Solid wood wall system
OwnerGary Ficklinginventor
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Abstract
A wall construction formed of solid wood members. The wall construction provides for a heating and cooling system that synergistically works with the inherent insulative properties of solid wood members. The wall construction comprises channels formed in the solid wood members to accommodate conduits for heating and cooling. The conduits are routed through multiple solid wood members of a wall and are positioned to efficiently heat and cool the interior of a building. Other grooves may be formed in the top side of the solid wood members to accommodate conduits for heating, cooling electrical service and communications carriers.
Claims12
A solid wood wall having a conduit therein, comprising:
- an elongated solid wood member, the elongated solid wood member comprising an elongated groove formed along a length of a surface of the elongated solid wood member, and an arcuate groove formed at an end of the elongated solid wood member and within an interior of the elongated solid wood member that is between an outer surface of the elongated solid wood member and an inner surface of the elongated solid wood member, the elongated groove intersecting the arcuate groove at an end of the arcuate groove, the arcuate groove formed as a curve that extends from a lower surface of the elongated solid wood member at one end of the arcuate groove to an upper surface of the elongated solid wood member at a second end of the arcuate groove;
- a heating and cooling conduit that is positioned within and is shaped by the elongated groove and the arcuate groove;
- wherein the curve of the arcuate groove turns the heating and cooling conduit 180 degrees from the lower surface of the elongated solid wood member to the upper surface of the elongated solid wood member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.