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
1976-11-19
1978-01-10
Murtagh, John E.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Module or panel having discrete edgewise or face-to-face...
With joining means of dissimilar material and separate from...
52238, 52282, E04B 272
Patent
active
040671658
ABSTRACT:
A panel system includes thin, planar panels joined to each other at their edges and to corner posts by sleeve and dowel arrangements which provide proper alignment and by collar and pin arrangements which secure the panels to each other and to the corner posts so that a desired amount of force is required to separate the panels from each other and from the corner posts once the connection is made. Each sleeve and dowel arrangement includes a separate hollow sleeve mounted within each panel for receiving a common cylindrical dowel. Where a panel is joined to a corner post the dowel is permanently secured within the corner post. The sleeves of the topmost sleeve and dowel arrangement are of circular cross-section on the inside and slightly larger than the dowel so as to freely receive the dowel and yet align the joining panels in relatively precise fashion. The sleeves of the other sleeve and dowel arrangements have interiors which are oval-shaped in cross-section to provide a small amount of vertical tolerance as the dowels are received within the sleeves while at the same time providing relatively precise lateral alignment. Each collar and pin arrangement includes a pair of disk-shaped collars mounted on the panels or the panel and corner post to be joined. A common pin of hollow cylindrical configuration having a longitudinal slot extending from the inside to the outside thereof has opposite ends thereof forced into central apertures within the pair of collars. The longitudinal slot permits resilient compression of the cross-section of the pin to permit it to be forced through the central apertures of the collars as the panels are joined. The resilient nature of the pin provides a sufficient amount of force within the apertures of the collars so as to hold the panels secured together and permit separation thereof only when a sufficient amount of force is applied.
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Hiebert, Inc.
Murtagh John E.
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