EP0277226A4 - Improved panel unit. - Google Patents
Improved panel unit.Info
- Publication number
- EP0277226A4 EP0277226A4 EP19870905855 EP87905855A EP0277226A4 EP 0277226 A4 EP0277226 A4 EP 0277226A4 EP 19870905855 EP19870905855 EP 19870905855 EP 87905855 A EP87905855 A EP 87905855A EP 0277226 A4 EP0277226 A4 EP 0277226A4
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- Prior art keywords
- panel
- panels
- tongue
- grooves
- edge surfaces
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
- E04C2/00—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
- E04C2/02—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials
- E04C2/26—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials composed of materials covered by two or more of groups E04C2/04, E04C2/08, E04C2/10 or of materials covered by one of these groups with a material not specified in one of the groups
- E04C2/284—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials composed of materials covered by two or more of groups E04C2/04, E04C2/08, E04C2/10 or of materials covered by one of these groups with a material not specified in one of the groups at least one of the materials being insulating
- E04C2/292—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials composed of materials covered by two or more of groups E04C2/04, E04C2/08, E04C2/10 or of materials covered by one of these groups with a material not specified in one of the groups at least one of the materials being insulating composed of insulating material and sheet metal
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
- E04C2/00—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
- E04C2/44—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the purpose
- E04C2/52—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the purpose with special adaptations for auxiliary purposes, e.g. serving for locating conduits
- E04C2/526—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the purpose with special adaptations for auxiliary purposes, e.g. serving for locating conduits with adaptations not otherwise provided for, for connecting, transport; for making impervious or hermetic, e.g. sealings
Definitions
- This invention relates to integrated panel systems and insulated panel units.
- the panels of this invention are suitable for use as wall panels although it will become apparent on a reading of the specification that the panels may be used in other applications.
- reference to the invention will be described by reference to wall panels only. However, it is to be understood that the invention is not so limited.
- wall panel assemblies have suffered from a number of deficiencies, a particular deficiency being that they have been adapted for assembly in one direction only with adjoining panels in the other direction being bolted or otherwise fixed
- the present invention seeks to overcome the 15 disadvantages associated with previous systems- by providing an improved wall panel unit which is shaped at the edges so that it can engage with similar wall panel units either in the horizontal or * yertical mode.
- said tongue members on one panel being engageable in said grooves on corresponding panels so that two or more of said panels may be engaged either horizontally or vertically by means of said tongue members of one
- the tongue members and grooves of the panel are shaped such that similar wall panels of the invention .-, 1 - can be engaged, the tongue member of one panel being adapted to fit within a complementary groove of another panel.
- the grooves are on two adjacent edge surfaces of the panel; the tongue members being on the other two adjacent edge surfaces.
- the panel be configured with tongues and grooves on adjacent edge surfaces or tongues and grooves on alternate edge surfaces it is possible to join the panels in either a vertical or horizontal mode as each edge surface is provided with an engaging tongue member or groove.
- a weather seal may be provided by inserting a sealing member at the end of the respective tongue member when two panels are assembled together.
- the sealing member is made of a compressible foam.
- the wall panels of the present invention are preferably constructed of a core material which.may be laminated on one or on both sides.
- the laminating material may be any suitable polymeric or metallic layer. Most preferably, it is metallic.
- a metallic laminate may be chosen from a number of different materials already known in the art. For instance, aluminium, stainless steel or C0L0RB0ND STEEL (a registered trademark) may be selected. The choice of material is dependent greatly on the situation in which the panel is to be used.
- the core material is an insulating material. A number of insulating materials are suitable and are known in the art. Most preferably, an extruded polystyrene foam is selected.
- the core materials may be of variable thickness enabling thermal and structural properties to be varied as is required in any building specification.
- the laminate extends beyond the core material at the tongue edges of the panel in order to provide a slot at the end of the tongue member. This slot is suitable to firmly retain the said sealing member.
- the laminate on the groove edges is shaped around the ends of the edges and back down the grooves so that it covers the internal walls of the grooves.
