Panel For Shuttering Walls And Pillars

Abstract

A panel consisting of a single covering member constituting the formwork surface and having folded edges forming the panel sides. The panel is lined with transverse and longitudinal reinforcing members and has coupling means provided on some of the side edges and on the inside thereof for joining together the sides of two adjacent panels in the case of wall formwork, or for joining one panel perpendicularly to another panel to define the cross-section of a column by perpendicularly coupling together four panels.

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         7 . A panel for shuttering walls and pillars comprising:
 a main panel body that constitutes the shuttering face and includes a first face and bent-over edges that define sides of the panel, the first face having an inner surface;   a plurality of reinforcing crossbeams disposed along the inner surface; and   coupling devices located along at least one lateral edge of one side wall of the main panel body and along the inner surface of the main panel body, the coupling devices being adapted to fix adjacent panels along their lateral edges for the shuttering of walls and to fix one panel perpendicularly to another panel in order to define, by means of the perpendicular coupling of four panels, a cross-section of a pillar.   
     
     
         8 . The panel for shuttering walls and pillars according to  claim 7 , wherein the sides of the panel have a plurality of openings aligned therealong, the shape of each opening being complementary to a shape of the coupling devices that are disposed along the sides of the panels, in order to permit their entry and arrangement in abutment, preventing them from coming out after rotation of the coupling device. 
     
     
         9 . The panel for shuttering walls and pillars according to  claim 7 , wherein the coupling devices have displaceable rods on associated bridges in inner parts of the sides of the panel, terminating in a hook-shaped head of a transverse shape complementary to that of the opening of the lateral edges themselves and capable of being retained in the same after rotation through a certain angle. 
     
     
         10 . The panel for shuttering walls and pillars according to  claim 9 , wherein the hook-shaped ends of the coupling devices are in the shape of an arrow tip. 
     
     
         11 . The panel for shuttering walls and pillars according to  claim 9 , wherein rods of the coupling devices are threaded and carry, coupled on them, quick-action nuts for fixing them on the bridges of the lateral edges after their introduction into the openings of the adjacent panel and their rotation through an angle in order to prevent them from coming out. 
     
     
         12 . The panel for shuttering walls and pillars according to  claim 9 , wherein the inner surface of the first face has profiles that are equipped with identical openings to the lateral edges of the panel itself, in order to allow the panels to be coupled perpendicularly to one another for the shuttering of pillars.