CN1735736A

CN1735736A - Structural building element

Info

Publication number: CN1735736A
Application number: CNA2003801085647A
Authority: CN
Inventors: J·温多
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: HENLEY TECHNOLOGY Ltd
Priority date: 2002-12-03
Filing date: 2003-12-03
Publication date: 2006-02-15
Also published as: CA2508369A1; WO2004051024A1; US20060137284A1; JP2006509125A; ZA200505333B; NZ541030A; GB0228171D0; JP4425144B2; AU2003285580A1; EP1579091A1

Abstract

The invention provides a structural building element (1) formed from cold-rolled lightweight sheet steel. The building element (1) may be used as a structural upright or as a beam, and is based generally on building elements with a known C-shaped profile. The profile of the building element of the invention is however based on a continuous curve. Each of a pair of front wall portions (2a) and (2b) extends in a wholly or substantially smooth arc from a central slot opening (5) onto the corresponding lateral side (3a, 3b). The rear portion (4) is sinusoidal, comprising a pair of convex wall portions each extending in a wholly or substantially smooth arc from a concave arcuate or substantially arcuate rear central wall portion (7) onto a respective one of the lateral sides (3a, 3b).

Description

Structural construction spare

Explanation

The present invention relates to structural construction spare by the steel plate formation of cold-rolled lightweight.These building pieces that are made into fixing profile are known to be to the replacement member of the light weight of hot rolling steel truss and can be configured to enter and to have in the structure of higher intensity to part by weight.

The steel plate of light weight can be cold-rolled into the useful profile of various differences.C shape profile is of great use, and this is because they can link together with many different modes, builds up to have good counter-bending ability and the structure of fabulous intensity to part by weight.The typical C cross-sectional profile will comprise from outward extending two front wall section of central notch; One counter-lateral quadrents; And, the rear portion that links together with both sides.If desired, swage (swage) can be arranged on the rear portion neutralization and be arranged on alternatively in the sidepiece, and this has increased intensity significantly, and does not gain in weight.If desired, two front wall section can inwardly be changeed along the straight line of central notch, and this has increased the strength and stiffness of this profile again.Make these profiles by cold rolling, this has the folding or crooked of fillet producing between flat antetheca and the flat sidepiece and between sidepiece and flat rear portion usually, but as rule, practice is to keep these crooked radiuses as much as possible little, to produce the building piece that the entire profile is roughly rectangle.

An object of the present invention is further to improve the intensity of these structural construction spares, and do not increase gross weight.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides the structural construction spare that is limited with this paper claim 1.Building piece of the present invention has utilized the curve in the appropriate location on every plane that can be placed on known C shape profile building piece.Total profile according to building piece of the present invention is preferably a continuous bowl line, and without any fold or rapid bending, one inward flange from all front wall section begins, along (out in) around a bow-shaped route of the whole sidepiece that is associated with is connected recessed arc or arcuate rear central wall section branch substantially, center on continuous inward flange then symmetrically from afar to another wall part on the opposite side of central notch.In this building piece, the vertical degree of depth of this part equals the diameter of circular arc public between the mutual outward flange at all front wall section, sidepiece and rear portion.But as a replaceable optional scheme, each sidepiece can have in flat part central authorities, thereon, anterior this flat part that connects tangently.This has given this building piece the bigger degree of depth of diameter than the circular arc of relative part.If desired, recessed arc or basic arcuate rear central wall section can be formed with the part of central flat, is connected with arc recessed portion on the both sides of this flat part tangently.Building piece is compared with the building piece that has whole arcuate configuration, and this building piece has the bigger width of possibility.

According to building piece of the present invention can be 2 millimeters or following even be that 0.05 millimeter steel plate is made by thickness, is that about 0.8 millimeter steel plate is made by thickness preferably.

Will appreciate that: because structural construction spare of the present invention does not have the plane, if perhaps their only planes are the flat parts that is positioned on sidepiece or the rear portion central authorities, being used for so these building pieces are fixed together becomes traditional link technique of grid-like framework and just becomes very difficult.Therefore, the present invention further provides the scope that is used for the connector that to link together according to structural construction spare of the present invention.Utilize the connector that claim 6 limited, two such building pieces can be connected into T shape or L shaped structure as this paper.Perhaps, utilize the connector defined in the claim 8 of this paper, three such parts can be linked together, become intersection or K font structure.By the steel plate of light weight, preferably can make in these connectors any one by drawing.Preferably, shank is along using an arcuate edge of being made by its material of making connector to connect associated jaw portion (jaw element).That is to say, if at first stamp out connector from steel plate as blank, this blank will be roughly T shape or L shaped, X-shaped or K shape, but whatsoever shape unexpected angle that interior angle will be cut in the edge direction of the material of being made connector by it changes, but it is rounded, be created in be stamped into be associated jaw portion and will to be stamped into be smooth balance transition in the edge line of blank part of shank.During punching press, the arc gusset of this of metal sheet is cold extension, with the connection between two sweeps (being associated jaw portion and relevant shank) that are formed on the mutually perpendicular direction extension, and this two-part each shaping profile that all is stamped for its.Under some situation, this cold extension can be enough to make the material of both sides to be in contact with one another, in this case can be to they spot welding in their contact zone.This increased significantly form according to connector of the present invention, in overall strength and rigidity according to the connection between two or more structural construction spares of the present invention.

