EP1200694A1 - Element de structure a usages multiples - Google Patents

Element de structure a usages multiples

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Publication number
EP1200694A1
EP1200694A1 EP00904679A EP00904679A EP1200694A1 EP 1200694 A1 EP1200694 A1 EP 1200694A1 EP 00904679 A EP00904679 A EP 00904679A EP 00904679 A EP00904679 A EP 00904679A EP 1200694 A1 EP1200694 A1 EP 1200694A1
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face
holes
distance
centre
edge
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EP1200694A4 (fr
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John Clement Preston
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Priority claimed from AUPQ0881A external-priority patent/AUPQ088199A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPQ3690A external-priority patent/AUPQ369099A0/en
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/30—Columns; Pillars; Struts
    • E04C3/32—Columns; Pillars; Struts of metal
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/02—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces
    • E04C3/04—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal
    • E04C3/08—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal with apertured web, e.g. with a web consisting of bar-like components; Honeycomb girders
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G1/00—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground
    • E04G1/02—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground composed essentially of members elongated in one dimension only, e.g. poles, lattice masts, with or without end portions of special form, connected together by any means
    • E04G1/12—Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground composed essentially of members elongated in one dimension only, e.g. poles, lattice masts, with or without end portions of special form, connected together by any means comprising members of special, e.g. composite, cross-section or with lugs or the like or lateral apertures for supporting or attaching other members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/02—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces
    • E04C3/04—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal
    • E04C2003/0486—Truss like structures composed of separate truss elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/02—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces
    • E04C3/04—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of metal
    • E04C2003/0486—Truss like structures composed of separate truss elements
    • E04C2003/0495—Truss like structures composed of separate truss elements the truss elements being located in several non-parallel surfaces

Definitions

  • This invention relates to prefabricated structural components adapted to be assembled to form various demountable building and other structures.
  • Toy construction kits wherein a plurality of identical components are provided adapted to be assembled together in a variety of ways to form models of a great variety of different articles and structures.
  • the individual components are adapted to be held together by inter-engaging formations providing some frictional restraint on disengagement.
  • specific coupling pieces adapted to be similarly engaged with two or more basic components may be provided.
  • the structural integrity of the finished model depends upon the simultaneous inter-engagement of more than two components.
  • the present invention is not concerned with the assembly of model structures but rather with the assembly of full scale, load bearing, skeletal frameworks of buildings and engineering structures generally.
  • Such scaffolding comprises a multiplicity of basic tubular members and many and varied coupling elements for fastening the basic members together.
  • the coupling elements comprise clamps, pins extending through clearance holes in the members and temporarily held in place by cross-cotter pins, U-shaped straps on the members adapted to be aligned to receive wedges and other quick release, fastening devices.
  • the coupling elements and the adaptations of the basic members of such scaffolding to their associated coupling elements frequently displays considerable ingenuity providing for the rapid assembly and disassembly of the scaffolding without the need for tools or anything but the most basic of tools, such as a hammer.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide multi-purpose, demountable and re-useable structural components that may be used in the construction of temporary buildings or other structures at construction sites adapted for habitation or normal use by building workers and others during the construction of permanent structures at the site in question.
  • the components of the invention may be used as columns and/or beams in demountable structures such as: protective pedestrian walkways adjacent to construction sites; site offices, possibly integrated with such walkways; multi-storey towers providing access and service facilities to the various floors of a multi-storey building under construction; garages; storage sheds; barracks; and like temporary building ancillaries required at civil engineering construction sites.
  • demountable structures such as: protective pedestrian walkways adjacent to construction sites; site offices, possibly integrated with such walkways; multi-storey towers providing access and service facilities to the various floors of a multi-storey building under construction; garages; storage sheds; barracks; and like temporary building ancillaries required at civil engineering construction sites.
  • the invention consists in a fabricated structural component having five substantially planar faces corresponding to five faces of a an elongated rectangular prism, namely an elongated side face, including two longitudinally extending edge margins, two elongated edge faces, and two end faces; wherein each said side face is pierced by a plurality of fastener clearance holes arranged in two straight rows, each extending longitudinally of a respective one of said margins, wherein the holes in each row in said side face have a constant centre to centre pitch distance, wherein the distance from the centre of each end hole in each row of holes in said side face to a respectively adjacent end face of the component is substantially one half of said pitch distance, wherein the distance from the centre line of each row of holes in said side face to a respectively adjacent edge face of the component is substantially one half of said pitch distance, and wherein the centre lines of the rows of holes in said side face are separated by a distance substantially equal to a whole number multiple of said pitch distance; wherein each said edge face is pier
  • a second aspect of the invention consists in a fabricated structural component, having six substantially planar faces corresponding to the sides of an elongated rectangular prism, comprising two components, each according to the first aspect of the invention, united by a plurality of discrete, spaced apart spacer means, such that corresponding edge faces of the two components according to the first aspect are spaced apart and co-planar, and wherein the spacer means are such that the distance between the centre lines of the rows of holes in each pair of corresponding edge faces is a whole number multiple of said pitch distance.
  • the component is fabricated from two, angle sectioned elements, each comprising two flanges meeting at substantially a ninety degree included angle, for example lengths of rolled structural steel angle, spaced apart and rigidly held together by discrete and spaced apart spacer plates extending between and welded to co- planar flanges of the two elements.
  • two parallel, spaced apart, co-planar flanges of the two elements constitute the margins of said side face, and the other flanges of the two elements respectively constitute the said edge faces.
  • this spaced apart angle construction carries through to preferred embodiments of the second aspect of the invention.
  • Such access is convenient, when assembling the components using removable fasteners in the form of bolts and nuts, to enable both the head of each bolt and a nut threaded on it to be simultaneously engaged by appropriate spanners.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of an end portion of a structural component according to the first aspect of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a front elevation of the component of figure 1 , drawn to a smaller scale.
  • Figure 3 is both a plan view and an inverted plan view of the component of figure 2, in that the component is identical in appearance when viewed from above or below.
  • Figure 4 is an end elevation of the component of figure 2.
  • Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of figure 2, drawn to a larger scale.
  • Figure 6 is a view similar to figure 1 of a component according to the second aspect of the invention.
  • Figure 7 is both a front and a rear elevation of the component of figure 6, in that the component is identical in appearance when viewed from the front and the rear, drawn to a smaller scale.
  • Figure 8 is an end elevation of the component of figure 7.
  • Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on line 9-9 of figure 7.
  • the multi-purpose structural component illustrated by figures 1 to 5 inclusive comprises two identical, elongated angle sectioned elements 10, each comprising side flanges 11 and edge flanges 12 (see figure 5), and a plurality of discrete and spaced apart spacer plates 13 and 14 extending between and welded to co-planar flanges 1 1 of the two angle sectioned elements.
  • the two angle sectioned elements 10 are held rigidly together in a parallel, spaced apart configuration.
  • the two angle sectioned elements 10 are further held and rigidified by end spacer plates 16, constituting the end faces of the component now being described.
  • each of the side flanges 11 and each of the edge flanges 12 is pierced by a straight row of fastener clearance holes 15 extending longitudinally of the respective flanges.
  • the holes 15 in each row are spaced apart by a common, centre to centre, pitch distance "p"
  • the distance from the centres of the end holes in each row to their respectively adjacent ends of the component is "p/2”
  • the distance from the centre line of the row of holes in each edge flange 12 to the side face of the component is "p/2”
  • the distance from the centre line of each row of holes in the side flanges 11 to their respectively adjacent edge face is also "p/2".
  • spacer plates 13, 14 and 16 are such that the distance between the centre lines of the rows of holes m the side flanges 1 1 is "np", where "n" is a whole plural number. In the illustrated embodiment "n” is 2, but in other embodiments it may be 1 or a number larger than 2.
  • each end spacer plate 16 is pierced by two fastener clearance holes 15, and, as may best be seen in figure 5, the centres of those two holes are spaced from the side face and from their respectively adjacent edge faces by "p/2".
  • the end spacer plate may be pierced by one or more further holes disposed in a row of which the two illustrated holes are end holes of the row. In such instances all holes in the row would be equally spaced apart, so as to have a centre to centre pitch distance of "p".
  • spacer plates 14 may be replaced by angle sectioned spacers or T-sectioned spacers, wherein one flange of the angle or the head of the T corresponds to the plate 14, provided the other flange of the angle or the stem of the T is approp ⁇ ately spaced from the immediately adjacent holes 15.
  • each single component comprises two single components, each according to figures 1-5 inclusive, which require no further description, with each single component's corresponding edge flanges 12 held in a parallel, spaced apart configuration by spacer plates 17 in register with the single components' spacer plates 14, and spacer plates 18 in register with the single components' spacer plates 13. Furthermore the end spacer plates 16 of the two single components are preferably integrally merged as margins of an end spacer plate 20 in the dual component.
  • internal cross-braces 19 may be provided in register with one or more of the pairs of spacer plates 17, to further rigidify the dual component.
  • the spacer plates 17 and 18 and the end spacer plate 20 are such that the centre lines of the rows of holes in the corresponding flanges 12 of the single components are spaced by a whole number multiple of the pitch distance "p", which may or may not be the same whole number multiple applicable to the distance between the rows of holes in the side flanges 1 1 of the single components.

