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Precast building components

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CA1171681A
CA1171681A CA000396584A CA396584A CA1171681A CA 1171681 A CA1171681 A CA 1171681A CA 000396584 A CA000396584 A CA 000396584A CA 396584 A CA396584 A CA 396584A CA 1171681 A CA1171681 A CA 1171681A
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Willie Mollemans
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MOLLEMANS WILLIE
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04CSTRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/30Columns; Pillars; Struts
    • E04C3/34Columns; Pillars; Struts of concrete other stone-like material, with or without permanent form elements, with or without internal or external reinforcement, e.g. metal coverings

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  • Fencing (AREA)

Abstract

"PRECAST BUILDING COMPONENTS"
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The invention consists of precast reinforced con-crete posts or columns adapted to receipt precase rein-forced rails for use as fences or building walls. The posts or columns are notched or slotted vertically along one, two, three or four sides depending upon their use so that the rails can engage the notches at the upper ends of the posts or columns and can be slid downwardly to be retained between adjacent posts or columns. At least one vertical side wall of the notches or slots incline out-wardly relative to the other vertical side wall of the notches or slots thus forming a wedge-shaped clearance with the corresponding face of the rail when inserted, so that grout or the like can be used to fill the clearance for sealing purposes.

Description

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PRECAST BUILDING COMPONENTS

sAcKGRouND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to new and useful improve-ments in precast building components formed preferably from a dry mix concrete or the like and which may be reinforced or not, depending upon design parameters.
They are designed primarily for sale as individual units together with precast concre-te rails and are designed for use in the assembly of fences, buildings, or the like.
Conventionally, relatively heavy concrete posts are provided to which wooden sills or plates may be secu-red so that the fence or wall can then be secured to the sills or plates.
Difficulty is encountered in attaching wooden com-ponents to the concrete and when concrete panels are used, these are relatively heavy and once again difficult to se-cure, particularly in sealing relationship as is often re-quired.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention overcomes these disadvanta-ges and in accordance with the lnvention there is provided a precast concrete building component comprising an elonga-, ted post or column and a notch e~tending at least part way ,.

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along at least one face thereof and opening out onto said face, said notch being defined by a base wall, and a pair o~ spaced apart side walls each extending from one side of the base wall to said face, at least one of said side walls inclining outwardly and away from said one side of said base wall towards said outer face, the other of said side walls extending perpendicularly between said base and said face, and a substantially rectangular cross sectioned rail engaging by one end thereof within said notch and thereby defining an elongated wedge-shaped clearance slot between said one side wall of said notch and the adjacent face of said rail, Lhereby constituting a grouting channel.
In accordance with another aspect of the inven-tion, there is provided a substantially rectangular cross sectional rail engageable within the vertically situated notches thereby defining a grouting channel which can be filled with grout or other sealant thus not only holding `!
the rails in position, but also giving an efficient seal between the rails and posts. The rails can be spaced apart or alternatively, can be stacked one upon the other to form a wall or fence panel.
Another aspect of~the invention is to provide prefabricated posts or columns together with rails which can be purchased and assembled as desired.
They can be~used, for example, in the construc-tion of fences, garages, car wash units, winter storage facilities, cattle;dividers, chicken coops, shedsand~the ~-like.

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The components are relatively lightweight and maintenance free and may be reinforced with steel. Fur-thermore, a dry mix concrete may be used for strength and long life. They can be made in different lengths and heights depending upon design parameters and can be assem-bled by the purchaser in any desired configuration.
Although normally they may be formed from conven-tional lightweight concrete or the like, nevertheless colored concrete can be used. In any event, they are extremely du-rable in all weather conditions and easy to install.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a device of the character herewithin described which is simple in construction, economical in manufacture and other-wise well suited to the purpose for which it is designed.
With the foregoing in view, and other advantages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates as this specification proceeds, the invention is herein described by reference to the accompany-ing drawings forming a part hereof, which includes a des-cription of the best mode known to the applicant and of the preferred typical embodiment of the principles of the present invention, in which:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure lA is a top plan vlew of a post or column ,. ;