Structural construction spare of the present invention is among the connector of the present invention that they are linked together can be used in following structure: modular building, Portakabin, commercial rack, building junction, lattice beam, partition wall, floor, ceiling, roof, flooring floor, stair, steelframe furniture, workbench, iron tower, pylon, stand, stage illumination, lighting framework and scaffold.From can with greater than 90 ° angle with the linearity pillar shown physical possibility that goes out that links together, many other uses also will become clearly.

Accompanying drawing

Fig. 1 is the stereogram according to structural construction spare of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the sectional elevation by the structural construction spare of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is by the sectional elevation of the profile of variation slightly according to structural construction spare of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is by the sectional elevation according to another profile that changes slightly of structural construction spare of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is by the another sectional elevation of the profile of variation slightly according to structural construction spare of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the stereogram according to of the present invention one upright structural construction spare, wherein having from a pair of structure that forms according to structural construction spare of the present invention, be connected in structural upright (structural upright) in a high height has the projection (profiled spur) of profile, and has at lower height and be connected in structural upright and the projection of profile is arranged perpendicular to a similar structure of the principal plane of structural upright;

Fig. 7 a, 7b and 7c be respectively be used in the principal plane of the structural upright of Fig. 6, being connected this projection that structure is had profile connector half one, from above vertical view, elevation and the lateral view observed;

Fig. 8 a, 8b and 8c are respectively vertical view, elevation and lateral views reinforcement plate, that observe from the top shown in Figure 6;

Fig. 9 a, 9b and 9c be perpendicular to respectively Fig. 6 structural upright principal plane, be used to be connected vertical view, elevation and the lateral view connector, that observe from the top that structure has the projection of profile;

Figure 10 is the stereogram of the structural upright that formed by structural construction spare shown in Figure 5, and has the projection that profile is arranged from its vertically extending structure at high height and lower height;

Figure 11 is the vertical view of observing from the top of the structural construction spare of Fig. 1, and has with respect to this structural construction spare with the projection of 45 degree from its extension;

Figure 12 is the stereogram of a sidepiece of asymmetric connector shown in Figure 11;

Figure 13 is the lateral view by the lattice beam of making according to structural construction spare of the present invention;

Figure 14 is the stereogram of a connection piece that is used to construct the lattice beam of Figure 13;

Figure 15 be constitute rectangular section column, according to the vertical view of observing from the top of the two structural construction spares of Fig. 5; And

Figure 16 is by can be from the horizontal sectional drawing according to the rectangle pylon of three upright structural construction spares of Fig. 1.

At first consult Fig. 1, wherein show structural construction spare 1, it is formed by the steel plate of cold-rolled lightweight and has a C shape profile substantially.This profile is constant along the length of building piece 1, and this part can be made more much longer than shown in Figure 1.In general, this building piece has a pair of

front wall section

2a and 2b, a

counter-lateral quadrents

3a and 3b and rear portion 4.

Front wall section

2a and 2b extend laterally towards the outer from central notch 5, follow separately from its inner edge 6a of inside commentaries on classics or the circular arc of 6b, around to

sidepiece

3a or 3b goes up and arrive rear portion 4 on this sidepiece.Rear portion 4 is sinusoidal walls, the dome arc of wherein just having narrated and recessed arc connection in rear wall parts 7 central authorities.

In Fig. 2, be shown in further detail this identical section, it show arc before and the circle (shown in broken lines) followed of sidewall how to be in contact with one another but not overlapping.Fig. 3 shows a possible variation of this shape, can see that wherein

sidepiece

3a and 3b comprise two flat sections, and anterior simultaneously being connected in equalled section tangently, and the bossing at sinusoidal shape rear portion is connected in flat section also tangently.Figure 4 and 5 show two of this section shape other possible variations, can see that wherein rear wall section 7 comprises one flat section, and recessed portion is connected in this flat section tangently on each side of central flat section simultaneously.Flat section of rear wall section can have variable width, shown in Figure 4 and 5.Perhaps flat section of Fig. 3 to 5 can be formed and not be fully straight, but the full curve of larger diameter is arranged than circle shown in broken lines among Fig. 2.

