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US3861100A
US3861100A US320002A US32000273A US3861100A US 3861100 A US3861100 A US 3861100A US 320002 A US320002 A US 320002A US 32000273 A US32000273 A US 32000273A US 3861100 A US3861100 A US 3861100A
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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
    • E04B5/00—Floors; Floor construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted therefor
    • E04B5/02—Load-carrying floor structures formed substantially of prefabricated units
    • E04B5/08—Load-carrying floor structures formed substantially of prefabricated units assembled of block-shaped elements, e.g. hollow stones

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  • This invention relates to an improved building member for use in construction of horizontal structural components of buildings.
  • the cost price of a building constructed of shopmanufactured members is related on the one hand to the price of the members and on the other to the costs of shipment, erection and site work (adaptation work and non-industrialized portions).
  • the present invention aims at resolving this problem by an industrialized system of construction which enables an optimum balance to be achieved between the various costs mentioned above whilst affording great latitude in planning the buildings which result from it.
  • the present invention aims at improvements in this construction enabling the production and erection of it to be considerably simplified.
  • the basic member of the construction in accordance with the invention is a monobloc box of square section, formed of a bottom and sidewalls of low height relative to their length, the said sidewalls including longitudinal housings for the passage of ties.
  • the construction in accordance with the invention is characterized in that at least certain of the horizontal structures (floors, ceilings, roofing) are obtained by juxtaposition of the said boxes in a rectangular array like a chessboard and assembling them by horizontal ties passing through the beams formed by the juxtaposition of the sidewalls of the boxes.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 display in plan and in section a box member in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of an assembled horizontal structure
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate in section how scaling is effected between boxes
  • FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate production of floor structures and surfaces
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a variant embodiment of the box
  • FIGS. 10 and 1] illustrate two variants relative to tension ties
  • FIG. 12 shows in vertical section an embodiment of a wall panel in accordance with the invention.
  • the member in accordance with the invention is a square-section box 1 consisting of sandwich material, that is to say, formed of two strong outer skins connected by a cellular central core. It is formed of a bottom and sidewalls 2, and is monobloc, that is to say, produced by bonding and its strength is that of a double-walled shell.
  • This inherent strength enables it to constitute the basic member of a supporting of self-supporting structure. It is weathertight and its cellular core makes it insulating. Its dimensions will be, for example, of the order of cm a side by 30 cm height of the sidewalls;in the variant as FIGS. 1 and 2, lengthwise apertures 3 are provided in the sidewalls 2 for passing through ties 4.
  • the construction in accordance with the invention comprises at least one horizontal surface obtained by juxtaposition of the boxes 1 like a chessboard FIG. 3) and assembly of them by ties 4 terminating at, for example, endplates 5.
  • the former pass through the horizontal beams formed by the juxtaposition of the side walls 2 and ensure their resistance to bending.
  • the whole forms a three-dimensional supporting structure.
  • one or a number of channels or grooves 6 are provided in the sidewall of the box in which sealing strands will be placed at the time of erection.
  • An upper channel 7 is advantageously provided in which a strand is formed or placed after erection (for example, a strand of neoprene laid by a pump).
  • the sidewalls of the boxes 1 are provided at 8 with grooves for their weathertight assembly by adhesive.
  • the channel 7 will with advantage be retained.
  • a horizontal surface is thus obtained which forms straight away a roofing and ceiling of boxes without any complementary work.
  • the invention completely obviates the necessity of covering the ceiling structure with insulation, weatherproofing and a load of grit, which obviates a significant constraint of the known construction systems.
  • a ceiling-roof is assembled from boxes on the ground, the assembly being constructed over an erection jig which enables the ceiling to be adjusted for flatness, after which the ceilingroof is then hoisted to its final height and propped up. Erection of partitions is carried out next and the props are withdrawn. Grooves 9 are provided in the free edges of the boxes 1 for the purpose of putting the partitions 10 in place (FIGS. 1 and 5). At these points the arrangements described in the French Pat. No. 71,20428 may be adopted.
  • the boxes 1 will be arranged inverted, that is to say, with the bottom downwards as shown in FIG. 6, and covered with slabs 11.
  • the boxes 1 in FIG. 6 have in their sidewalls 2, openings or voids 12 which may be of various shapes and enable ductwork to be passed through.
  • FIG. 6 In the case of intermediate floors, the arrangement of FIG. 6 can be employed, the lower face of the boxes forming the ceiling, or that of FIGS. 7 or 8.
