Building panels
AssigneeRon Allan Industries (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
InventorRonald F. Allan
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Abstract
A rectangular concrete or like building panel (10) of substantially uniform thickness has connectors (11) inset into its top and bottom corners and securely fixed to metal members (14) embedded within the panel (10). Each connector (11) is a short tube, its ends flush with opposite faces of the panel (10) and with two exposed perpendicular sides substantially level with a side edge and a top or bottom edge of the panel (10), and formed with bolt holes (12) to enable generally similar panels (10) to be secured together by bolts (23) through adjacent connectors (11) and to be bolted to floor (30) and roof structures (41). Intermediate connectors (11a) may be inset and secured into the top and bottom of the panel (10), each with an exposed side flush with the panel's top or bottom edge and formed with a bolt hole (12).
Claims5
A building panel of rectangular shape and substantially uniform thickness and having connectors for attachment to connectors of an adjacent similar panel, or to the floor below or superstructure above, wherein:
- the connectors comprise corner connectors inset and secured into the four corners of the panel;
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- each corner connector is a tubular member with its ends at opposite faces of the panel and with a bolt hole with its axis substantially perpendicular to a side edge of the panel, and a further bolt hole with its axis substantially perpendicular to the bottom edge or top edge of the panel, and wherein
- said attachment is accomplished by means of fasteners extending through said bolt holes to an adjacent panel, or to the floor or superstructure as aforesaid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.