US 12,116,775 B2
Sealing element, seal and method for installing a wall configuration
Manfred Klein, Kaufering (DE); and Christian Förg, Buchloe (DE)
Assigned to Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan (LI)
Appl. No. 15/733,575
Filed by Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan (LI)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058819
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/201648, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18167483 (EP), filed on Apr. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0010257 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. E04B 1/66 (2006.01); E04B 1/68 (2006.01); E04B 1/82 (2006.01); E04B 1/94 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/6815 (2013.01) [E04B 1/6812 (2013.01); E04B 1/82 (2013.01); E04B 1/946 (2013.01); E04B 1/948 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for installing a wall configuration to a fluted metal deck with corrugations, wherein the wall configuration comprises a ceiling runner being mounted on a lower side of the fluted metal deck, the method comprising:
inserting one or more of a sealing element and/or one or more seals comprising the sealing element and a carrier strip into at least one of the corrugations of the fluted metal deck according to a track of the wall configuration, and
subsequently mounting the ceiling runner and/or a top track seal to the track of the wall configuration with the inserted one or more of the sealing element and/or one or more seals,
wherein the sealing element is a sealing element for sealing a corrugation of a fluted metal deck, having a shape and volume adapted to seal the corrugation between adjacent fluted deck elements or in one of the fluted deck elements, wherein the sealing element is moldable and self-adhesive.