Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B2/00—Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
  • E04B2/56—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members
  • E04B2/70—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood
  • E04B2/706—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood with supporting function
  • E04B2/708—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood with supporting function obturation by means of longitudinal elements with a convex external surface

Definitions

• This invention relates to a building resembling a log building in appearance, the walls of the build- ing comprising internal and external covering panels and columns positioned therebetween, the covering panels being fastened to said columns.
• a building of the type described above is known from Finnish Patent Application 762,301, which de-scribes a building resembling a log building and hav ⁇ ing walls formed by vertical columns and covering panels positioned on both sides of the columns, where ⁇ by the outer side of the external covering panel re ⁇ flects a log.
• a heat in- sulation is provided between the covering panels.
• the corner of the building is formed by log pieces piled one upon another and interconnected into a timber joint, to which pieces thinned end portions of the covering panels are attached by nailing. The building corner so obtained resembles the corner of a genuine log building.
• each wall is, seen in the horizontal direction, formed by two successive parts, that is, a part formed by the panels and a part formed by the log pieces attached thereto so as to form the corners of the building.
• This requires relatively complicated parts, thus slow ⁇ ing the setting up of the walls.
• Swedish Patent Specification 402,610 discloses another solution in which the log ends positioned at the corners of the building are of normal width where ⁇ as the rest of the logs is considerably narrower. Therefore the logs can be interconnected with timber joints without the walls becoming too thick.
• a wall so constructed is easier to manufacture than the wall according to the above-mentioned Finnish Patent Appli ⁇ cation; a drawback, however, is that the logs are dif ⁇ ficult to manufacture as well as very expensive. In addition, the wall is still relatively thick.
• the object of the present invention is to pro ⁇ vide a building resembling a log building in appear ⁇ ance and the parts of which are simple and easy to manufacture and which is inexpensive.
• the building ac ⁇ cording to the invention is characterized in that both the internal and the external covering panels are joined at the corners of the building by means of a timber joint and extend beyond the timber joint, and that a space between adjacent covering panel portions positioned beyond the timber joint is at least par- tially filled with a covering piece.
• both the internal and external covering panels extend beyond the corner of the building without changing their shape, with the exception of notches provided for the timber joint; the notches, however, can be formed in a simple way.
• a building resembling a log building is achieved in a simple manner.
• the simple structure of the parts forming the wall enables the manufacture to be automated; furthermore, the consumption of wood and, as a consequence, the price can be kept low.
• Figure 1 is a horizontal view of a corner of a building.
• Figure 2 is a side view of the corner
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of the corner.
• the building wall shown partially in the Fig ⁇ ures is set up on a foundation 1.
• the framework of the wall is built on the foundation, of which frame ⁇ work a horizontal part 2, vertical columns 3 and an upright corner column 4 are visible in the figures.
• Horizontal covering panels are attached to the frame ⁇ work of the wall by means of nails or other such fas ⁇ tening means, whereby the internal covering panels are indicated with the reference numeral 5 and the exter- nal covering panel with the reference numeral 6.
• the visible surfaces of the covering panels are shaped so that they resemble the side surfaces of logs while the surfaces attached to the vertical columns are planar.
• Heat insulation 7 is provided between the covering panels.
• both the internal and the external covering panels 5, 6 extend beyond the corner column 4 so that a corner joint typical of a log building is formed.
• the covering panels are provided with notches 8 as shown in Figure 3 so that the covering panels can be joined by means of a timber joint.
• a covering piece 9 is pro ⁇ vided between the ends of adjacent covering panels, which piece fills the space between the ends of the covering panels at least partially, thus concealing the heat insulation positioned between the covering panels.
• the wall is set up by first building the frame ⁇ work 2 to 4 of the wall, and thereafter the lowest ex- ternal covering panel 6 is fastened to the framework and thereafter the lowest internal covering panel 5. In this way, one layer at a time is formed, similarly as in conventional timber building.
• the heat insula ⁇ tion 7 is positioned between the panels in connection with or after the setting up of the wall.
• the same ap- plies to the covering piece 9.
• the afore-described way of building is only one preferred embodiment, and the wall according to the invention can be set up in other ways, too.

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• 1988
  • 1988-05-02 CH CH4662/89A patent/CH676266A5/de not_active IP Right Cessation
  • 1988-05-02 WO PCT/FI1988/000065 patent/WO1989011008A1/en active Application Filing
  • 1988-05-02 DE DE883891298T patent/DE3891298T1/de not_active Ceased
  • 1988-05-02 JP JP63503923A patent/JPH03505616A/ja active Pending
• 1990
  • 1990-11-01 DK DK262690A patent/DK262690A/da not_active Application Discontinuation
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