Patent ID: 6289647
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A wall facing system including elongate wall facing tiles (15) of stone material and mounting bars (10) adapted to be secured in a vertical position on a building wall to support the tiles (15) with the tiles positioned one above the other and having their longitudinal dimension horizontal, and with vertically adjacent tiles adjacent and, optionally, overlapping one another,each facing tile (15) having on its front side a rebate (15A), which extends along the upper edge of the tile, and a front plate, which extends from the rebate down to the lower edge of the tile, and having on its rear side a downwardly projecting support rib (15E), which extends in parallel with the upper and lower edges of the tile, andeach mounting bar (10) having at least one flange (12) which extends in the longitudinal direction of the mounting bar and is provided with a plurality of support hooks (13) evenly spaced-apart in the longitudinal direction of the mounting bar and adapted to engage the support ribs (15E) of the tiles (15) from below to support the tiles,characterised in thatthe lower edge of the support rib (15E) is spaced from the upper edge of the tile (15) by a distance which is not more than about 0.4 times the total height of the tile, andeach support hook (13) having a front edge defined by the front edge (12A) of the flange (12) and serving as a lateral support for a tile (15) supported by it, the length of the front edge of the support hook (13) being at least half the distance separating corresponding points on adjacent support hooks.