ANCHORING ASSEMBLY AND FIXING DEVICE FOR SUCH AN ANCHORING ASSEMBLY

• US 20120291393A1
• Filed: 05/15/2012
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wouter Garot
• Original Assignee: Wouter Garot
• Inventors: Garot, Wouter
• Granted Patent: US 8,844,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/699
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/41 Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete or masonry joist hangers E04B1/2612; shear dowels E04B1/483; spacers other than masonry wall ties for cavity walls E04B2/30, E04B2/44; connectors for reinforcing elements E04C5/16; fastening frames to the border of openings E06B1/56
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/4121 with internal threads or non-adjustable captive nuts
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/4192 attached to concrete reinforcing elements, e.g. rods or wires

Abstract

An anchoring assembly for anchoring a liner of a cured lining material applied in liquid form to metal objects, comprising a fixing device welded or soldered to a metal object, the fixing device comprising a weld element and a fixing element provided with a through hole, and an anchoring element configured to be passed through the through hole of the fixing device, wherein the weld element comprises a weld or solder stud.

Claims

1. An anchoring assembly for anchoring a liner of a cured lining material applied in liquid form to metal objects, comprising:

a fixing device adapted to be welded or soldered to a metal object, the fixing device including a weld element and a fixing element provided with a through hole, and an anchoring element configured to be passed through the through hole of the fixing device, wherein the weld element includes a weld or solder stud for being welded or soldered, respectively, to a metal object by stud welding or soldering.

2. The anchoring assembly according to claim 1, wherein the weld or solder stud has a substantially constant cross-section along a length thereof.

3. The anchoring assembly according to claim 1, wherein the welding surface is provided at the end of the weld element remote from the fixing element.

4. The anchoring assembly according to claim 3, wherein aluminium is provided on the welding surface.

5. The anchoring assembly according to claim 4, wherein the aluminium is present in the welding or soldering surface of the weld or solder stud in the form of a ball.

6. The anchoring assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fixing element is at least substantially flat, and wherein the through hole extends from a flat surface of the fixing element to an opposite flat surface of the fixing element.

7. The anchoring assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fixing device forms an integral element.

8. The anchoring assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fixing device is an assembled or at least assemblable element.

9. The anchoring assembly according to claim 8, wherein the fixing device comprises a weld or solder stud and a fixing element connected or at least to be connected thereto.

10. The anchoring assembly according to claim 9, wherein the weld or solder stud or the fixing element comprises external screw thread, and the other of the two elements comprises corresponding internal screw thread.

11. The anchoring assembly according to claim 10, wherein the fixing element is made of stainless steel.

12. The anchoring assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a clamping element for clamping the anchoring element to the fixing device in use.

13. The anchoring assembly according to claim 12, wherein the fixing device comprises a first engagement surface portion and the clamping element comprises a corresponding second engagement surface.

14. A fixing device for use with the anchoring assembly according to claim 1, the fixing device comprising a weld or solder stud designed to be welded or soldered to a metal object by stud welding or soldering, and a fixing element provided with a through hole which is or at least is to be connected thereto.

15. A method for fixing anchoring assemblies including a fixing device to a metal object, comprising the steps of:

(1) providing a metal object and at least one fixing device of at least one anchoring assembly;

(2) welding or soldering the at least one fixing device to the metal object; and

(3) connecting an anchoring element to the at least one fixing device;

wherein the at least one fixing device includes a weld or solder stud, and wherein the weld or solder stud is welded or soldered to the metal object by stud welding or soldering.