AU2007100125A4 - An improved external wall construction for a building and a method of fabricating thereof in order to provide a 3 in 1 arrangement establishing heat insulation, reinforcement and sound-deadening - Google Patents

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15/02 2007 16:12 FAX COLLISON CO 1 IP AUST CANBERRA a007/071 578851P JOM:JP P/00/009 Regulation 3.2

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Invention Title: Name of Applicant: Address for Service: AN IMPROVED EXTERNAL WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR A BUILDING AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A 3 IN 1 ARRANGEMENT ESTABLISHING HEAT INSULATION, REINFORCEMENT AND SOUND-DEADENING NIKOLAOS GRAMMENOS COLLISON CO. 117 King William Street, Adelaide, S.A. 500 COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:12 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA a008/071 0 O2 C) TECHNICAL

FIELD

This present invention relates to building constructions which are relatively inexpensive and easy to assemble using cost effective materials to provide a c reinforced, heating and sound insulated and aesthetically looking finished arrangement.

0 The invention also relates to a method of wall construction in building either a residential or commercial premises, using a new type of structural material suitable for assembly.

BACKGROUND

ART

One problem with conventional building structures is that the various building products employed to build the arrangement often require expensive material and skilled labour.

For example, timber structures are often constructed by assembling the timber pieces in situ because the heavy timber will be difficult to prefabricate or partially assemble off site before it is taken to the location where the structure is built. Nonetheless, as the person skilled in the art will appreciate, the difficulty in building timber frames in situ at a building site, is that considerable skilled labour and the use of expensive material and tooling will be required in order to realise and achieve the necessary frame structure.

More recently, in order to move away from timber structures, builders have turned to a new form of building construction using steel structural features made from light gauge steel. Steel frames are prefabricated and many buildings, particularly residential homes are constructed in the large part from this material which is considered to be more durable and less prone to environmental attack, from things such as insect infestation.

COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16 13 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA IA 009/071 0 o 3 .Nonetheless, whether it be timber structures or steel frames prefabricated assembly, the fact still remains that a long period of time, expensive material and skilled labour is required to create the necessary building construction.

Still further, both the timber and steel frames are only part of the overall process in presenting a finished constructed wall or building arrangement. The building materials themselves provide very minimal insulation and sound deadening characteristics unless further specially crafted products are installed within the frame or attached thereto.

Therefore not only is there considerable time and effort spent in using conventional building frames to create the structure, these structures are incomplete as further assembly is required in order for final structure to present a strengthened, finished and aesthetic appearance.

Accordingly, one of the objectives of this present invention is to provide a wall construction that would be used in building a commercial or residential premises 1S requiring a minimum of time and effort to build, even if the constructor had minimal mechanical aptitude or craftsmanship.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wall construction characterised in its assembly in presenting characteristics already inherently adapted of the material which provides for insulation and strength that is required of a wall of a building as well as having an aesthetic finish which makes it pleasing to view for members of the public.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent from a complete reading of the specification.

A SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with a first aspect of this present invention, there is provided a wall construction for building, said construction including; COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:13 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA a010/071 0 0 4 a floor C shaped edge member;

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tf a first and second upright C shaped edge member, spaced at respective ends of said floor C shaped member; San upper capping C shaped edge member; a foam block partition adapted to have said foam block edges slidably Sreceived within said C shaped edge members referred to preceedingly; and a mesh or web type sheet fastenable to an exposed surface of said foam partition to which said mesh has a rendered finish crafted thereon.

An advantage of such an arrangement is that through the use of the C shaped edge members which form a general frame arrangement, the foam block members, which form the main structural partition or presentation of the wall, can easily be slidably inserted thereinto the slots of the C shaped members or edges.

As the person skilled in the art would appreciate there really is such minimal time and effort to build such a wall construction using the slidable arrangement between the C shaped edge members and the major foam partition.

