CA1066532A - Construction system - Google Patents
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- CA1066532A CA1066532A CA278,636A CA278636A CA1066532A CA 1066532 A CA1066532 A CA 1066532A CA 278636 A CA278636 A CA 278636A CA 1066532 A CA1066532 A CA 1066532A
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Abstract
Abstract of the Disclosure A building construction includes load-supporting walls made up of precast modular members, each member being an elon-gated member having a web and channel-shaped ends such that when they are laid in vertical rows with adjacent rows abutting end to end, the channel members form closed vertical pillar chambers adapted to receive concrete poured in situ and cured to form pillars. Cladding is attached directly to the so-formed walls and floor members including elongated reinforced precast channels are laid side to side with concrete poured in situ about the channels and over them to form an integral floor.
Description
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The present invention relates to a building construc-tion, and especially to structural ele~ents for bulldings.
Presently in low and high-rise construction for commercial use, the floor is constructed by providing the necessary concrete forms and reinforcement grid, allowing the floor to cure, then building forms for pillars above the floor as well as providing the necessary reinforcing structure in these forms, pouring the concrete and allowing the pillars to cure. Only when the pillar forms have been cured can a subse-quent superimposed floor be built. ~11 of the weight of thesubsequent floors is, therefore, carried by the pillars since the walls which are provided around the periphery of the floors are not load-bearing. These walls nevertheless are often in the form of precast concrete slabs which are so heavy as to need cranes to locate them in place along the periphery of the building. Such slabs, rather than contributing to the support structure of the building, merely add further weight to be carried by the structure. Furthermore, once these slabs or ~;
concrete blocks are in place, insulation material must be applied on the interior of the so-formed walls.
It is an aim of the present invention to provide a wall module of prefabricated construction which can be easily handled at the construction site and which can form part of a load-bearing wall. It is also an aim of the present invention to provide a building construction in which an improved floor construction is obtained in combination with the wall construc-tion made up of modules.
A construction in accordance with the present inven-tion includes a wall comprising a plurality of identical elon-gated horizontal preformed members, with each member having anopen channel formed at each end thereof, the wall being made up of vertical rows of said members, with the ends of the members .
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in adjacent rows abutting with corresponding members in other rows such that elongated vertical closed chambers are formed by the aligned channels, and load-supporting pillars formed in situ in the vertical chambers.
In a more specific embodiment, the walls have interior and exterior cladding attached to the elongated members and the height of each cladding member is approximately twice the height of each member.
It is also contemplated that a plurality of floor 10 members be supported on and between spaced-apart such walls, each floor member including an elongated preformed U-shaped channel closed at the ends, the legs of each channel having flanges formed outwardly. Each member is laid flange to flange such that an upwardly opened valley is provided between each member and concrete is formed in situ between the floor membersO
Having thus generally described the nature of the -invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying draw- -ings, showing by way of illustration, a preferred embodiment thereo~, and in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a wall construction made in accordance with the present invention;
Figure la is a fragmentary front elevation of the wall ~ `
in Figure l;
Figure 2 is a fragmentary, vertical cross-section taken along line 2-2 of Figure la; ~r~
Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Figure la;
Figure 4 is a fragmentary, horizontal cross-section of a detail of another embodiment of the present ~
invention, `
Figure 5 is a vertical cross-section taken through a
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The present invention relates to a building construc-tion, and especially to structural ele~ents for bulldings.
Presently in low and high-rise construction for commercial use, the floor is constructed by providing the necessary concrete forms and reinforcement grid, allowing the floor to cure, then building forms for pillars above the floor as well as providing the necessary reinforcing structure in these forms, pouring the concrete and allowing the pillars to cure. Only when the pillar forms have been cured can a subse-quent superimposed floor be built. ~11 of the weight of thesubsequent floors is, therefore, carried by the pillars since the walls which are provided around the periphery of the floors are not load-bearing. These walls nevertheless are often in the form of precast concrete slabs which are so heavy as to need cranes to locate them in place along the periphery of the building. Such slabs, rather than contributing to the support structure of the building, merely add further weight to be carried by the structure. Furthermore, once these slabs or ~;
concrete blocks are in place, insulation material must be applied on the interior of the so-formed walls.
It is an aim of the present invention to provide a wall module of prefabricated construction which can be easily handled at the construction site and which can form part of a load-bearing wall. It is also an aim of the present invention to provide a building construction in which an improved floor construction is obtained in combination with the wall construc-tion made up of modules.
A construction in accordance with the present inven-tion includes a wall comprising a plurality of identical elon-gated horizontal preformed members, with each member having anopen channel formed at each end thereof, the wall being made up of vertical rows of said members, with the ends of the members .
