Building construction systems

Claim 2

A building structure, comprising a plurality of non-load bearing wall panels arranged to provide a permanent physicaL shuttering form, and a load bearing member of concrete cast within said form, liners separating said panels from physical contact with said cast concrete member for permitting relative movement therebetween, and load isolating resilient cushions interposed between said panels and said cast concrete member to allow considerable latitude of thermal and load strain movement of said load bearing member without adverse effect on said wall panels.

Claim 3

The structure of claim 1 in which said wall panels are flat sheets, surface finished on at least one side.

Claim 4

The structure of claim 2, in which said panels are made of material selected from the group consisting of wood, metal, plastic and thin reinforced concrete.

Claim 5

The structure of claim 1 in which said panels are provided with ribs which serve to locate said liners and cushions relative to said panels.

Claim 6

The structure of claim 1 wherein said panels are in spaced side-to-side relation, and further including one-way telescoping struts bonded to juxtaposed faces of said panels to maintain the spacing therebetween.

Claim 7

The structure of claim 1 wherein said panels are in spaced side-to-side relation, wherein said liners are disposed against the interior surface of respective panels, and wherein tie wires are fixed between said liners and serve to maintain the spacing therebetween and to locate reinforcing rods in the space between said liners.

Claim 8

A building structure, comprising a pair of non-load bearing flat panels in spaced side-to-side relation and extending vertically between the floor and ceiling of the structure, resilient cushioning means disposed between the upper edges of said panels and said ceiling and between the lower edges of said panels and said floor, a first liner extending between said panels, and other liners disposed adjacent the inner sides of said panels, said liners together defining a mold, a concrete beam cast in said mold, and further resilient cushioning means between at least certain of said liners and panels.

Claim 9

A building structure, comprising a pair of non-load bearing flat panels in spaced side-to-side relation and extending vertically between the floor and ceiling of the structure, resilient cushioning means disposed between the upper edges of said panels and said ceiling and between the lower edges of said panels and said floor, a first liner extending between said panels, and other liners disposed adjacent the inner sides of said panels, said liners together defining a mold, a concrete beam cast in said mold, and further resilient cushioning means between at least certain of said liners and panels.

Claim 10

The structure of claim 7 wherein said last named cushioning means is disposed under said first liner.

Claim 11

A building structure, comprising a pair of flat panels in spaced side-to-side relation and extending vertically between the floor and ceiling of the structure, load cushioning means between the upper edges of said panels and said ceiling and between the lower edges of said panels and said floor, one of said panels having vertically extending ribs on its inner side, said ribs terminating short of said ceiling, and the other of said panels having a step to provide a wider space between said panels near said ceiling, further load cushioning means on the tops of said ribs and the bottom of said step, a first liner between said panels and backed up by said further cushioning means, other liners on the inside faces of said panels at the wider space therebetween, said first and other liners combining to form a mold, and a load-bearing member of concrete cast in said mold.

Claim 12

A building structure, comprising a pair of flat panels in spaced side-to-side relation and extending vertically between the floor and ceiling of the structure, load cushioning means between the upper edges of said panels and said ceiling and between the lower edges of said panels and said floor, one of said panels having vertically extending ribs on its inner side, said ribs terminating short of said ceiling, and the other of said panels having a step to provide a wider space between said panels near said ceiling, further load cushioning means on the tops of said ribs and the bottom of said step, a first liner between said panels and backed up by said further cushioning means, other liners on the inside faces of said panels at the wider space therebetween, said first and other liners combining to form a mold, and a load-bearing member of concrete cast in said mold.

Claim 13

The construction of claim 9 and further including tie wire means secured to and extending between said other liners to maintain the spacing therebetween and to locate reinforcing rods in said mold.

Claim 14

A building structure, comprising two pair of flat panels, each pair in spaced side-to-side relation and extending vertically, said pair of panels being arranged to form a corner of said structure, cushioning means between adjoining vertical edges of said panels, each pair of panels having vertically extending ribs adjoining said corner, vertically extending cushioning means on said ribs, first liners backed up by said vertically extending cushioning means, other liners extending vertically along the inner sides of said panels and combining with said first liners to form a vertically extending mold, and a load-bearing member of concrete cast in said mold.

Claim 15

A building structure, comprising two pair of flat panels, each pair in spaced side-to-side relation and extending vertically, said pair of panels being arranged to form a corner of said structure, cushioning means between adjoining vertical edges of said panels, each pair of panels having vertically extending ribs adjoining said corner, vertically extending cushioning means on said ribs, first liners backed up by said vertically extending cushioning means, other liners extending vertically along the inner sides of said panels and combining with said first liners to form a vertically extending mold, and a load-bearing member of concrete cast in said mold.

Claim 16

The structure of claim 11 and further including a frame for a window, door and the like, between a pair of panels and another pair of panels, and cushIoning means between said frame and the adjoining edges of said panels.

Claim 17

The structure of claim 11 and further including means between each pair of panels removed from the area of the load bearing member, for maintaining the spacing between said panel pair.

Claim 18

The structure of claim 11 and further including tie wire means connected to and extending between at least certain of said liners to locate reinforcing rods in said mold.

Claim 19

A building structure, comprising a pair of flat wall panels in spaced side-to-side relation, a pair of ribs extending between said panels in spaced relation, a cushion strip bonded to each of the confronting surfaces of said ribs, isolating strips on each of the confronting surfaces of said strips and on each of the facing surfaces of said panels located between said strips, said isolating strips forming a mold, and a load-bearing member of concrete cast in said mold, said strips preventing physical contact between said concrete and the panel and rib surfaces, said cushion strips allowing considerable latitude of thermal and load strain movement of said load-bearing member without effect on said wall panels.

Claim 20

A building structure, comprising a pair of flat wall panels in spaced side-to-side relation, a pair of ribs extending between said panels in spaced relation, a cushion strip bonded to each of the confronting surfaces of said ribs, isolating strips on each of the confronting surfaces of said strips and on each of the facing surfaces of said panels located between said strips, said isolating strips forming a mold, and a load-bearing member of concrete cast in said mold, said strips preventing physical contact between said concrete and the panel and rib surfaces, said cushion strips allowing considerable latitude of thermal and load strain movement of said load-bearing member without effect on said wall panels.