Wood Imitating Facade Element and Procedure for Making the Same

Abstract

The invention relates to a façade element which is suitable to mount on the outside ( 3 ) of a building ( 2 ). According to the invention plate shaped façade elements ( 5, 5 1 . . . ) consisting of glass fibre reinforced plastics, and which exhibit a wooden structure ( 6, 6 1 . . . ) on its outwards ( 7 ) turnable side ( 8, 8 1 . . . ) and which externally have the shape of standing and/or lying panels ( 9, 9 1 . . . ), are arranged to be mounted next to one another and attached to the wall ( 10 ) in question, to form a façade facing for the building ( 2 ) in question. The invention also relates to a procedure for manufacturing of the façade elements ( 5, 5 1 . . . ).

1 .- 10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . A facade element for a wall of a building, the facade element having a plate shape and of a glass-fiber reinforced plastic material, and plural facade elements mounted adjacent to each other and attached to the wall form a panel, the facade element comprising:
 an edge portion configured for overlapping mounting of the facade element to an adjacent facade element, wherein the edge portion includes a channel-shaped reception portion configured to receive an edge portion of the adjacent facade element, and the reception portion is a tunnel-shaped edge end portion of the edge portion, wherein the edge portion of a facade element having a wooden structure on an outward side has a straight shape configured to attach the facade element to the wall by fasteners; and the edge portion having the straight shape extends along a longitudinal center plane of the facade element, whereby the facade element extends up to an edge of the opposite tunnel-shaped edge end portion of the facade element; and   an element displaced from the longitudinal center plane in a depth direction and connected to the facade element, the element configured as a fastening element for the facade element and as a holding element for the adjacent facade element.   
     
     
         12 . The facade element of  claim 11 , wherein the fastening element is located opposite the tunnel-shaped edge end portion of one edge of the facade element. 
     
     
         13 . The facade element of  claim 12 , wherein the fastening element projects from the facade element by a distance that is less than or equal to an internal width of the tunnel-shaped edge end portion. 
     
     
         14 . The facade element of  claim 11 , wherein the fastening element is received internally on the facade element thereby forming a slot-shaped cavity behind the facade element up to the opposite end edge portion of the facade element. 
     
     
         15 . The facade element of  claim 11 , wherein the fastening element is the same material as the facade element. 
     
     
         16 . The facade element of  claim 11 , wherein the holding element is a plate that either is attached to the inside of one side edge portion of respective facade element or is integrated with the facade element. 
     
     
         17 . The facade element of  claim 16 , wherein the plate extends along a whole side edge portion of the facade element. 
     
     
         18 . The facade element of  claim 16 , wherein the fastening element is located opposite the tunnel-shaped edge end portion of one edge of the facade element. 
     
     
         19 . The facade element of  claim 18 , wherein the fastening element projects from the facade element by a distance that is less than or equal to an internal width of the tunnel-shaped edge end portion. 
     
     
         20 . The facade element of  claim 16 , wherein the fastening element is received internally on the facade element thereby forming a slot-shaped cavity behind the facade element up to the opposite end edge portion of the facade element. 
     
     
         21 . The facade element of  claim 16 , wherein the fastening element is the same material as the facade element.