Integrated house
OwnerHorst Schramminventor
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Abstract
A house or other like structure is constructed out or ribbed concrete panels. In the outer walls a single ribbed panel is used with a thick overlying layer of insulation followed by a facade covering. Windows are double-paned and are installed in a concrete frame which is formed as part of the outside wall. The interior walls and floors have two ribbed panels facing one another, thus forming interpositional spaces between the ribs. By careful arrangement and interlocking of the ribbed panels, circulation of air is made possible through air circuits formed by the interpositional spaces, thus allowing for ventilation and, if the air is heated or cooled, enabling the interior walls to act as heat exchange surfaces.
Claims8
An integrated house comprising:
- a plurality of outer walls, forming an outside shell, each comprising:
- a ribbed concrete slab;
- a layer of insulation material abutting said ribbed concrete slab on one side thereof;
- a facade lining covering said layer of insulation material;
- a plurality of interior walls arranged in an interlocking manner interiorly of said outside shell and comprising:
- two ribbed, concrete slabs, interpositioned in order to have hollow spaces therebetween, said interior walls and floors arranged in order to integrate said hollow spaces and form air circuits;
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- a plurality of vertically running metal sheets disposed within at least one of said hollow spaces of said interior walls, said sheets being in contact with at most one of said two ribbed, concrete slabs and being separated from another by strip-like spacers of an insulating material for forming adjacent fresh air and exhaust channels through which fresh air can be guided in an opposing current passed exhaust air for obtaining heat transfer from said exhaust air,
- whereby an intensively insulated outer structure is formed by said outside shell which contains an inner structure having an integrated air distribution system formed by and as an integral part of said interior walls.
An integrated house comprising:
- an intensively insulated outside shell comprising:
- intensively insulated exterior walls;
- an insulated roof attached to and disposed above said exterior walls;
- an insulated cellar attached to and disposed below said exterior walls;
- and
- at least one window located on said exterior walls and each of which comprise:
- two panes;
- a window frame spacing apart and holding said panes;
- and
- an inner and outer portion formed by said exterior wall and receiving said window frame in sealed-together relationship;
- and
- a plurality of connected interior walls and floors, forming a structure which is attached to and surrounded by said outer shell, and comprising:
- two ribbed, pre-formed concrete slabs, interpositioned in order to have hollow spaces therebetween, said interior walls and floors arranged in order to integrate said hollow spaces and form air circuits;
- a heating means connected to said air circuits;
- and
- a cooling means connected to said air circuits,
- whereby heat may be transferred to and taken from said interior walls and floors via air passing through said interior walls and floors in said air circuit thus heating or cooling said integrated house.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.