- This laminate may be shaped at.the bottom of the groove to hoo.k back on both sides thus providing protrusions which are directed back out of the groove on both' sides.
- an adjacent panel includes a tongue edge with a compressible foam sealing member as aforesaid then when the tongue member is inserted into the groove, the foam material is restrained from extending to the end of the groove. The compressible foam sealing member is thus more securely retained in the groove by these extending protrusions.
- the compressible foam seal has been found to be very effective in providing a capillary break thus substantially preventing water penetration by capillary action.
- Such a sealing method avoids the need for builders to use caulking materials which have necessarily been required when weather seals have been previously provided in known wall cladding systems of this type.
- the protrusion is curved or bent back at the ends to prevent damage to the sealing member. It will be appreciated that the protrusions also act as hooks to more securely retain the engaging panel. When two panels are assembled in the manner described above, the hook formed by the laminate secures the end of the laminate which extends beyond the core material at the tongue edge of the other panel.
- a run off gap is provided at the joints when the panel units are assembled.
- This may be provided by shaping the grooves so that at the edge of the panel, the groove is dimensioned wider than the engaging tongue member of the adjacent panel.
- the groove is also provided with a narrow portion so that the width of the groove towards its base is substantially the same width as the engaging tongue member.
- the tongue panel is made of sufficient length so that when the panels are engaged and the tongue is fully inserted into the grooves the outside edges of the respective panels are not in contact.
- the laminated edge leading up to the tongue on the edge of the adjacent panel is downwardly sloped to ensure that driven rain quickly and easily runs off the joint.
- the groove can be either provided by machining the edge surface to the desired shape or by inserting an extruded or molded section of the desired shape into a slot provided along the edge surfaces of the panel.
- a section could be made of metal or plastics material.
- any number of panels made in accordance with this invention can be assembled together in a vertical or horizontal direction.
- the corners -of the panel are shaped to allow easy assembly of a plurality of panels.
- a building made in accordance with the invention may in a preferred form be provided wherein at each of the respective corners of the said panel to which the tongue members extend the said tongue members include an interlocking portion proximate the said respective corners, said interlocking portions on each of the respective tongue members being shaped such that upon assembly of a number of said panels the interlocking portions mutually cooperate at the points of common connection so to enable the respective panels to engage with each other at the said points of common connection.
- the edges are dovetailed for a clean and tight joint.
- the laminate on the corner of one tongue may be inset, the laminate on the corner of another tongue may be set out of the plane and the remaining laminate may remain in the same plane throughout. In such a confirguration when four edges meet, the laminate at each corner will overlap to ensure tight connection and a close tolerance fit.
- the panels of this invention may be affixed to the superstructure or frame of a building in a number of different ways. Such methods would be recognized by any person skilled in the art.
- a fixing bracket is used which is adapted to be bolted or otherwise affixed to a superstructure and which is adapted to be secured to the side or edge of the panel.
- a. hook fastener can be .used which comprises a fixing bracket and lug.
- Such a bracket can be affixed by bolts or other means to the frame of the building or structure with the lug affixed to a panel.
- the lug is inserted into the ramp leading up to the tongue on one of the tongue edges of the panel or into the side of the panel.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the end portions of four panel units made in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of two panels made in accordance with the present invention in an assembled form.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a fixing bracket which may be used in attaching panels made in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of two assembled wall panels made in accordance with the invention secured to a frame by a fixing bracket illustrated in Figure 3.
- Figure 5 is a perspective view of a fixing bracket and lug which may be used in attaching panels made in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of two assembled wall panels made in accordance with the invention secured to a frame by the fixing bracket illustrated in Figure 5.
- Figure 7 is a perspective view of an alternative fixing bracket.
- Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of a wall panel made in accordance with the invention secured to a masonry wall by the fixing bracket illustrated in Figure 7.
- Figure 9 is a perspective view of an alternative fixing bracket.
- Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view of two assembled wall panels made in accordance with the invention secured to a frame by the fixing bracket illustrated in Figure 9.
- Figure 11 is a perspective view of an alternative fixing bracket.
- Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view of two assembled wall panels made in accordance with the invention secured to a masonry wall by the fixing bracket illustrated in Figure 11.
