GB414677A - Improvements in or relating to building construction - Google Patents

Abstract

414,677. Walls ; doors ; partitions for ships. BROWN, D., 29, King Edward's Road, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Feb. 4, 1933, No. 3486. [Classes 20 (i), 20 (iii), and 20 (iv).] Walls, doors, and partitions for buildings, applicable also in ships, are constructed of standardized sheet-metal elements assembled to form abutting cavity panels each comprising a pair of flanged face members a, a<1> spaced and maintained in parallel relationship by interposed perpendicular interlocking members d which carry C-shaped strips f, f<1> engaging with, and throughout the length of, inturned lips c, c<1> on abutting flanges b, b<1> of the face members. The interlocking connections lie wholly within the panels. Insulating material may be inserted between each C-shaped strip and the lip it engages. The panels are received at the base in sheet-metal channels g, Fig. 5, supported by a concrete foundation h, and a filling j of bitumen &c. is applied. The channels g are secured by wedges k<1> to flanged U-shaped members k anchored in the foundation, and transverse pins k<2> are passed through the panels a, a<1> and the flanges of the channels g. The tops of the panels are closed by channel-shaped plates m which are secured to the face plates a, a<1> by transverse pins m<4> and are adapted to enclose a layer m<1> of bitumen &c. supported by plates m<2> resting on projections m<3> on the face plates. The cavity panels may be stiffened by transverse members comprising horizontally corrugated or bulged plates n, Fig. 1, spotwelded to vertical V-shaped upright sections n<1>. At vertical corners, the inner face plate a may be bent to a right-angle, as shown in Fig. 1, and the outer face plates may be provided with lipped edges which are connected by a C-shaped strip f, a diagonal stiffener being also provided if desired. The internal partitions may be similarly formed and connected to the main panels as shown in Fig. 6. A filling of concrete, cork dust, peat moss &c. may be provided in the cavity panels. A beaded picture rail y, Fig. 5, is provided with rearwardly-projecting hooks y<1> adapted to engage behind projections y<2>formed on the face plates a<1>. A metal skirting board may be similarly formed. Door and window frames are formed of channel section and are recessed as shown at r<1>, Fig. 2, to accommodate the door or window. The flanges r<2> of the frame are adapted to engage the face plates a, a<1> of the adjacent panel, and the lipped flanges b of these plates bear against stops r<5> welded to the frame. Wood filling- pieces r' are provided between the flanges r<2> of the frames and the panels. A door may be formed of four interconnected hollow vertical panels with a closure member of the kind shown in Fig. 2 at each end and with top and bottom channel-shaped sealing plates.