EP1400637A1 - Elément de construction et procédé de fabrication de murs courbés - Google Patents

Elément de construction et procédé de fabrication de murs courbés Download PDF

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EP1400637A1
EP1400637A1 EP03445102A EP03445102A EP1400637A1 EP 1400637 A1 EP1400637 A1 EP 1400637A1 EP 03445102 A EP03445102 A EP 03445102A EP 03445102 A EP03445102 A EP 03445102A EP 1400637 A1 EP1400637 A1 EP 1400637A1
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Arthur Raymond Turner
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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
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2/7407—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts
    • E04B2/7453—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge assembled using frames with infill panels or coverings only; made-up of panels and a support structure incorporating posts with panels and support posts, extending from floor to ceiling
    • 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
    • E04B1/32—Arched structures; Vaulted structures; Folded structures
    • E04B1/3205—Structures with a longitudinal horizontal axis, e.g. cylindrical or prismatic structures
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F19/00—Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F19/02—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves
    • 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
    • E04B1/32—Arched structures; Vaulted structures; Folded structures
    • E04B2001/3235—Arched structures; Vaulted structures; Folded structures having a grid frame
    • E04B2001/3241—Frame connection details
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/74—Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge
    • E04B2002/7481—Locating rails with adjustable curvature
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F19/00—Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F19/02—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves
    • E04F19/04—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves for use between floor or ceiling and wall, e.g. skirtings
    • E04F2019/0404—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves for use between floor or ceiling and wall, e.g. skirtings characterised by the material
    • E04F2019/0422—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves for use between floor or ceiling and wall, e.g. skirtings characterised by the material of organic plastics with or without reinforcements or filling materials
    • E04F2019/0427—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves for use between floor or ceiling and wall, e.g. skirtings characterised by the material of organic plastics with or without reinforcements or filling materials with a integrally formed hinge

