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US 8,266,845 B2Granted
Device for producing above ground open or closed structures
OwnerPierre-Louis Desjoyaux, Dung Hoan Tuan +1inventors
InventorsPierre-Louis Desjoyaux, Dung Hoan Tuan, Jean-Paul Saccucci
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Abstract
Flat panels formed by an assembly of wooden plates include arrangements for integrating rigidity inserts for the assembly thereof. Vertical edges of the panels receive profiles for connecting to adjacent panels in a linear and/or angular alignment manner.
Claims13
Device for producing aboveground open or closed structures comprising:
- flat panels formed by an assembly of stacked wooden plates, each plate of at least two adjacent plates of the stacked wooden plates of a first panel of the flat panels having a height greater than a thickness of the plate;
- a connection profile receiving vertical edges of the first panel of said flat panels for connecting the first panel to an adjacent panel in a linear or angular alignment, wherein the plates of at least the first panel are fitted with rigidity inserts between adjacent plates, the rigidity inserts comprising a metal profile having two parallel vertical flanges braced apart by a central support web, said metal profile being located between opposite-facing juxtaposed faces of the adjacent plates over an entire length of said plates, spacing between the flanges matching a thickness of the plates, and each of the vertical flanges of a rigidity insert located between the at least two adjacent plates having a height less than a height of an adjacent plate leaving a portion of a vertical side face of the plate, parallel and adjacent the vertical flange, exposed;
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- the connection profile having two overlapping parallel wings for gripping a section of the first panel, and having connecting shapes cooperating with matching shapes of an intermediate connector.
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