EP0135987A2 - Moyen d'assemblage entre un plancher et un mur - Google Patents

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EP0135987A2
EP0135987A2 EP84304473A EP84304473A EP0135987A2 EP 0135987 A2 EP0135987 A2 EP 0135987A2 EP 84304473 A EP84304473 A EP 84304473A EP 84304473 A EP84304473 A EP 84304473A EP 0135987 A2 EP0135987 A2 EP 0135987A2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/343—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport
    • E04B1/344—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport with hinged parts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/343—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport
    • E04B1/34315—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport characterised by separable parts
    • E04B1/34321—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport characterised by separable parts mainly constituted by panels

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  • This invention relates to an engagement means between a floor and a slidable vertical wall, and has particular although not exclusive application to folding cabins and houses in which when unfolded and opened out a side wall moves over a floor into a final position.
  • a folding partition is used to divide a La.rge room in a permanent house into two smaller rooms.
  • an engagement means between the floor and a slidable vertical wall comprises a pair of extrusions or other sections, one having a portion for engaging the floor, and the other having a portion for engaging the bottom of the wall, the extrusions having co-operating surfaces.
  • the co-operating surfaces may for example be for sealing against draughts or moisture flowing between the floor and the lower edge of the wall, and/or they may be for providing horizontal location between the floor and the wall.
  • co-operating surfaces are undulating surfaces which require a little vertical movement to bring them into engagement, but after which they remain in close co-operation by the weight of the vertical wall.
  • each of the extrusions has a 'C' shaped portion for hooking with its counterpart on the other extrusion to limit the amount of permissible relative vertical movement between the floor and the wall.
  • the weight of the roof may well be sufficient to effectively eliminate vertical movement of the side wall.
  • the co-operating undulating surfaces may provide sufficient horizontal location in the final position, in many cases it will be desirable to provide a stop for engaging the floor and preventing disengagement movement of the wall.
  • a cabin comprises a floor, roof, and side panels, some of which are hinged together at their meeting edges while others lock together where an edge of onepanel meets the side surface of another, whether by engagement means as defined or by a bolt or the like.
  • a cabin comprises a main section and an extension section and the extension section comprises end and side walls which can fold about vertical axis hinges to be generally against the side wall of the main portion or in an ex t ended position, and a floor and/or a roof which are foldable about horizontal axes to be either generally against the side of the main portion, preferably outside the folded side and end walls, or in an extended position respectively below and above the side walls.
  • panels for constituting floor, walls, and possibly roof are assembled together by bringing at least one panel to another at meeting edges, and by engaging the edge of at least one panel with the surface of another by engagement means as defined.
  • FIGURE 1 In the folding house shown in FIGURE 1, there is a central box like portion 13 consisting of a floor 14, end walls 15, and a roof.16, which is mounted on an under-carriage 17 to be capable of being transported by road.
  • the desired width of the house is greater than the width of the box-like portion 13, whichh&s a width capable of being transported by road.
  • extension portion consist of extension end walls 21 hinged to the box portion at 22, extension sides 23 hinged to the extension ends at 24, an extension floor 25 hinged to the box portion at 26, and an extension roof 27 hinged to the box portion at 28.
  • the arrangement of the hinges and of . those components in the folded condition for transport is shown diagrammatically in FIGURES 2 and 3, and from those figures it can be seen that to erect the extension the extension roof 27 is raised about its hinge 28, and then the extension floor 25 is lowered about its hinge 26. In that condition it is supported horizontally on adjustable jacks 31 and then the extension sides 23 and the extension ends 21 are folded about the axes 24 and 22 to bring them into the position shown in solid lines to FIGURE 1.
  • All the hinges indicated at 22, 24, 26 and 28 may be of the kind, the subject of British Patent Specification No. 2077321, published in January, 1982, and reproduced as FIGURES 4,5, and 6 in this application.
  • Each hinge is built up from two extrusions, each of which fits over the edge of one of the panels concerned, which hinges can be assembled together by longitudinal sliding and can be turned easily with some play about the relatively slidable members, but do define definite limiting positions of hinging in which the two hinged panels arerespectively in line with each other and at right angles to each other, as shown repectively in FIGURES 4 and 6.
  • the present invention is particularly concerned with the method of engaging the bottom of an end wall extension 21, or a side wall 23, with the floor 14 or 25 in the fully erected position, and for that purpose there are provided a pair of co-operating aluminium extrusions, as shown in FIGURES 7, 8, and 9, one of which 35, is screwed around the three outer edges of the floor 25 while the other 36 is screwed along the bottom edges of the end wall extension 21 and the side wall 23.