- Figure 13 is a perspective view of an alternative fixing bracket.
- Figure 14 is a cross-sectional view of two assembled wall panels made in accordance with the invention secured to a steel cleat by the fixing bracket illustrated in Figure 13.
- Figure 15 is a cross-sectional view of a wall panel made in accordance with the invention assembled with a fitting to insert a window jamb.
- Figure 16 is a cross-sectional view of a wall panel made in accordance with the invention assembled with a cooperative fitting to facilitate insertion of a door jamb.
- Figure 1 there is a disclosed detail of each corner of a wall panel constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of this invention.
- Figure 1 illustrates "the four different corners of a preferred embodiment of the invention as they would meet at the point of common connection between four of the said panels.
- the wall panels are not shown as complete units but are each substantially quadrilateral in shape.
- Two edge surfaces of each of the panels are provided with grooves 2 and 3.
- the other edge surfaces are provided with tongue members 4 and 5.
- the tongue members 4 and 5 and grooves 2 and 3 of " the wall " panel unit are shaped to cooperate with the respective grooves 2 and 3 and tongue members 4 and 5 of other wall panel units made in accordance with the invention.
- the wall panel is provided with grooves 2 and 3 along adjacent edges as is illustrated on corner 1.
- tongue members 4 and 5 as illustrated in corner 6.
- the panel unit is laminated with a metallic material 7 and has an extruded polystyrene foam core 8.
- the laminate 7 extends beyond the extruded polystyrene foam core 8 along the tongue members 4 and 5 of the panel to provide a slot 9.
- a compressible foam seal 10 may be inserted.
- This material acts as a weather seal when the tongue 4 or 5 is inserted into a groove 2 or 3.
- the laminate 7 on the grooves 2 and 3 is shaped around the ends of the edges and back down the grooves 2 and 3 so that it covers the internal walls 11 of the grooves 2 and 3.
- the laminate 7 is hooked back on both sides to form protrusions 12.
- These protrusions 12 are rounded at the ends 13 so that when the tongue members 4 or 5 and compressible foam seal material 10 of an
- the protrusions 12 will not damage the compressible foam seal 10. Furthermore, the protrusions 12 restrain the compressible foam seal 10 from being pushed right
- gap 15 is provided between the assembled panels to improve water run off. As illustrated in Figure 2, gap 15 is provided due to the length of tongue 4 or 5 additional to the depth of groove 2 or 3. 0 This gap continues up the side 16 of the assembled panels due to greater width of groove 2 or 3 at its commencement compared with its width where indicated at 17. Ledge 18 is angled slightly downwards to ensure 5 proper and good run off. It will be appreciated that when the panels are assembled as illustrated in Figure 2, the compressible foam seal 10 forms a substantially water tight seal whilst the gap 15 enables any moisture and water which enters the joint, say as a result of driven rain, to simply run off the joint.
- the edges of the laminate shown in Figure 1 are offset relative one to the other so that a close fitting can be obtained when four panels of the invention are assembled together.
- the laminate in this preferred embodiment is pressed out at 19, pressed in at 20 and is left in the same plane at 21. As the various panels are joined together, these laminates overlap enabling a close and secure joint.
- FIG. 3 to 14 there is illustrated a number of different fixing brackets which can be used to affix a panel or panels of the present invention to different structures. These are by way of example only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
- fixing brackets are used as illustrated in Figures 3» 5, 9 > 11 and 13» it is desirable to strengthen the tongue members 4 and 5 with a pressed metal tongue stiffener 22.
- the fixing brackets used are preferably made of galvanized steel.
- FIG 13 there is illustrated a window jamb 23 shaped in cooperation with groove 2 or 3.
- the window jamb 23 being attached in this example via a specially shaped extrusion 26 to a piece of aluminium trimming 25.
- Aluminium trimming 25 in turn is attached to a piece of fixing angle 24.
- the extrusion 26 which is preferably made of aluminium allows the window to resemble a panel unit in that it can fit adjacent to and in the same plane as other panel units.
