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US 4,481,743 AGranted
System and method for constructing walls and foundations employing structural components
OwnerStephen F. Jelleninventor
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A system and method for erecting walls and foundations upon a base support from structural components, including a track assembly secured to a base support, a plurality of carrier assemblies each engagable with the track assembly to permit movement of the carrier assembly along the track assembly, each carrier assembly including a component engaging assembly for engaging a component, the carrier assembly adapted to be movable when a structural component is engaged therewith to a desired location along the track assembly, and adjusting means operable when the carrier assembly and the structural component engaged therewith have been moved to the desired location to prevent further movement of the carrier assembly along the track assembly and to secure the carrier assembly and the structural component engaged therewith in place at the desired location along the track assembly.
A system for erecting walls and foundations upon a base support from preformed structural components, comprising guidance means including channel means formed in the base support, a plurality of individual carrier assemblies independently engagable with the guidance means and movable therealong when engaged therewith, each of said carrier assemblies including component engaging means for engaging a structural component when the structural component is mounted thereon, said carrier assembly being movable when a structural component is engaged therewith to a desired location along said guidance means, each of said carrier assemblies further including clamping-type securing means operable when said carrier assembly and the structural component engaged therewith have been moved to the desired location to prevent further movement of the carrier assembly along the guidance means, operation of said securing means effecting a tight clamping interengagement between said carrier assembly and said guidance means to secure the carrier assembly and the structural component engaged therewith in place at the desired location.
A system for erecting walls and foundations upon a base support from preformed structural components, comprising guidance means secured to the base support, a plurality of individual carrier assemblies independently engagable with the guidance means and movable therealong when engaged therewith, each of said carrier assemblies including component engaging means for engaging a structural component when the structural component is mounted thereupon, said carrier assembly being movable when a structural component is engaged therewith to a desired location along said guidance means, each of said carrier assemblies further including clamping-type securing means operable when said carrier assembly and the structural component engaged therewith have been moved to the desired location to prevent further movement of the carrier assembly along the guidance means, operation of said securing means effecting a tight clamping interengagement between said carrier assembly and said guidance means to secure the carrier assembly and the structural component engaged therewith in place at the desired location, each of said carrier assemblies including a base portion engagable with said guidance means, said base portion including roller means for permitting movement of said carrier assembly along said guidance means, said component engaging means including a projecting portion extending upwardly from said base portion, said projecting portion being insertable into a socket assembly in a preformed structural component.
A carrier assembly for use in a system for erecting walls and foundations upon a base support from preformed structural components, which system includes guidance means secured to the base support and wherein the preformed structural components have socket assemblies extending thereinto from the bases thereof, said carrier assembly comprising a base portion having roller means therewith engagable with the guidance means, a component engaging portion projecting upwardly from said base portion and being insertable into and engagable with a socket assembly of a structural component, and adjusting means operable for adjusting the engagement between said carrier assembly and the structural component, said carrier assembly being movable along the guidance means to a desired location when a structural component is engaged thereby, said adjusting means being further operable when said carrier assembly has been moved to a desired location to prevent further movement of said carrier assembly and engaged structural component and to secure such assembly and engaged component at such desired location.
A carrier assembly for use in a system for erecting walls and foundations upon a base support from preformed structural components, which system includes guidance means secured to the base support and wherein the preformed structural components have socket assemblies extending thereinto from the bases thereof, said carrier assembly comprising a pair of like body members adapted to be engagable with one another when in side-by-side abutment with one another, each body member having one substantially flat side surface and an opposite side having roller means which extend below the lowermost portion of said body member associated therewith, each body member having an elongated portion projecting vertically therefrom, said elongated portion having a semi-circular cross-section, said elongated members defining a cylindrical stud when the body members are in side-by-side abutment with the substantially flat sides thereof adjacent to one another, a sleeve mountable upon and around said cylindrical stud, said sleeve sized for rotatable movement between the sleeve and the stud, said sleeve including engaging means therewith for engaging a structural component to be moved and anchored by the assembly, and retaining means for retaining the sleeve around said cylindrical stud.
A system for moving and anchoring structural components on foundation footings comprising a track on the footings, carrier means positionable on and movable along the track, said carrier means including means for connecting such carrier means to a structural component to be moved and anchored on the footings, said connecting means including means operable to engage the base portion of such structural component and to maintain such component independent of other support in an essentially upright position mounted upon said carrier means, said carrier means adapted to bear and temporarily support the weight of such mounted structural component during movement of said carrier means to a selectable desired location along said track, said operable means including for securing the carrier means and mounted structural component in place at the desired location along the track, and permanent support means engagable with the structural component and the footings when the structural component has been moved to the desired location to permanently support the structural component in place on the footings, said permanent support means being independent of said carrier means and said securing means.
The system of 27 wherein the permanent support means includes threaded members insertable in the base of a component and operable to be moved into contact with the footings.
A system for erecting walls and foundations upon a base support comprising a plurality of preformed structural components having interiorly threaded socket assemblies extending thereinto from the bases thereof, guidance means secured to the base support, a plurality of carrier assemblies engagable with the guidance means and movable therealong when engaged therewith, each of said carrier assemblies including component engaging means for engaging a structural component, said component engaging means including a stud portion, an exteriorly threaded sleeve member adjustably insertable into said socket assemblies of said structural components, said sleeve member having a central bore therethrough, said stud portion insertable through said central bore to project therebeyond, and retaining means for retaining said sleeve member upon and around said stud portion, said carrier assembly and engaged structural component being movable along said guidance means to a desired location when said sleeve member is retainably mounted upon and around said shaft and adjustably inserted in said socket assembly, said sleeve member being rotatable when said carrier assembly and engaged structural component are positioned at the desired location to inhibit further movement of said carrier assembly along said guidance means and to secure said carrier assembly and engaged structural component in place.
A method for erecting walls and foundations, comprising the steps of:
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