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WO1997011236A1 - Structures de batiments et procedes de construction - Google Patents

Structures de batiments et procedes de construction Download PDF

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WO1997011236A1
WO1997011236A1 PCT/AU1996/000565 AU9600565W WO9711236A1 WO 1997011236 A1 WO1997011236 A1 WO 1997011236A1 AU 9600565 W AU9600565 W AU 9600565W WO 9711236 A1 WO9711236 A1 WO 9711236A1
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wall panel
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Sonia Marcourt-Winnell
Clive Richard Oliver Winnell
Rodney Kenneth Phillips
Jeanine Rita Phillips
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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
    • 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
    • E04B2/701—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood with integrated supporting and obturation function
    • E04B2/703—Load-bearing walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members with elongated members of wood with integrated supporting and obturation function with longitudinal vertical elements

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  • This invention relates to improvements to building structures and construction methods.
  • This invention has particular but not exclusive application to dwelling houses and for illustrative purposes reference will be made to such an application. However, it is to be understood that this invention could be used in other applications, for example, for offices, warehouses, halls and the like.
  • houses are constructed in distinct stages comprising foundations, floor, walls and roofing which are interconnected for structural integrity.
  • the walls are constructed from wall frames which are fixed to the floor or the floor joists and which are then cladded externally and internally.
  • the general object of the present invention is to overcome, or at least ameliorate, one or more of the aforementioned disadvantages and to provide improvements to building structures and construction methods.
  • this invention in one aspect resides broadly in a construction method, said method comprising:
  • said base portion comprises:
  • said upper surface of said base portion is laterally inclined so that, in use, any water impinging on said upper surface will drain away from said wall panel support means.
  • said wall panel support means comprises:
  • said wall panel is an elongate slab-like member adapted to engage with an adjacent complementary elongate slab-like member wherein one face of said slab-like member is supported against said second side portion and wherein said locating means engages said wall panel at or near the base thereof.
  • said locating means is at least one pin, rib or the like adapted to be received in a complementary recess formed in said wall panel.
  • said locating means is a rib or tongue adapted to engage in a complementary groove formed in said wall panel.
  • said second side portion and said rib or tongue extend substantially perpendicularly from said foundation.
  • said upper wall panel support member is adapted to transfer loads, such as roof loads, to said wall panel(s). More preferably, said upper wall panel support member is substantially of U-shape of square or rectangular cross section and is adapted to receive an upper end portion of said wall panel, thus providing lateral support therefor and capable of transferring the roof load to a number of adjacent wall panels.
  • one arm of the U-shaped wall panel support member is longer than the other arm.
  • the wall panel is a load bearing panel adapted to transfer loads from the upper wall panel support member to the lower wall panel support member.
  • each wall panel is adapted for weatherproof engagement with an adjacent wall panel.
  • the upper wall panel support member and the base portion with integral wall panel support means are particularly suitable for manufacture by extrusion, especially from aluminium.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional elevation of a dwelling constructed according to the method of the invention.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are sectional elevations illustrating alternative floor and floor support constructions for a dwelling constructed according to the method of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a more detailed sectional elevation of the upper section of the wall illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 5 is a pictorial representation of the upper wall panel support member utilised in the dwelling of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
  • FIG. 6 is a pictorial representation of the lower wall panel support member of the wall of the dwelling of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
  • FIG. 7 is a pictorial representation of part of the wall of the dwellings of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
  • FIG. 8 is a partial sectional plan of the wall of the dwelling of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 illustrating the mounting of a window in the wall.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 are sectional plans illustrating wall panels used in the invention.
  • the dwelling (10) illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a plurality of posts or, alternatively, bearers (11) which support a pair of parallel spaced apart longitudinally extending floor joists (12) and (13) which support a floor (14) and at least one wall panel (16) respectively.
  • the wall panel (16) in turn supports a roof (17) .
  • FIG. 2 An alternative method of construction is illustrated in FIG. 2 wherein floor joists (18) extend laterally.
  • FIG. 3 Yet another alternative method of construction is illustrated in FIG. 3 wherein the wall panel (16) is supported on a concrete floor (21) and concrete footings (22).
  • the wall panel (16) is supported at its lower end by a lower wall panel support member (24) and at its upper end by an upper wall panel support member (26) each of which are more clearly illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6 respectively.
  • the lower wall panel support member (24) is an extruded section and includes a longitudinally extending plate-like base (27) for resting on the top of a foundation which suitably is the joists or floor as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 or 3.
  • a side flange (29 ) extends upwardly from one edge of the base (27) for supporting a plurality of wall panels (16) thereagainst.
  • Another side flange (31) depends from the other edge of the base (27) in a direction opposite to that of the side flange (29) and rests against a front face of the foundation.
  • a rib (28) extends upwardly from the upper face of the base (27) at approximately its centre line and extends parallel to the side flange (29) and is adapted for engagement in a complementary recess formed in the bottom edge of the wall panel (16).
  • the upper surface of the base (27) is sloped downwardly from the rib (28) towards the side flange (31) wherein water may drain therefrom.
  • the upper wall panel support member (26) includes a longitudinally extending plate-like upper section (33) and two side flanges (34) and (35) depending from the opposite edges thereof in substantially identical directions.
  • One side flange (35) is of greater width than the other side flange (34).
  • the lower wall panel support member (24) is fixed to the floor joist (13) as illustrated in FIG. 1, or to the joist (18) as illustrated in FIG. 2 or directly to the concrete floor as illustrated in FIG. 3.
  • a conventional floor plate (not illustrated) may be first fixed to the concrete floor and the lower wall panel support member (24) attached to that floor plate.
  • the lower wall panel support member (24) may be fixed to the floor or the joists by screws or other suitable mechanical fastening elements extending through the base (27) and/or the side flange (31).
  • the wall panels (16) may be then arranged to stand on the base (27) wherein the rib (28) is received in the complementary recesses (38) formed in the lower ends of the wall panels (16).
  • the rib (28) prevents lateral movement of the wall panels (16).
  • the upper ends of the wall panels (16) are capped by the upper wall panel support member (26) wherein the upper section (33) caps the upper ends of the wall panels (16) and the side flanges (34) and (35) engage the rear and front faces of the wall panels (16) respectively.
  • the wall panels (16) are secured to the lower wall panel support member (24) by screws (39) (FIG. 1) which extend through the side flange (29) into the wall panels (16).
  • the upper wall panel support member (26) is fixed to the wall panels by screws (42) and (43) extending through the side flanges (34) and (35) into the wall panels (16).
  • the extruded upper wall panel support member (26) in cooperation with the lower wall panel support member (24) thus maintains the wall panels (16) in alignment.
  • the upper wall panel support member (26) may be tied to the floor joists (13) or (18) or the footing (22) or the roof bearers (48) (FIG. 4) by tie down bolts (44) which extend upwardly through apertures (46) formed in some of the wall panels (16).
  • Such designated wall panels preferably are those wall panels adjacent to doors and/or windows as illustrated in FIG. 8.
  • the wall panels used in the present invention can vary in cross section. Although it is preferred to have two complementary "tongues (49) and grooves ( 50)" on the respective edges of the panels to enable adjacent panels (16) to be engaged, it is not essential and fewer or more tongues (49) and grooves (50) could be present.
  • adjacent panels (16) can be suitable rebated as illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10.
  • Racking and cyclic uplift load trials on walls constructed in accordance with the present invention were undertaken by the Cyclone Structural Testing Station, Department of Civil and Systems Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. The results of those tests were issued in reports TS448 and TS449 the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the present invention thus provides a relatively inexpensive, strong, aesthetically acceptable construction method for external and internal walls which are load bearing and which can satisfy certain government required fatigue loading tests necessary to obtain a cyclone rating.