Curve according to structural construction spare of the present invention provides the very strong and more general building piece than the C section profile on traditional plane.This building piece can be used as structural upright or beam or truss, and their advantage is a lot.Utilization is according to the steel fastener of punching press of the present invention, they can be joined together in lattice, and, it has much bigger potential intensity and more general flexibility compared with the steel building spare of the cold-rolled lightweight of traditional C section, and this traditional building piece has rectangular box section substantially and along the central notch of a side.

In order between according to structural construction spare of the present invention, to produce T or L or X or K shape connector, many single connectors are provided.Fig. 6 shows the connection of X-shaped structure and is connected with L shaped structure.Connect two structural construction spare 1a that show according to Fig. 1 in the X-shaped structure of the first half of Fig. 6 and how to be connected with this column 1c also separately with 1b that the edge extends laterally from both sides according to one the 3rd structural construction spare 1c Fig. 1, that be oriented to structural upright.Part 1a and 1b are in the principal plane of part 1c, and pass through the sidewall 3a of Fig. 1 and the planar registration of 3b with middle heart.In Fig. 6 Lower Half, it is how to connect one the 4th structural construction spare 1d that L shaped structure connection shows, and this part is from the principal plane vertical extent of part 1c.

Fig. 7 a to 7c shows the shape of the connector that the X-shaped structure that is used to produce Fig. 6 connects.This connector is formed into two identical halves 10, and Fig. 7 a to 7c only shows one of them.It is formed by cold pressed steel, and its material can be as the steel of the same size of part 1a to 1c or than the metal of weight-normality lattice.Half one 10 of connector can for example be welded to structural upright by spot welding, plug welding or seam in anchor clamps, simply side member 1a and 1b are inserted in then from column 1c along extend laterally this between the projection and soldered and put in place.

Fig. 9 a to 9c shows the shape of the connector of the L shaped structure connection that produces Fig. 6 simply.This connector is formed into two identical halves 11, and Fig. 9 a to 9c only shows one of them.It is formed by cold pressed steel, as half one of Fig. 7 a to 7c, but preferably it is being soldered to side piece 1d between the parts 1d in anchor clamps, and two connectors, half one 11 is provided to structural upright 1c and is welded in this column.The two opposite sides of this connector that is formed by two and half ones 11 are overlapped on around the sidewall of structural upright 1c, and preferably greater than 180 °, so that this combination can self-supporting (self-supporting) before welding.

Fig. 6 also shows the anterior soldered plate 12 that can cross over according to structural construction spare of the present invention.Fig. 8 a to 8c illustrates the shape of plate 12.Along being set according to structural construction spare of the present invention, some such plates increased intensity significantly.Especially, for example shown in the Lower Half of Fig. 6, directly one on connecting and directly improved the intensity of this connection significantly at this plate under being connected, this is owing to two and half ones 11 of this plate 12 with connector keep together effectively.

Figure 10 shows other possible variation of connector 11 and plate 12.Connector 11a at the high height place of Figure 10 has all jaws, the crooked arc outer wall that these jaws are walked around the crooked previous section of an arcuate section and the inner arc part of a structural upright building piece 1 and walked around this arcuate section passes through, and is different with leap opposite external side wall as shown in Figure 6.Connector 11b at the lower height place of Figure 10 has all jaws, these jaws are crossed over the opposite external side wall as among Fig. 6, but the structural component 1 that the lateral wall by exposure level part 1, the projection support level that extends laterally are extended is different with preceding and rear surface shown in Figure 6.

How Figure 10 can cross over two parallel structural construction spares 1 if also showing extension board 12; Plate 12 how can be formed with central authorities stamp out towards interior flange 25, this flange is spot-welded to the flat back middle body to the structural construction spare 1 of shaping shown in Figure 5 as Fig. 4; And how plate 12c can be formed with the sunk part 26 of deep draw, and the degree of depth of this sunk part is enough to contact according to the inside of the rear wall 7 of structural construction spare 1 (not shown) of Fig. 2 or the similar sunk part 26 of another plate 12 (not shown).The contact zone, position that is contacted with rear wall 7 or another sunk part 26 at sunk part 26 by spot-welded together to improve rigidity.

