Construction panels for structural support systems
OwnerMichael Rothmaninventor
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A construction panel is provided comprising a core of expanded or foamed polymeric material embodied between two major face members of resin reinforced with glass fibers. The side walls of the panel comprise pultrusion angle members which are encapsulated in the panel within the major face members. Elongated U-shaped pultrusion reinforcing members may be disposed within the panel to provide reinforcement and a channel for the receipt of wires, pipes, or to act as heating, air conditioning or vacuum cleaning ducts. The glass fibers used to reinforce the major face members are in multidirectional orientation and have portions extending into the interior of the panel to provide a mechanical and chemical bond between the core and the major face members. The pultrusion members may be made from resin reinforced with continuous strands of glass fibers in unidirectional orientation, and are preferably prestressed.
A construction panel comprising a core of foamed polyurethane having a density of at least 4 pounds per cubic foot embodied between first and second major face members made of polyester resin reinforced with glass fibers in multidirectional orientation, pultrusion angle members encapsulated within said panel, said pultrusion angle members comprising side walls of said panel, said side walls having a portion extending beyond the plane of one of said major faces, said extending portion having a plurality of holes therethrough to facilitate connecting said panels to each other, and at least one elongated pultrusion reinforcing member disposed within said panel between said major face members and bonded to said major face members, said pultrusion reinforcing member being U-shaped in cross section to define a channel between the side walls of the reinforcing member, said pultrusion angle members and said pultrusion reinforcing member being prestressed and made of polyester resin reinforced with continuous strands of glass fibers in unidirectional orientation, said glass fibers used to reinforce said major face members having portions extending from the inner surface of said major face members into the interior of said panel whereby a mechanical and chemical bond is formed between said core and said major face members.
A construction panel comprising a core of foamed polymeric material embodied between first and second major face members made of resin reinforced with glass fibers, and prestressed pultrusion angle members encapsulted within said panel, said pultrusion angle members made of resin reinforced with continuous strands of glass fibers in unidirectional orientation and said pultrusion angle members forming side walls of said panels.
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