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  • THIS INVENTION relates to curved structures in buildings, and to construction members to enable the curved structures to be constructed.
  • the building members eg., wall studs
  • the present invention resides in a method of constructing a curved building structure, the method including the steps of:
  • the present invention resides in a method of constructing a curved building structure, the method including the steps of:
  • the supporting structures may comprise floor(s), ceiling(s), adjacent wall portions or the like.
  • the building members are wall studs or building framing members, to which may be fixed wall panels, skirting, cornices and like building components.
  • slots or kerfs may be aligned with the centre line of the building members, they may be axially offset.
  • the support members are formed from metal strips, which may be galvanised, zinc-coated or otherwise corrosion-protected; or from plastics material, which may be fibre-reinforced.
  • the support members are of substantially T-section, where the flanges or tabs alternately extend to opposite sides of the spine.
  • the support members are of substantially L-section.
  • a pair of the L-section support members may be provided with their respective spines back-to-back and their flanges or tabs directed in opposite directions.
  • the flanges or tabs are provided at regular intervals along the spine and are provided with at least one hole therethrough to receive a fastener for fixing to a building member.
  • the present invention resides in a curved building structure erected by the methods of the first and second aspects, respectively.
  • the present invention resides in a support member operable to interconnect a plurality of spaced building members for a curved building structure, the support member including:
  • the support members are formed integrally from metal strip, and the flanges or tabs are provided at spaced intervals along the spine.
  • At least one hole is provided through each flange or tab to receive a fastener to fix the flange or tab to an adjacent building member or the support structure.
  • a wall structure 10 has a pair of adjacent straight wall portions 11, 12 to be interconnected by a curved wall structure 20 constructed, as hereinafter described, in accordance with the present invention.
  • the curved wall structure 20 is to be constructed to have the curved profile defined by the lines 13, 14, eg., scribed or marked on the floor (not shown in FIG. 1).
  • the construction of the curved wall structure 20, illustrated in FIG. 4, will now be described.
  • Timber wall studs 30 have slots or kerfs 31 formed (eg., by a saw) in both end faces 32, 33 of the studs 30, the slots or kerfs 31 interconnecting the opposed faces 34, 35 of the studs 30.
  • the slots or kerfs 31 are aligned with the centre line of the studs 30.
  • the studs 30 are placed at desired spacings (eg., 200mm/8" centres) and support members, to be hereinafter described in more detail, have their flexible elongate spines inserted in the slots 31 so that aligned flanges or tabs abut the adjacent end faces 32, 33 of the studs 30.
  • Fasteners (eg., nails) 17 are driven in through holes or tabs to secure the flanges or tabs to the studs 30.
  • the resultant assembly is then'erected and curved to conform to the curvature, defined by lines 13, 14, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • Flanges or tabs intermediate the studs 30 can be fixed to the floor 15 and ceiling 16 by suitable fasteners (eg., nails) 17.
  • a first embodiment of the support member 40 is formed from a length (eg., 3 metres) of metal strip, which as preferably corrosion-proofed by being galvanised, zinc-coated or pre-painted.
  • the support member 40 which is of substantially T-section, has a flexible elongate spine 41, with flanges or tabs 42 alternately extending substantially perpendicularly to opposite sides of the spine 41. Holes 43, to receive the fasteners 17, are provided in the flanges or tabs 42, preferably adjacent their distal ends.
  • the spine 41 is inserted in the slots 31 of the studs 30 and nails 17 fix the flanges ortabs 42 to the end faces 32, 33 of the studs 30.
  • a pair of support members 50 may be used back-to-back, as shown in FIG. 8.
  • Each support member 50 (see FIG. 7) has a flexible elongate spine 51 with flanges or tabs 52, each provided with holes 53, extending substantially perpendicular to one side of the spine 51 at spaced intervals.
  • flanges or tabs 52 By selection of the specific shape of the flanges or tabs 52, it is possible to form a pair of the support members 50 from a single metal strip, with the flanges or tabs 52 of one support member 50 being interleaved between the flanges or tabs 52 of the second support member. In use, it is preferable that the flanges or tabs 52 of the two support members 50 be offset, as shown in FIG. 7.
  • the slots or kerfs 31 a may be offset from the centre line of the studs 30a, as shown in FIG. 10.
  • support members 60 see FIG. 9, of L-section, but of thicker metal gauge than support members 50, can be used.
  • the support members 60 have a flexible elongate spine 61 with relatively longer flanges or tabs 62, each provided with three holes 63 to receive the nails 17.
  • FIGS. (a) 11 and 12 , and (b) 13 and 14 show building structures constructed using the support members (a) 50 and (b) 60 respectively.
  • the studs 30 can be of varying width and/or thickness in the building structures, without the necessity to use different support members 50.
  • the ends of adjacent support members 50 can be overlapped at the end of a stud 30 to enable the building structures to be made of a length greater than the, eg., 3-metre length of the individual support members 50.
  • the support member 50 is employed to connect a plurality of metal studs 130 together.
  • Such stud, of C-section (or Z-section as shown in dashed lines in FIG. 16) has a web 132 interconnecting flange members 133, 134.
  • a slot 131 is formed at each end of the web 132 by making a substantially L-shaped cut or slit in the web 132, and a mounting tab or flange 135 is bent to extend substantially perpendicular to the web 132.
  • a support member 50 is placed in the aligned slots 131 of the spaced metal building members 130 and the spine 51 is fixed to the mounting tab or flange 135 via a suitable fastener 136 (eg., a Tek-screw (trade mark) or rivet).
  • a suitable fastener 136 eg., a Tek-screw (trade mark) or rivet.
  • a plurality of the metal building members 130 are interconnected at both ends by the support members 50, as shown in FIG. 16, and the resulting structure is then curved to form the column 170.
  • Fasteners (not shown) are driven through holes 53 in flanges 52 intermediate the metal building members 130 to fix the columns to the supporting structure(s) (not shown).
  • the barrel vault on arch 180 of FIGS, 18 and 19 is constructed in a similar manner.
  • a pair of the support members 50 may have their spines 51 fixed to the side flanges of C- or Z- metal section studs 130a by suitable fasteners 17b (eg., Tek-screws - trade mark) and nails or outer fasteners 17 (eg., concrete nails) secure at least some of the flanges or tabs 32, intermediate the studs 130a, eg., to the floor.
  • suitable fasteners 17b eg., Tek-screws - trade mark
  • nails or outer fasteners 17 eg., concrete nails
  • FIGS. 22 and 23 illustrate a barrel vault or arch 180a, where one of the support members 50 is fixed to one side of the metal studs 130a, to enable the vault 180a to be partially assembled flat, as shown in FIG. 24.
  • the partial assembly is then curved to the desired profile, the second of the support members 50 is fixed to the other side of the metal studs 130a, and the barrel vault or arch 180a is then positioned for fixing to a support structure (eg., walls) not shown.
  • a support structure eg., walls
  • FIG. 25 illustrates how a pair of the support members 51a of similar configuration to the support members 50 of FIG. 7, can be produced from a single metal strip 90.
  • a punch or die, or other suitable metal marking device cuts an elongate slot or slit 91 between the adjacent flanges 52a (and may simultaneously punch holes 53a with flanges).
  • the flanges 52c are then bent at right angles to the spines 51a about bend lines 92.
  • the support members 50a of substantially L-shape, can then be nested together for storage) transport.
  • the support member can be produced from metal strip, which is preferably corrosion-proofed
  • the support member can also be manufactured from suitable high-tensile plastics material (eg., polyethylene, polypropylene) which may be reinforced with eg., metal-, glass- and/or carbon-fibres.
  • the present invention enables the building structure to have regular and/or irregular curved profiles, over an infinite range of radii.

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AU2002951404A AU2002951404A0 (en) 2002-09-12 2002-09-12 Flexi wall load bearing no.4
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AU2003204450A AU2003204450A1 (en) 2002-06-15 2003-05-30 Construction members and the method for forming curved walls and the like
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US5291717A (en) 1990-05-18 1994-03-08 Turner Arthur R Construction member and method for forming curved wall and the like
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US2843888A (en) * 1953-06-11 1958-07-22 Hovey Alva Arch bead
US4920709A (en) * 1989-04-11 1990-05-01 Webb Mfg., Inc. J-channel member for siding
US5291717A (en) 1990-05-18 1994-03-08 Turner Arthur R Construction member and method for forming curved wall and the like
WO2001042579A1 (fr) * 1999-12-10 2001-06-14 Antonio Guerrasio Section de canal partiellement rigide pourvue d'encoches transversales rapprochees et d'une surface cotelee longitudinale continue situee sur le flan de base entre les flans lateraux discontinus

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