  • the extrusions are of uniform cross-section and each has a flat surface 37 or 41 for abutting and securing to the floor 25 or wall 23 by screws 38 in countersunk holes, which can be drilled at appropriate spacings along the extrusions and screwed into the material of the floor or wall.
  • the extrusion 35 has an upstanding hook portion 45 and the extrusion 36 has a co-operating hook portion 46, the precise nature of which can be easily seen from FIGURE 7.
  • the extrusion 37 also has a generally horizontal shelf 47 of corrugated form which locates the bottom of the wall 23 and in the engaged position of FIGURE 9 extends beyond the extrusion 35 to provide protection against the entry of moisture which will drop from the lower ridges 42 defined by the corrugation.
  • the horizontal part of the extrusion 35 has an upwardly inclined lead-in portion 48 leading up to a plateau 49 in which the holes are drilled for the screws 38.
  • the holes can be drilled in a gently curved valley 51 on the plateau.
  • FIGURE 8 shows that as the side wall and end wall extension are slid over the floor 25 towards the solid line positions of FIGURE 1, the hooked bottom 46 of the extrusion 36 rides over the upper surface of the floor, until it encounters the edge of the portion 48 of the extrusion 35.
  • the curved leading part of the hook 46 enables the extrusion 36 to ride up the surface 48 as the side wall is pushed into position, until it reaches the plateau - or the heads of the screws 38- over which it slides horizontally until it drops into a valley 51 defined by the hooked portion 45 of the extrusion 35, which has a corresponding shape to the external lower surface of the end portion 46.
  • the permitted relative vertical movement between the floor and the side wall may be about a quarter of an inch.
  • FIGURE 10 shows how the same two extrusions can be used to locate the pitched roof 27 to the top of the side wall 23.
  • the relative angle between the two extrusions is not the same as in FIGURES 7-10, but as the side wall moves out - to the right in FIGURE 10 - the hooked portions 45 and 46 engage and form a positive stop, permitting only limited relative vertical movement. Again, the stop 43 can be fitted if necessary.
  • FIGURES 11 and 12 show another way in which the extrusions of FIGURES 4, 5, and 6 , and 7 and 8 can be used in building a small portable cabin quickly from six panels.
  • the right-hand side wall 93 in FIGURE 11 is engaged at the bottom with the edge of the floor 9 1 using extrusion lock of FIGURES 7 to 9. Since the locking movement has to be from left to right in FIGURE 11, it may be necessary to take advantage of the flexibility of the material to lift the bottom edge of the extrusion 36 on the wall 93 inwardly over the hook 45 on the lower extrusion before the lock is engaged.
  • end walls 95 can be hinged to further hinges 94 at the ends of the roof 92, and pivoted downwardly into vertical positions to close the cabin being then maintained in place by stop 43.
  • Access to the cabin could be had merely by lifting one of the end walls, as shown in FIGURE 12. That end wall could have and extrusion, such as shown at 97 at its lower edge for engagement with the corresponding edge of the floor 91.
  • FIGURES 4-6 and the extrusion connection of FIGURES 7-10 also enable one to erect a complete cabin from e - cut panels as now described with reference to FIGURES 13 and 14.
  • the cabin is generally as shown in FIGURE 1 and description of its erection will start with the floor 14 having been correctly positioned with the extensions 25 properly supported.
  • the floor is shown in the plan view of FIGURE 14 by the arrows 14.
  • the first step is to erect the central portion of the roof with two intermediate walls 101, 102, which are hinged to the floor at their bottom edges at 103 using hinges as shown in FIGURES 4-6, which can be assembled by simple longitudinal sliding.
  • the walls are parallel with the ridge .
  • the two roof panels 104 are hinged together at the ridge 105, and hinged to the tops of the walls 102, again using the hinges of FIGURE 4.
  • hinges can be arranged so that they only have to move between 90 o and 180 0 limiting positionsof FIGURES 6 and 4.
  • the roof panels 104 extend for the full length.
  • An end wall 106 is hinged to the edge of the floor at 107 using the same hinges, and while it is horizontal, part side walls 108 are hinged at each end of the wall 106, at 109.
  • the assembly of walls 106 and 108 is hinged upwards so that the wall 106 fits under the roof 104 and the end wall 106 butts against the edges of the inner walls 101, 102, where it can be retained by the connection of FIGURES 7 to 9.
  • the part side walls 108 are pushed in against the walls 101 as shown at a dashed line 108.
  • An intermediate transverse wall 111 shown in chain lines in FIGURE 14 is hinged to the floor at 112 and pivoted up to the vertical position, where it abuts the edges of the walls 101, 102, where it is retained by the connection of FIGURES 7 to 9.
  • the roof may be merely made up from the panels 104 already lifted and hinged at the ridge, but if extension roof panels 27 are used, they are now hinged to the edges of the panels 104, after which the part side walls 108, 115, are all pushed out from the position equivalent to the dashed position 108 in FIGURE 14 and engaged with the underside of the roof or roof extension in this manner shown in FIGURE 10.
  • any of the panels can be formed with doors and/or windows.