Advantageously and still further, once the foam block partitions have been slidably received into the C shaped edge members, a mesh or web type sheet is then fastenable over the block to which rendering can then be crafted thereon.

Advantageously the foam block partition provides durability, strength, insulation, sound deadening and an exposed surface to which the mesh can then be added for a rendering finish.

COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:13 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA I011/071 0 An advantage of such an arrangement as introduced above of the wall CT construction, is that the materials used are cheap and inexpensive and as they tf can be arranged together with minimal skill and effort required means that the cost of such a structure is substantially reduced.

Advantageously no expensive prefabricated steel frames or difficult to construct Stimber structures need to be assembled in order to create such wall Sconstructions that would form the basis of any residential or building premises.

C Still further and advantageously, pre-existing steel frames and timber structures of conventional buildings in the past required additional material and the like to be added to the wall construction in order to provide insulation, strength and aesthetics.

In this invention all such features are provided for by the material that is used.

The C shaped members provides an easy way in which the wall can be constructed whereby the foam block partitions are simply slid into the edges and secured therein. As introduced above the foam block partition inherently has as part of its characteristics the ability to provide strength, durability and a surface which can be treated.

Advantageously again as introduced above foam block partitions provide the necessary insulation and sound deadening characteristics that one would expect when building a wall construction for a commercial or residential home.

In preference the first and second upright C shaped edges spaced between the respective ends of said floor C shaped edge, are interrupted by a plurality of additional upright C shaped edge members.

An advantage of such an arrangement is that if that the wall construction needs to be strengthened, for example when the wall forms the basis for a second story dwelling, these additional C shaped edge members introduced between COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:13 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA Z012/071 o 6 the major upright supports at the respective ends of the floor C shaped edges, [T provides that necessary strength.

Nonetheless and advantageously, the invention still remains faithful to providing In a wall that can be built with minimal time and effort using cheap and s inexpensive material but can provide the necessary strength, sturdiness, Slongevity, insulation and sound deadening characteristics one would expect from conventional building structures.

0, The reason being that as the foam block partitions are just that, they can be easily cut into required lengths so that they can be appropriately slid into the dimensions defined by the gaps between the relative edges of the C shaped members.

For example instead of having just the one central floor C shaped edge member and the respective upright C shaped end members, this space in between can then be divided up through the interruption there in between of back to back C shaped edge members, of which can also be characterised instead of being C shaped back to back members as a H shaped edge member.

Once the additional upright C shaped back to back edge members have been put in place, the foam block partitions can then be cut accordingly and slid thereinto. Once the divided foam block partitions have been cut to still present the necessary wall construction, the upper capping C shaped edge member can then be secured therealong the top.

As the person skilled in the art will appreciate, this wall construction is still applicable, to such walls that also require to have their windows and doors to be hung.

As would be explained in greater detail hereafter in one of the embodiments of the invention, in order to accommodate such a wall construction that includes windows and hung doors, additional C shaped edge members would be COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 1G:14 FAX COLLISON CO 1 IP AUST CANBERRA 1013/071 0 S7 Sintroduced around such cuts from within the wall construction of which would [T accommodate a window or a door.

What remains essential to the invention and faithful under all types of wall constructions, is the use of C shaped edge members which are able to slidably receive foam block partitions which in a sense can also then be almost o modularly arranged, a bit like a jigsaw puzzle and joined together as required in Sorder to establish the design of the overall wall construction, that being whether Sor not there is the requirement to improve the overall strength of the wall Sconstruction by introducing additional uprights, or alternatively accommodating the installation therealong of windows and/or doors.

In preference the wall construction further includes an adhesive strip is applied along each of the C shaped edge members.

An advantage of such an arrangement is that once the foam block partitions have been slidably received into the C shaped edge members, the adhesive provides a further mechanism in which to fix or fasten the foam block partition more securely into the overall frame network provide for by the C shaped edge member.

