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US 12,258,748 B1Granted
Affordable buildings and methods of constructing them
AssigneeGlobal 1 Habitats, LLC
InventorsGordon R. McGilton, Larry E. Elliott
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Abstract
Building techniques and structures to fabricate components of expanded polystyrene (EPS) for assembly into a building include structures and ways to make keys to provide shear strength between components, structures and ways to minimize infiltration paths between walls and floors and walls and roof while reducing labor, material wastage and logistics complications. By way of example, components are strategically cut from a block of EPS using a hot wire moving through the block to cut components to a desired and novel configuration.
Claims15
A building assembly comprising:
- a set of components of expanded polystyrene (EPS) assembled to form a building,
- wherein the components are formed using a hot wire cutter that cuts the components from a set of EPS blocks,
- at least a portion of the components adapted to be mated one with another to form one or more walls and a floor of the building,
- a set of component keys cut from the set of components of expanded polystyrene (EPS) to be aligned and joined, the set of component keys from separate components joined together to form a joined spline, the joined spline turned 90 degrees from their cut orientation and reinserted into aligning grooves left from removing the component keys, and
- a set of magnesium oxide (MgO) sheets for overlaying atop the components to provide strength and durability to the floor of the assembly.
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