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in adjacent rows abutting with corresponding members in other rows such that elongated vertical closed chambers are formed by the aligned channels, and load-supporting pillars formed in situ in the vertical chambers.
In a more specific embodiment, the walls have interior and exterior cladding attached to the elongated members and the height of each cladding member is approximately twice the height of each member.
It is also contemplated that a plurality of floor 10 members be supported on and between spaced-apart such walls, each floor member including an elongated preformed U-shaped channel closed at the ends, the legs of each channel having flanges formed outwardly. Each member is laid flange to flange such that an upwardly opened valley is provided between each member and concrete is formed in situ between the floor membersO
Having thus generally described the nature of the -invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying draw- -ings, showing by way of illustration, a preferred embodiment thereo~, and in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a wall construction made in accordance with the present invention;
Figure la is a fragmentary front elevation of the wall ~ `
in Figure l;
Figure 2 is a fragmentary, vertical cross-section taken along line 2-2 of Figure la; ~r~
Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Figure la;
Figure 4 is a fragmentary, horizontal cross-section of a detail of another embodiment of the present ~
invention, `
Figure 5 is a vertical cross-section taken through a
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Figure 6 is a vertical cross-section taken laterally `~
of a typical floor member showing adjacent floor members in dott-ed lines.
'~ Referring now to the drawings, and particularly to , Figure 1, there is shown a wall construction 10 made up of a ~ ' plurality of wall members 12. Each wall member 12 has a web 14, ' -~
an end channel 16 made up of legs 18 and 20, and an end channel 22 made up of legs 24 and 26. The web contains a groove 28 on ' ,~
one edge thereof and a rib 30 on the other edge such that when ' the modular members 12 are stacked one above the other, the rib ' 30 will fit in the groove 28 as shown in Figure 2. The members -;
12 which are identical and which form the modular element of the ~' wall construction, are normally precast and formed in a factory '~
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with the necessary reinforcing grids provided in the molds.
`, Each member is designed to be portable by at least two ,~
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varying from 2.5 feet to approximately 12 feet. ' . ~
In construction, the modular elements 12 are laid one on top of each other w,ithout,the need for mortar, such that the channels 16 and 24 respectively are aligned with the bottom ' member 12. Subsequent rows of members 12 are also laid with the ends thereof abutting against the ends of adjacent rows so as to '-, form closed pillar-forming chambers 46 between the channels 16 ~:
, and 22 of the ends of the members 12. Once the desired wall , height has been attained, concrete can be poured in situ in the so-formed chambers after suitable reinforcing steel 50 has been ,~' placed. The pillar chambers 46 provide a mold for the pillar 48 ;, 30 while it is being cured.
Above the rows of wall members 12, a crown 52 can be poured using suitable concrete forms such that a continuous ~:
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band or crown 52 of reinforced concrete is provided above the wall 10 and is connected with the pillars 48.
The interior and exterior of the wall 10 is provided with preformed concrete claddin~ 34 and 36. Each cladding member is an individual elongated panel having a height approxi-mately twice the height of the individual wall modular members.
The legs 16 and 20, for instance, of the channel end 18 of a member include preformed bores 44 in which are provided anchor -sleeves 42 for retaining the bolts 40, thereby anchoring the cladding 34 and 36 to the so-formed wall 10.
Insulation panels 32 of various molded types, such as panels of foamed polystyrene, can be adhered to the so-formed wall, as shown in the drawings. The cladding would normally sandwich panels of insulation 32 against the legs of the channels 16 or 2~.
A suita~le finishing panel 38, such as plaster board, ~- can be adhered to the interior cladding 36 to provide the finished wall. ~-e panels 34 or 36 can be removed and replaced independently if necessary. Plumbing and electrical conduits can be located between the panels 36 and the members 120 If it is required to have interior partitioning walls of suitable construction on the interior of the building, an embodiment such as shown in Figure 4 can be used. The modules of this embodiment are lighter than the modules of the exterior supporting walls 10 with the partition wall 68 being made up of `~
modular members 70 having a leg 72 and a flange 74 along with a second member 76 attached to the first member 68 by means of a bolt 78 anchored in the sleeve 80. A channel 81 is ~ormed. The height and length dimensions of the modular members 70 and 76 are similar to those of members 12. Again, rows of members 70 and 76 are abutted end to end forming pillar chambers 82 and reinforced :' :
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pillars can be provided in a similar manner to that described with the walls 10. Finally, acoustical insulation can be provided within the chambers formed between the members 68 and 76, and certainly finishing panels 84 can be adhered to the outside of the so-formed concrete modular wall.