- a door head 27 shaped to cooperate with groove 2 or 3 again via shaped extrusion 26.
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Architecture (AREA)
- Civil Engineering (AREA)
- Structural Engineering (AREA)
- Load-Bearing And Curtain Walls (AREA)
- Laminated Bodies (AREA)
- Finishing Walls (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AUPH751886 | 1986-08-18 | ||
AU7518/86 | 1986-08-18 |
Publications (3)
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EP0277226A1 EP0277226A1 (en) | 1988-08-10 |
EP0277226A4 true EP0277226A4 (en) | 1989-03-07 |
EP0277226B1 EP0277226B1 (en) | 1992-06-10 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP19870905855 Expired - Lifetime EP0277226B1 (en) | 1986-08-18 | 1987-08-17 | Improved panel unit |
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EP (1) | EP0277226B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH01500679A (en) |
CA (1) | CA1308874C (en) |
NZ (1) | NZ221483A (en) |
WO (1) | WO1988001326A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
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FR2642454B1 (en) * | 1989-01-09 | 1991-05-31 | Lahoz Michel | DEVICE FOR POSITIONING CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO A BUILDING CARRYING STRUCTURE |
GB2414746B (en) | 2004-06-04 | 2006-02-22 | Baa Plc | Cladding |
DE202011109831U1 (en) * | 2011-12-09 | 2013-03-13 | Tremco Illbruck Produktion Gmbh | sandwich panel |
Citations (2)
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FR2411281A1 (en) * | 1977-12-09 | 1979-07-06 | Hunter Douglas Ind Bv | PREFABRICATED PARTITION ELEMENT |
DE8528510U1 (en) * | 1985-10-07 | 1985-11-28 | Thyssen Industrie Ag, 4300 Essen | Component |
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NL140029B (en) * | 1964-07-24 | 1973-10-15 | Hunter Douglas | BUILDING PANEL WITH AN INTERNAL SKIN AND AN EXTERIOR SKIN. |
US3386218A (en) * | 1966-06-08 | 1968-06-04 | Elwin G Smith & Co Inc | Building panel with ribbed sealing element between overlapping edges |
US3760548A (en) * | 1971-10-14 | 1973-09-25 | Armco Steel Corp | Building panel with adjustable telescoping interlocking joints |
US3998024A (en) * | 1975-08-04 | 1976-12-21 | H. H. Robertson Company | Double-skin insulated building panel |
DE2551905A1 (en) * | 1975-11-19 | 1977-08-25 | Hunter Douglas Ind Bv | PREFABRICATED WALL ELEMENT |
US4143498A (en) * | 1977-07-14 | 1979-03-13 | Armco Steel Corporation | Concealed fastener clip for building panels |
NL189418C (en) * | 1980-02-16 | 1993-04-01 | Hunter Douglas Ind Bv | SANDWICH PANEL ELEMENT. |
DE3447330A1 (en) * | 1984-12-24 | 1986-07-10 | Hoesch Ag, 4600 Dortmund | WALL OR ROOF ELEMENT MADE OF A FOAM CORE AND METAL COVER LAYERS |
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- 1987-08-17 CA CA000544660A patent/CA1308874C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-08-17 EP EP19870905855 patent/EP0277226B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-08-17 WO PCT/US1987/002064 patent/WO1988001326A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1987-08-17 JP JP50545187A patent/JPH01500679A/en active Pending
- 1987-08-18 NZ NZ22148387A patent/NZ221483A/en unknown
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FR2411281A1 (en) * | 1977-12-09 | 1979-07-06 | Hunter Douglas Ind Bv | PREFABRICATED PARTITION ELEMENT |
DE8528510U1 (en) * | 1985-10-07 | 1985-11-28 | Thyssen Industrie Ag, 4300 Essen | Component |
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EP0277226B1 (en) | 1992-06-10 |
WO1988001326A1 (en) | 1988-02-25 |
NZ221483A (en) | 1991-02-26 |
EP0277226A1 (en) | 1988-08-10 |
CA1308874C (en) | 1992-10-20 |
JPH01500679A (en) | 1989-03-09 |
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