The invention relates to an injector for filling an annular space formed around an anchor bolt, a fastening arrangement with such an injector, a container with such an injector and a method for installing an anchor when using such an injector.
It is known to fill the annular space, which is formed around the anchor bolt of a mechanical anchor, particularly an expansion anchor, anchored in a hole, with a curable compound. The anchor can hereby he supported in a radial direction in the hole and also in the base plate, which can improve the load values, particularly under dynamic loads and/or cyclical loads in cracked concrete. According to DE 10204591 A1, the filling of the annular space occurs from the center of the hole, namely by a filling channel formed in the anchor bolt. In particular, the nozzle of an injector device is applied in a sealing manner to the filling channel and a compound is introduced into the filling channel. The introduced compound comes out through a transverse hole in the bolt.
WO 11116918 A2 discloses an injection washer, which has a filling orifice and a ventilation orifice. This injection washer is used in a method for the subsequent strengthening of a heavy-load anchor inserted in a hole. In the method, an injection device is connected to the filling orifice by means of an injection hose and a compound is carried from the injection device via the injection hose and via the injection washer into the hole.
An additional washer with a through-opening for introducing a curable compound into the hole is known from DE 10111470 A1. Washers with through-openings for introducing curable compounds into the hole are also offered under the name “Hilti Dynamic Set”. In the “Hilti Dynamic Set,” an injection device is also connected to the through-opening and a compound is carried from the injection device via the through-opening into the hole.
DE 102010037755 A1 describes a device for filling a slot through which an anchor bolt passes. According to DE 102010037755 A1, the device is not damped under the nut, but can be fitted over the anchor bolt and the nut, which is meant to allow the device to consist of plastic.
DE 102014106662 A1 describes an internal-threaded anchor and proposes, for the purpose of sealing an anchor hole against liquid penetration, a perforated disk-shaped sealing flange, which is applied in a liquid-tight manner to the end of the internal-threaded anchor, and which has a recess on a bottom side, which can be filled with a sealing compound through filling openings.
Additional anchors, in which expansion elements are used in combination with curable compounds, are known from DE 10360156 A1, DE 102006000475 A1, DE 10216897 A1, DE 10060510 A1, WO 9857035 A1, U.S. Pat. No. 5,919,006 A, U.S. Pat. No. 5,636,945 A, U.S. Pat. No. 5,042,961 A, U.S. Pat. No. 5,064,312 A, U.S. Pat. No. 4,601,614 A, U.S. Pat. No. 4,516,883 A, U.S. Pat. No. 4,556,344 A, U.S. Pat. No. 3,702,060A, U.S. Pat. No. 3,695,045 A, U.S. Pat. No. 3,204,416 A, U.S. Pat. No. 3,326,004 A, U.S. Pat. No. 2,952,129 A, U.S. Pat. No. 3,379,019 A, U.S. Pat. No. 2,667,037 A and DE 102011055878 A1.
DE 19749571 A1 describes an anchor for attaching dynamically cross-loaded objects to an attachment base, with a chemically anchored anchor bolt, which has on its rear section a flange sleeve enclosing the anchor bolt, which after installing the anchor penetrates into the bore hole region that adjoins the borehole opening and that has had its diameter increased, and whose stop flange abuts the surface of the attachment base, wherein between the stop flange and the front end of the flange sleeve, there is provided an annular space that encloses the flange sleeve and can be filled with mortar.
DE 102009006207 A1 and US 20090180831 A1 teach one to fill annular spaces around anchor bolts with solids.
The object of the invention is to provide an injector that is particularly simple and quick to operate and also inexpensive and reliable for filling an annular space formed around an anchor bolt, a fastening arrangement with such an injector, a container with such an injector and a method for installing an anchor when using such an injector.
An injector according to the invention for filling an annular space formed around an anchor bolt is equipped with a piston disk, which has a through-opening for the anchor bolt, and a quantity of a curable compound upstream from the piston disk, wherein the piston disk forms a piston for squeezing at least part of the quantity of the curable compound, particularly out of the injector, into the annular space.
