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US 7,571,580 B2Granted
Flooring
AssigneeOffshield Limited
InventorFergus Ronald Miller
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Abstract
A flooring of pre-stressed deck construction having an elongate decking extending along the flooring is provided. The decking has an upwardly facing asymmetrically profiled channel formation whereby the neutral axis is above a central horizontal plane. A tension rod extends between stressing brackets secured to each end of the decking and is located below the neutral axis of the decking along the length of the decking. Each stressing bracket is secured to upwardly extending sidewalls of the channel above the tension rod. The decking is attached to the girder framework of a building.
Claims13
Flooring comprising:
- a first elongate decking having a single upwardly facing channel defined by a base extending laterally between a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the channel extending longitudinally between two ends of the decking;
- a first flange extending laterally outward from a top of the first sidewall and a second flange extending laterally outward from a top of the second sidewall;
- and
- longitudinal stiffening ribs formed by bends in the base, first sidewall, second sidewall, first flange, and second flange;
- wherein:
- said first flange has a longitudinal edge which includes an interlocking formation mutually engaged with a complementary interlocking formation of an adjacent second said decking in a side-by-side disposition with said first decking;
- said second flange has a longitudinal edge which includes an interlocking formation mutually engaged with a complementary interlocking formation of an adjacent third said decking in a side-by-side disposition with said first decking;
- each of said first, second and third deckings are affixed at each of their ends below a top web of a girder which extends transversely to the deckings;
- the flooring comprises biased connecting means for engaging the flanges of said first and second adjacent and connected deckings and said first and third adjacent and connected deckings thereby to bias the first and second deckings and the first and third deckings into mutual engagement;
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- the flooring further comprises a concrete floor disposed on top of said side-by-side disposed first, second and third deckings and each channel of said first, second and third deckings is associated with a lining that defines a void within the concrete and thereby reduces the weight of the floor.
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