Building side wall construction and panel therefor
OwnerAlbert E. Nemmer, Albert W. Nemmer +1inventors
InventorsAlbert E. Nemmer, Albert W. Nemmer, Joseph E. Nemmer
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Abstract
A building side wall construction including a plurality of expanded polystyrene panels placed edge-to-edge and connected by connecting studs each comprising a pair of C-shaped channels fastened in back-to-back relationship with each C-shaped channel being received in complementary mating relationship in grooves of the adjacent panels, and central reinforcing channels received in mating slots at central portions of the panels, with the opposite ends of the connecting studs and the central reinforcing studs being fastened to lower and upper channels in which they are received.
Claims27
A building side wall construction comprising a bottom channel having a first horizontal web and first legs extending upwardly therefrom, a plurality of rigid expanded plastic panels having inner and outer faces and opposite end portions and opposite vertical side edge portions, connecting studs for connecting said opposite side edge portions to each other, each of said connecting studs comprising a pair of C-shaped channels having second webs and second legs extending outwardly therefrom with said second webs being secured to each other in fixed back-to-back relationship, and elongated slots in said side edge portions for slidably receiving said second legs in substantially complementary mating relationship, said second legs of said C-shaped channels having outer end portions remote from said second webs which extend transversely to said second legs, and bottom ends portions on said connecting studs received in said bottom channel.
A building wall corner construction comprising first and second horizontal lower channels joined perpendicularly to each other and having first and second channel webs, respectively, and first and second channel legs, respectively, extending upwardly therefrom, first and second rigid expanded plastic panels oriented perpendicularly to each other and each having an inner face and an outer face and a thickness which is greater than the spacing between said channel legs of said first and second channels, and a corner stud for joining said first and second panels, said corner stud comprising a first generally C-shaped channel having a first C-channel web and first C-channel legs extending outwardly therefrom, first and second side edges on said first and second panels, respectively, first groove means in said first side edge for slidably receiving at least one of said first C-channel legs, a second C-shaped channel having C-channel web and second C-channel legs extending outwardly therefrom, said second C-channel web extending substantially perpendicularly to said first C-channel web with one of said second C-channel legs being secured to said first C-channel web, and second groove means in said second panel for slidably receiving said second C-channel web and one of said second C-channel legs.
A building panel comprising a body of expanded plastic having an inner face and an outer face, opposite edge portions on said body, edges on said edge portions extending transversely to said faces, opposite end portions on said body, ends on said end portions extending transversely to said faces, a first elongated groove in each of said opposite edge portions extending inwardly into said body from said edges, a second elongated groove in each of said end portions extending inwardly into said body from said ends, said first and second grooves defining a substantially continuous groove about said body, and stud-receiving groove in said body, said stud-receiving groove being spaced inwardly from said opposite edges.
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