Prefabricated modular building element and a building comprising such elements

Claim 2

A prefabricated modular building element comprising two identical metal half frames each formed by an assembly of first longitudinal members and cross pieces which are assembled together to form a floor of said element, a ceiling comprising second longitudinal members and spacers, or second longitudinal members and purlins, corner posts connecting said floor to said ceiling for forming a self supporting structure, bolts means for assembling together the parts constituting said element, and removably fixed means for lifting said element fixed at predetermined zones of said structure.

Claim 3

The element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the floor and ceiling longitudinal members are steel sections having a cross section in the form of , i.e. a channel section with parallel flanges with a bend, at the end of one of said flanges, perpendicular to said flanges.

Claim 4

The element as claimed in claim 1, further comprising steel edge beams sections having the same cross section as that of the longitudinal members and connecting said floor longitudinal members and ceiling longitudinal members at their free ends.

Claim 5

The element as claimed in claim 1, comprising a ceiling with longitudinal members and purlins, further comprising, for the current story of a building, roofing means shaped as trays adapted to be fixed by means of screws to said purlins and means for completing the roof such as string-courses, gutters and the like.

Claim 6

The element as claimed in claim 1, further comprising non bearing curtain walls formed by assembly of solid panels or panels with a door and/or a window device each comprising a foam material web covered with metal plates and whose periphery is a channel section secured to said metal plates with interpositioning of a sealing joint.

Claim 7

The element as claimed in claim 5, comprising a channel section for mounting the curtain walls formed by said panels with which the peripheral section of said panels is adapted to cooperate with overlapping and shaped means provided on the longitudinal members and/or the corner posts of said element for holding said panels in position.

Claim 8

The element as claimed in claim 5, wherein the connection of two adjacent panels is provided by means of T shaped butt straps adapted to be joined together by the cooperation of screws and lips forming the end of the web of one of the straps with interpositioning of sealing means.

Claim 9

The element as claimed in claim 1, further comprising for the transport and/or lifting thereof transport diagonals, spacers as well as internal tie rods, extending between the facing flanges of said first and second longitudinal members, brackets fixed by bolting to the substantially facing webs of said first and second longitudinal members and external tie nuts extending between said brackets and fixed thereto by nuts and lock nuts.

Claim 10

A building adapted to be formed by assembling together a first and a second modular element, said first element comprising two identical metal half frames each formed by an assembly of first longitudinal members and cross pieces which are assembled together to form a floor of said element, a ceiling comprising second longitudinal members and spacers, corner posts connecting said floor to said ceiling for forming a self supporting structure and bolts means for assembling together the parts constituting said element, said second element comprising two identical metal half frames each formed by an assembly of first longitudinal members and cross pieces which are assembled together to form a floor of said element, a ceiling comprising second longitudinal members and purlins, corner posts connecting said floor to said ceiling for forming a self supporting structure roofing trays above said ceiling and bolts means for assembling together the parts constituting said element and means for assembling together said first and second elements with interposition of seal means between the second longitudinal members of said first element and the first longitudinal members of said second element.

Claim 11

A building adapted to be formed by assembling together a first and a second modular element, said first element comprising two identical metal half frames each formed by an assembly of first longitudinal members and cross pieces which are assembled together to form a floor of said element, a ceiling comprising second longitudinal members and spacers, corner posts connecting said floor to said ceiling for forming a self supporting structure and bolts means for assembling together the parts constituting said element, said second element comprising two identical metal half frames each formed by an assembly of first longitudinal members and cross pieces which are assembled together to form a floor of said element, a ceiling comprising second longitudinal members and purlins, corner posts connecting said floor to said ceiling for forming a self supporting structure roofing trays above said ceiling and bolts means for assembling together the parts constituting said element and means for assembling together said first and second elements with interposition of seal means between the second longitudinal members of said first element and the first longitudinal members of said second element.

Claim 12

The building as claimed in claim 9, comprising a plurality of first elements and a plurality of second elements superimposed onto said first elements, bolts disposed horizontally for connecting together adjacent longitudinal members of said first elements and of said second elements respectively, and bolts disposed vertically for connecting together superimposed longitudinal members of said first and second elements.

Claim 13

The building as claimed in claim 9, further comprising internal fitting elements such as a suspended ceiling, a floor, or the like.

Claim 14

The building as claimed in claim 9, further comprising an external staircase on one gable face thereof.