How Figure 10 also shows and reinforcement 30 vertically can be inserted along the center according to any arcuate curved wall of any structure building piece 1 of the present invention.This reinforcement 30 can be bar or pipe, and to improve axial tensile strength and withstand voltage properties, perhaps it can be wire or the cable that is under the tension force, only to improve hot strength.If structural construction spare of the present invention is made into to produce a building component (buildingmodule) to be configured to enter in the framework, as disclosing among the WO68004, this reinforcement 30 can insert in the selected structural upright of building component so, and, be preferably provided with threaded projection 31, as shown in figure 10, can be threaded into the member that is adjacent to the top so that respectively strengthen part.So, the vertical of whole height that extends building can be set strengthens part and effectively continuous many layers is locked together.By means of the reinforcement 30 of the arcuate curved wall by horizontally disposed part, similar support can be provided in horizontal plane or strengthen part.

Fig. 6 and 10 shows being connected in the principal plane that how can be in structural upright or perpendicular to this principal plane between structural upright 1c and side piece.But there is sufficient compliance in system of the present invention, can adopt other all angles.Figure 11 shows a connection, and wherein side member 1e is one 45 ° angle extension with the principal plane X-x with respect to part 1c from structural construction spare 1c of the present invention.The connector that utilization is made for two parts 13a and 13b produces this and is connected.These two parts are asymmetric, and this is to cut up with a hay cutter to the front side of part 1e or the projection 15 of rear side owing to each several part comprises the associated jaw portion 14 and the encirclement of the lateral wall of the local structural component 1c of centering on.The arc degree of associated jaw portion 15 is different between part 13a and 13b.Figure 12 shows the shape of a part in these two parts.Two parts of this connector can form by the punching press steel plate simply, in punch process, perhaps during roll extrusion is used for the blank of punch process, preferably a locating hole is poured among each coupling part 13a and the 13b, another such hole is positioned in the structural upright part 1c exactly, so that by this two hole of alignment, one rivet is inserted two holes of alignment, to obtain that two (connector half) 13a of connector half and 13b are temporarily fixed on upright elements 1c, before Crossware (cross-element) 1e being enclosed between all projections 15 and being welded on it in the appropriate location, this connector is welded securely on the thronely then, guarantee simply to assemble this connection with angle accurately.Perhaps, in optional hole that welding can utilize hole 16 for example before this connections when providing by rivet generation temporary fixed, before coupling part 13a and 13b are installed to upright elements 1c, this two coupling part in anchor clamps can be welded in side piece 1e.

Can utilize K shape connector to be assembled in the lattice beam for example shown in Figure 13 according to structural construction spare of the present invention, K shape connector produces the connection less than 90 ° between the axis of each part of the axis of main structure building piece and two side piece.This a connection piece has been shown among Figure 14.It is formed into two and half 17a of and 17b, and half and half steel plate punching press by light weight is made.When putting together, half 17a of and 17b form three

tubular cavities

18,19 and 20.Cavity 18 is the continuous tubular cavities that extend to the other end from an end of this connector, and an arcuate side of in use surrounding a structural construction spare 1 for example shown in Figure 5.The structural component 1 of Figure 14 is illustrated as only passing through a semipath of connector, but this only is used for illustrative purpose.In fact, this connector will be positioned in along the centre of the length of part 1.

Cavity

19 and 20 is obstructed cavitys, tilts 45 ° with respect to the axis of cavity 18 or the axis of part 1 separately.

Cavity

19 and 20 is admitted the corresponding arcuate side that two other structural construction spare 1 (not shown) of same size and shape is arranged with part 1 shown in Figure 15.Additional strength can use another such connector if desired, links together with other arcuate side with three structural construction spares 1, to constitute the lattice beam of Figure 13.Advantageously the steel plate with connector half one is deep-drawn to such degree, and consequently the halves that cooperates is in contact with one another, and is in those contact zones that two and half ones are spot-welded together shown in label " 21 ", to gain in strength.

If Figure 15 shows two plates 12 that can use the plate that is similar to Fig. 6 and 8a to 8c but have long length, be used for two structural construction spares 1 are linked together, become rectangular configuration.This has produced the strong pillar that is used for building, adds compressive load if must resist, and by forming this structure around concrete core precast and that strengthen alternatively, can increase its intensity.

