Modular buildings
OwnerPeter De La Marcheinventor
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Abstract
A building module has an open-ended box structure and comprises a plurality of interconnected coaxial module segments. Each segment is moulded as an open-ended box structure from a composite material. The segments are held together by elongate tie bars that form part of a lifting frame and extend substantially along the length of the module. The lifting frame comprises end frames that are embedded in end segments of the modules and that are connected to each other by the tie bars. The modules structure
Claims2
A building module having a box structure with top, bottom and opposed side walls, and an open interior, said building module comprising a plurality of interconnected coaxial discrete module segments which individually comprise an open-ended box structure molded from a composite material, each segment having top, bottom and opposed side walls that combine to define a box with an open interior and opposed open ends, the segments being disposed in an end-to-end relationship such that the side walls of the segments combine to form the side wall of the module, the bottom walls of the segments combine to form the bottom wall of the module, and the open interiors combine to define the open interior of the module, at least one of the segments having a strengthening beam spanning its opposed side walls.
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