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FR2643406A1 (fr) * 1989-02-22 1990-08-24 Knafou Joseph Habitation legere prefabriquee
EP0578480A1 (fr) * 1992-07-08 1994-01-12 ECO Innovations Limited Bâtiment
WO2012059096A1 (fr) * 2010-10-13 2012-05-10 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Pont modulaire et procédé de construction d'un pont modulaire
WO2012052012A3 (fr) * 2010-10-13 2012-06-14 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Assemblage d'éléments, structure porteuse, en particulier pont, et procédé d'assemblage d'éléments
WO2012052013A3 (fr) * 2010-10-13 2012-06-14 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Dispositif pour assembler deux éléments structuraux et structure porteuse modulaire

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GB2077321A (en) * 1980-05-29 1981-12-16 Cuthbert James David Rollo Cabin building
FR2495205A1 (fr) * 1980-12-02 1982-06-04 Technal France Structure ajustable a pivotement pour supporter les charpentes de toitures

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GB2077321A (en) * 1980-05-29 1981-12-16 Cuthbert James David Rollo Cabin building
FR2495205A1 (fr) * 1980-12-02 1982-06-04 Technal France Structure ajustable a pivotement pour supporter les charpentes de toitures

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2643406A1 (fr) * 1989-02-22 1990-08-24 Knafou Joseph Habitation legere prefabriquee
EP0578480A1 (fr) * 1992-07-08 1994-01-12 ECO Innovations Limited Bâtiment
WO2012059096A1 (fr) * 2010-10-13 2012-05-10 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Pont modulaire et procédé de construction d'un pont modulaire
WO2012052012A3 (fr) * 2010-10-13 2012-06-14 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Assemblage d'éléments, structure porteuse, en particulier pont, et procédé d'assemblage d'éléments
WO2012052013A3 (fr) * 2010-10-13 2012-06-14 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg Dispositif pour assembler deux éléments structuraux et structure porteuse modulaire

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