JPH1061067A - Panel for building - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate mutual engagement by forming projections engaged into the recessed sections of the corresponding channel members of adjacent panels in one edge faces of panels and edge faces on the reverse sides and forming the edge faces in a shape coinciding with the contour of a reinforcing member. SOLUTION: A reinforcing member 12 consisting of a sigma-shaped steel is fixed at one end of a wall panel 10 composed of a core 11 such as polystyrene foam, and a lip piece buried into the core 11 is formed at the terminal edge section of the reinforcing member 12. A tongue piece 13 elongated extending over the overall length of the edge section of the panel 10 is formed, and abutting sections 14 are formed among the tongue piece 13 and the opposed surfaces of the core 11. When the adjacent panels 10 are joined mutually, the tongue piece 13 of one panel 10 is inserted and engaged into the groove 25 of the reinforcing member 12 of the adjacent panel 10. Accordingly, the reinforcing member not only can reinforce the panels but also can simplify the mutual engagement of the adjacent panels.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to prefabricated building panels. In particular, but not by way of limitation, the present invention provides:
Joining the two substantially parallel and coextensive major surfaces separated by the thickness of the core, and the coextensive surfaces;
A core of substantially linear foamed plastic material having two edges and a reinforced channel member having a recess and arranged to extend along one of said edges;
The present invention relates to a building panel having excellent thermal and acoustic insulation.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Australian Patent 568,548 describes a building panel consisting of a core of foamed plastic material having a vertical column formed from a metal strip embedded therein. The column has a U-shaped cross section. Still further, the panel has strips extending horizontally at the top and bottom of the panel.

[0003] Australian Patent Application No. 45736/9
No. 6 is an improvement over that described in the Australian patent cited above. Application No. 45736
/ 96 describes a building panel consisting of a plastic material core having embedded therein a series of vertical columns with a plurality of openings through which an expanded polystyrene foam can join to join the panel pieces together. doing. To secure the adjacent panels together to form a wall, a foam piece is formed at a remote lateral edge, for example, to cooperate with a corresponding step in the edge foam of the adjacent panel. It has a step.

[0004]

In such building panels, it is desirable to have adequate reinforcement and to be able to easily join adjacent panels together to form a wall.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a building having a reinforcing channel member on at least one edge thereof, which channel not only reinforces the panels but also provides a means by which adjacent panels can be engaged with each other. To provide a panel for use.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in accordance with the present invention, an edge of one of said panels opposite said edge is formed in a recess of a corresponding channel member of an adjacent panel. Consisting of a projection that can be engaged with
A building panel is provided, wherein the building panel has a shape that matches the contour of the reinforcing member.

[0007] Preferably, the protrusion is coextensive with the recess.

[0008] Preferably, the channel member has a "Σ" profile when viewed in cross section.

Preferably, the channel portion has a longitudinal groove in which the projection is receivable.

[0010] Preferably, the projection is shaped to conform to the shape of the groove.

[0011] Preferably, the channel member comprises a pair of opposing lips which are embedded in the core of the panel.

Alternatively, the channel member comprises a pair of folded lips, each lip adapted to reside in a respective groove formed immediately adjacent the core of the panel.

Typically, the channel member is 0.6 m
Manufactured from mG550 steel. However, alternative steel thicknesses or other metal or plastic materials can be used.

In an alternative construction, the channel member comprises
Takes the shape of an "I" beam when viewed from a cross section.

Typically, the I-beam is 0.4 mm G55
0 steel.

Alternatively, other steel thicknesses can be used with other materials as well.

Furthermore, the present description describes a wall formed from a plurality of interengaged panels as disclosed above, said wall comprising a U-shaped bottom rail when viewed in cross section. A plurality of said panels having their lower edges joined edge-to-edge and received by a bottom rail, and further comprising a top rail generally in a generally inverted U-shape when viewed in cross-section; The upper edge of an adjacent panel is configured to be received by the top rail.

Preferably, the top rail is connected to the channel member by screws, nails, rivets, bolts, spot welds and the like.

Preferably, the bottom rail is connected to the channel member by screws, nails, rivets, bolts, and spot welds.