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Cette invention se rapporte à la construction de maisons, de bureaux, de hangars, de halles et analogues et elle concerne un ensemble d'éléments de construction ainsi que le procédé d'utilisation associé. Ledit ensemble comporte un support inférieur (24) de panneau mural, ledit support ayant une base lui permettant de s'engager dans une fondation, un support supérieur (26) de panneau mural espacé du support inférieur (24) de panneau mural, ainsi qu'un support de panneau mural conçu pour maintenir au moins un panneau mural (16) entre lesdits supports inférieur et supérieur (24 et 26) de panneaux muraux. La partie de base comporte une base de type plateau (27) conçue pour enlier une surface supérieure d'un plancher ou d'une poutrelle de plancher. Un bord latéral (29), qui s'étend vers le haut à partir d'une des arêtes de la base (27), permet de maintenir un panneau préfabriqué (16), et un autre bord latéral (31) est fixé à l'autre arête de la base (27) en direction opposée à celle du premier bord latéral (29). La surface de la base (27) est pourvue d'une languette ou d'une nervure (28) qui peut se loger dans une rainure complémentaire formée au niveau de l'arête inférieure du panneau (16). Le support supérieur (26) de panneau mural, qui est conçu pour recouvrir l'extrémité supérieure du panneau mural (16), possède une section transversale sensiblement en forme de U, carrée ou rectangulaire.
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