CA1124482A — Panel structure and building structures made the…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 86 words

An elongated load bearing composite building panel structure comprising rigid foamed plastic slab means of heat insulating material, and spaced generally parallel, elongated rigid structural load bearing metal framing members surface bonded directly to said slab means and being recessed within opposite major surfaces of said slab means whereby said heat insulating material occupies substantially the entire space between said metal framing members for providing an effective thermal barrier of relatively low heat conductivity between the opposite framing members all along the entire building panel structure.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 86 words

An elongated load bearing composite building panel structure comprising rigid foamed plastic slab means of heat insulating material, and spaced generally parallel, elongated rigid structural load bearing metal framing members surface bonded directly to said slab means and being recessed within opposite major surfaces of said slab means whereby said heat insulating material occupies substantially the entire space between said metal framing members for providing an effective thermal barrier of relatively low heat conductivity between the opposite framing members all along the entire building panel structure.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 101 words

An elongated load bearing composite building wall structure comprising in combination rigid foamed plastic slab means of heat insulating material, said slab means having at each of its opposite major surfaces a plurality of distinct spaced outwardly open oppositely disposed parallel grooves extending in the load bearing direction, and elongated rigid metal load bearing framing members surface bonded directly to said insulating material within said grooves whereby said heat insulating material occupies substantially the entire space between said metal framing members, thereby providing an effective thermal barrier of relatively low heat conductivity between said framing members all along the wall structure.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 101 words

An elongated load bearing composite building wall structure comprising in combination rigid foamed plastic slab means of heat insulating material, said slab means having at each of its opposite major surfaces a plurality of distinct spaced outwardly open oppositely disposed parallel grooves extending in the load bearing direction, and elongated rigid metal load bearing framing members surface bonded directly to said insulating material within said grooves whereby said heat insulating material occupies substantially the entire space between said metal framing members, thereby providing an effective thermal barrier of relatively low heat conductivity between said framing members all along the wall structure.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 33 words

The building wall structure defined in claim 2, wherein said heat insulating material is foamed polystyrene and said framing members are steel tubes adhesively bonded to said heat insulating material within said grooves.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 44 words

The building wall structure defined in claim 3, wherein said grooves are rectangular and said steel tubes are conformably rectangular and of such nature as to fit snugly within said grooves with their exterior surfaces lying substan-tially in the planes of said major surfaces.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 114 words

A fabricated composite load bearing panel serving as a building wall or the like comprising an integral slab of rigid foamed heat insulating plastic material having on opposite sides parallel flat major surfaces, at least one pair of laterally opposed substantially parallel recesses in said major surfaces extending from edge to edge of the panel in the load bearing direction, in combination with tubular metal framing members each securely surface bonded to the slab and substantially occupying said recesses, said foamed plastic material providing a thermal barrier of relatively low heat conductivity between opposed framing members, and said framing members having outer surfaces disposed as substantial continuations of said major surfaces of said slab.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 114 words

A fabricated composite load bearing panel serving as a building wall or the like comprising an integral slab of rigid foamed heat insulating plastic material having on opposite sides parallel flat major surfaces, at least one pair of laterally opposed substantially parallel recesses in said major surfaces extending from edge to edge of the panel in the load bearing direction, in combination with tubular metal framing members each securely surface bonded to the slab and substantially occupying said recesses, said foamed plastic material providing a thermal barrier of relatively low heat conductivity between opposed framing members, and said framing members having outer surfaces disposed as substantial continuations of said major surfaces of said slab.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 174 words

A composite building panel structure including a plurality of elongated planar slabs of rigid structural foam insulating material, each slab having a pair of oppositely dis-posed major surfaces, each said slab having a pair of recesses disposed along each of its longitudinal side edges to define between them a tongue extending along said longitudinal side edge, each such tongue projecting outwardly from a mid-thickness region of the slab, the slabs being in side-by-side relation with said tongues of the respective slabs being in opposed abutting relationship and the adjacent recesses together defining opposed outwardly open grooves located at the junctions between the slabs, and a rigid tubular metal framing member occupying each of said grooves, opposed pairs of the framing members serv-ing to sandwich said abutting tongues of the adjacent slabs therebetween, and adhesive means for surface bonding each member of the opposed pairs of framing members directly to the foam material of the tongues which are sandwiched therebetween, the tongues of foam material serving to provide a thermal barrier between the framing members.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 174 words

A composite building panel structure including a plurality of elongated planar slabs of rigid structural foam insulating material, each slab having a pair of oppositely dis-posed major surfaces, each said slab having a pair of recesses disposed along each of its longitudinal side edges to define between them a tongue extending along said longitudinal side edge, each such tongue projecting outwardly from a mid-thickness region of the slab, the slabs being in side-by-side relation with said tongues of the respective slabs being in opposed abutting relationship and the adjacent recesses together defining opposed outwardly open grooves located at the junctions between the slabs, and a rigid tubular metal framing member occupying each of said grooves, opposed pairs of the framing members serv-ing to sandwich said abutting tongues of the adjacent slabs therebetween, and adhesive means for surface bonding each member of the opposed pairs of framing members directly to the foam material of the tongues which are sandwiched therebetween, the tongues of foam material serving to provide a thermal barrier between the framing members.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 84 words