The preferred form of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0021]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
0 is drawn. The panel 10 has a weight of 16 to 24 kg / m.
^It comprises a core 1 formed from a foamed plastic material such as expanded polystyrene having a density of ³ . When formed from a foamed plastic material, the core 11 has good thermal and acoustic insulation properties. A reinforcing member 12 is fixed to one end of the panel 10. The other end of the panel 10 is provided with a tongue 13 extending over the entire length of the edge of the panel 10. The tongue piece 13 is entirely tapered as shown. Extending between the tongue 13 and the opposing surfaces of the core 11 is a pair of abutments 14. The core 11 is substantially square or rectangular and has a major surface 22 that turns into a bottom edge surface 24 and a side edge surface 23.

FIG. 2 illustrates the reinforcement member 12 in more detail. The reinforcing member 12 takes the shape of a triangle when viewed in a cross section as depicted in FIG. Reinforcement member 12 may be manufactured from 0.6 mm mG550 steel cold formed into the depicted shape. The reinforcing member 12 is plated. The reinforcing member 12 comprises a pair of opposing surfaces 15 extending at right angles from each pair of end strips 17. The surface 15 is in the same plane as the main surface 22. Each end strip is continuous with a respective tapered groove surface 18 each extending to a common inner surface 19. Faces 18 and 1
9 defines a groove 25 in which the tongue 13 is receivable.

The distal edge of each face 15 can consist of a lip 16 embedded in the foam core 11 or, alternatively, the panel can be shaped to be inserted directly into the stiffener 12. For example, an alternative shape is shown in FIG. In this configuration each lip 16 has a respective face 15
Will be folded back towards. This results in increased stiffness at the edges of the faces 15 and also provides a smooth transition between the faces of the core 11 and the respective faces 15. Lips 16
In order to provide a clearance for the
It has a pair of opposed grooves 23 extending over the length of one edge. Adhesive may be applied to one or more inner surfaces as indicated by the letter A to further assist in securing the reinforcement member 12 to the core 11. The adhesive is used to fix the reinforcing member 12 to the edge of the core 11.

The assembled wall is shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5.
Is shown in The wall comprises a bottom rail 20 formed from a U-shaped channel. On the upper edge of the wall is a panel 10
There is provided a top rail 19 in the form of an inverted U-shaped channel having an entrance area widened to receive the upper edge of the upper rail.

The individual panels 10 are placed in the bottom rail 20 and the tongues 13 of one panel fit into the grooves 25 of the adjacent panel.
Interconnected by moving one of the panels 10 longitudinally within the channel 12 until it enters. The wall is extended by adding additional panels as described. The top rail 19 can then be located on the upper edge of an adjacent panel. Alternatively, the top rail 19 can be put in place before insertion of the panel in the longitudinal direction of the fixed top and bottom rails.

Once in place, the top and bottom rails can be secured to the top and bottom ends of the stiffening member 12, respectively. The nail 21 can be used for this. Typically, two nails 21 may be provided at the top and bottom of each side of the panel (i.e., a total of four nails at the top of each reinforcement member 12 and a total of four nails at the bottom). Alternatively, rivets, screws, nuts and bolts or spot welds can be used, for example.

When the adjacent panels 11 are connected to each other, the end strips 17 of the reinforcing members 12
Can be brought into contact with the contact surface 14.

Referring now to FIGS. 6 and 7, an alternative panel 60 is depicted. Panel 60, also formed from expanded polystyrene foam, comprises a pair of tongues 62 at each laterally opposite edge. A tongue 60 has a respective pair of tapered side walls 61. A reinforcing member 70 is fixed to one edge of the core 60 as shown in FIG.
The stiffening member 70 is typically manufactured from 0.4 mm G550 steel cold formed into the depicted shape. Reinforcement member 7
0 takes an overall shape consisting of an I-beam having a pair of end faces 73 and a web 71. The stiffening member 70 is typically manufactured from a single piece of steel having opposed longitudinal edges 75 folded back at the respective locations depicted. Reinforcement member 7
0 comprises a pair of internal tapered surfaces 72 and end contact portions 76. Similarly, on the opposite side of the web 71, the abutment 76 is provided to be an internally tapered wall 74. Web 7
1 on each side 74, 76 (or 72, 7)
6) may be glued to one of the edges 62 of the core 60 so as to abut the respective surfaces 61 and 62 of the core 60. An adhesive may be applied to any of the surfaces shown for letter A.

