Method of constructing a transportable prefabricated room element

US4120133A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Credelca A.G. · CH

Inventors

• Franklin Rodgers · Baar, CH
• Herbert Grässl · Schwandorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 1974
• Grant date: Oct 17, 1978
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E04B1/34823
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A room element for a full-scale or small-scale building has a rigid frame or chassis consisting of a floor panel, composed of prefabricated panel sections rigidly connected in an end-to-end assembly by structural means, and prefabricated vertical load-bearing structures, rigidly connected to the panel adjacent the ends thereof, for supporting superimposed parts (e.g. the roof or ceiling, or a superimposed room element). At least one of the load-supporting structures may be integral with a panel section. The panel sections form the bases of the corresponding regions of the room element and at least one of them is incorporated in a three-dimensional prefabricated room element section, of unit form, which unit comprises such vertical load-bearing or non-load-bearing bearing structures substantially all the installations, required in that part of the completed room element. The unit may be a bathroom unit, staircase unit, heating unit, elevator shaft unit, or kitchen unit.