Device for holding front wall or inside wall facings as well as inside or outside facings of a ceiling in a pre-set distance from a supporting wall respectively a ceiling

Claim 1

In a device for holding front or inside wall facings at a pre-set distance from a supporting wall, or for holding inside or outside facings of a ceiling at a pre-set distance from the ceiling, and of the type including a bracket fastened ot the supporting wall or the ceiling, the improvement comprising, in combination, a tube-like receiving member forming part of said bracket and arranged to extend perpendicularly outwardly from the supporting wall or ceiling on which said bracket is fastened; a compensating element having an inserting neck at one end and a bearer head at its opposite end, said inserting neck being constructed for insertion into said tube-like receiving member; said inserting neck having grooves on a pair of opposite sides thereof cooperable with means for anchoring the inserting neck in said tube-like receiving member; a U-shaped girder formed with parallel flanges having inturned lips at their outer ends; said bearer head having at least one groove therein cooperable with an inturned lip; and a wedge-like clamping bolt engageable in a groove of the bearing head and formed with a holding leg engaging the inner surface of an inturned lip of said U-shaped girder.