Building construction
AssigneeLuke J. Roddy
InventorJames L. Fedolfi
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Abstract
A storage/utility building comprises one or more modular arches with sidewall, mid roof and top roof panels on a skeletal structure defining a truss-free gambrel construction as a whole which can support at least 100 lbs. per sq. ft. live load, and substantially more, and more particularly comprises in the skeletal frame two end gambrel arches made up of framing members of bent sheet metal or extruded form with spanning purlins between the two end frames, the purlins also being of bent sheet metal or extruded form.
Claims5
A building structure module for defining a roofed-over, walled enclosure and supporting at least one hundred pounds per square foot live load, comprising,
- means defining a supporting skeleton of girts arrayed as gambrel arch frames at two ends of the module,
- and wherein the girts of the end frames of each gambrel arch are secured end to end and comprise overlapping girt end faces with a higher one resting on a lower one at each angle bend of the gambrel arch to distribute roof loading, and further comprising,
- means defining horizontal purlins interconnecting the frames,
- the girts and purlins being arranged in a truss-free gambrel arch and overlaid with essentially end-to-end arrayed panels of at least 50,000 psi yield strength, along the side wall, mid roof and top roof sections of the gambrel arch.
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