A basic concept of the invention can be seen by combining the curable compound that is to be pressed out with a piston disk, through which the anchor bolt of the anchor passes. The invention recognized that in conventional fastening arrangements using an anchor, a washer is often provided through which the anchor bolt of the anchor passes, and which is pressed to the base plate to be attached to the substrate during installation of the anchor. The invention now proposes to arrange a quantity of a curable compound between this washer and the base plate, or between this washer and the substrate under the base plate. In this configuration, the washer acts as a piston disk, which, when one presses the washer against the base plate or directly against the substrate while installing the anchor, presses out at least a portion of the quantity of the curable compound in the annular space around the anchor bolt.
When using an injector according to the invention, the curable compound is thus pressed out automatically into the annular space around the anchor bolt in the course of installing the anchor. The injector according to the invention is simply fitted on to the anchor and the anchor nut is tightened as usual and the system is then ready. Thus, no additional work step and no additional tool, such as a separate injection device, which would have to he connected in a cumbersome manner, are required. In this way, a particularly simple, quick, safe, reliable and also cost-effective filling process is provided. Since no supply line is required according to the invention, the quantity of waste can also he kept particularly low, Since according to the invention one is working with a fluid, curable compound, which cures only after a certain time delay, particularly in the annular space, the requirements in terms of aligning the components are comparatively low in contrast to systems in which solids are placed in the annular space.
The piston disk according to the invention forms a piston for squeezing at least a portion of the quantity of the curable compound out of the injector into the annular space and for pressing at least a portion of the quantity of the curable compound out of the injector into the annular space. Such an annular space often remains in the substrate and also in the base plate around the anchor bolt, since the anchor bolt often has a smaller diameter than the hole in the base plate and substrate to ensure that the anchor bolt is reliably inserted into the hole.
In regard to an injector according to the invention, a curable compound can he pressed out of the injector by an axial pressing of the piston disk against a surface, particularly by an axial pressing of the piston disk against the surface of the base plate, but also against the surface of the substrate, wherein these two surfaces enclose the hole in which the anchor bolt is inserted in an annular fashion. According to the invention, there is a piston space between the piston disk on the one hand and the substrate and/or the base plate on the other, the space having its volume decreased by bringing the piston disk closer to the substrate and/or the base plate when pressing out the curable mass. When operating the injector, the piston disk is brought closer axially to the substrate and/or to the base plate, i.e., the piston disk is moved in particular at least almost parallel to the through-opening in the piston disk and/or in particular at least almost parallel to the longitudinal axis of the anchor bolt.
To the extent that reference here is made to a radial, axial and/or circumferential direction, this may apply particularly to the longitudinal axis of the anchor bolt and/or the longitudinal axis of the injector, wherein the latter may be defined particularly by the through-opening in the piston disk.
The curable mass may also be referred to as a fluid, curable filler. The compound may involve for example a multi-component synthetic resin mortar on the basis of polyester or epoxy resin, which is activated by mixing the components. Particularly in this case, the curable compound may be present in the injector, particular in its reservoir, in the form of separate preliminary products, which are mixed When pressed out. The compound is preferably an adhesive.
The anchor, to whose anchor bolt the injector according to the invention is arranged, can be an expansion anchor for example, preferably a bolt-type expansion anchor. An expansion anchor can have in particular a wedge gear, which transforms a pulling movement of the anchor bolt relative to the substrate into a radial movement of an expansion element arranged on the anchor bolt, particularly an expansion sleeve arranged on the anchor bolt, relative to the anchor bolt and thus anchors the anchor to the substrate. The anchor may also be a chemical anchor, which is anchored in the substrate by means of an additional curable compound, wherein this additional curable compound can be chemically identical to or different than the curable compound of the injector.
Particularly when mixing elements are arranged on the piston disk, this can also be referred to as a mixing washer. The annular space around the anchor bolt in particular can be an annular gap.
The piston disk can consist preferably of a metal material. For example, it can be manufactured in a stamping process, which may be advantageous with regard to costs.