  • FIG. 7 the slabs 11 rest on parts 13 placed on the joints between the boxes and forming bearer-joists.
  • FIG. 8 a box has been provided of which the upper face is flat.
  • the slabs 11 can be replaced by a surface layer 14 resistant to wear, applied during manufacture of the boxes 1.
  • the boxes 1 will preferably consist of sandwich material, that is to say, formed of two thin impermeable skins 15 of high mechanical strength braced by a core of insulating cellular material 16.
  • the skin walls can be of metal or reinforced synthetic resins and the inner core of rigid plastics foam obtained by casting or injection.
  • the whole can be produced in a single operation by the injection into a mould of a plastics material, the outer epidermis of which is compact and strong, the inner bulk being cellular.
  • the box may likewise be composed of wood particles or fibre, or other material, bonded by resin in a press.
  • the box will be as well to provide an impermeable surface layer 18 over the whole or part of the box, at least at the upper part, and possibly an insulating layer 19 as a ceiling (FIG. 9).
  • ties pass through longitudinal apertures in the sidewalls 2.
  • ties 4 pass between two adjacent boxes and are housed in grooves 3 provided for this purpose. In these cases the ties must have a length in the one direction of the length of the building, and in the other of its width.
  • the length of the sidewall having at its ends means for connection with like rods of other boxes, such, for example, as a threaded ferrule 20 at one end and a shoulder 2] at the other end retaining the head of a hollowheaded bolt 22 (the rods 4 being tubular).
  • each box is fabricated to include rod members which, by connection to adjoining members, form assembly ties.
  • the method of building in accordance with the invention consists in preparing on the ground horizontal surfaces, placing them at height on temporary props and erecting the partitions and outer walls which will be bearer members.
  • the partitions may, for example, be produced of bonded materials and provided with doorframes.
  • the outer walls may be panels of storey height and of width identical with or a multiple or sub-multiple of that of the boxes. Preferably they will be composed in the same way as the latter, that is to say, of sidewalls 23 joined together by a partition forming a bottom or a lid, or placed centrally as shown in FIG. 12. They may be mounted directly onto the ties 4 of the horizontal structures by means of bolts or the equivalent 24.
  • a component as in claim 1 wherein a said monobloc member is formed by a sandwich of two liquid impermeable and strong outer skins connected by an insulating cellular central core.
  • a building component as in claim 1 further comprising vertically extending means engaging said component for holding the same in a raised position.
  • a building component as in claim 8 wherein said vertically extending means comprise panels, said panels being of a predetermined height and a width corresponding to an integral multiple of the number of said monobloc members forming said building component and having walls at the upper and lower ends thereof connected by an insulating portion, and means including at least one of said tie means for connecting at least one of said walls to said building component.
  • a building component as in claim 1 wherein said means engaging said tie means are connected at the outer sidewalls of the component and extend generally transverse to a respective tie means and bridging and engaging the adjacent sidewalls of two of said monobloc members.

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US4194339A (en) * 1977-08-10 1980-03-25 Fisher John S Method for constructing town houses and the like
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US2742115A (en) * 1952-06-24 1956-04-17 Gen Electric Insulated construction panel
US2971295A (en) * 1955-03-21 1961-02-14 Phillips Petroleum Co Prestressed concrete units and structures
US3073476A (en) * 1956-02-16 1963-01-15 Amos E Heacock Packaging panel
US3082489A (en) * 1959-12-16 1963-03-26 David D Douglas Building panels for and coupling joints therebetween in prefabricated buildings
US3367076A (en) * 1965-09-22 1968-02-06 Soule Steel Company Wall panel construction
US3386221A (en) * 1967-09-08 1968-06-04 Revere Copper & Brass Inc Lightweight panel
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US3979863A (en) * 1975-05-30 1976-09-14 Bearingwall Systems, Inc. Modular precast concrete wall panels in building construction
US4194339A (en) * 1977-08-10 1980-03-25 Fisher John S Method for constructing town houses and the like
WO1992016703A1 (en) * 1991-03-15 1992-10-01 Shaifer Donald R Gridbeam
US5210988A (en) * 1991-03-15 1993-05-18 Shaifer Donald R Gridbeam
US20050191129A1 (en) * 2002-04-02 2005-09-01 Yodock Leo J.Iii Floating barrier units
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