In a further form of the invention there is provided a method for the construction of a wall for a building, the method including; arranging C shaped edge members such that there is a floor C shaped edge member that extends along the breadth of the wall construction, therein attachable or fastenable at respective ends of said floor C shaped edge member are upright C shaped edge members such that the respective C shaped edge members are arranged to slidably receive a foam block partition to be nested or encapsulated therein said C shaped edge members, COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:14 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA I014/071 0 S8 an upper capping C shaped edge member securable over the foam block C partition of which has been nested between the confines of the C shaped edge members of the floor and vertical upright ends, and Sa mesh or web type sheet is then fastened onto the foam block partition nested or slidably received into the C shaped edge members to which said mesh or web type sheet is then rendered to provide an aesthetic appearance to the exposed portion of the wall construction.

C As the person skilled in the art will appreciate, this particular preferred embodiment could present an wall construction of any length and it would be obvious to divide up very wide walls into segments such that the uprights in those instances would in fact be back to back C shaped edge members that would be divided into the spacing between the respective ends of the wall construction.

What is essential to the invention is a framework of C shaped edge members which allow for slidable receiving of the foam block partition. Once the foam block partition has been slidably received into an arranged structure of C shaped edge members it can then be capped or secured there within that skeletal framework through the fastening of even a further upper C shaped edge member.

Nonetheless the invention does not finish there and what makes this particular invention innovative over the prior art is that even though the foam block partitions within their frame structure of the C shaped edge members present a wall construction, the aesthetics of the wall is presented by the additional materials and steps of adding a mesh type web sheet onto the foam block partitions which allows the wall construction to then obtain a rendered finish or alternatively the plaster board finish over the foam partitions.

COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:14 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA a015/071 S9 SBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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in In order that the invention may be fully understood a preferred embodiment will now be described by way of an example with reference to the following illustrations.

o 5 Figures 1 1(b) and 1 show prospective schematic representations of the construction of the wall arrangement in a preferred embodiment of the invention o and Figures 1 1 show prospective schematic representations of the Sconstruction of the wall arrangement in a further preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 shows an example of a wall construction of a preferred embodiment of this invention that would also include as part of the wall arrangement windows and a door.

Figure 3 shows how the wall construction of Figure 2 is then further worked with the addition of the mesh or web type sheet to which a rendered finish can then be applied thereto.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 3 showing that the foam block partition has fastened thereonto an exposed surface a mesh or web type sheet to which rendering can then be finished thereon.

Figure 5 shows the schematic perspective view of a house of which has had its walls constructed using the innovative concepts described and illustrated in this invention.

We refer to the drawings now in greater detail wherein Figure 1 shows the establishment of a wall construction for a building In Figure 1 what is shown is the preparation method for preparing a portion of the wall with Figure 2 showing one complete side of a wall construction.

COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:15 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA I016/071 010 o Making up the wall construction includes a C shaped edge member that runs T along the width of the required wall construction.

As the person skilled in the art will appreciate, this floor C shaped member C shown as number 14 need not be one continuous strip. It could be divided up s into segments that are fastened together, the point of the illustration is simply to 0 oshow that at the base of the wall construction there is a C shaped edge member of which at its respective ends terminates with two opposed vertical upright C oshaped edge members shown as number 12.

In this preferred embodiment rather than having one single foam partition block the foam block partitions (18) are interrupted by back to back C shaped edge members shown as (18).

As the person skilled in the art would appreciate, back to back C shaped edge members (16) could also be considered to define a shape referred to as a H shaped edge member or interlocking piece.

With consideration of Figures 1 to 1 a person skilled in the art can see the construction of the wall involves the erecting of the frame which would include the floor C shaped edge member, the vertical uprights C shaped edge members (12) and the back to back C shaped edge members which allow for the foam block partitions (18) to be divided up into separate pieces rather than being one very wide laterally extending structure.

Once the foam block partitions (18) have been slidably received into the respective C shaped edge members, a capping C shaped edge member (22) can then be positioned at the top to secure and fasten the foam block partition (18) within the skeletal arrangement.

