WO1984003529A1

WO1984003529A1 - A pre-fabricated panel wall

Info

Publication number: WO1984003529A1
Application number: PCT/DK1984/000017
Authority: WO
Inventors: Joergen Skoubo Johansen
Original assignee: Joergen Skoubo Johansen
Priority date: 1983-03-07
Filing date: 1984-03-07
Publication date: 1984-09-13
Also published as: SE8405517D0; GB2147335B; FI844355L; FI844355A0; DK155336B; DK155336C; DK111083A; FI82114C; SE446112B; GB8427697D0; SE8405517L; GB2147335A; DE3490107T1; FI82114B; DK111083D0

Abstract

A pre-fabricated panel wall is composed of posts, each of which consists of two profile bodies (2), preferably of wood, of substantially T-shaped cross-section, which are kept together by two sheet metal elements (1) bent to form a channel and having side edge portions engaging narrow slits in the central portions of the profile bodies which face each other. The sheet elements in combination with the edge flanges (4) of the profile bodies form grooves (3) in which side edge portions of panels (5) are received. The panel wall is easy to erect and inexpensive to manufacture because it permits extensive standardization of the constituent elements.

Description

A pre-fabricated panel wall

The invention relates to a pre-fabricated panel wall of the type stated in the introductory portion of claim 1. In such panel walls any panel sheet metal materials may be used, and they are just to be cut to length without edge profiling.

Panel walls of the present type are known e.g. from the SE Patent Specification 211 729, the DE Offenle- gungsschrift 1 806 626 and the US Patent Specifica¬ tion 3 034 609. In these known panel walls the posts are formed by metal profiles which are made of bent sheet metal and extend from the floor to the ceiling, so that they require individual adaptation, which is impeded by the nature of the material. Seen from a fire-technical point of view, it is disadvantageous that there is a good heat conductive connection from one side of the panels to the other, and seen from an aesthetic point of view it must in many cases be con¬ sidered unfortunate that the posts incorporate visible metal strips.

The object of the invention is to provide a pre¬ fabricated panel wall of the present type, which is easy and inexpensive to erect and which has advantageous properties both technically and aesthetically.

This object is achieved in that the panel wall is con- structed as stated in the characterizing portion of claim 1. In this structure, the profile bodies may be constituted by wood or another easily workable material, such as suitable plastics, which is heat-insulating and which permits the visible parts of the posts to be

' OMPI adapted individually with respect to both shape and finish. Moreover, the posts form box profiles which have a favourable strength/weight ratio.

When floor and ceiling guides are used, as stated in the introductory portion of claim 2, the profile bodies need not be attached to these guides as they are kept together by the bent sheets. The structure defined in the characterizing portion of claim 2 pro¬ vides the advantage that the bent sheets may be manu¬ factured in standard lengths without requiring indi¬ vidual adaptation, and that the finished wall will include a raceway in which e.g. service facilities may be accommodated.

A structure advantageous in terms of strength is defined in claim 3.

The use of elongate bent sheets to keep the profile bodies together permits these bodies to be divided, as stated in claim 4. This provides for additional improvement in the conditions of standard production.

Claims 5 and 6 define two different embodiments of the bent sheets. Also these may optionally be divided in the longitudinal direction and be spaced.

A portion of an embodiment of the panel wall of the invention is shown in the drawing in horizontal and vertical sections in fig.1 and fig. 2, respectively, and will be described more fully below with respect to these figures.

OMPI In the drawing, the numeral 2 designates vertical profile bodies, preferably of wood, of a substantially T-shaped cross-section whose stems face each other. The two profile bodies 2 are kept together by two sheet metal elements 1, which are bent to form a channel of a substantially U-shaped cross-section with crimped legs whose outer edge portions engage narrow slits, which extend longitudinally of the wall into the central portions of the profile bodies 2. The innermost portions of the sheet element legs, in com¬ bination with the edge flanges 4 of the profile bodies, form grooves 3 in which the side edge portions of wall panels 5 are seated.

As shown in fig. 2, the profile bodies 2 and the panels 5 engage the sides of floor and ceiling guides 6. In the embodiment shown, the sheet elements 1 have such a length and are so positioned as to create a free raceway both. below and above them to accommodate electric cables or the like.

The panels 5 may consist of many different materials, e.g. wood, glass, cardboard plaster or eternit. Also, insulation material may be positioned in ordinary manner in the spaces between the panels.

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Claims

P a t e n t C l a i m s

1. A pre-fabricated panel wall comprising spaced posts and pairs of parallel panels positioned between each pair of adjacent posts, the side edge portions of said pairs of parallel panels engaging vertical grooves in the posts, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that each post comprises two profile bodies substantially of T-shaped cross-section whose stems face each other, and at least two bent sheets substantially of U-shaped cross-section interconnecting the two profile bodies, each said sheet having two legs in engagement with narrow slits in the stem of its respective profile body, said legs in combination with the inner sides of the cross members of the profile bodies defining the grooves to receive the side edge portions of the panels.

2. A panel according to claim 1 and whose posts engage the outer sides of a floor guide and a ceiling guide, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that each post incor¬ porates two bent sheets whose length ^"is somewhat smaller than the spacing between the floor and the ceiling guides.

3. A panel wall according to claim 2, c h a r a c ¬ t e r i z e d in that the two bent sheets are so staggered with respect to each other that one adjoins the floor guide and the other the ceiling guide.

4. A panel wall according to claim 1, 2 or 3, c h a - r a c t e r i z e d in that each profile body is composed of two or more portions disposed end-to-end.

5. A panel wall according to any of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the legs of the bent sheets are crimped.

6. A panel wall according to any of claims 1-4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the legs of the bent sheets are plane.

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