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US 2022/0106791 A1Published application
Reinforced structural insulation panel with corner blocks
AssigneeNexii Building Solutions Inc.
InventorsMichael Anthony DOMBOWSKY, Benedict John DOMBOWSKY
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Abstract
A structural insulation panel (SIP) is made of a central insulation material or block core covered with cementitious material. The layers of cementitious material are reinforced with fiber mesh sheets, rebar and corner blocks. The corner blocks are held in thickened cementitious material edges by reinforcement pins that are fixed to the corner blocks. The corner blocks are accessible for lifting the panel and for assembling multiple panels to build a wall.
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A structural insulated panel (SIP) comprising:
- a core made with one or more blocks of insulation material, the core defined by two opposing faces connected by stepped edges;
- a layer of cementitious material bonded to each face of the core;
- a peripheral wall of cementitious material extending from one of said layers into a step of the stepped edges;
- rebar embedded in the peripheral wall;
- a corner block in a corner of the SIP, the corner block defining a hole that is accessible by a tool that lifts the SIP;
- and
- two reinforcement pins connected to and projecting from different adjacent faces of the corner block into different straight sections of the peripheral wall, wherein each reinforcement pin has a head with a diameter that is larger than a diameter of a shank of the reinforcement pin, each head being distal from the corner block.
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A method of fabricating a structural insulated panel (SIP) comprising:
- forming a core with one or more blocks of insulation material, the core defined by two opposing faces connected by stepped edges;
- connecting two reinforcement pins to a corner block so that they project from different adjacent faces of the corner block, wherein each reinforcement pin has a head with a diameter that is larger than a diameter of a shank of the reinforcement pin, each head being distal from the corner block, wherein the corner block defines a hole that is accessible by a tool that lifts the SIP;
- pouring a first layer of cementitious material into a form;
- placing the core on the first layer of cementitious material;
- positioning rebar in a step of the stepped edges;
- positioning the corner block with the connected reinforcement pins at a corner of the SIP;
- pouring cementitious material around the stepped edges, to form a peripheral wall of cementitious material extending from the first layer into a step of the stepped edges and to embed the rebar in different straight sections of the peripheral wall;
- pouring a second layer of cementitious material over the core;
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- allowing the cementitious material to cure and bond to the faces of the core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.