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with a notch formed in one face.
Figure lB is a view similar to Figure lA but showing a notch formed in two adjacent faces.
Figure lC is a view similar to Figure lA but showing a notch formed in three adjacent faces.
Figure lD is a view similar to Figure lA but showing notches formed in all four faces.
Figure lE is a view similar to Figure lA but showing gate hinge pintles formed therewith.
Figure lF is an isometric view of a post or column similar to that shown in Figure lD.
Figure 2 is a fragmentary isometric view of the column shown in Figure l~ together with fence rails and a gate attached thereto.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure lA but show-ing a fence rail installed and one of the notches left open to act as a gate stop or striker post.
Figure 4 is an~isometric view of one of the con-crete rails.
Pigure S is a fragmentary isometric view showing the invention with a dowel extending upwardly from the posts or columns to recelve a top plate in a building wall con-struction.
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the invention used to form a building.
Figure 7 is a fragmentary isometric view showing the invention used as fencing.
Figure 8 is a fragmentary top plan view of the invention in a typical fencing plan.
In the drawings like characters of reference in-dicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Proceeding therefore to describe the invention in detail, reference character lO illustrates generally, one of the posts or columns which are prefabricated from con-crete either dry or wet mix and which may or may not be provided with reinforcing steel ll extending therethrough in strategic locations to prov1de reinforcement to the finished post or column. It should be noted that it is preferred that a dry mix type concrete be used for ease in forming and to develop the necessary~ strength 1n con-junction with relative lightweight.
Figure lA shows a~notch 12 extending longitudinally along one side face 13 of the~column. This is further in-dicate 1n F1gure lF.
Although the notches 12 are shown extending from one end to the other of the post or column, nevertheless it wilI be appreciated that the lower end of said notches ~:

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Figure ls shows notches 12 in adjacent side faces.
Figure lC shows notches in three adjacent side faces and Figure lD and lF show notches in all four faces of the rec-tangular cross sectioned posts or columns.
In all cases, the notches are of a similar confi-guration and include a base wall 14 and a pair o~ side walls 15 and 16 extending one from each side or end of the base wall 14, outwardly to the corresponding face 13 of the post or column. Wall 15 extends perpendicular to the base wall 14 and the face 13 whereas side walls 16 inclines outwardly from the end of the base wall 14 towards the face 15 as clearly shown in the drawings so that wall 16 diverges away from wall 15.
Precast concrete rails are shown in Figure 4 and identified by reference character 17. They are rectangular in cross section with a width just slightly less than the length of the base wall 14 of the notches 12. They may be formed in any co~venient leng h and when the posts or co-lumns are erected and supported in any conventional way such as by imbedding the lower ends within the ground sur-face, the rails or elongated panels 17 may be engaged with-in the notches 12 of~adjacent and spaced apart posts or columns and slid downwardly to the lower end of the not-:
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ches whereupon additional rails may be sta~ked one upon the other as clearly shown in Figures 2, 5, 6 and 7.
In all embodiments, when the rails 17 are engaged within the notches so that the rails extend perpendicular from the columns, the inclined side face 16 together with the corresponding face 18 of the rail 17, define an elonga-ted wed~e-shaped clearance slot or notch 19 clearly shown in Figure 3. Grout or other sealing material ~not illustra-ted) may then be inserted the full length of the clearance notch 19 thus holding the rails in position and sealing same relative the posts or columns 10.
If desired, sealing material (not illustrated) may be placed along the longitudinal edges of adjacent rails 17 to provide sealing at these locations.
Figures lE and 2 show the posts or columns 10 with the elongated notches 12 on one face 13 thereof and hinge pintles or pins 20 extending from an adjacent face 21 thereof so that hinges 22 secured to a gate 23 may be engaged over the vertically extendlng pins or pintles there-by supporting the gate in hinging relationship. The gate may be formed from wood or concrete, as desired.
Figure 3 shows a post or column 10 having the notch in one face 13 with a gate stop 23A formed in an ad-jacent face by leav~ng the not~h open by the removal of or ::
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non-forming of a portion 24 of this particular post face.
Figure 5 shows posts or columns 10 in spaced re-lationship and a plurality of horizontally extending rails 17 extending therebetween with vertically extending dowels 25 extending upwardly from the upper ends of the posts lO
to receive a top plate 26 which is drilled to engage the dowels thus enabling same to support trusses or the like indicated by reference character 26.
Figure 6 shcws posts 10 placed similar to those illustrates in Figure 5 thus forming the supports and walls, in a manner hereinbefore described.
Figure 7 shows a fra~mentary isometric represen-tation of a fence including the posts or columns 10 and rails 17 extending therebetween.
Finally, Figure 7 shows a top plan view of a sec-tion of a fence construction including a corner post 10 similar to that illustrated in Figure lB, a spaced apart post lO having vertical notches on two opposing faces with rails 17 extending therebetween.
In all cases, the notches include the clearance ~-notches 19 when the rails are installed so that grout or other sealing material can be engaged therein.
Since various modifications can be made in my in-vention as hereinabove described, and many apparently wide-:

