CORBEL TO CONNECT STRUCTURAL FACING MEMBERS OF BUILDING Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC E04F13/21 

FIELD: coverings or linings for instance for walls or ceilings.

SUBSTANCE: corbel comprises metal member to be fastened to building wall. The metal member is provided with longitudinal guiding means defined in cross-section thereof and adapted to direct insert installed in the guiding means. The insert has connection surface to attach curtain wall panels of building facing thereto. Metal member is made as box stamped of steel sheet and having rectangular cross-section. The metal member is provided with stiffening ribs located at box cross-section corners. Longitudinal guiding means are symmetric with respect to stiffening ribs and are arranged in vertical walls of the box. Horizontal walls of the box are made as double-sided bents created in fixedly connected upper and lower flanges. Transversal surface adapted to secure the corbel to building wall is connected to vertical walls by means of bents, which define two vertical stiffening ribs, and is provided with longitudinal groove. The insert is U-shaped and has longitudinal guiding means located at bents.

EFFECT: improved operational characteristics, increased load-bearing capacity, enhanced production technology, reduced labor inputs and costs of corbel production.

6 cl, 3 dwg