Building structural connector and the method of erecting walls

Abstract

Building structural connector having at least one longitudinal two-part distancing member fitted with technical measures allowing to adjust its length, as well as fixing members connected thereto on both sides for the fixing of the connector to the shuttering panels, as well as fitted with vertical plates perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the connector, characterized in that the entire distancing member ( 1 ) is placed between the inner surfaces of the shuttering panels ( 9 ) and ends on its both ends with distancing plates ( 5 ) having sockets ( 6 ) with a thread corresponding to the threaded end ( 10 ) of the fixing member ( 2 ) inserted therein, where the fixing member ( 2 ) ends on its other end with the limiting plate ( 11 ) and takes the form of a rod slipped into the ducts ( 12 ) of the shuttering panel.

1 . Building structural connector having at least one longitudinal two-part distancing member fitted with technical measures allowing to adjust its length, as well as fixing members connected thereto on both sides for the fixing of the connector to the shuttering panels, as well as fitted with vertical plates perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the connector, characterized in that the entire distancing member ( 1 ) is placed between the inner surfaces of the shuttering panels ( 9 ) and ends on its both ends with distancing plates ( 5 ) having sockets ( 6 ) with a thread corresponding to the threaded end ( 10 ) of the fixing member ( 2 ) inserted therein, where the fixing member ( 2 ) ends on its other end with the limiting plate ( 11 ) and takes the form of a rod slipped into the ducts ( 12 ) of the shuttering panel. 
     
     
         2 . The building structural connector according to  claim 1 , characterized in that formed on the external wall of the limiting plates ( 11 ) are at least two regularly arranged convex elements ( 13 ), and on the wall of the distancing plates ( 5 ) on the side of the fixing member ( 2 ) there are concave spots ( 14 ) corresponding to the convex elements ( 13 ). 
     
     
         3 . The building structural connector according to  claim 2 , characterized in that it consists of two identical distancing members ( 1 ) and three identical fixing members ( 2 ). 
     
     
         4 . The building structural connector according to  claim 2 , characterized in that it consists of a single distancing member ( 1 ) and two identical fixing members ( 2 ). 
     
     
         5 . The building structural connector according to  claim 2 , characterized in that the distancing member ( 1 ) takes the form of two identical flat elements connected together with alternatingly arranged pegs ( 3 ) and holes ( 4 ), and the axis of the socket ( 6 ) in each of the distancing plates ( 5 ) runs along the plane of contact of the flat elements. 
     
     
         6 . The connector according to  claim 2 , characterized in that the distancing member ( 1 ) takes the form of two identical flat elements connected together with alternatingly placed groove-and-tongue connections, and the axis of the socket ( 6 ) in each of the distancing plates ( 5 ) runs along the plane of contact of the flat elements. 
     
     
         7 . The connector according to  claim 5  or  6 , characterized in that between the walls of the flat elements and the walls of the distancing plates ( 5 ) there are slots formed around the socket ( 6 ). 
     
     
         8 . The connector according to  claim 7 , characterized in that the sockets ( 6 ) in the distancing plates ( 5 ) extend into the flat elements. 
     
     
         9 . The connector according to  claim 7  or  8 , characterized in that the sockets ( 6 ) have at least one narrowing ( 7 ) between the wall of the distancing plate ( 5 ) and the wall of the flat element, the outer diameter of which is smaller than or equal to the inner diameter of the socket ( 6 ). 
     
     
         10 . The connector according to  claim 9 , characterized in that in the flat element there is a longitudinal tunnel ( 8 ) reaching up to the threaded socket ( 6 ) in the distancing plate ( 5 ), following the axis of the pegs ( 3 ) and holes ( 4 ) or the groove-and-tongue connections. 
     
     
         11 . The connector according to  claim 8 , characterized in that the inner sides of the distancing plates ( 5 ) fit tightly to the walls of the flat elements. 
     
     
         12 . The connector according to  claim 2 , characterized in that the convex elements ( 13 ) and concave spots ( 14 ) are cylindrical in shape. 
     
