Building unit with temporary reinforcing members, unit building, and method for constructing unit building
AssigneesSekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., Studio Cube, Inc., Arcadia
InventorsKatsunori Ohnishi, Akihiko Kobayashi, Satoshi Saigo, Hai Lin
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Abstract
When constructing a unit building having a middle scale or more such as especially an apartment house, a long and large size building unit capable of reducing construction period while increasing construction efficiency and being economically provided can be achieved. Detachable temporary reinforcing members 2 are provided on both of the short side surfaces of the building unit body 1A, respectively. The temporary reinforcing member 2 has lower end portion on which a projecting portion 3 is downwardly projected.
Claims20
A building unit with temporary reinforcing members configured to be transported by a trailer having a gooseneck, the building unit comprising:
- a building unit body made of columns and beams connected to each other at each end and forming a box shape, the box shape of the building unit body having two short sides;
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- temporary reinforcing members formed of reinforcing columns detachably provided on left and right ends of the two short sides of the building unit body and a lower beam, each of the reinforcing columns having a projecting portion which projects downwardly from a lower end of the reinforcing column to support the building unit body,
- wherein the temporary reinforcing members are configured to detachably connect to the building unit body such that during transportation by the trailer having the gooseneck, the building unit body is supported on the gooseneck by the lower beam at a front side of the building unit body, and the building unit body is supported by the projection portions of the reinforcing columns at a rear side of the building unit body.
A building formed from a plurality of building units, each of the building units comprising:
- (i) a building unit body made of columns and beams connected to each other at each end and forming a box shape, the box shape of the building unit body having two short sides;
- and
- (ii) temporary reinforcing members formed of reinforcing columns detachably provided on left and right ends of the two short sides of the building unit body, each of the reinforcing columns having a lower end and a projecting portion which projects downwardly from the lower end,
- wherein the building further comprises an overhang member attached to one of the short sides of each of the building unit bodies, the overhang member having a width narrower than the one short side,
- wherein the building further comprises a corner outer wall panel attached on an outwardly directed corner portion of each of the building unit bodies.
A building formed from a plurality of building units, each of the building units comprising:
- (i) a building unit body made of columns and beams connected to each other at each end and forming a box shape, the box shape of the building unit body having two short sides;
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- (ii) temporary reinforcing members formed of reinforcing columns detachably provided on left and right ends of the two short sides of the building unit body, each of the reinforcing columns having a lower end and a projecting portion which projects downwardly from the lower end,
- wherein the building further comprises an overhang member attached to one of the short sides of each of the building unit bodies, and the overhang member forms a cantilever supported balcony or a cantilever supported passage.
A method of transporting a building unit with a trailer having a gooseneck, the method comprising:
- disposing a building unit on a trailer having a gooseneck, the building unit including
- i. a building unit body made of columns and beams connected to each other at each end and forming a box shape, the box shape of the building unit body having two short sides, and
- ii. temporary reinforcing members formed of reinforcing columns detachably provided on left and right ends of the two short sides of the building unit body and a lower beam, each of the reinforcing columns having a projecting portion which projects downwardly from a lower end of the reinforcing column to support the building unit body,
- iii. wherein the temporary reinforcing members are configured to detachably connect to the building unit body;
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- transporting the building unit with the trailer having the gooseneck while supporting a front side of the building unit body on the gooseneck with the lower beam and supporting a rear side of the building unit body with the projection portions of the reinforcing columns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.