Building wall construction and module therefor

Abstract

Abstract INTERFITTING STRUCTURAL MODULES ARE BUILT UP IN OVERLAPPING COURSES OR TIERS ON A HORIZONTAL FOUNDATION INTO THE DESIRED BUILDING WALL FORMATION AND EITHER USED AS SUCH OR AS A FORM ASSEBLY INTO WHICH CONCRETE IS POURED. EACH MODULE INCLUDES A PAIR OF LATERALLY-SPACED ELONGATED PARALLEL VERTICAL PANELS INTERCONNECTED AT THEIR TOPS AND ENDS BY WIRE GRATING SPACERS INTO THE INTERSTICES OF WHICH ARE OPTIONALLY INSERTED VERTICAL TUBULAR MEMBERS OF EITHER ROUND OR SQUARE CROSS-SECTION. THESE SERVE AS CONDUITS FOR HEATING, VENTILATION, PLUMBING OR ELECTRIC WIRING WHEN CONCRETE IS POURED AROUND THEM, OR AS COLUMNS WHEN FILLED WITH CONCRETE. THE PANELS AND WIRE GRATING SPACERS ARE CAPABLE OF BEING TRANSPORTED AND PACKED IN KNOCKED DOWN FORM AND ASSEMBLED EITHER AT THE BUILDING CONTRACTOR''S ESTABLISHMENT OR AT THE BUILDING SITE. EACH MODULE HAS LONGITUDINAL EDGE RABBETS WHICH INTERLOCK WITH ONE ANOTHER AT THE JOINTS BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE COURSES OR TIERS. THE OUTER PANELS ARE OPTIONALLY PROVIDED WITH SPACED HOLES WHICH RECEIVE PEGS OR PINS, THE HEADS OF WHICH ARE EMBEDDED IN RECTANGULAR FACE-BRICK-SIMULATING PLATES. THE OPEN ENDS OF THE END MODULES IN THE WALL CONSTRUCTION ARE CLOSED BY END CLOSURE PANELS INSERTED IN GROOVES IN THE ELONGATED PARALLEL SIDE PANELS. A SIMPLIFIED MODULE (FIGS. 12 AND 13) OMITS THE LONGITUDINAL RODS OF THE TOP SPACERS AND ALSO THE VERTICAL RODS OF THE END SPACERS AND USES SIMPLE TIE RODS WITH PERPENDICULARLY-BENT ENDS ENTERING HOLES IN THE TOP AND ENDS OF THE PANELS. A STILL FURTHER SIMPLIFIED MODULE (FIG. 14) OMITS THE END TIE RODS OR SPACERS OF FIGS. 12 AND 13, RETAINING ONLY THE TOP SPACERS, AND RESULTING IN A MODULE WHICH CAN BE FOLDED FLAT FOR STORAGE OR SHIPMENT, WITH THE END RODS ADDED AT THE BUILDING SITE, OR USED WITHOUT THE END RODS IN THE OBLIQUE ARRANGEMENT OF FIG. 14 WHICH ENABLES THE WALL THICKNESS TO BE VARIED AS DESIRED.

Inventors

• 👤 Paul W Kustusch

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