STRUCTURE OF CLOSING PANELS TO BE FASTENED TO WALLS OF MODULAR STRUCTURES

Abstract

A structure of closing panels (33) to be fastened to walls of a modular structure having a substantially parallelepiped shape comprising four walls, supported by respective vertical uprights (31), comprises a series of horizontal cross bars, whereby each horizontal cross bar connects a pair of said vertical uprights (31). The structure comprises at least one section bar (32) joining a wall of the modular structure (30) to a panel (33), said at least one section bar being associated with a respective horizontal cross bar of the structure, whereby said at least one section bar (32) has a substantially (omega) Ω-shaped section, and comprises notches (39) and seats (38) for inserting respective coupling (46) and fastening (45) means for respectively coupling and fastening a panel (33).

Claims

1. A structure of closing panels applicable to walls of a modular structure having a substantially parallelepiped shape comprising four walls, the structure of closing panels being supported by respective vertical uprights and a series of horizontal cross bars, whereby each horizontal cross bar connects a pair of said vertical uprights, wherein the structure of closing panels comprises at least one closing panel and at least one section bar joining a wall of the modular structure to the at least one closing panel, the at least one section bar being associated with a respective horizontal cross bar of the modular structure, whereby at least one section bar has a substantially (omega) Ω-shaped section, and comprises notches and seats for inserting respective coupling and fastening elements for respectively coupling and fastening the at least one closing panel, each at least one closing panel having at least one edge provided with first coupling elements as projections bent by 90° with respect to the surface of the at least one closing panel, as well as with second fastening elements as projections parallel to the surface of the at least one closing panel, said projections being configured to allow first coupling and then fastening each at least one closing panel to a respective at least one section bar, wherein the coupling and fastening elements for coupling and fastening the at least one closing panel on the respective at least one section bar comprise at least one strip comprising at least the first and second projections, whereby each at least one edge is provided with notches allowing the passage of both the first coupling projections in a direction at right angles with respect to the plane of at least one closing panel, and the second fastening projections in a direction parallel to the plane of at least one closing panel.

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein the at least one edge has an inwardly bent configuration and accommodates the respective coupling and fastening elements for coupling and fastening the at least one closing panel to the respective at least one section bar.

3. The structure of claim 2 wherein the at least one strip is accommodated inside said at least one bent edge and comprises at least the first and second projections.

4. The structure of claim 1, wherein a first coupling projection is shaped with an appendage forming a hook.

5. The structure of claim 4 wherein the first coupling projection is configured to be inserted into a notch of a respective at least one section bar, in order to retain at least one closing panel before fastening it to the section bar through the second fastening projection.

6. The structure of claim 1, wherein each second fastening projection comprises a hole that can be intercepted by a screw configured to fasten at least one closing panel to a respective at least one section bar.

Description

ILLUSTRATION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Additional features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from reading the following description of a form of embodiment of the invention provided by way of non-limiting example, with the aid of the figures illustrated in the appended drawings, in which:

[0026] FIGS. 1 and 2 represent two schematic views, front and side views respectively, related to a face of a modular structure onto which the panels according to the invention are applied;

[0027] FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate two further schematic axonometric perspective views of the same faces of a modular structure onto which the panels according to the invention are applied;

[0028] FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate perspective views, front and rear views respectively, of one of the panels according to the invention applicable to a modular structure;

[0029] FIG. 7 represents the schematic axonometric perspective view of one of the shaped section bars which comprise relevant seats for the application of the coupling means of a plurality of wall closing panels;

[0030] FIGS. 8 to 11 represent further schematic views, respectively front, rear and lateral, of one of the panels according to the invention;

[0031] FIG. 12 represents the front schematic view of the extension of one of the panels according to the invention;

[0032] FIG. 13 illustrates the detailed view of one of the hanging hooks applied to the edge of one of the panels according to the invention;

[0033] FIGS. 14 to 18 represent schematic perspective and sectional views of one of the shaped section bars that comprise relevant seats for the application of the panel coupling means;

[0034] FIGS. 19 to 21 illustrate views of strips applicable to the edges of the panels according to the invention, comprising a coupling means of the panels themselves onto the respective section bars;

[0035] FIGS. 22 to 24 show axonometric perspective views of the strips themselves.

