Interconnection of modular structures

Claim 1

An interconnection of a structure comprizing a modular assembly and a substructure supporting said assembly at its base; said assembly consisting of several stories and composed of a plurality of self-supporting modules each having the form of a rectangular tube defined by two walls, a floor-slab and a ceiling-slab; said assembly being put together in a "wall beside wall, frontend to back-end, floor-slab over ceiling-slab" fashion; a. said structure being interconnected vertically and laterally: 1. by rods, each extending over one story, the bottom of each rod being threaded; rods applied at top modular story having a nut head at top; rods applied at other stories having an immovably attached cap at top, said cap being of larger diameter than that of rod and having a threaded aperture at top designed to receive the bottom of said rods, said caps when installed projecting above the top of the modular story; 2. by pegs of generally identical shape with said rod cap, one such peg or a group of several pegs being immovably attached to a plate and such a subassembly being anchored at the top of the substructure so that pegs project above the substructure; 3. by pipes in which said rods or said pegs are encased, said pipes being embedded in walls of modules along the modular height; a fixture of generally tubular shape being immovably attached inside each said pipe at top, the aperture of said fixture being threaded to receive bolts of the lifting device, simultaneously allowing free passage of said rods; 4. by connecting plates penetrated by several holes of which the number corresponds with the number of pipes at that particular joint, the hole diameter corresponding to the size of the said rod caps or pegs; b. the interconnection of the hardware being accomplished so that: rods applied at the first modular story are connected by screwing with said pegs and rods of intermediate stories are connected by screwing with one another, in either case the bottom of the rod cap resting on the top of the fixture; rods applied at the top modular story being connected by screwing with rod caps below, the nut head of these rods resting on top of the plate applied over said pipes of the top modular story; connecting plates applied between ceiling-slabs and floor-slabs being engaged by holes with projecting rod caps, connecting plates applied on top of the top modular story being engaged by holes with rods of the top story.