The structure according to claim 6 wherein first and second sets of the framing members are associated with first and second ones respectively of the major surfaces of the panel structure, the opposing ends of the first and second sets of framing members being attached to respective ones of first and second pairs of perimeter framing strips which extend along opposing ends of the panel structure, the first and second pairs of perimeter framing strips being spaced apart to provide a thermal barrier therebetween.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 38 words

The structure according to claim 6 wherein each tubular metal member is of rectangular section with that surface thereof which is directed outwardly of the panel being generally flush with the major surfaces of the slabs associated therewith.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 24 words

The structure according to claim 8 including a pro-tective skin of material bonded to at least one of the major surfaces of the panel.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 70 words

The structure according to claim 8 wherein each of the opposing ends of the panel structure has a pair of perimeter framing strips extending therealong and spaced apart in the direction of the thickness dimension of the panel to provide a thermal break therebetween, the opposing ends of the framing members being connected to associated ones of said pairs of perimeter framing strips so as to maintain the thermal break.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 62 words

A building structure including load bearing wall panels and roof panels, said wall panels and roof panels each comprising panel structures as defined in any one of claims 1, 5 and 6, the rigid framing members of the wall panels being dis-posed vertically, and the rigid framing members of the roof panels spanning certain of said wall panels and being supported thereby.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 56 words

A building structure including load bearing wall panels and roof panels, said wall panels and roof panels each comprising panel structures as defined in claim 10 the rigid framing members of the wall panels being disposed vertically, and the rigid housing members of the roof panels spanning certain of said wall panels and being supported thereby.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 86 words

A building structure according to claim 12 wherein the perimeter framing strips of said load bearing wall panels are disposed along the top and bottom edges of such panels to form the caps and sills thereof respectively, lowermost ones of the framing strips being secured to a floor slab, the wall panels being secured to one another at the corners of the building structure, and said roof panels resting on the top edges of adjacent pairs of the load bearing wall panels and being secured thereto.

Claim 18

Independent Claim 243 words

A method of constructing a building panel structure including providing a plurality of elongated planar slabs of rigid structural foam insulating material, each slab having a pair of oppositely disposed major surfaces, each said slab having a pair of recesses disposed along each of its longitudinal side edges to define between them a tongue extending along each said longitudinal side edge, each such tongue projecting outwardly from a mid-thickness region of the slab, placing a first set of elongated rigid metal framing members in spaced parallel relation, the spacing therebetween corresponding to the lateral dimension of each said slab, positioning a plurality of the slabs in side-by-side generally co-planar relation with said tongues of the respective slabs in opposed abutting relationship such that the adjacent recesses together define first and second opposed sets of outwardly open grooves located at the junctions between the slabs, the slabs being further positioned such that each of the framing members of said first set is disposed in a respective one of said first set of grooves, and positioning individual framing members of a second set in each one of the second set of grooves, opposed pairs of the framing members serving to sandwich said abutting tongues of the adjacent slabs therebetween, and surface bonding each member of the opposed pairs of framing mem-bers directly to the tongues which are sandwiched therebetween whereby the tongues of foam material serve to provide a thermal barrier between the framing members.

Claim 19

Independent Claim 243 words

A method of constructing a building panel structure including providing a plurality of elongated planar slabs of rigid structural foam insulating material, each slab having a pair of oppositely disposed major surfaces, each said slab having a pair of recesses disposed along each of its longitudinal side edges to define between them a tongue extending along each said longitudinal side edge, each such tongue projecting outwardly from a mid-thickness region of the slab, placing a first set of elongated rigid metal framing members in spaced parallel relation, the spacing therebetween corresponding to the lateral dimension of each said slab, positioning a plurality of the slabs in side-by-side generally co-planar relation with said tongues of the respective slabs in opposed abutting relationship such that the adjacent recesses together define first and second opposed sets of outwardly open grooves located at the junctions between the slabs, the slabs being further positioned such that each of the framing members of said first set is disposed in a respective one of said first set of grooves, and positioning individual framing members of a second set in each one of the second set of grooves, opposed pairs of the framing members serving to sandwich said abutting tongues of the adjacent slabs therebetween, and surface bonding each member of the opposed pairs of framing mem-bers directly to the tongues which are sandwiched therebetween whereby the tongues of foam material serve to provide a thermal barrier between the framing members.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 47 words

The method according to claim 14 including applying adhesive material in such a way that a layer of same becomes interposed between each said framing member and the tongue of foam material next adjacent thereto and allowing the adhesive to set or cure to effect bonding therebetween.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 40 words

The method according to claim 15 including posi-tioning perimeter framing strips along each of the opposing ends of the structure and adhesively securing same to said foam material and also fastening same to the ends of the rigid framing members.

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