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GB2091311A
GB2091311A GB8201376A GB8201376A GB2091311A GB 2091311 A GB2091311 A GB 2091311A GB 8201376 A GB8201376 A GB 8201376A GB 8201376 A GB8201376 A GB 8201376A GB 2091311 A GB2091311 A GB 2091311A
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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
    • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/88—Insulating elements for both heat and sound
    • 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
    • E04B1/02—Structures consisting primarily of load-supporting, block-shaped, or slab-shaped elements
    • E04B1/14—Structures consisting primarily of load-supporting, block-shaped, or slab-shaped elements the elements being composed of two or more materials
    • 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
    • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/76—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to heat only
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S20/00—Solar heat collectors specially adapted for particular uses or environments
    • F24S20/60—Solar heat collectors integrated in fixed constructions, e.g. in buildings
    • F24S20/66—Solar heat collectors integrated in fixed constructions, e.g. in buildings in the form of facade constructions, e.g. wall constructions
    • 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
    • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
    • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
    • E04B2001/8423—Tray or frame type panels or blocks, with or without acoustical filling
    • E04B2001/8442—Tray type elements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
    • Y02B10/20—Solar thermal
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers

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Abstract

A wall system for the construction of buildings comprises an inner sheet steel facing panel (15) having a base (16) and two side walls (17) extending along opposite substantially parallel side edges of the base and defining a recess (18) with the base. A sheet (20) of thermal and acoustic insulation material is located in the recess (18) of the inner panel. An outer sheet steel facing panel (21) having corrugations (22) running in a direction substantially perpendicular to the side edges of the base is secured to the inner panel (15) by fixing to flanges (19) at the ends of the side walls (17) of the inner panel. Air in the gap between the corrugated panel (21) and the sheet (20) is heated by the sun and is carried into the building by a ducting system. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION A wall system This invention relates to a wall system and in particular to a wall system which uses outer and inner wall facing panels which house an insulation material between them to give the wall system both a thermal and an acoustic insulation. The wall system of the present invention has a particular application in the construction of buildings for industrial and warehousing use.
Constructions of walls are known which employ metal outer and inner facing panels having an insulation layer between the panels. Such wall constructions have, however, demanded the use of spacecluapart vertical support columns between the wall base and the roof truss to hold the wall in position and to add strength to the wall and to give support for a roof structure. The use of vertical columns means that the positions bf doors, windows and like wall openings are limited by the position of the columns and thus the design freedom for specific building usage is severely curtailed.
The present invention is directed towards overcoming the above problem associated with the known constructions of wall, and accordingly provides a wall system comprising a first wall facing panel having a base and two side walls extending along opposite substantially parallel side edges of the base and defining a recess with the base, the side walls having flanged ends, a sheet of insulation material located in the recess of the first wall facing panel, and a second wall facing panel having corrugations running in a direction substantially perpendicular to the side edges of the base of the first wall facing panel, the second wall facing panel being secured to the flanged ends of the first wall facing panel.
Preferably the first and second wall facing panels are of metal, e.g. 1 mm sheet steel, and in the case of the second wall facing panel the sheet metal is galvanised. The insulation material is preferably a semi-rigid insulation board of the kind sold under the Trade Mark "ROCK WOOL". The second wall facing panel is preferably secured to the flanged ends of the first panel using selftapping bolts or like fixing means. in use the wall system is erected with the side edges of the base of the first panel vertical and the corrugations of the second panel horizontal.
The invention will be understood from the following description of an embodiment thereof given by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a typical building incorporating the wall system of the present invention; Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the constituent components of a wall system of the present invention; Figure 3 is a plan view (not to scale) of an inner wall facing panel of a wall system of the present invention; Figure 3A is a plan view (not to scale) showing the manner in which a number of inner wall facing panels of a wall system of the present invention are joined together; and Figure 4 is a side view of a wall system of the present invention in use in the construction of a factory building, and illustrating specifically the construction of ducts to allow the use of solar energy for heating the building.
Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the outline of a building (omitting the roof) comprising a floor area 10 and four side walls 11 each constructed according to the present invention, the building also having four corner pillars 12, a doorway 13 and a recessed cover area 14.
As shown in Figures 2, 3 and 3A of the accompanying drawings, each wall of the building is formed of a plurality of interlocking units of which each comprises a first (inner) plastics-clad steel sheet wall facing panel 1 5 having an openended tray configuration (Fig. 3) with a base 1 6 and two vertical side walls 1 7 extending along opposite substantially parallel side edges of the base 1 6 and defining with the latter a recess 1 8, the side walls 1 7 being formed with complementary flanged ends 19 including a turned-in edge 19a.A semi-rigid insulation sheet 20 of thermal and acoustic insulation material as sold under the Trade Mark "ROCK WOOL" is located in the recess 18, and a second (outer) galvanised sheet steel wall facing panel 21 , the latter being corrugated with the corrugation channels 22 running substantially horizontally, is secured by self-tapping bolts (not shown) directly onto the flanged ends 1 9 of the inner wall facing panel 15.
In the construction of a complete wall, adjoining inner wall facing panels 1 5 are interlocked together edge-to-edge by the simple procedure of overlapping the complementary shaped flanged ends 19, 1 9a of adjoining panels 1 5 in the manner clearly illustrated in Figure 3A of the drawings, it being understood that only after the interlocking of the inner panels 1 5 are the insulation sheets 20 and outer panels 21 assembled. It is to be noted that when interlocked in this fashion the bases 1 6 of the panels 1 5 are flush and present a continuous inner surface to the wall.
Referring to Figure 4 of rhe accompanying drawings, a wall as above is shown in position between the base 10 of the building and a roof truss 23 with a roof 24 supported thereon. The use of the wall system of the present invention allows one to use solar energy as an aid to heating and/or ventilating the building. It will be appreciated that between the inner surface of the outer wall facing panel 21 and the outer surface of the insulation sheet 20 housed in the recess 1 8 of the inner wall facing panel 1 5 there is a relatively narrow channel 22a which allows the circulation of air. Each wall span is provided with a duct system 25 which allows air in the channel 22a heated by the sun impinging on the outer wall facing panel 21 to be circulated into the building to aid and/or fully heat the building.The heat provided in this manner would in normal climatic conditions be sufficient to heat fully an office complex within a conventional factory unit. The air may be drawn into the system, i.e. the channel 22a, from inside the building or from outside the building (as shown in the insert detail). The air in the channel 22a is heated by the sun impinging on the panel 21. The heated air rises and passes through a connecting duct 26 to the duct system 25 of the building.
The present invention thus provides a wall system the construction of which allows one to place a door, window or other opening anywhere in the span of the wall substantially without limitation, since no vertical support columns are employed, and without impairing the overall structural strength of the wall which is inherent in the construction due to the use of vertical side walls 1 7 in the inner wall facing panels 1 5 in conjunction with horizontal channels 22 in the corrugated outer wall facing panels 21.

Claims (3)

1. A wall system comprising a first wall facing panel having a base and two side walls extending along opposite substantially parallel side edges of the base and defining a recess with the base, the side walls having flanged ends, a sheet of insulation material located in the recess of the first wall facing panel, and a second wall facing panel having corrugations running in a direction substantially perpendicular to the side edges of the base of the first wall facing panel, the second wall facing panel being secured to the flanged ends of the first wall facing panel.
2. A wall system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the flanged ends on the opposite side walls of the base are of complementary formation to-permit edge-to-edge interlocking of adjoining first wall facing panels.
3. A wall system substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FR2589904A1 (en) * 1985-11-13 1987-05-15 Smac Acieroid Thermo-acoustic insulating panel
US8028483B2 (en) 2007-05-01 2011-10-04 Kingspan Research And Developments Limited Panel
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711A Proceeding under section 117(1) patents act 1977
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee
728C Application made for restoration (sect. 28/1977)
728R Application refused (sect. 28/1977) [restoration of lapsed patent]