Waffle slab with plug

• US 10,280,628 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2017
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ruentex Engineering & Constructon, Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ruentex Engineering & Constructon, Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yin, Samuel, Shu, Kun-Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Mattei, Brian D
• Application Number:
  US15/820,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20190071881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 5/04 with beams or slabs of concrete or other stone-like material, e.g. asbestos cement E04B5/08, E04B5/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02405 Floor panels
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/08 only of stone or stone-like material, e.g. ceramics, concrete; of glass or with a top layer of stone or stone-like material, e.g. ceramics, concrete or glass E04F15/02005 takes precedence

Abstract

The subject invention is related to a waffle slab with a plug. The waffle slab comprises a plurality of through holes from the top surface to the bottom surface thereof along its thickness direction, and at least one of the through holes has at least one stop-profile. The plug has at least one profile complementary to the at least one stop-profile of the through holes, so that when the plug is inserted into the at least one through hole, the plug sits on the at least one stop-profile and a top surface of the plug is flush with the top surface of the waffle slab.

Claims

1. A precast waffle slab structure, comprising:

a precast waffle slab comprising a plurality of through holes uniformly distributed in and extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the precast waffle slab generally along the thickness direction of the precast waffle slab and a plurality of side rebars extending from lateral surfaces of the precast waffle slab, wherein each of the through holes has at least one stop-profile, wherein the through holes are for exhausting dust particles from a clean room; and

at least one plug comprising at least one profile complementary to the at least one stop-profile of the through holes of the precast waffle slab, so that when the at least one plug is inserted from the upper side of the precast waffle slab into one of the through holes along an axial direction thereof, the at least one plug sits on the at least one stop-profile, and a top surface of the at least one plug and the top surface of the precast waffle slab together form a substantially continuous flat surface, the at least one plug having a height for providing sufficient support for machines placed thereon, the height being at least one fifth of the depth of the plurality of through holes.

2. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 1, wherein the at least one stop-profile is formed on an inner circumferential surface of each of the through holes.

3. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 2, wherein the at least one stop-profile is at least one protruding portion protruding from the inner circumferential surface in a radial direction toward the center of each of the through holes.

4. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 3, wherein the at least one protruding portion is an annular flange extending along a circumferential direction of the inner circumferential surface.

5. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 4, wherein the at least one stop-profile further comprises at least one notch or at least one chamfer formed at a corner between the inner circumferential surface and the top surface of the precast waffle slab.

6. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 5, wherein the at least one notch or the at least one chamfer is annular and extends along the circumferential direction of each of the through holes.

7. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 5, wherein the plug comprises another profile complementary to the at least one notch or the at least one chamfer of the precast waffle slab.

8. A precast waffle slab structure, comprising:

a precast waffle slab comprising a plurality of through holes uniformly distributed in and extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the precast waffle slab generally along the thickness direction of the precast waffle slab and a plurality of side rebars extending from lateral surfaces of the precast waffle slab, wherein each of the plurality of through holes is formed by a hollow tube made of a different material, and the hollow tube has at least one stop-profile wherein the through holes are for exhausting dust particles from a clean room; and

at least one plug comprising at least one profile complementary to the at least one stop-profile of the hollow tube so that when the at least one plug is inserted from the upper side of the precast waffle slab into each of the plurality of through holes along an axial direction thereof, the at least one plug sits on the at least one stop-profile of the hollow tube and a top surface of the at least one plug and the top surface of the precast waffle slab together form a substantially continuous flat surface, the at least one plug having a height for providing sufficient support for machines placed thereon, the height being at least one fifth of the depth of the plurality of through holes.

9. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 8, wherein the at least one stop-profile is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the hollow tube.

10. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 9, wherein the at least one stop-profile is at least one protruding portion protruding from the inner circumferential surface of the hollow tube in a radial direction toward the center of the hollow tube.

11. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 10, wherein the at least one protruding portion is an annular flange extending along a circumferential direction of the inner circumferential surface of the hollow tube.

12. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 11, wherein a top surface of the hollow tube is flush with the top surface of the precast waffle slab.

13. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 12, wherein the hollow tube is made of metal.

14. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 13, wherein the metal is stainless steel, iron or galvanized steel.

15. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 11, wherein the at least one stop-profile further comprises at least one notch or at least one chamfer formed at a corner between the inner circumferential surface and the top surface of the hollow tube.

16. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 15, wherein the at least one notch or the at least one chamfer is annular and extends along the circumferential direction of the hollow tube.

17. The precast waffle slab structure according to claim 15, wherein the plug comprises another profile complementary to the at least one notch or the at least one chamfer.