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US3199260A
US3199260A US187034A US18703462A US3199260A US 3199260 A US3199260 A US 3199260A US 187034 A US187034 A US 187034A US 18703462 A US18703462 A US 18703462A US 3199260 A US3199260 A US 3199260A
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Blok Dirk Evert
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C2/00—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
    • E04C2/30—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the shape or structure
    • E04C2/38—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the shape or structure with attached ribs, flanges, or the like, e.g. framed panels
    • E04C2/384—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by the shape or structure with attached ribs, flanges, or the like, e.g. framed panels with a metal frame

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  • the structural element according to the invention is characterized in that it consists of a substantially rectangular frame, channel shaped in cross section, having a number of channel shaped panel elements with alcuately inturned side walls tightly fitted into the said frame, which side walls are arranged in such a way that an inturned wall of a preceding panel element in the succession grips around the inturned wall of a following panel element.
  • a panel element of this kind can be made in a quick and easy manner.
  • the frame of the structural element may be of any desired breadth and still be made up of panel elements of one and the same breadth since, if the breadth of a frame is greater than a multiple of the breadth of the number of panel elements that is needed for at least filling the entire frame, it is merely necessary to make these elements grip further over each other. It is, therefore, never necessary to cut off any portion of a panel element.
  • Such structural elements ar particularly adapted, e.g. for balconies. They require little or no maintenance and any damaged parts thereof can easily be replaced by new parts.
  • a preferred embodiment of the structural element according to the invention is characterized in that the panel elements have at their ends parts that project beyond the in-turned side walls.
  • the ends of the panel elements may be arched or bevelled, tapered, etc. This gives the advantage that these ends are able to bend when they are clamped into the borders of the frame, so that these panel elements are securely fixed in position. If structural elements executed in this way are used in the open air the panel elements will be so firmly clamped that they cannot rattle even in the strongest Wind.
  • the shape selected for the border elements of the frame is preferably a U profile the flanges of which merge with a slight bend into the web part of the element.
  • Another advantage of shaping the ends of the panel elements in the manner de scribed in the foregoing is that a continuous channel is thus formed in the horizontal sides of the frame through which water of condensation and rainwater can easily be drained off. This also aiiords a good means of ventilation, so that there is no tendency for insects to establish breeding places in the structural element.
  • the structural element may consist entirely of parts detachably joined to each other, and two borders of the frame may be arranged in such a way, that one flange is positioned inside and one flange outside the two flanges of the adjacent border elements of the frame.
  • FIG. 1 shows a front elevation of the structural element according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are respectively sections taken at the lines IIl-I and lIIIll of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 4 shows a rear elevation of a panel element with inturned side walls, the ends of which elements are shaped differently from each other.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-section of a panel element with inturned side walls.
  • the structural element represented in the drawings has a frame consisting of two horizontal borders 1 and Z and of two vertical borders 3 and 4 which has a U profile directed inwardly toward the center of the frame. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the flanges of the border elements merge with a slight bend into the web portion of the element.
  • the ends of these elements are shaped in such a way that they extend beyond the ends of the inturned side walls 6. This can be effected, for instance by cutting of the ends of the elements.
  • FIG. 4 there is a curved part 7 extending beyond the top end of the side walls a of the panel element 5 represented in these drawings, whilst the projecting part 3 extending beyond the bottom end of the side walls s tapered.
  • these projecting parts may also be of other shapes, and both of the two ends may have a projecting part shaped in the same way.
  • the structural element represented may be made up en tirely of detachable borders 14 and panel elements 5, as the tight fitting of elements 5 into the borders renders the use of connecting members superfluous. Therefore, in
  • one flange of border elements 3 and 4 is clamped bet-ween one flange of border 1 and the first and last metal panel 5 whilst the other flange of these borders 3 and 4 in contact with the outer side of border element 1.
  • Holes 11 may be provided in the borders in order to permit of their being fixed to a support.
  • the panel elements 5 can always be slid over each other to such an extent as to fill the entire space between borders 3 and 4.
  • the frame may have, for instance, a profile other than the U-shaped one.
  • the side walls 6 of the panel elements 5 may be differently shaped. These elements may be made of painted aluminium or other metal, or of plastic or other suitable material.
  • a structural element such as a wall, comprising border elements forming a substantially rectangular frame, said border elements being channel shaped in cross section with the flanges of the channel directed inwardly toward the center of said frame, a plurality of resilient, channel shaped panel elements Within said frame, said panel elements having a planar base surface and arcuately int-urned side Walls, said panel elements being in overlapped, sideby-side arrangement within the frame with adjacent panel elements opening in alternate directions with the inturned side walls being in interengaging relationship, at lea-st one end of each said panel element having a portion of the base surface extending beyond the termination of said inturned side walls, said portion tapering towards its free end, the two opposite sides of said frame which engage the ends of said panel elements being spaced apart a dis tanee less than the total length of said panel elements in 10 :an unstressed condition, said extending portion being resiliently bent in compression into engagement with said two opposite sides of said frame, said intu-rned side walls of said panel

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US3303622A (en) * 1963-11-07 1967-02-14 John B Colligan Wall structure with interlocking panel members
US3628297A (en) * 1970-01-02 1971-12-21 Cletus Richardson Wall installation
US3968603A (en) * 1973-05-15 1976-07-13 Merson Karol J Panel for prefabricated metal buildings
US5038531A (en) * 1988-09-13 1991-08-13 Dolmen Engineering & Systems Ltd. Wall structures
US6260828B1 (en) * 1998-11-17 2001-07-17 Robert F. English Prefabricated interlocking fence post

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US2577317A (en) * 1946-07-31 1951-12-04 Leroy S Eschrich Louvered shade structure
US2818937A (en) * 1955-01-05 1958-01-07 Air Maze Corp Frame for panel filter
US2835001A (en) * 1955-02-03 1958-05-20 Ralph W Matthews Louver construction

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US2577317A (en) * 1946-07-31 1951-12-04 Leroy S Eschrich Louvered shade structure
US2818937A (en) * 1955-01-05 1958-01-07 Air Maze Corp Frame for panel filter
US2835001A (en) * 1955-02-03 1958-05-20 Ralph W Matthews Louver construction

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3303622A (en) * 1963-11-07 1967-02-14 John B Colligan Wall structure with interlocking panel members
US3628297A (en) * 1970-01-02 1971-12-21 Cletus Richardson Wall installation
US3968603A (en) * 1973-05-15 1976-07-13 Merson Karol J Panel for prefabricated metal buildings
US5038531A (en) * 1988-09-13 1991-08-13 Dolmen Engineering & Systems Ltd. Wall structures
US6260828B1 (en) * 1998-11-17 2001-07-17 Robert F. English Prefabricated interlocking fence post

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