Depending on the design of the injector, a more or less large residual volume of the quantity of the curable compound will often remain in. the injector, i.e., the piston disk generally squeezes out only a part, albeit often a large part, of the quantity of the curable compound into the annular space.
It is particularly preferable that the quantity of the curable compound is arranged in a reservoir. With this, the curable compound can be protected in a particularly simple and reliable manner against environmental factors, and the manufacture of the injector can be further simplified. For example, the reservoir can be a pouch, particularly a foil pouch. The reservoir can in particular have a through-opening aligning with the through-opening of the piston disk in order to ensure that the anchor bolt passes through the injector without affecting the curable compound. The reservoir can also be omitted particularly when the curable compound has a very high viscosity such that the compound is sufficiently dimensionally stable due to its viscosity alone, or if the injector fully encloses the quantity of the curable compound.
Another preferred design of the invention consists of the injector having a sealing washer, where the quantity of the curable compound is arranged at least partially, in particular fully between, in particular axially between the piston disk and the sealing washer. Such a sealing washer can channel the flow of the curable compound when being pressed out of the injector and can thus ensure in a particularly simple manner that the curable compound is pressed into the annular space in a particularly reliable manner and especially that it is not simply squeezed away. In addition, when using a sealing washer, the quantity of the curable compound can be positioned in a particularly simple manner, since the quantity of the curable compound can be enclosed between the piston disk and the sealing washer. Preferably, the quantity of the curable compound, particularly the reservoir, can be connected to the sealing washer, which can be advantageous from a manufacturing perspective and can simplify the positioning of the quantity of the curable compound. The sealing washer can also form mixing channels, which can further improve the mixing of the curable compound. It may he provided that the sealing disk is destroyed during the process in which the curable compound is pressed out. For example, the sealing washer can consist of plastic, which may he advantageous in terms of manufacturing costs. For example, the sealing washer may be produced in an injection-molding procedure. Preferably, the sealing washer may have on its side facing away from the piston disk a sealing lip for a particularly good sealing effect with the surface surrounding the hole.
It is particularly practical that the injector has at least one sealing sleeve, wherein the quantity of the curable compound is arranged at least partially within the sealing sleeve. Such a sealing sleeve, which can radially border a piston chamber of the piston disk, can counteract an undesired radial discharge of the curable compound in a particularly simple and reliable manner.
For practical purposes, the sealing sleeve is arranged in an axially fixed manner at one of the two elements, namely the piston disk or the sealing washer, and preferably integrally designed with it, and the respective other element, namely the sealing washing or piston disk, is axially displaceable in the sealing sleeve.
In this way, in a first embodiment, the piston disk can be arranged in a displaceable, preferably axially displaceable, manner within the sealing sleeve. In particular, the sealing sleeve can be attached to the sealing washer and preferably be constructed integrally with the sealing sleeve. The sealing sleeve consists preferably of a plastic material, as a result of which a particularly good sealing function can be achieved in a particularly simple manner.
In a second embodiment, the sealing sleeve can be attached to the piston disk, preferably be attached at least axially, and in particular be constructed integrally with the piston disk. In this design, the sealing washer can be arranged in an axially displaceable manner within the sealing sleeve.
Two sealing sleeves may also be provided, a first one on the piston disk and a second one on the sealing washer. The two sealing washers may run into one another in a telescopic mariner.
It is furthermore practical that the injector has mixing elements, which project toward the quantity of the curable compound, particularly toward the reservoir. Such mixing elements, which can be designed in a pin-type manner for example, can define and/or border mixing channels, and thus improve the mixing of the curable compound when pressed out of the injector in a particularly simple manner, so that reliability can be further improved. The mixing elements can be arranged on the piston disk and/or on the sealing washer, if the latter is present.
Preferably, the injector has recesses to accommodate at least a part of the mixing elements when squeezing out at least part of the quantity of the curable compound using the piston disk. These recesses are preferably located axially offset on the respective other of the two elements, namely the piston disk or the sealing washer, to which the mixing elements are arranged, so that the mixing elements can engage in a finger-like manner into the recesses When the piston disk comes closer to the sealing washer when pressing out the curable compound. Given good mixing action of the curable compound, this allows for a particularly complete pressing-out of the curable compound.