Once the foam block (18) partitions have been put in place an adhesive along the inner edges of the respective C shaped edge members can clamp the foam COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:15 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA Z017/071 0 o 11 Sblock partitions for greater fastening of which can also be further secured by the Sintroduction of simple rivets or screw fasteners as shown at number (24).

In figures id and le a further method of constructing the wall is shown. In this i. embodiment, the floor C shaped edge member 14 is positioned then the C shaped edged member 12 of the vertical upright is positioned and the foam block partitions 18 slide in, with the uprights 16 thereafter and so forth. Once the F- width of the wall has been achieved, the capping 22 C-shaped member is then Spositioned as shown.

Once the wall construction has been completed as represented in Figure 1 it can envisaged by the person skilled in the art that such an extension can form the representation as shown in Figure 2 which would also include as part of the overall framework a window (25) and a door (26).

As the person skilled in the art would appreciate that when constructing a wall construction that would also require the supporting of windows (25) and door is (26) within the overall arrangement, the C shaped edge members would be designed or arranged within the skeletal frame to accommodate such features.

Figures 3 and 4 focus on the further important features of the invention whereby once the wall construction has been initially prepared by having the foam block partitions (18) slidably received and contained within the C shaped edge members, a mesh or web type sheet (28) is then fastened onto the foam block partition (18).

A builder (30) or other tradesperson or hobbyist is then able to attach a rendering finish (32) to the wall construction Or alternatively instead of the rendering a plaster board can be positioned over the constructed wall.

COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:15 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA I018/071

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o 12 SIf Figure 5 what is shown in a preferred embodiment is a dwelling which has C been prepared using the wall construction Advantageously the use of the foam block partitions (18) as the main barrier, t supported within the C shaped edge members to form the main structure, of 5 which by virtue of the mesh type sheet allowed for rendering, provides a wall O construction which is easy to assemble, durable strong, insulating, sound deadening, light to handle during construction and easy to assemble.

0 0 ci COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15

Claims (4)

1. A wall construction for building, said construction including; a floor C shaped edge member; a first and second upright C shaped edge Cmember, spaced at respective ends of said floor C shaped member; an o 5 upper capping C shaped edge member; a foam block partition adapted to have said foam block edges slidabJy received within said C shaped edge 0 members referred to preceedingly; and a mesh or web type sheet Ci fastenable to an exposed surface of said foam partition to which said mesh has a rendered finish crafted thereon.

2. The wall construction for building as in claim 1 wherein the first and second upright C shaped edges spaced between the respective ends of said floor C shaped edge, are interrupted by a plurality of additional upright C shaped edge members.

3. The wall construction for building as in claim 2 wherein an adhesive strip is applied along each of the C shaped edge members.

4. A method for the construction of a wall for a building, the method including; arranging C shaped edge members such that there is a floor C shaped edge member that extends along the breadth of the wall construction, therein attachable or fastenable at respective ends of said floor C shaped edge member are upright C shaped edge members such that the respective C shaped edge members are arranged to slidably receive a foam block partition to be nested or encapsulated therein said C shaped edge members, an upper capping C shaped edge member securable over the foam block partition of which has been nested between the confines of the C shaped edge members of the floor and vertical upright ends, and a mesh or web type sheet is then fastened onto the foam block partition nested or slidably received into the C COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15 15/02 2007 16:16 FAX COLLISON CO IP AUST CANBERRA I020/071 O o 14 Sshaped edge members to which said mesh or web type sheet is then l rendered to provide an aesthetic appearance to the exposed portion of Sthe wall construction. A wall construction for building, said construction including; a floor C shaped edge member; a first and second upright C shaped edge member, Sspaced at respective ends of said floor C shaped member; an upper capping C shaped edge member; a foam block partition adapted to have said foam Sblock edges slidably received within said C shaped edge members referred c to preceedingly; and a plaster board fastened thereon. COMS ID No: SBMI-06270426 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:58 Date 2007-02-15