor devices 10 that are arranged as set bolts on the spacers 8 of the several retaining anchors 6. As illustrated in FIG. 1, two anchor devices 10 each are mounted to one spacer 8 each at the same height perpendicular to the building joint in the direction to the building joint and in the opposite direction. In the built-in state the anchor devices 10 act like a shear connector.

[0054] Moreover, the transition construction 1 has an access duct 11 extending between the tightening means abutting piece 9 and the lower end of the building 2. Here, the access duct 11 is an oblong formwork tube surrounding the tightening means 7b. Thus, in the built-in or concreted state of the transition construction 1 access to the tightening means 7b from below is possible and so the screwed connection 7 can be adjusted during maintenance work.

[0055] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the transition construction 1 has a draining element 12 that extends underneath and spaced apart from the cover element 3 and downward at an acute angle to the building joint. Here, the draining element 12 is arranged on the anchoring structure 4 and all the retaining anchors 6 penetrate it. Thus, the draining element 12 comprehensively surrounds all retaining anchors 6 to drain off water penetrating from above toward the building joint. In this embodiment the draining element 12 is a metal sheet that forms a drip edge downward towards the building joint and is chamfered upwards at its side facing away from the building joint. A small gap to avoid squeezes is to be provided between the upward chamfered end of the draining element 12 and the front face of the cover element 3 spaced apart from the building joint. In the regions in which the draining element 12 is penetrated by the retaining anchors 6 a water impermeable sealing is mounted between the draining element 12 and the retaining anchor 6. Said sealing is a rubber ring or silicone joint. Alternatively, the cover sheet as a whole can be lined with a flexible layer (e.g. cellular rubber), then the connection to the spacers 8 can be made by waterproof weld seams.

[0056] The transition construction 1 that can also be extended along the building joint is modularly built up using opposing fingerplates. After the transition construction 1 has been formed as an assembly preassembled in the manufacturing facility it only has to be concreted at the position of installation, as shown in FIG. 2, by means of the anchoring structure 4 at the building 2. In this example, the concreted portion of the anchoring structure 4 extends to the draining element 12.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0057] 1 transition construction [0058] 2 building [0059] 3 cover element [0060] 4 anchoring structure [0061] 5 carriageway [0062] 6 retaining anchor [0063] 7 screwed connection [0064] 7a threaded bolt [0065] 7b tightening means [0066] 8 spacer [0067] 9 tightening means abutting piece [0068] 10 anchoring element [0069] 11 access duct [0070] 12 draining element [0071] 13 insulation flange [0072] 14 corbel