Another preferred development of the invention is that the piston disk is designed on its side facing the quantity of the curable compound, i.e., preferably on its side facing the sealing washer, in a concave manner at least regionally, and/or that the sealing washer is designed on its side facing the quantity of the curable compound, i.e., preferably on its side facing the piston disk, in a concave manner at least regionally. Through the concave design of the respective disks/washers, a radial discharge of the curable compound can be counteracted in a particularly simple and effective manner.
The invention also relates to a fastening arrangement having an injector according to the invention and having an anchor with an anchor bolt, which passes through the through-opening of the injector. In this operationally ready configuration, the injector and particularly its piston disk arc fitted on the anchor bolt of the anchor. In particular, the anchor can have an anchor nut arranged on the anchor bolt Which forms an axial bearing for the injector and thus fixes the injector in a direction axial to the anchor holt. When tightening this anchor nut, the injector .is pressed to the base plate or the substrate and the curable compound is hereby mixed and simultaneously pressed into the annular space. However, the anchor nut can contact the piston directly or also indirectly.
The invention also relates to a container containing an injector according to the invention and an anchor. A container can in a customary manner refer particularly to the whole, which comprises the packaging and the packaged goods.
The invention further relates to a method for installing an anchor with an anchor bolt, wherein in the method, the anchor bolt of the anchor is arranged in a hole and by means of an injector according to the invention, a curable compound, particularly out of the injector, is inserted in an annular space surrounding the anchor bolt in the hole. Accordingly, the injector is utilized as intended.
It is particularly preferred that the piston disk of the injector is pressed, by tightening an anchor nut arranged on the anchor bolt, against a surface, particularly a surface of the substrate, in which the annular space is formed at least regionally, or particularly on a surface of a base plate, in which the annular space is formed at least regionally, and the curable compound is hereby squeezed by the piston disk and introduced into the annular space.
The injector according to the invention can also be used as a setting control of the anchor. For example, the sealing sleeve arranged on the sealing washer can be dimensioned in such a manner that, after correct installation of the anchor with the injector, it protrudes axially on the exterior side of the injector beyond the piston disk. If the interior side of the sealing sleeve is color-coded, for example in green, the user is given visual confirmation that the system was correctly installed.
On a regular basis, the injector according to the invention will be positioned between the base plate and the anchor nut; however, the injector could basically also he arranged between the substrate and the base plate.
Features that are explained in connection with the injector according to the invention may also be used with the fastening arrangement according to the invention, the container according to the invention and/or the method according to the invention, and reciprocally features exemplified in connection with the fastening arrangement according to the invention, the container according to the invention and/or the method according to the invention can also be used on the injector according to the invention.
The invention is explained in greater detail below using preferred embodiments, which are depicted schematically in the attached drawings, wherein individual features of the embodiments depicted below can essentially be designed within the scope of the invention either individually or in any combination.
Elements essentially acting the same are labeled with the same reference signs in the various embodiments.
A first embodiment of a fastening arrangement is shown in
In the front region of anchor 1, anchor 1 has an anchoring zone 12, in which anchor boll 10 can be anchored to wall 98 of a hole 99. In
In the rear region of anchor 1, anchor bolt 10 is equipped with an exterior thread 18. Screwed on to the exterior thread is an anchor nut 8 with an interior thread corresponding to exterior thread 18.
The fastening arrangement also has an injector 3 explained in detail below, wherein anchor bolt 10 of anchor 1 passes through injector 3.
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16150747.0 | Jan 2016 | EP | regional |
This application claims the priority of International Application No. PCT/EP2017/050364, filed Jan. 10, 2017, and European Patent Document No. 16150747.0, filed Jan. 11, 2016, the disclosures of which are expressly incorporated by reference herein.
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PCT/EP2017/050364 | 1/10/2017 | WO | 00 |