Insulation wall and insulation plate for constructing the insulation wall

Abstract

An insulation wall is constructed from insulation plates. The edge sides of the insulation plates are provided with edge connecting elements such as a tongue, a groove or a ridge for forming a tongue and groove joint or a half lap joint between adjacent insulation plates in the insulation wall. At least one drainage channel is provided through the insulation wall for draining away moisture that has penetrated between the insulation plates into the insulation wall. This at least one drainage channel includes adjoining drainage channel sections which are provided in the longitudinal direction on the edge connecting elements of the interconnected insulation plates.

1 - 16 . (canceled) 
     
     
         17 . An insulation plate for constructing an insulation wall, comprising a plurality of interconnected isolation plates, wherein the insulation plate is substantially rectangular in shape, wherein the insulation plate has a front side, a rear side, and four edge sides, wherein each edge side is provided lengthwise with an edge connecting element selected from the list consisting of a tongue, a groove, a ridge flush with the front side of the insulation plate, called the front ridge, and a ridge flush with the rear side of the insulation plate, called the rear ridge, wherein the tongue is essentially complementary to the groove and the front ridge is essentially complementary to the rear ridge, wherein at least one of the edge connecting elements at the edge sides is provided lengthwise with at least one drainage channel section, wherein the insulation plate is provided lengthwise at each edge side with a different edge connecting element selected from the list consisting of the tongue, the groove, the front ridge and the rear ridge, and wherein the tongue and the groove are provided at two opposing edge sides of the insulation plate, and the front ridge and the rear ridge are provided at the two remaining opposing edge sides of the insulation plate, and in that the different edge connecting elements of the insulation plate merge into each other at the corners between the edge sides such that no rectilinear passageways for moisture through the insulation wall are present in the joints between the interconnected insulation plates of the insulation wall. 
     
     
         18 . The insulation plate according to  claim 17 , wherein at least one drainage channel section is provided at one end with a raised wall. 
     
     
         19 . The insulation plate according to  claim 18 , wherein the raised wall is at least partly formed by the edge connecting element on the edge side adjacent to the edge side on which the at least one edge connecting element is provided. 
     
     
         20 - 21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . The insulation plate according to  claim 17 , wherein the at least one drainage channel section is provided as a recess along the longitudinal direction of the edge connecting element on which the at least one drainage channel section is provided. 
     
     
         23 . The insulation plate according to  claim 17 , wherein the insulation plate is, at the circumference of at least one side face, selected from the front side and the rear side, provided with an indentation for receiving an adhesive. 
     
     
         24 . The insulation plate according to  claim 23 , wherein the indentation has a predetermined depth. 
     
     
         25 . The insulation plate according to  claim 17 , wherein the edge connecting elements of the insulation plate are arranged such that complementary edge connection elements of the interconnected insulation plates of the insulation wall snap together. 
     
     
         26 . The insulation plate according to  claim 25 , wherein the edge connecting elements of the insulation plate are arranged such that complementary edge connection elements of the interconnected insulation plates of the insulation wall snap together by means of corresponding protrusions and recesses on the edge connecting elements. 
     
     
         27 . The insulation plate according to  claim 17 , wherein the insulation plate is provided with a plurality of adhesion grooves for receiving an adhesive for wall cladding elements on at least one side face, selected from the front side of the insulation plate and the rear side of the insulation plate, along at least one direction, selected from the longitudinal direction of the insulation plate and the crosswise direction of the insulation plate. 
     
     
         28 . The insulation plate according to  claim 27 , wherein the plurality of adhesion grooves have a wavelike shape. 
     
     
         29 . The insulation plate according to  claim 27 , wherein the plurality of adhesion grooves have a narrowed entry aperture. 
     
     
         30 . The insulation plate according to  claim 17 , wherein the insulation plate is provided, on at least one side face selected from the front side and the rear side, with a plurality of ridges along at least one direction selected from the longitudinal direction of the insulation plate and the crosswise direction of the insulation plate, and wherein the ridges are arranged such that they are spaced apart at regular intervals on the insulation wall. 
     
     
         31 . The insulation plate according to  claim 30 , wherein the insulation plate is provided, on at least one side face selected from the front side and the rear side, with a plurality of rectilinear ridges along at least one direction selected from the longitudinal direction of the insulation plate and the crosswise direction of the insulation plate, and wherein the ridges are arranged such that they are spaced apart at regular intervals on the insulation wall. 
     
     
         32 . The insulation plate according to  claim 17 , wherein the insulation plate comprises an insulating material selected from the list consisting of expanded polystyrene (EPS), extruded polystyrene (XPS), polyurethane (PUR) and polyisocyanurate (PIR). 
     
     
         33 . The insulation plate according to  claim 32 , wherein the insulation plate comprises the insulating material expanded polystyrene (EPS). 
     
     
         34 . The insulation plate according to  claim 17 , wherein the insulation plate is arranged for mounting wall cladding elements, both at the front side and at the rear side. 
     
     
         35 . An insulation wall for a building, wherein the insulation wall is composed of a plurality of interconnected, substantially identically shaped insulation plates, wherein each insulation plate is substantially rectangular in shape, wherein each insulation plate has a front side, a rear side, and four edge sides, wherein each edge side is provided lengthwise with an edge connecting element selected from the list consisting of a tongue, a groove, a ridge flush with the front side of the insulation plate, called the front ridge, and a ridge flush with the rear side of the insulation plate, called the rear ridge, wherein the tongue is essentially complementary to the groove and the front ridge is essentially complementary to the rear ridge, wherein at least one of the edge connecting elements at the edge sides is provided lengthwise with at least one drainage channel section, wherein each insulation plate is provided lengthwise at each edge side with a different edge connecting element selected from the list consisting of the tongue, the groove, the front ridge and the rear ridge, and wherein the tongue and the groove are provided at two opposing edge sides of each insulation plate, and the front ridge and the rear ridge are provided at the two remaining opposing edge sides of each insulation plate, and in that the different edge connecting elements of each insulation plate merge into each other at the corners between the edge sides such that no rectilinear passageways for moisture through the insulation wall are present in the joints between the interconnected insulation plates of the insulation wall, wherein the edge connecting elements of the insulation plates are arranged in such a way that the insulation plates of the insulation wall are interconnected by means of a connection selected from a tongue and groove joint, formed by said tongue and said groove, and a half lap joint, formed by said front ridge and said rear ridge, wherein at least one drainage channel is provided through the insulation wall for draining moisture penetrated between the insulation plates into the insulation wall, wherein the at least one drainage channel is composed of adjoining drainage channel sections of the interconnected insulation plates. 
     
     
         36 . The insulation wall according to  claim 35 , wherein the at least one drainage channel through the insulation wall is arranged in a downward direction of the insulation wall.