Composite building panel and shell
AssigneeWall Technologies Pty Ltd.
InventorDavid Visser
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Abstract
An outer shell for a composite building panel includes a tongue and correspondingly shaped groove formed on opposite side edges thereof for interlocking like panels to form a wall. The tongue extends outwardly from the side edge of the panel and has a forward portion with parallel sides which are straight and parallel to a central plane of the panel. The tongue has an intermediate portion that tapers outwardly from the parallel sides toward a side face of the panel. The tongue has a rearward portion with parallel sides. Inner faces of the groove are configured for close engagement of the forward and rearward portions of the tongue.
Claims20
An outer shell for a composite building panel having a tongue and correspondingly shaped groove formed on opposite side edges thereof for interlocking like panels to form a wall, wherein the tongue extends outwardly from one of the said side edges of the panel and has a forward portion with parallel sides which are substantially straight and substantially parallel to a central plane of the panel, an intermediate portion including tapering walls which taper outwardly from the parallel sides away from the central plane towards side faces of the panel, and a rearward portion also with parallel sides extending from the intermediate portion to the side faces of the panel, wherein inner faces of the groove have parallel sides and a tapered intermediate portion that are configured for engagement with the tongue of a like panel by abutting against corresponding forward and rearward portions and a tapered intermediate portion of the tongue of the like panel.
A composite building panel comprising:
- an outer shell having a tongue and correspondingly shaped groove formed on opposite side edges thereof for interlocking like panels to form a wall, wherein the tongue extends outwardly from one of the said side edges of the panel and has a forward portion with parallel sides which are substantially straight and substantially parallel to a central plane of the panel, an intermediate portion including tapering walls which taper outwardly from respective parallel sides away from the central plane towards side faces of the panel, and a rearward portion also with parallel sides extending from the intermediate portion to the side faces of the panel, wherein inner faces of the groove have parallel sides that are configured for engagement with the tongue of a like panel by abutting against forward and rearward portions and a tapered intermediate portion of the tongue of the like panel;
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- a concrete infill material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.