Concrete reinforced wall modules for use in building construction
AssigneeUniversal Component Systems, Inc.
InventorCalvin Shubow
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Abstract
A wall module for use in constructing reinforced concrete buildings includes a plurality of spaced, thin walled tubes and a channel along the upper edge thereof within which concrete may be received to respectively form vertical and horizontal structural supports. A plurality of spaced, vertical support studs disposed on opposite sides of the tubes provide the module with sufficient compressive strength to carry the load of a floor mounted thereabove prior to filling the module with concrete. After the floor has been mounted on the wall modules, concrete is simultaneously poured into the tubes and channel of the module as well as into the space between the module and the floor to provide a continuous concrete connection between the floor and the wall of the resulting structure.
Claims5
A wall module for use in building concrete structures, comprising:
- a plurality of rigid elongate tubes adapted to receive concrete therein and disposed in spaced, parallel relationship to each other;
- a first elongate frame member extending transverse to the longitudinal axes of said tubes and connected to one end of each of said tubes;
- a second elongate frame member extending transverse to the longitudinal axes of said tubes and connected to the other end of each of said tubes;
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- a plurality of vertical support members disposed in spaced, parallel relationship to each other and at spaced intervals along the length of said first and second frame members so as to bear distributed loading between the opposite ends of said module, each of said vertical support members being connected to said first and second frame members and being laterally spaced from said tubes and including portions extending beyond said one end of said tubes.
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