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AU2008202082A1
AU2008202082A1 AU2008202082A AU2008202082A AU2008202082A1 AU 2008202082 A1 AU2008202082 A1 AU 2008202082A1 AU 2008202082 A AU2008202082 A AU 2008202082A AU 2008202082 A AU2008202082 A AU 2008202082A AU 2008202082 A1 AU2008202082 A1 AU 2008202082A1
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Unitex Granular Marble Pty Ltd
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/62Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/74Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/76Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to heat only
    • E04B1/762Exterior insulation of exterior walls
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/62Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/74Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/76Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to heat only
    • E04B1/762Exterior insulation of exterior walls
    • E04B1/765Bottom edge finishing profile
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/56Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members
    • E04B2/70Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood
    • E04B2/706Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood with supporting function
    • E04B2/707Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood with supporting function obturation by means of panels
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04CSTRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C2/00Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
    • E04C2/02Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials
    • E04C2/10Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials of wood, fibres, chips, vegetable stems, or the like; of plastics; of foamed products
    • E04C2/20Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials of wood, fibres, chips, vegetable stems, or the like; of plastics; of foamed products of plastics
    • E04C2/205Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials of wood, fibres, chips, vegetable stems, or the like; of plastics; of foamed products of plastics of foamed plastics, or of plastics and foamed plastics, optionally reinforced
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04CSTRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C2/00Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
    • E04C2/30Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the shape or structure
    • E04C2/32Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the shape or structure formed of corrugated or otherwise indented sheet-like material; composed of such layers with or without layers of flat sheet-like material
    • E04C2/322Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the shape or structure formed of corrugated or otherwise indented sheet-like material; composed of such layers with or without layers of flat sheet-like material with parallel corrugations

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P/00/001 0 Regulation 3.2
SAUSTRALIA
SPatents Act 1990 o C COMPLETE SPECIFICATION o o STANDARD PATENT 00 (original) TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT Name of Applicant: Unitex Granular Marble Pty Ltd Actual Inventor: GUBIANI, Antonio Ugo Address for Service: EKM patent Level 1, 38-40 Garden Street South Yarra Victoria 3141 Australia Invention: INSULATING WALL PANEL Details of Associated Provisional Patent Application: 2007902492 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us: 09/05/08,prs101873.spc.doc,1 -2- 00 SINSULATING WALL PANEL Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an insulating wall panel and more particularly to an insulating wall panel constructed to facilitate moisture drainage and aeration in a wall structure.
c Background of the Invention o00 In more recent times the traditional double brick and brick veneer 0building construction has, in many instances, been replaced by lightweight
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00 10 external cladding systems. Such systems are particularly prevalent in second Sstorey construction where legislation concerning safe working heights and scaffold load requirements for heavy bricks and concrete blocks has rendered the traditional systems inefficient.
Lightweight external cladding systems comprise reinforced expanded polystyrene sheets (EPS) which are fixed directly on to a building frame. The sheets are available in various thicknesses such as 50 mm, 75 mm and 100 mm for example, and are reinforced and pre-coated externally with AR/FG mesh and a polymer render coating, respectively. Unlike conventional brick veneer construction there is no air gap between the external wall (polystyrene sheets) and the building frame and therefore any moisture that penetrates to the inside of the sheets is unable to escape or evaporate and can cause problems such as rotting of timber frames, resulting of metal frames and deterioration of the sheets and/or internal wall surfaces. Water penetration can occur at poorly or unsealed wall openings such as window frames.
In view of the above it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved insulating wall panel and a lightweight wall construction that overcomes or reduces the aforementioned problems of moisture/water retention.
Summary of the Invention Accordingly the invention provides an insulating wall panel comprising a sheet of EPS or like insulating material having a generally flat surface on 09/05/08,prs1 01873.spc.doc,2 00 Sone side and having parallel ridges and troughs extending across the surface of the other side to form a corrugated surface.
Preferably said sheet is rectangular and said ridges and troughs (corrugations) are disposed diagonally on said other side, said other side being the inside in use.
Brief Description of the Drawings oo In order that the invention may be more readily understood particular N embodiments will now be described with reference to the accompanying N drawings wherein: oo 0 10 Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of part of a building wall C incorporating a wall panel according to the invention; Fig. 2 is an end view, on an enlarged scale, of the wall shown in Fig.
1; Fig. 3a is an exploded perspective view, from the opposite side, of the wall panel and base block shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3b is an enlarged perspective view of the panel and base block of Figs. 1 and 3a; Figs. 4 6b correspond with the respective figures 1 3b but show an alternative embodiment of the wall panel which eliminates the need for the base block of the first embodiment; and Fig. 7 is a perspective rear view of a wall panel similar to that of Figs.
4 6b showing an alternative channel adjacent the bottom of the panel.
Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments Referring now to the embodiments of Figs. 1 3b there is shown a wall panel 10 which is essentially a pre-coated and reinforced EPS sheet 1200 mm x 2400 mm and of a thickness which may be 50 mm, 75 mm or 100 mm. Clearly of course the sheet could be manufactured in other sizes.
Although it is not evident in the drawings the outside 11 of the sheet, in use, is coated with a polymer render coating and reinforced AR/FG mesh. The inside 12 of the sheet, in use, has a corrugated surface comprising a series of parallel ridges 26 and troughs 27 which run diagonally down the sheet as is more clearly evident in Figs. 1 and 3b. Again, although it is not evident 09/05/08,prsl 01873.spc.doc,3 -4- 00 from the drawings the inside surface 12 of the sheet or panel is coated with a waterproof coating. The bottom edge of the panel has a rebate 13 extending therealong.
