US3153303A
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Building construction
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-03-20
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Granted: 1964-10-20
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Expires: 1979-03-20
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 James E Wheeler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 23:35
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04H; E04H7/00; E04H7/02; E04H7/18; E04B; E04B7/00; E04B7/02; E04B7/028; E04B7/14; E04G; E04G21/00; E04G21/12; E04G2021/127
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
A FORM OF BUILDING ROOF CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING: A CENTRAL SUPPORT, AN INNER ANNULAR RING SURROUNDING SAID SUPPORT, SAID INNER ANNULAR RING BEING OF A SIZE RELATIVE TO SAID CENTRAL SUPPORT TO ENABLE VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREOF ON SAID SUPPORT, AN OUTER ANNULAR RING SPACED CONCENTRICALLY FROM SAID INNER RING AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CHORDAL MEMBERS DISPOSED IN TANDEM, A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED STRAINED ELASTIC MEMBERS ANCHORED BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER RINGS, SAID OUTER ANNULAR RING INCLUDING ALSO CONNECTORS PROVIDED BETWEEN ADJACENTLY DISPOSED ENDS OF SAID CHORDAL MEMBERS, SAID CONNECTORS HAVING OUTWARDLY DIVERGENT SIDE FACES, THE ENDS OF SAID CHORDAL MEMBERS ABUTTING SAID SIDE FACES AND SECURED THERETO, SAID CONNECTORS HAVING MEANS FOR ANCHORING THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID ELASTIC MEMBERS AND DEPENDING TABS FOR PROVIDING TIE-DOWN RESTRAINT OF SAID OUTER RING, AND A CEMENTITIOUS COVERING ABOUT SAID ELASTIC MEMBERS AND BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER RINGS, SAID COVERING BEING COMPRESSED RADIALLY BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER RINGS BY THE RESTORING FORCE OF SAID STRAINED ELASTIC MEMBERS, SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE DEAD-LOAD WEIGHT OF SAID ROOF, INCLUDING SAID RINGS, SAID ELASTIC MEMBERS AND SAID COVERING BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID CENTRAL SUPPORT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
A FORM OF BUILDING ROOF CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING: A CENTRAL SUPPORT, AN INNER ANNULAR RING SURROUNDING SAID SUPPORT, SAID INNER ANNULAR RING BEING OF A SIZE RELATIVE TO SAID CENTRAL SUPPORT TO ENABLE VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREOF ON SAID SUPPORT, AN OUTER ANNULAR RING SPACED CONCENTRICALLY FROM SAID INNER RING AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CHORDAL MEMBERS DISPOSED IN TANDEM, A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED STRAINED ELASTIC MEMBERS ANCHORED BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER RINGS, SAID OUTER ANNULAR RING INCLUDING ALSO CONNECTORS PROVIDED BETWEEN ADJACENTLY DISPOSED ENDS OF SAID CHORDAL MEMBERS, SAID CONNECTORS HAVING OUTWARDLY DIVERGENT SIDE FACES, THE ENDS OF SAID CHORDAL MEMBERS ABUTTING SAID SIDE FACES AND SECURED THERETO, SAID CONNECTORS HAVING MEANS FOR ANCHORING THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID ELASTIC MEMBERS AND DEPENDING TABS FOR PROVIDING TIE-DOWN RESTRAINT OF SAID OUTER RING, AND A CEMENTITIOUS COVERING ABOUT SAID ELASTIC MEMBERS AND BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER RINGS, SAID COVERING BEING COMPRESSED RADIALLY BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER RINGS BY THE RESTORING FORCE OF SAID STRAINED ELASTIC MEMBERS, SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE DEAD-LOAD WEIGHT OF SAID ROOF, INCLUDING SAID RINGS, SAID ELASTIC MEMBERS AND SAID COVERING BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID CENTRAL SUPPORT.
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