Building element
OwnerDavid Dirk Visserinventor
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Abstract
A building element (1) comprising an outer sheath and an inner core, the sheath being formed of a material having a greater tensile strength than compressive strength and the core having a greater compressive strength than tensile strength; wherein the outer sheath is longitudinally extending and has a first face (7) and a second face (8) which are spaced apart, first (9) and second (21) edges and a first and second end; wherein the first face (7) and the second face (8) are joined at the first (9) and second (21) edges to form the outer sheath as a continuous body, and wherein the first edge (9) and the second edge (21) are so shaped that the first edge (9) of one such building element (1) is adapted to locate in the second edge (21) of another such building element (1).
Claims11
A building element comprising an outer sheath and an inner core, and being able to carry either or both of tensile loadings and compressive loadings without adhesion between the outer sheath and the inner core,
- the sheath being formed of a material having a greater tensile strength than compressive strength;
- and the core being formed of a material having:
- a greater compressive strength than tensile strength;
- and
- a density of less than 1,200 kg/cu meter;
- wherein the outer sheath is longitudinally extending and has a first face and a second face which are spaced apart, first and second edges and a first end and a second end,
- wherein the first face and the second face are joined at the first and second edges to form the outer sheath as a continuous body, and
- wherein the first edge and the second edge are so shaped that the first edge of one such building element is adapted to locate in the second edge of another such building element.
A building element comprising an outer sheath and an inner core, and being able to carry either or both of tensile loadings and compressive loadings without adhesion between the outer sheath and the inner core,
- the sheath being formed of a material having a greater tensile strength than compressive strength;
- and the core being formed of a material having:
- a greater compressive strength than tensile strength;
- and
- a density of less than 1,200 kg/cu meter;
- wherein the outer sheath is longitudinally extending and has a first face and a second face which are spaced apart, first and second edges and a first end and a second end and
- wherein the first edge and the second edge are so shaped that the first edge of one such building element is adapted to locate in the second edge of another such building element and wherein,
- when so located, the core material of said one such panel is spaced not more than 3 mm from the core material of said another building element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.