Façade structure

Abstract

A façade structure is described, preferably a curtain-wall back-ventilated façade structure, with a substructure formed from support profiles which is arranged in front of a building wall and anchored fixedly in the floor and/or in the building wall, with extruded façade tiles made of ceramic material, preferably clay material, which are fastened to the substructure via tile holders. In order to be able to arrange the façade tiles in the vertical format, in addition to the tile holders which grip on the vertical edges of the façade tiles, it is provided that weight-supporting holders, which have receivers which engage in each case in a lower edge of the façade tiles, are fastened to the support profiles to which the tile holders are fastened or to further support profiles of the substructure directly or via separate supports.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A façade structure,
 with a substructure formed of support profiles, which is arranged in front of a building wall and anchored fixedly in the floor and/or in the building wall, 
 with façade tiles formed with ridges and/or extruded, which are fastened to the substructure via tile holders, 
 wherein all or only some of the support profiles have the tile holders, wherein the tile holders are fastened to the support profiles directly or via separate supports, and the tile holders have receivers, which engage with edge areas of the façade tiles to fasten the façade tiles, and 
 wherein the façade tiles are arranged in and/or in front of the substructure with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or extrusion direction aligned vertically, and 
 wherein the engagement of the receiver of the tile holders is formed on opposite vertical edges of the façade tiles, and 
 wherein weight-supporting holders, which have receivers which grip in each case on a lower edge of the façade tiles, are fastened to the support profiles to which the tile holders are fastened or to further support profiles of the substructure directly or via separate supports. 
 
     
     
         2 . The façade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the façade tiles are formed from ceramic material. 
     
     
         3 . The façade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein upper support holders, which have receivers which grip in each case on an upper edge of the façade tiles, are fastened to the support profiles to which the tile holders are fastened or to further support profiles of the substructure directly or via separate supports. 
     
     
         4 . The façade structure according to  claim 3 , wherein the receivers grip in each case on a horizontal edge of the façade tiles. 
     
     
         5 . The façade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight-supporting holder and/or the upper support holder is or are fastened to the support profile by a screw connection and/or a rivet connection and/or a clamping connection and/or a positive-locking plug-in device. 
     
     
         6 . The façade structure according to  claim 3 , wherein the weight-supporting holder or/and the receiver of the weight-supporting holder or/and the upper support holder or/and the receiver of the upper support holder is or are arranged concealed behind the assigned façade tile or behind the assigned façade tiles. 
     
     
         7 . The façade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the receiver of the tile holder which engages with the vertical edge area of the façade tile is formed U-shaped. 
     
     
         8 . The façade structure according to  claim 7 , wherein the receiver of the tile holder which engages with the vertical edge area of the façade tile is formed as a double receiver with two U-shaped receivers facing away from each other. 
     
     
         9 . The façade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the tile holder or/and the receiver of the tile holder is or are arranged concealed behind the assigned façade tile or behind the assigned façade tiles. 
     
     
         10 . The façade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the vertical edges of the façade tile on which the tile holders engage with their receivers are formed on vertical outside edges of the façade tile. 
     
     
         11 . The façade structure according to  claim 10 , wherein the vertical outside edges are in each case formed with at least one ridge edge on opposite sides of the façade tile, the outside edges having in each case a back ridge edge and a front ridge edge or one outside edge having a back ridge edge and a front ridge edge and the other outside edge having only a back ridge edge. 
     
     
         12 . The façade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein several tile holders, which engage with opposite vertical edges of the façade tiles, wherein the support profile is arranged horizontally, are fastened to the support profile in horizontal alignment. 
     
     
         13 . The façade structure according to  claim 12 , wherein the several tile holders engage with opposite vertical edges of a horizontal row of façade tiles and are detachably fastened to the support profile in horizontal alignment. 
     
     
         14 . The facade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein several tile holders, which engage with vertical edges of the façade tile, wherein the support profile is arranged vertically, are fastened, to a support profile in vertical alignment. 
     
     
         15 . The façade structure according to  claim 14 , wherein the several tile holders engage with vertical edges of the façade tile in a vertical row of façade tiles, and are detachably fastened to a support profile in vertical alignment. 
     
     
         16 . The façade structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the façade tiles are impinged on by a press-on device for the purpose of a shake-proof arrangement. 
     
     
         17 . The façade structure according to  claim 16 , wherein the press-on device is formed by separate press-on elements, wherein each of the press-on elements has a compression spring device and acts directly only on an assigned façade tile. 
     
     
         18 . The façade structure according to  claim 17 , wherein the press-on element is arranged concealed behind an assigned façade tile and supported against the substructure. 
     
     
         19 . A construction set for the production of a façade structure, selectively as a vertical façade structure or as a horizontal façade structure, in each case made of façade tiles with ridges and/or extruded,
 wherein, in the vertical façade structure, the façade tiles are aligned with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or the extrusion direction vertical, and 
 wherein, in the horizontal façade structure, the façade tiles are aligned with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or the extrusion direction horizontal, and 
 wherein the construction set comprises the following components: 
 a) several support profiles, which are fastenable to a building wall or to the floor directly or via intermediate supports to form a substructure; 
 b) several tile holders with a receiver for engaging with an edge section of the façade tiles, wherein the tile holders are formed for fastening to one of the support profiles; 
 c) several weight-supporting holders with a receiver for bearing the façade tiles, wherein the weight-supporting holder is formed for fastening to one of the support profiles; 
 d) extruded façade tiles formed with ridges and/or extruded; and 
 wherein the following components are necessarily used to produce a vertical façade structure: a), b), c), d), and 
 wherein the following components are necessarily used to produce a horizontal façade structure: a), b), d). 
 
     
     
         20 . A method for producing a façade structure, formed as a vertical façade structure and/or as a horizontal façade structure, in each case made of façade tiles with ridges and/or extruded,
 wherein the vertical façade structure is formed in such a way that the façade tiles are arranged on a substructure arranged in front of a building wall via tile holders, with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or the extrusion direction aligned vertically, and 
 wherein the horizontal façade structure is formed in such a way that the façade tiles are arranged on a substructure arranged in front of a building wall via tile holders, with the longitudinal extent of their ridges and/or the extrusion direction aligned horizontally, and 
 wherein the following components are used to produce the vertical façade structure: 
 substructure components comprising support profiles, which are fastenable to the building wall or to the floor directly or via intermediate supports to form the substructure; 
 tile holders with a receiver for engaging with an edge section of the façade tiles, wherein the tile holders are formed for fastening to one of the support profiles; 
 weight-supporting holders with a receiver for bearing the façade tiles, wherein the weight-supporting holder is formed for fastening to one of the support profiles; and 
 extruded façade tiles; and 
 the following components are used to produce the horizontal façade structure: 
 substructure components comprising support profiles, which are fastenable to a building wall or to the floor directly or via intermediate supports to form a substructure; 
 tile holders with a receiver for engaging with an edge section of the façade tiles, wherein the tile holders are formed for fastening to one of the support profiles; and 
 extruded façade tiles.