Figure 16 shows the triangle pylon structure, to link together according to three pillar construction building pieces 1 of Fig. 1 by all lateral struts 1 and can form this pylon structure, this lateral struts also has the cross section shape identical with column, by connector shown in Fig. 9 a to 9c or as shown in figure 14 pillar is connected in column.If desired, pillar 12 (illustrating with chain-dotted line) can be added to the outside, be used for additional strength.Upright elements 1 can be true vertical and be parallel to each other, perhaps can tilt mutually to produce conical tower upwards.Figure 16 show when with shown in the compliance of connector structural construction spare of the present invention when using interconnectedly.Angle between the principal plane of connector and structural component can change as required, and the angle between all axis of the structural component that connects also can change by changing the 45 degree shown in Figure 14.When structure respectively connected in the lattice system, this gave the flexibility that the designer freely is chosen in the angle of all three axis aspects.

Claims

1. the steel plate by cold-rolled lightweight forms, have the structure building part of C shape cross section substantially, this cross section has and extends outwardly from central notch, arrive a pair of front wall section anterior of a counter-lateral quadrents of this building piece and the rear wall section that links together with sidepiece, it is characterized in that: this to the various piece of front wall section from central notch with fully or smooth basically circular arc extend on the corresponding sidepiece, rear wall section comprises the wall part of a pair of projection, each protruding wall part from recessed arc or arc basically back median wall part with fully or smooth basically circular arc extend on the respective side portion of all sidepieces.

2. according to the structural construction spare of claim 1, it is characterized in that: it is that 0.5 millimeter to 2 millimeters cold rolling steel plate is made by thickness.

3. according to the structural construction spare of claim 2, it is characterized in that: it is that about 0.8 millimeter cold rolling steel plate is made by thickness.

4. according to the structural construction spare of above each claim, it is characterized in that: each sidewall has in the central a flat part, and all front portions are connected with all flat parts tangently.

5. according to the structural construction spare of above each claim, it is characterized in that: the back median wall partly comprises a flat part, this flat part by two recessed arc or basically arcuate wall partly define, this of rear wall section extends from this flat part the concave wall part.

6. one kind is used for the one-tenth T shape that two structural construction spares according to above each claim are linked together or the connector of L shaped structure, this connector comprises a counter-lateral quadrents, each sidepiece is formed arc or arc substantially associated jaw portion, and one the sidepiece in the shape of each associated jaw portion and all structural construction spares that will be joined together or the convex arcuate part at front portion or rear portion are consistent; This connector also comprises a shank that extends from associated jaw portion, thereby when all associated jaw portion are fixed in all apparent surfaces of one in all described structural components and Zhu shank and align mutually, all shank cooperations form the projection that profile is arranged from a described structure that extends laterally of all structural components, simultaneously a profile is corresponding to the profile of another structural component that will be joined together, and is used for being enclosed within another described structural component on the profile of this projection or being inserted within the profile of this projection.

7. according to the connector of claim 6, it is characterized in that: the associated jaw portion of each described sidepiece is a pre-punching, and have a hole, the position in this hole is corresponding to the corresponding hole in a pair of pre-punched hole among described of all structural construction spares that will be joined together, be used to admit rivet or other fixture, be used to limit by the angle of projection with respect to the profile of one of them described structural component.

One kind to be used for three each structural construction spares according to claim 1 to 5 are linked together be the connector of a chi structure, it comprises: a counter-lateral quadrents, each sidepiece forms a protruding substantially associated jaw portion, and the shape of this associated jaw portion is consistent with one front portion or rear portion in all structural construction spares that will be joined together; Two are total to the shank of straight line, extend a shank from each sidepiece of associated jaw portion, when thereby all paired shank that is fixed in one relative preceding and rear surface in all structural components and all associated jaw portion when associated jaw portion aligns mutually, each structure that the described edge of shank cooperation formation one from all structural components of mutual alignment extended laterally has the projection of profile, each projection has a profile, this profile is corresponding to another the profile in all structural components that will be joined together, and is used for described another with all structural components and is enclosed within on the profile of projection or is inserted within the profile of projection.

One kind to be used for three each structural components according to claim 1 to 5 are linked together be the connector of a K font structure, it comprises half one of two cooperations, half and half one is formed by the steel plate punching press, and form three tubular cavities of a K shape structure together, be used for admitting each corresponding middle body and two ends of three structural construction spares according to claim 1 to 5.

10. according to the connector of claim 9, it is characterized in that: the steel plate of two connector half ones is pressed onto this degree by deep-draw, so that two and half ones that match have the zone that is in contact with one another, and, wherein be welded together in those regional all connector half ones.

11. each the connector according in the claim 6 to 8 is characterized in that: shank is linked to all associated jaw portion along one from its arcuate edge of making the material of connector.

12. the connector according to claim 11 is characterized in that: from its material of making connector is the steel plate of light weight.

13. the connector according to claim 12 is characterized in that: form connector by punching press.