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g ly different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanyi.ng specification shall be inte.rpreted as illus-trative only and not in a limiting sense.

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Claims

CLAIMS:
(1) A precast concrete building component com-prising an elongated post or column and a notch extending at least part way along at least one face thereof and opening out onto said face, said notch being defined by a base wall, and a pair of spaced apart side walls each ex-tending from one side of the base wall to said face, at least one of said side walls inclining outwardly and away from said one side of said base wall towards said outer face, the other of said side walls extending perpendicu-larly between said base and said face, and a substantially rectangular cross sectioned rail engaging by one end there-of within said notch and thereby defining an elongated wedge-shaped clearance slot between said one side wall of said notch and the adjacent face of said rail, thereby constituting a grouting channel.
(2) The component according to Claim 1 in which said notch extends the full length of said face.
(3) The component according to Claim 1 in which said post or column is formed from reinforced dry mix ce-ment.
(4) The component according to Claim 2 in which said post or column is formed from reinforced dry mix ce-ment.
(5) The component according to Claim 1 which includes a plurality of spaced apart vertically extending post or columns having said notch formed on opposing faces thereof and a plurality of said rails engageable within the opposite notches of adjacent posts or columns in stack-ed array one upon the other.
(6) The component according to Claim 2 which includes a plurality of spaced apart vertically extending post or columns having said notch formed on opposing faces thereof and a plurality of said rails engageable within the opposite notches of adjacent posts or columns in stack-ed array one upon the other.
(7) The component according to Claim 3 which includes a plurality of spaced apart vertically extending post or columns having said notch formed on opposing faces thereof and a plurality of said rails engageable within the opposite notches of adjacent posts or columns in stack-ed array one upon the other.
(8) The component according to Claim 4 which includes a plurality of spaced apart vertically extending post or columns having said notch formed on opposing faces thereof and a plurality of said rails engageable within the opposite notches of adjacent posts or columns in stack-ed array one upon the other.
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2966178A1 (en) * 2010-10-19 2012-04-20 Begibat MODULAR CONSTRUCTION UNIT AND METHOD OF BUILDING A CORRESPONDING BUILDING
CN111058569A (en) * 2019-12-27 2020-04-24 西安理工大学 A kind of multi-steel beam-concrete composite super-flat beam and construction method of flat beam

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2966178A1 (en) * 2010-10-19 2012-04-20 Begibat MODULAR CONSTRUCTION UNIT AND METHOD OF BUILDING A CORRESPONDING BUILDING
CN111058569A (en) * 2019-12-27 2020-04-24 西安理工大学 A kind of multi-steel beam-concrete composite super-flat beam and construction method of flat beam

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