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US 6,807,790 B2Granted
Ring beam/lintel system
AssigneeCanam Manac Group, Inc.
InventorsMike Strickland, George Hage-Chahine, Sam Blatchford, Gord McIntyre, Mike Gallant
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AssigneeCanam Manac Group, Inc.
InventorsMike Strickland, George Hage-Chahine, Sam Blatchford, Gord McIntyre, Mike Gallant
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The present invention allows the planner of a multi-storey building project to remove concrete from the critical path of the structure and envelope completion. The system of the present invention accommodates various floor depths, conforms to alternative stud depths and, acts as a compression/tension member for a building during and after construction. The invention relies upon the use of cold-formed metal that is shaped to provide a ring beam which will accommodate the various criteria. A basic shape configuration has been generated to provide the most efficient utilization of materials. Simplifying installation for the many variable conditions that occur in buildings is therefore provided by this modular design, wherein designers and contractors can easily select and use specialized components to meet all design and construction requirements.
A horizontal ring beam for incorporation into the exterior walls of a steel and concrete composite building in which steel joists support concrete floors of said building, said ring beam comprising a plurality of hat section members each having a channel section and flanges extending away from said channel section, spliced by tension/compression struts end to end to form a continuous ring around the perimeter of the building said members being mounted horizontally on the exterior wall of said building, with the channel section facing the interior of said building and the flanges being attached to the interior side of the walls above and below the channel section.
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