The ~loors are made up of elongated box-like channel members 54, each supported at its end on supporting walls 10 or similar partition walls 68. ~ne floor members 54, as mentioned, are precast and are elongated channel members closed at each end and each has a web 56 including legs 58 and 60 with flanges 62 and 64 respectively. The floor member 54 also includes spaced-apart structural partition members 65 to structurally enhance - the floor member 54. The members 54 are laid side to side, as ~-shown in Figure 6, with the flanges 62 and 64 abutting adjacent flanges of adjacent floor members. Then, concrete can be poured ~ -`
in situ filling the valleys formed between the members and contained by the flanges 62 and 64. A thin web of concrete 66 can also be poured above the floors integral with the concrete poured between the members forming an integr`al strong floor member. ' ~ `
The plumbing and electrical conduits can be located between the floor members 54 before the concrete 66 is poured. ~ -Alternatively, the conduits for plumbing and electricity can be located inside the member 54 passing through apertures provided -in the partitions 65.
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Figure 6 is a vertical cross-section taken laterally `~
of a typical floor member showing adjacent floor members in dott-ed lines.
'~ Referring now to the drawings, and particularly to , Figure 1, there is shown a wall construction 10 made up of a ~ ' plurality of wall members 12. Each wall member 12 has a web 14, ' -~
an end channel 16 made up of legs 18 and 20, and an end channel 22 made up of legs 24 and 26. The web contains a groove 28 on ' ,~
one edge thereof and a rib 30 on the other edge such that when ' the modular members 12 are stacked one above the other, the rib ' 30 will fit in the groove 28 as shown in Figure 2. The members -;
12 which are identical and which form the modular element of the ~' wall construction, are normally precast and formed in a factory '~
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with the necessary reinforcing grids provided in the molds.
`, Each member is designed to be portable by at least two ,~
,; , ,, men and is approximately 6 inches in height with the length `;~
varying from 2.5 feet to approximately 12 feet. ' . ~
In construction, the modular elements 12 are laid one on top of each other w,ithout,the need for mortar, such that the channels 16 and 24 respectively are aligned with the bottom ' member 12. Subsequent rows of members 12 are also laid with the ends thereof abutting against the ends of adjacent rows so as to '-, form closed pillar-forming chambers 46 between the channels 16 ~:
, and 22 of the ends of the members 12. Once the desired wall , height has been attained, concrete can be poured in situ in the so-formed chambers after suitable reinforcing steel 50 has been ,~' placed. The pillar chambers 46 provide a mold for the pillar 48 ;, 30 while it is being cured.
Above the rows of wall members 12, a crown 52 can be poured using suitable concrete forms such that a continuous ~:
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band or crown 52 of reinforced concrete is provided above the wall 10 and is connected with the pillars 48.
The interior and exterior of the wall 10 is provided with preformed concrete claddin~ 34 and 36. Each cladding member is an individual elongated panel having a height approxi-mately twice the height of the individual wall modular members.
The legs 16 and 20, for instance, of the channel end 18 of a member include preformed bores 44 in which are provided anchor -sleeves 42 for retaining the bolts 40, thereby anchoring the cladding 34 and 36 to the so-formed wall 10.
Insulation panels 32 of various molded types, such as panels of foamed polystyrene, can be adhered to the so-formed wall, as shown in the drawings. The cladding would normally sandwich panels of insulation 32 against the legs of the channels 16 or 2~.
A suita~le finishing panel 38, such as plaster board, ~- can be adhered to the interior cladding 36 to provide the finished wall. ~-e panels 34 or 36 can be removed and replaced independently if necessary. Plumbing and electrical conduits can be located between the panels 36 and the members 120 If it is required to have interior partitioning walls of suitable construction on the interior of the building, an embodiment such as shown in Figure 4 can be used. The modules of this embodiment are lighter than the modules of the exterior supporting walls 10 with the partition wall 68 being made up of `~
modular members 70 having a leg 72 and a flange 74 along with a second member 76 attached to the first member 68 by means of a bolt 78 anchored in the sleeve 80. A channel 81 is ~ormed. The height and length dimensions of the modular members 70 and 76 are similar to those of members 12. Again, rows of members 70 and 76 are abutted end to end forming pillar chambers 82 and reinforced :' :
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pillars can be provided in a similar manner to that described with the walls 10. Finally, acoustical insulation can be provided within the chambers formed between the members 68 and 76, and certainly finishing panels 84 can be adhered to the outside of the so-formed concrete modular wall.