     
         13 . The connector according to  claim 12 , characterized in that the convex elements ( 13 ) end with a flange formed thereon, and the concave spots ( 14 ) have a corresponding scoop, thus forming a clasp connection. 
     
     
         14 . The connector according to  claim 1 , characterized in that used as the shuttering panels ( 9 ) are rectangular panels of expanded and/or extruded polystyrene of density from 10 kg/m3 to 55 kg/m3 
     
     
         15 . The method of erecting building walls using the building structural connector which consists in drawing the line along which the building wall will run on the floor and then on erecting parallel vertical shuttering panel walls on both sides of the line, where the panels are connected to one another with connectors, stabilized, and braced using known technical measures, and where the space between the panels is filled with liquid concrete mix, and where, once the mix has set, the shuttering panels are either left in place or removed, characterised in that in the initial preparation phase there are at least two carves made in each shuttering panel ( 9 ) in one of its horizontal edges, where the carves form ducts ( 12 ) perpendicular to the line of the erected building wall, the depth of which is at least equal to the diameter of the rods of the fixing members ( 2 ) of the building structural connector the structure of which is described in  claims 1  to  3 , where the connectors are assembled by joining together elements of the distancing members ( 1 ) so that the length of each of the distancing members ( 1 ) corresponds with the designed thickness of the concrete walls, whereupon the limiting plate ( 11 ) of the central fixing member ( 2 ) is connected with the adjacent distancing plate ( 5 ) of the distancing member ( 1 ), following which the fixing members ( 2 ) are pre-screwed to the distancing members ( 1 ); then, three rows of the shuttering panels ( 9 ) are erected parallel to each other along the line of the designed building wall at pre-determined distances, and oriented so that their ducts ( 12 ) run in their top horizontal edges aligned along common lines, whereupon rods of the fixing members ( 2 ) are slipped into the ducts ( 12 ) of the shuttering panels ( 9 ), layer one, so that the distancing plates ( 5 ) of the distancing members ( 1 ) are adjacent to the external walls of the shuttering panels ( 9 ), and the limiting plates ( 11 ) of the external fixing members ( 2 ) are adjacent to the external walls of the external shuttering panels ( 9 ), following which on the erected layer of the shuttering panels ( 9 ) a subsequent layer of shuttering panels ( 9 ) is arranged so that their ducts ( 12 ) run in their top horizontal edge, whereupon the fixing members ( 2 ) of the connector slipped into the ducts of the lower layer are screwed tight so that the distancing plates ( 5 ) and the limiting plates ( 11 ) overlap the side of the side surfaces of the shuttering panels ( 9 ) of the upper layer and fit closely to them. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 14 , characterised in that once the concrete layers of the building wall solidify, the rods of the external fixing members ( 2 ) of the building structural connector are screwed out and the external shuttering panels ( 9 ) are removed. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 15 , characterised in that at the initial preparatory stage indentations are formed under any known method to the predetermined pattern in the selected walls of the shuttering panels ( 9 ) which will adhere to the external concrete wall surfaces. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 15 , characterised in that with the external shuttering panels ( 9 ) taken off, the narrowing ( 7 ) is reamed and the distancing plate ( 5 ) with a fragment of the socket ( 6 ) is removed. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 17 , characterised in that removal of the distancing plate ( 5 ) with a fragment of the socket ( 6 ) opens access to the tunnel ( 8 ) in the distancing member ( 1 ) and enables inserting the probe to measure moisture content inside the concrete wall. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to any of the  claims 14  to  16 , characterised in that rectangular panels of expanded and/or extruded polystyrene of density from 10 kg/m3 to 55 kg/m3 are used as the shuttering panels ( 9 ), and the ducts ( 12 ) are formed in the panels under the thermal cutting method. 
     
     
         21 . The method according to any of the  claims 14  to  16 , characterised in that rectangular panels of expanded and/or extruded polystyrene of density from 10 kg/m3 to 55 kg/m3 are used as the shuttering panels ( 9 ) with a tongue formed along their top edge and the corresponding groove along the bottom edge, where the ducts ( 12 ) are formed by making in-depth cuts under the thermal cutting method.