Modular green house construction
AssigneeAirflow Aluminum Awning Company
InventorSeymour L. Schwartz
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Abstract
A modular greenhouse construction in which panels are prefabricated from a universal beam or mullion and the panels are interlocked to form walls and a roof. The universal beam has a spline receiving groove in one surface and a ribbed channel in the surface opposite with C-shaped slots on either side of the beam for interlocking the two panels. Joints are formed by L-shaped inserts engaging an interior channel in the beam with the particular angle of the joint being determined by the shape of the insert. For 90.degree. corner joints, the insert would, of course, be a 90.degree. L-shape. An enclosure is formed by securing adjacent panels with an H-shaped insert engaging abutting C-shaped slots on the periphery of each panel. Caps which snap on the frames are provided to form corners for the building and a gabled roof.
Claims9
A modular building construction comprising:
- a plurality of panels having a frame formed of a universal beam comprised of:
- an elongate substantially hollow beam having a substantially rectangular cross section;
- a pair of outwardly facing, mirror image, continuous slots on opposite sides of said beam for interlocking adjacent beams when their sides are in abutment;
- an outward facing, ribbed channels on a third side of said beam for forming a continuous, peripheral, screw-receiving channel when a plurality of said beams are formed into panel frames;
- cover securing means on a fourth side of said beam for securing a panel covering,
- interlocking means for interlocking the mirror image slots of abutting universal beams to form walls and a ceiling;
- capping bracket means for sliding over and capping said frames for joining adjacent walls to form corners;
- said capping bracket having a flange extending over the rib channel for securing adjacent panels;
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- a substantially transparent material stretched across and secured to said cover securing means for enclosing said modular building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.