Patent ID: 8869482
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: E01D,E04B

Abstract:
1. A gap profile for a movement gap in a surface of a building between two parallel building elements of the building, the profile comprising: two anchor units, each of the anchor units for anchoring on the building elements, each of the anchor units including a circular arc shaped concave joint socket configured to extend in a longitudinal direction of the movement gap and hook shaped undercut grooves in the concave joint sockets; and a bridge unit for bridging the movement gap between the anchor units, the bridge unit including two longitudinally extending circular arc shaped convex joint heads and hook shaped support elements extending from the convex joint heads transversal to the longitudinal direction, wherein the bridge unit is pivotably linked through the convex joint heads in the concave joint sockets so that a load impacting the bridge unit perpendicular to the surface of the building is transferred through the convex joint heads into the concave joint sockets and from the anchor units into the building elements, wherein the hook shaped undercut grooves are engaged by the hook shaded support elements such that a form-locking connection is provided by the hook shaped support elements in the convex joint heads received by the hook shaped undercut grooves in the concave joint sockets, wherein the form-locking connection prevents a linear movement of the convex joint heads relative to the respective concave joint sockets transversal to the longitudinal direction, and wherein no portion of the load impacting the bridge unit perpendicular to the surface of the building is transferred from the hook shaped support elements to the anchor units.