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 that tapers outwardly from the parallel sides toward a side face of the panel, and a rearward portion also with parallel sides, wherein inner faces of the groove have parallel sides and a tapered intermediate portion that are configured for engagement with corresponding forward and rearward portions and a tapered intermediate portion of the tongue of a 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 that tapers outwardly from respective parallel sides toward a side face of the panel, and a rearward portion also with parallel sides, wherein inner faces of the groove have parallel sides that are configured for engagement with forward and rearward portions and a tapered intermediate portion of the tongue of a like panel;
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- a concrete infill material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.