The ~loors are made up of elongated box-like channel members 54, each supported at its end on supporting walls 10 or similar partition walls 68. ~ne floor members 54, as mentioned, are precast and are elongated channel members closed at each end and each has a web 56 including legs 58 and 60 with flanges 62 and 64 respectively. The floor member 54 also includes spaced-apart structural partition members 65 to structurally enhance - the floor member 54. The members 54 are laid side to side, as ~-shown in Figure 6, with the flanges 62 and 64 abutting adjacent flanges of adjacent floor members. Then, concrete can be poured ~ -`
in situ filling the valleys formed between the members and contained by the flanges 62 and 64. A thin web of concrete 66 can also be poured above the floors integral with the concrete poured between the members forming an integr`al strong floor member. ' ~ `
The plumbing and electrical conduits can be located between the floor members 54 before the concrete 66 is poured. ~ -Alternatively, the conduits for plumbing and electricity can be located inside the member 54 passing through apertures provided -in the partitions 65.
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Claims (9)
1. A construction including walls and floors, the walls being made up of a plurality of vertical rows of identical, elongated, horizontal, preformed, portable modules, each module having an open channel formed at each end thereof, the module having a narrow web portion and wider end portions forming the channels, the stacked modules lying one on top of each other with open-ended channels at each end being aligned vertically, ends of the modules in adjacent rows abutting with the ends of corresponding modules such that elongated, vertical, molding chambers are formed between each vertical row by the aligned, opposed, abutting, open-ended channels, and reinforced concrete load-supporting pillars are formed in situ in the vertical chamber, interior and exterior cladding being provided, wherein the cladding includes portable prefabricated rectangular panels each having a length co-extensive with the modules and the cladding panels being fixed by fastening means to the end por-tions such that chambers are formed between the cladding panels and the web portion of the modules suitable for receiving insulation and utilities.
2. A wall construction as defined in claim 1, wherein the module is made of reinforced precast concrete and includes a mating male and female aligning means, one on each of the top and bottom edges of the module.
3. A wall construction as defined in claim 2, wherein the module is approximately 6 inches in height and has a length of between 2.5 feet and 12 feet.
4. A wall construction as defined in claim 1, wherein the modules are laid horizontally in an edge to edge vertical plane with male and female aligning means provided on respective top and bottom edges for aligning the modules one above the other in a vertical plane and the modules being mortar free, reinforcing steel provided in the pillar chamber and the pillar chamber including a cast-in-situ concrete forming with the reinforcement steel a load-bearing pillar.
5. A wall construction as defined in claim 4, wherein a concrete crown is poured along the top edge of the so-formed wall as to support a superimposed floor, the module portion of the wall and the pillar portion of the wall being all load-supporting.
6. A wall construction as defined in claim 5, wherein the identical elongated rectangular panel members are adapted to be fixed to the so-formed wall against the interior or exterior thereof to the modules, and each rectangular panel is placed at a height of the respective modules, the panels forming exterior and interior cladding for the wall.
7. A wall construction as defined in claim 6, wherein insulation panels are provided between the cladding and the modules forming the wall.
8. A construction including walls and floors, the walls being made up of a plurality of vertical rows of identical, elongated, horizontal, preformed, portable modules, each module having an open channel formed at each end thereof, the module having a narrow web portion and wider end portions forming the channels, the stacked modules lying one on top of each other with open-ended channels at each end being aligned vertically, ends of the modules in adjacent rows abutting with the ends of corresponding modules such that elongated, vertical, molding chambers are formed between each vertical row by the aligned, opposed, abutting, open-ended channels, and reinforced concrete load-supporting pillars are formed in situ in the vertical chamber, a concrete crown being poured along the top edge of the so-formed wall so as to support a superimposed floor, the pillar portions and the crown portion of the wall being all load-supporting; interior and exterior cladding being provided, wherein the cladding includes portable prefabricated rectangular panels each having a length co-extensive with the modules and the cladding panels being fixed by fastening means to the end portions such that chambers are formed between the cladding panels and the web portion of the modules suitable for receiving insulation and utilities, the superimposed floor being made up of elongated channel members of reinforced concrete aggregate material, each channel being closed at one end thereof and being laid with the open end of the channel extending downwardly, the so-formed legs of each channel of elongated floor members including outwardly extending flanges, the floor members being laid such that the flanges abut against each other side by side to form valleys between channel members and concrete poured in situ to fill the valleys between the channel members.
9. A wall construction as defined in claim 8, wherein the cladding extends above the so-formed wall to support and provide a molding chamber for the crown being poured.
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| US79425477A | 1977-05-05 | 1977-05-05 |
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