The panel 10 according to the embodiment of Figs. 1- 3b is preferably used in conjunction with a base block 14 formed from cement render and adapted to provide a sealed and level edging so that the wall panel 10 is not 00 exposed to the elements. The base block 14 also prevents moisture ingress (near ground level. As is evident in the drawings the base block is essentially Na U-shaped channel having one side 15 extending to a greater height than (0 the opposite side 16. The bottom 17 is inclined and an EPS insert 18 is Slocated in the base block 14 and has a V-shaped channel 19 with drainage holes 20 extending through the bottom 17. The insert 18 is coated to provide waterproofing.
Figs. 1 and 2 show a wall construction using the wall panel 10 and base block 14. A conventional timber frame 21 is fixed to a concrete floor slab 22 having a perimeter rebate 23. In order to construct an external wall on the timber frame, firstly insulating paper 24 is fixed to the outside of the timber frame. Lengths of base block 14 are fixed to the frame along the bottom of the wall to provide a level edging and the base block 14 is fixed by means of nails or screws (not shown) into the timber frame 21. The insulating paper 24 is folded to extend over the side 15 of the base block 14 and into the V-shaped channel 19. Once the base block 14 is attached along the wall and the paper 24 is in place wall panels 10 are fixed to the timber frame by screwed fasteners (not shown) in the manner shown. As is evident the rebate 13 on the panel 10 accommodates the side 15 of the base block 14 so that the outside 11 of the panel is flush with the outside of the side 16 of the base block. The corrugations of the wall panel 10 are arranged on the inside so that gaps exist when the ridges 26 contact the timber frame 21.
The base blocks 14 are attached to the timber frame in a manner ensuring a small gap 28 along the bottom edge of the base block 14 at the rebate 23 of the floor slab 22. As will be evident any moisture or water that reaches the inside of wall panel 10 due to leakage at window frames and the 09/05/08,prs101873.spc.doc,4 00 o like will run down the corrugations 25 and meet the paper 24 at the top edge N of the side 15 of the base block 14. The water then runs down the paper and into the V-shaped channel 19 of the base block 14 where it exits through the drainage holes 20 onto the concrete slab and out via the gap 28. The corrugations also provide an air space behind the wall panel 10 to allow some air circulation between the panel and the paper 24. The drainage 00 holes 20 preferably have vents 29 inserted in the bottom thereof for the N purpose of preventing vermin from entering the space between the wall panel N and the timber frame.
0 Whilst the corrugations 25 are shown to extend diagonally across the N inside 12 of the wall panel 10 they could also extend vertically although the diagonal direction provides a more suitable interface between the panel and the timber frame.
Reference should now be made to Figs. 4 6b of the drawings wherein an alternative embodiment of the wall panel 10 is shown. The wall panel 30 of this embodiment is similar to the wall panel 10 of the first embodiment but differs only in that instead of a rebate 13 along the bottom edge a channel 31 extends across the bottom of the panel 30 a short distance above the bottom edge 32 of the panel. The channel 31 has upwardly inclined sides 33. The base 34 of the channel 31 (which extends vertically in use) is provided with space apertures 35 which extend through the panel to allow water collected in the channel 31 to exit to the outside of the building wall. The apertures 35 may be provided with inserts 36 which again serve to prevent vermin from entering the inside of the wall panel.
The panel 30 shown in Fig. 7 is very similar to that shown in Figs. 4 6b with the exception that the channel 31 is inclined downwardly from each end to the centre 37 so that moisture is collected at the point of exit via insert 36.
As is evident in Figs. 4 and 5 the paper 24 is arranged at its bottom edge to terminate in the channel 31 so that water that flows down the corrugations 25 is caused to flow into the channel 31 and thereafter through the apertures 35 to the outside of the wall.
09/05/08,prsl 01873.spc.doc,5 -6- 00 0 As mentioned above, the corrugations 25 may extend vertically, near vertically or on an incline as shown in the above described embodiments.
Whilst the corrugations are shown as uniform ridges 26 and troughs 27 other cross-sectional shapes may be used without departing from the sprit and 0 5 scope of the invention.
Since modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention may be 00 readily effected by persons skilled in the art, it is to be understood, that the N invention, is not limited to the particular embodiments described by way of N example, hereinabove.
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1. An insulating wall panel comprising a sheet of EPS or like insulating material having a generally flat surface on one side and having parallel ridges and troughs extending across the surface of the other side to form a corrugated surface. 00oo
2. An insulating wall panel as defined in claim 1, wherein said 0 sheet is rectangular and said ridges and troughs (corrugations) are disposed 0o diagonally on said other side, said other side being the inside in use.
3. An insulating wall panel as defined in claim 2, wherein said one side has a polymer render coating and AR/FG mesh reinforcing.
4. An insulating wall panel as defined in claim 3, wherein said other side is coated with a moisture barrier preventing moisture from penetrating said EPS. An insulating wall panel as defined in claim 4, wherein said corrugations are angled diagonally such that when said sheet is in use with opposed edges arranged vertically and horizontally, respectively, said corrugations are at an acute angle to the vertical sides, that is, more vertically oriented than horizontally oriented, so that water/ moisture will more easily run downwardly in the troughs.
6. An insulating wall panel as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said panel has a groove on said other side extending across the panel adjacent to, and spaced from, the bottom edge, said groove having drainage holes allowing water to escape from the inside of said panel. 09/05/08,prs1l 01873.spc.doc,7 -8- 00 O
7. An insulating wall panel as defined in any one of claims 1 to wherein said panel has a rebate on said other side extending along the E bottom edge.
8. An insulating wall panel substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any of the embodiments shown in the accompanying oO drawings. 00 0 10 DATED this 9 th day of May 2008 SUNITEX GRANULAR MARBLE PTY LTD By Their Patent Attorneys EKM patent 09/05/08,prs101873.spc.doc,8
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