Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Module or panel having discrete edgewise or face-to-face... – With joining means of dissimilar material and separate from...
Patent
1985-06-20
1986-08-19
Bell, J. Karl
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Module or panel having discrete edgewise or face-to-face...
With joining means of dissimilar material and separate from...
52656, 403170, E04B 282
Patent
active
046061657
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to building panels.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
Many different types of pre-fabricated building panels have been proposed for interconnection adjacently in the erection of the walls of houses or other buildings. The present invention has been devised with the general object of providing such building panels which are particularly sturdy and durable and incorporate connector means whereby the panels may be quickly and easily interconnected adjacently or at right angles, and also locked to a floor and to a roof or other superstructure.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention resides broadly in a building panel of rectangular shape and of substantially uniform thickness, including top and bottom corner connectors inset and secured into the four corners of the panel, each having means for securing it to a corresponding connector of an adjacent similar panel, and also means for connection to a floor beneath, or a superstructure above, the panel. Preferably each connector is a square or rectangular section tubular member, its open ends flush with opposite faces of the panel, the connector being rigidly anchored to reinforcing rods or other metal members within the panel, its means for connection being bolt holes in the two sides of the connector exposed at the corner of the panel. Preferably similar connectors are similarly anchored at intermediate positions in the top and bottom of the panel, each with one exposed face, with bolt hole, flush with the top or the bottom of the panel. Other features of the invention will become apparent from the following description.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order that a preferred embodiment of the invention may be readily understood and carried into practical effect, reference is now made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a partly broken-away perspective view of a number of building panels according to the invention erected upon a foundation;
FIG. 2 is a prespective view of one of the connectors of a building panel;
FIG. 3 is a sectioned elevational view of the parts of adjacent panels in the circle 3 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the adjacent panels taken along line 4--4 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a sectioned elevational view of the part of a building panel in the circle 5 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the panel taken along line 6--6 in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a partly sectioned plan view of the parts of interconnected building panels in the circle 7 of FIG. 7;
FIG. 8 is a sectioned elevational view of the parts of a building panel and foundation in the circle 8 of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic partly sectioned elevational view to reduced scale showing the interconnection of building panels above and below the floor.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The building panels 10 are all of cast reinforced concrete, of rectangular shape, of uniform thickness and of uniform hieght, but may be made to different widths and will normally include panels formed with doorways, windows and other openings (not shown) as required for the construction of a house or other building. Vertical and horizontal conduits for electric, plumbing and other services may also be cast into the panels.
Each building panel has at each corner a corner connector 11 and, in each panel 10, intermediate connectors 11a are fixed centrally in its top and bottom.
Each of the connectors 11 and 11a is, as shown in FIG. 2, a length of square-section metal tube, its length being equal to its width and depth and to the thickness of the panel 10, a plain bolt hole 12 being formed centrally in each of its four sides. The open ends of each connector are flush with the parallel faces of the panel. The two exposed sides of each corner connector 11 are flush with an end, and with the top edge or the bottom edge, of the panel in which it is installed, and the single exposed side of each of the top and bottom intermediate conne
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Bell J. Karl
Ron Allan Industries (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
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