CONNECTING HORIZONTAL PANELS AND VERTICAL PANELS IN PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS

• US 3,645,056 A
• Filed: 03/26/1969
• Issued: 02/29/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Luciano Gerola
• Original Assignee: Luciano Gerola
• Inventors: Gerola, Luciano
• Primary Examiner(s): Sutherland, Henry C.
• Application Number:
  US04/814,506
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 52/431,432,434,744,259,438,583
• US Class Current: 52/259
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/043 Connections specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/06 reinforced

Abstract

The invention concerns a structure of connected horizontal panels and vertical panels in prefabricated buildings, wherein the horizontal panels bear on protrusions on the underlying vertical panel and in the masonry filled joint all the structural irons are bound together and welded.

Claims

1. A building structure comprising in combination at least three prefabricated panels including a vertical panel, a horizontal panel having a plurality of parallel floor joists having reinforcing structural metal rods positioned through said joists and extending beyond the ends thereof and having substantially continuous bearing projections at an edge thereof bearing on the upper edge of said vertical panel, and a second vertical panel having its edge bearing on the bearing projections of said horizontal panel, said bearing projections being substantially perpendicular to said joists and being substantially continuous but having recesses of limited length provided therein positioned at the ends of said joists to permit access to said rod ends, each of said vertical panels having vertically positioned structural metal rods affixed therein and extending therefrom, the rods of said first and second vertical panels being affixed to each other within said recesses at said joists thereby maintaining said panels in position.

2. A building structure according to claim 1 wherein the reinforcement rods of said floor joists are connected to the reinforcement rods of said vertical panels.

3. A building structure according to claim 1 wherein the upper edge of said lower vertical panel is provided with a longitudinal groove extending along the center thereof and adapted to have concrete poured therein to provide locking engagement with another panel.

4. A building structure according to claim 1 wherein said bearing projections are positioned at the bottom portion of said horizontal panels.

5. A building structure according to claim 1 wherein said horizontal panels are provided with an additional recess for introducing concrete filling material into the recesses of said horizontal panel projections.

6. A building structure according to claim 1 wherein said vertical panels are provided with an additional recess for introducing concrete filling material into the recesses of said horizontal panel projections.