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US 4,783,941 AGranted
Prefabricated panel for building wall construction
OwnerWilliam Loper, Thomas Obermeierinventors
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Abstract
In a prefabricated building wall panel a rigid supporting frame is covered on one face by masonry or ceramic cladding, the cladding being held to the supporting frame by a composite fastener system comprising rigid supports underlying the cladding to carry the dead loading thereof with resilient means adhesively securing the cladding to the support frame to resist live loading thereof.
Claims18
In a wall structure for a building having a building framework and a plurality of prefabricated panel sections secured to the building framework to form a wall surface, each panel section comprising:
- a rigid support structure for attachment to the building framework and including a rigid deck substantially co-extensive with the support structure;
- a plurality of fascia panels overlying said support structure, said fascia panels having opposite front and back faces with the back face opposing the disposed closely adjacent the rigid deck, said panels formed of materials selected from the group consisting of ceramics and masonry;
- rigid means for supporting the dead load of said fascia panels on said support structure while permitting relative movement between the fascia panels and support structure;
- means distributed across the back face of the panels between such face and the rigid deck for resiliently supporting and distributing the live load of said fascia panels on said support structure;
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- means for sealing the joints between adjacent edges of the fascia panels.
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