Panel fixing device

• US 8,468,765 B1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jong Sung Kim
• Original Assignee: Jong Sung Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Jong Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Glessner, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/436,258
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 525/060.5, 525/060.6, 525/060.8, 52509-513, 522/35, 526/98
• US Class Current: 52/506.06
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0835 the fastening elements extending into the back side of the covering elements E04F13/0851 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0855 adjustable in several directions, one of which is perpendicular to the wall
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/14 stone or stone-like materials, e.g. ceramics concrete,; of glass or with an outer layer of stone or stone-like materials or glass E04F13/0864 takes precedence; producing shaped elements from concrete, ceramic compositions or other stone-like materials B28B; prefabricated panels in general E04C2/00

Abstract

Provided is a panel fixing device with which panels can be rapidly and easily installed to reduce a construction period and a broken panel can be easily replaced with a new one to easily perform maintenance of the panel. For this, the panel fixing device is configured to fix a plurality of panels having anchor bolts protruding rearward therefrom to a wall of a building and maintaining the panels to the wall of the building, and includes a wall-fixing bracket, a connecting plate, a first connecting bracket and a second connecting bracket, wherein a fixing pin and a support pin protrude upward and downward from a front side of the connecting plate, and an auxiliary hole, a first auxiliary long hole and a second auxiliary long hole are formed in the connecting plate, the first connecting bracket and the second connecting bracket to communicate with each other.

Claims

1. A panel fixing device configured to fix a plurality of panels having anchor bolts protruding rearward therefrom to a wall of a building and maintaining the panels to the wall of the building, the panel fixing device comprising:

a wall-fixing bracket having a vertical portion fixed to a wall anchor bolt projecting from the wall, a horizontal portion bent to extend from a lower end of the vertical portion at a right angle, and an adjustment long hole formed in the horizontal portion;

a first connecting bracket having a first vertical portion fixed to an anchor bolt installed at an upper portion of the panel disposed at a lower side of the bracket, among the plurality of panels, a first horizontal portion bent to extend from an upper end of the first vertical portion at a right angle, and a leftward/rightward adjustment support long hole formed in the first horizontal portion;

a second connecting bracket disposed to opposite the first connecting bracket in a vertical direction, and having a second vertical portion fixed to an anchor bolt installed at a lower portion of the panel disposed at an upper side of the bracket, among the plurality of panels, a second horizontal portion bent to extend from a lower end of the second vertical portion at a right angle, and a leftward/rightward adjustment fixing long hole formed in the second horizontal portion; and

a connecting plate disposed between the first connecting bracket and the second connecting bracket, and having a forward/rearward adjustment long hole formed at a front side to correspond to the adjustment long hole formed in the horizontal portion of the wall-fixing bracket, a fixing pin protruding upward from a front side thereof, and a support pin protruding downward from the front side and opposite to the fixing pin, connecting the first connecting bracket and the second connecting bracket to each other.

2. The panel fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting plate has an auxiliary hole formed between the fixing pin and the forward/rearward adjustment long hole, the first connecting bracket has a first auxiliary long hole formed behind the leftward/rightward adjustment support long hole, and the second connecting bracket has a second auxiliary long hole formed behind the leftward/rightward adjustment fixing long hole and corresponding to the first auxiliary long hole.

3. The panel fixing device according to claim 2, wherein the auxiliary hole, the first auxiliary long hole and the second auxiliary long hole are disposed to vertically communicate with each other.

4. The panel fixing device according to claim 3, wherein when any one of the plurality of panels is broken, a replacement fixing pin is inserted and fixed into the auxiliary hole, the first auxiliary long hole and the second auxiliary long hole to replace the broken panel with a replacement panel.