DESCRIPTION OF AN EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

[0036] With reference to the appended figures, and initially in particular to FIGS. 1 and 2, number 30 generally indicates the face of a modular structure that can for example be represented by a vertical warehouse having a substantially parallelepiped shape comprising four sides, opposite two by two, supported by respective vertical uprights 31, comprised between a lower resting surface and an upper closing roof in the top part.

[0037] Considering that any modular structure can be used, reference number 32 indicates in all the figures a section bar that represents a joining element between the walls of the modular structure 30 and each of the covering panels indicated with 33.

[0038] More in particular, according to the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 7, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, the section bars 32, made of metal material, are obtained from an extension, represented in FIG. 16, with a substantially elongated rectangular conformation with shaped ends 34 which, in use, form smoothed edges that go from the outside towards the inside, as shown in FIG. 15.

[0039] Each of the section bars 32 is shaped to assume a substantially (omega) Ω-shaped conformation as shown in FIG. 18 which relates to the section B-B of FIG. 14, and has two parallel edges 35 connected by an orthogonal edge 36 and finishing at the two ends with two opposite parallel strips 37 that form the resting base for the modular structure.

[0040] The section bars 32 are applied to the cross bars of the modular structure which can be glimpsed in FIGS. 1 and 2 as they are applied orthogonally between two adjacent uprights 31 placed on the same side of the modular structure 30. For fastening the section bars 32 onto the respective cross bars the two parallel strips 37 are rested thereon, which are provided with holes 38 that are crossed by screwing means that penetrate into holes made on the cross bars, so that the section bars can remain locked thereto.

[0041] According to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7, 16 and 17, on the orthogonal edge 36 of the section bar 32, notches 39 are provided, which enable the insertion of relevant couplings projecting towards the inner side of the panels 33, as can be seen below.

[0042] With reference to a first embodiment, the panels 33, which have a substantially quadrilateral shape, comprise a means adapted for the application and fastening onto the section bars 32 provided as described above.

[0043] More in particular, with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, the panels 33 have edges 40 turned towards the inside, obtained through bending of their vertical edges by 180°. The bent edges 40 are slightly distanced with respect to the internal surface of the panel, so as to house therein coupling and retaining means onto the section bars 32.

[0044] FIGS. 19 to 24 show such coupling and retaining means which, according to a first embodiment comprise strips 41, 42, 43 and 44 with different shapes according to their location on the horizontal edges of the panels 33.

[0045] All the strips 41, 42, 43 e 44, comprise at least one projection 45 protruding upwards and at least two of them, 41 and 42, comprise a further projection 46 bent by 90° with respect to the surface of the respective strip and shaped with an appendage turned downwards that forms a sort of hook.

[0046] The hook-shaped coupling projections 46 are intended to be inserted into notches 39 of the section bars 32 for hanging the panels prior to the locking thereof, whereas the projections 45 comprise a hole that can be crossed by screwing means, intended to be introduced into respective holes afforded on the section bars 32.

[0047] The strips 41, 42, 43 and 44 are, as mentioned, introduced into the bent edges 40 of the panels 33, which edges as shown in FIGS. 6 and 6′, are provided with suitable notches that enable the exit both towards the outside of the fastening projections 45 in the parallel direction to the plane of the panels, and towards the inside of the hook-shaped coupling projections 46 in the orthogonal direction with respect to the plane of the panels themselves.

[0048] According to further embodiments it is also envisaged that the strips 41, 42, 43 and 44, provided with fastening projections 45 and hook-shaped coupling projections 46 in the orthogonal direction with respect to the plane of the panels themselves, are comprised on the same edge 40 of the panel or in any case forming a single body therewith, in order to simplify the operations of making each panel.

[0049] From an operating point of view, for applying the panels 33 to the modular structure 30 it is sufficient to fasten the section bars 32 to the respective cross bars and hang each panel by introducing the hook-shaped coupling projections 46 into the notches 39 and locking them by introducing a screwing means through the holes in the fastening projections 45 that are inserted into respective holes in the section bars 32.

[0050] It is to be noted that the dimensions of the panels 33 are calculated so that when they are moved towards each other the parallel edges that face each other are kept spaced out so as to always be able to have access with tools to the screwing means of the fastening projections 45 which can be removed, at the same time enabling the release of the hook-shaped projections 46 by lifting the panel, in the event in which it is necessary to remove or replace one or more panels, which therefore remain independent from one another.