Box-shaped self-supporting building unit and a method of construction thereof
AssigneeS-System Modules Limited
InventorJan Madsen
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Abstract
A box-shaped, self-supporting building unit, a plurality of which may be arranged juxtaposed and/or superposed for the construction of a building, the unit including a self-supporting floor element and a self-supporting ceiling element, both having a supporting structure, and two pairs of opposite wall elements as well as a supporting, vertical column of sectional iron in each corner, the column rigidly connecting the supporting structure of the floor element with the supporting structure of the ceiling element.
Claims9
A method of construction of a box-shaped, self-supporting building unit a plurality of which may be arranged one of juxtaposed and superposed for the construction of a building, said unit comprising a self-supporting floor element and a self-supporting ceiling element, both having a supporting structure, and two pairs of opposite wall elements as well as in each corner a supporting, vertical column of sectional iron, said vertical columns rigidly connecting the supporting structure of the floor element with the supporting structure of the ceiling element, said method comprising
- arranging the floor element on a levelled base, whereafter
- shaping and dimensioning the wall elements to bear the ceiling element,
- mounting and interconnecting the wall elements plumb on the floor element, subsequently,
- arranging and joining the ceiling element superposed on the wall elements, and finally,
- mounting and joining the supporting columns to the supporting structure of the floor and ceiling element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.