Patent ID: 9404251
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: E04B,F16L,H02G

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a fire safe pipe penetration in a building element, especially in a ceiling, a floor or in a lightweight building wall comprising a framework of profile elements and at least one outer covering, being fixed to said profile elements, said method comprising: arranging a pre-fabricated insert between the profile elements at a location for a pipe or conduit penetration in a way that the insert is arranged adjacently to the outer covering and is at least partly covered by the outer covering and wherein the pre-fabricated insert comprises a rigid plate of a noncombustible heat insulation material, a sound insulation material or both a heat insulation material and a sound insulation material, the rigid plate having two large surfaces which are parallel to each other, side faces which are oriented at right angles to the large surfaces and a cover made up from rigid profiles and serving for fixing the rigid plate to the profile elements of the framework as reinforcing elements in a region of at least two mutually opposite side faces of the side faces, formed as L- or U-shaped profiles which are applied against at least one of the large surfaces with at least one leg and against the region of the at least two mutually opposite side faces with a second leg thereof and wherein said pre-fabricated insert is capable of receiving and guiding energy conduits and/or conduits for carrying liquids or gases and further wherein the heat insulation material, sound insulation material or both heat insulation material and sound insulation material is noncombustible according to class A2; providing an opening in the outer covering and the insert for a pipe or conduit after arranging the pre-fabricated insert between the profile elements; inserting the pipe or conduit through the opening in the outer covering and the insert and securing fire and/or smoke tightness between the pipe or conduit and the insert and/or outer covering.