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  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Composite Materials (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Connection Of Plates (AREA)
  • Joining Of Building Structures In Genera (AREA)
  • Rolling Contact Bearings (AREA)
  • Rod-Shaped Construction Members (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un composant de structure préfabriqué, destiné à la charpente de structures, comprenant cinq faces sensiblement planes correspondant à cinq faces d'un prisme allongé rectangulaire, à savoir une face avant, deux faces latérales et deux faces d'extrémité, le composant comprenant également deux éléments d'angle en acier laminés (10), et plusieurs entretoises discrètes (13, 14) s'étendant entre les éléments d'angle et les éléments d'extrémité (16). Chaque rebord de l'élément d'angle (10) est percé de plusieurs trous de dégagement équidistants (15) de fixation, et les éléments d'extrémité (16) sont percés de deux trous de dégagement de fixation.
EP00904679A 1999-06-09 2000-01-24 Element de structure a usages multiples Withdrawn EP1200694A4 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AUPP088199 1999-06-09
AUPQ0881A AUPQ088199A0 (en) 1999-06-09 1999-06-09 Structural component
AUPP369099 1999-10-27
AUPQ3690A AUPQ369099A0 (en) 1999-10-27 1999-10-27 Multi-purpose structural component
PCT/AU2000/000036 WO2000077325A1 (fr) 1999-06-09 2000-01-24 Element de structure a usages multiples

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EP1200694A1 true EP1200694A1 (fr) 2002-05-02
EP1200694A4 EP1200694A4 (fr) 2004-03-17

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EP (1) EP1200694A4 (fr)
JP (1) JP2003502534A (fr)
KR (1) KR20020025073A (fr)
CN (1) CN1361845A (fr)
CA (1) CA2376645A1 (fr)
HK (1) HK1047151A1 (fr)
MY (1) MY126604A (fr)
NZ (1) NZ516047A (fr)
WO (1) WO2000077325A1 (fr)

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CA2376645A1 (fr) 2000-12-21
CN1361845A (zh) 2002-07-31
KR20020025073A (ko) 2002-04-03
NZ516047A (en) 2003-08-29
JP2003502534A (ja) 2003-01-21
MY126604A (en) 2006-10-31

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