Referring to FIGS. 8, 9 and 10, walls can be manufactured from the panels of FIGS. 6 and 7 in the same manner as the walls depicted in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5.

It should be understood that variations and modifications apparent to those skilled in the art are not considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention. For example, rather than providing a tongue and groove interengagement between adjacent panels, a stepped interengagement may be provided by the selection of a suitably shaped reinforcement member.

In addition, any shape of the reinforcing member may be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

[0032]

As noted above, the present invention provides two substantially parallel and coextensive major surfaces separated by a core thickness, and four edge surfaces joining the coextensive surfaces. A building panel comprising a core of substantially linear foamed plastic material and a reinforcing channel member having a recess and arranged to extend along one of said edges. An edge surface opposite to the edge surface is formed of a protrusion that can be engaged in a recess of a corresponding channel member of an adjacent panel, and the edge surface has a shape matching the contour of the reinforcing member. Thus, it is possible to provide a building panel having a reinforcing channel member on at least one edge thereof, which channel not only reinforces the panel but also provides a means by which adjacent panels can be engaged with each other.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing a panel.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view / end view showing a reinforcing member.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of a wall composed of a plurality of panels, as shown in FIG. 1, respectively.

FIG. 4 is a schematic end elevation view of the wall of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view of the wall of FIGS. 3 and 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing another wall panel.

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan / end elevation view of a reinforcement member secured to one edge of the panel of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic front view of a wall manufactured from a plurality of panels, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, respectively.

FIG. 9 is a schematic end elevation view of the wall of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view of the wall of FIGS. 8 and 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic plan / end elevation view showing another reinforcement member in place at the edge of the panel core.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Panel 11 Core 12 Reinforcement member (reinforcement channel member) 13 Tongue piece (projection) 14 Contact part 16 Lip piece 19 Bottom rail 20 Top rail 22 Main surface 23 Side edge surface 24 Bottom edge surface 25 Concave (groove) 60 Panel 62 Tongue piece 70 Reinforcement member

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A substantially linear foamed plastic material having two substantially parallel and coextensive major surfaces separated by a core thickness and four edge surfaces joining the coextensive surfaces. A building panel comprising: a core having a recess and a reinforcing channel member having a recess and arranged to extend along one of the edge surfaces; an edge surface of one of the panels opposite the edge surface. A building panel, comprising a projection engageable within a recess in a corresponding channel member of an adjacent panel, wherein said edge surface has a shape that conforms to a profile of said reinforcing member. 2. The building panel according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion is coextensive with the recess. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said recess is defined between a pair of spaced coextensive recess surfaces.
Or the building panel according to 2. 4. The building panel according to claim 3, wherein said recessed surface is parallel to the longitudinal direction and divided laterally toward the inner surface. 5. The system of claim 3, wherein the reinforcing member has a pair of spaced longitudinally extending edge surfaces arranged to be substantially coextensive with the main surface of the core. Or the building panel according to 4. 6. The building panel according to claim 5, wherein the reinforcing member includes a lip formed on each edge surface extending substantially inward with respect to the core. 7. The building according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing member is formed of plated steel and has a substantially “Σ” -shaped cross section. panel. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one edge surface and the opposite edge surface are oriented to extend substantially vertically such that the other two edge surfaces are arranged substantially horizontally.
8. The building panel according to any one of 7 above. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing member has an “I” -shaped cross section.
A building panel as described in paragraph. 10. The projection having a pair of coextensive longitudinal sides converging and the recess having a pair of longitudinal coextensive surfaces converging toward the base. The building panel according to claim 9, wherein: 11. The one edge surface and the opposite edge surface are oriented to extend substantially vertically, and the other side is oriented to extend substantially horizontal, and one of the other sides: 11. The panel of claim 1 wherein said panel further comprises a channel member having a "U" shaped cross section attached to said core so as to extend along one of said other edge surfaces. The building panel according to any one of the above. 12. The panel of claim 1, wherein said panels are oriented substantially vertically by respective reinforcement members receiving adjacent opposite edges of adjacent panels.
A building panel according to any one of the above. 13. A wall panel substantially similar to that described in connection with FIGS. 1-5, 6 and 7, 8 and 9 or FIG.