EP1259688B1 - Fast mounted building unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The construction comprises a lower rectangular aluminum frame (20) onto the uprights of which four walls are placed. An upper frame, identical to the lower one, has its uprights resting on the walls. Four posts (42) arranged outside the walls connect the two frames in their corners.

Description

The present invention relates to a quick-erase construction.

This type of construction is particularly suitable for accommodation temporary. It can be used, for example, as a bungalow for camping, housing for construction sites, housing for the victims or housing for events.

GB 2 334 045 and WO 9831884, for example, describe such achievements. FR 2 471 454 discloses a removable shelter consisting of a floor frame and a roof frame joined together by posts provided with angles for the lateral support of the cladding panels.

The object of the present invention is to provide a type of construction which even better meets the requirements of assembly simplicity and low cost.

• un cadre inférieur sensiblement rectangulaire,
• quatre parois déposées sur les montants de ce cadre,
• un cadre supérieur identique au cadre inférieur, dont les montants reposent sur lesdites parois, et
• quatre poteaux disposés à l'extérieur des parois et reliant entre eux les deux cadres par leurs angles.

To achieve this purpose, the quick-assemble construction according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises:

• a substantially rectangular lower frame,
• four walls deposited on the uprights of this frame,
• an upper frame identical to the lower frame, whose amounts rest on said walls, and
• four posts arranged outside the walls and connecting the two frames by their angles.

• elle comporte, en outre, un châssis sur lequel repose le cadre inférieur et des moyens de positionnement du cadre sur le châssis;
• ces moyens de positionnement sont constitués de quatre embouts qui sont fixés au châssis et prennent place dans des ouvertures pratiquées aux quatre angles du cadre;
• les poteaux sont tubulaires et s'emboítent sur les embouts de positionnement par leur extrémité inférieure;
• les extrémités supérieures des poteaux sont munies d'embouts qui prennent place dans des ouvertures pratiquées aux quatre angles du cadre supérieur;
• le châssis comporte des pieds réglables en hauteur de manière à permettre de le disposer horizontalement sur le sol.

The construction according to the invention still has the following main characteristics:

• it further comprises a frame on which the lower frame rests and means for positioning the frame on the frame;
• these positioning means consist of four end pieces which are fixed to the frame and take place in openings made at the four corners of the frame;
• the posts are tubular and fit on the positioning ends by their lower end;
• the upper ends of the posts are provided with end pieces which take place in openings made at the four corners of the upper frame;
• the frame has feet adjustable in height so as to arrange it horizontally on the ground.

• quatre nouvelles parois déposées sur les montants du cadre supérieur, qui devient donc cadre intermédiaire,
• un nouveau cadre supérieur identique aux deux premiers, dont les montants reposent sur ces nouvelles parois, et
• quatre nouveaux poteaux disposés à l'extérieur des parois et reliant entre eux le cadre intermédiaire et le cadre supérieur par leurs angles.

In a two-stage embodiment, the construction according to the invention further comprises:

• four new walls deposited on the uprights of the upper frame, which thus becomes an intermediate frame,
• a new upper frame identical to the first two, the amounts of which rest on these new walls, and
• four new posts arranged outside the walls and interconnecting the intermediate frame and the upper frame by their angles.

In this two-storey embodiment, the four new posts are tubular and fit, by their lower end, on the ends of four lower poles.

A slab is arranged inside each of the frames, whose amounts are advantageously profiles having a horizontal portion on which the walls rest and an inner horizontal portion on which lie the edges of the slabs.

According to an embodiment without a passageway, the construction comprises a roof comprising a bar connecting the upper ends of the two poles from the back, a bar connecting the ends of the two poles of forward, a third intermediate bar parallel to the first two, elevated above them and carried by the upper frame, and a tarpaulin deposited on these three bars.

According to an embodiment with a passageway, the frame is extended, at the front, beyond the lower frame and there are two posts of passageway attached to his end. The construction then comprises a roof comprising a bar connecting the upper ends of the two posts from the back, a bar connecting the ends of the two poles of passageway, a third bar intermediate parallel to the first two, elevated in relation to them and carried by the upper frame, and a tarpaulin deposited on these three bars.

In the two embodiments above, the tarpaulin is advantageously attached to the first two bars by means of the tender.

• la figure 1 est une vue générale écorchée en perspective d'une construction à un étage avec coursive;
• la figure 2 représente en détail des caractéristiques importantes de la construction;
• la figure 3 est une vue partielle en coupe montrant le profil des montants des cadres; et
• la figure 4 est une vue générale de côté d'une construction à deux étages avec coursive.

Other features of the present invention will emerge from the description which follows, made with reference to the appended drawings, in which:

• Figure 1 is a general perspective broken view of a one-story construction with passageway;
• Figure 2 shows in detail important features of the construction;
• Figure 3 is a partial sectional view showing the profile of the amounts of the frames; and
• Figure 4 is a general side view of a two-story building with a corridor.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the construction according to the invention on a rectangular frame 10, made of steel, formed of two longitudinal members 12 and two connecting bars 14. These are fixed using bolts and nuts to legs 16 disposed under the longitudinal members.

The chassis 10 rests on the ground by steel legs 18 arranged at its four angles and, if necessary, along the longitudinal members 12. These feet are adjustable in height by screwing, so as to allow position the chassis well horizontally.

A rectangular aluminum frame 20 rests, by the edges of its two long sides, on the longitudinal members 12. It is a little shorter than the frame, way to leave free the front portion of the frame 10, which is intended to form a corridor.

FIG. 3 shows that the amounts of the frame 20 consist of a profile having a central vertical portion 22, a horizontal portion 24 located substantially in the middle of the vertical portion and a inner horizontal portion 26 shifted downward relative to the portion 24. In addition, the latter has, itself, a flange lower vertical 28 and an upper rib 30 disposed substantially midway between the rim 28 and the portion 22. This is the end of the portion horizontal 24 which is applied against the spar 12.

A lower slab 32a rests by its periphery on the horizontal portion inside 26 of the uprights of the frame 20. This slab is, preferably, made in several juxtaposed panels having a sandwich structure formed, for example, of two sheets of steel between which there is a polystyrene insulation. The upper sheet is advantageously covered a conventional interior floor covering.

The slab 32a continues, at the front of the building, by a corridor 32b which rests on the two longitudinal members 12. This corridor is also realized in several juxtaposed panels sandwich structure, advantageously covered with a floor covering for outdoors.

Four vertical walls 34, equipped with doors and windows, are arranged on the horizontal portion 24 of the amounts of the frame 20, so that the rib 30 takes place in a groove 36 that the walls present to their base.

The walls 34 are composite panels having a sandwich structure formed, for example, on the outside, of a powder-coated steel sheet and, on the interior, of an agglomerate, between which is imprisoned an insulation in polystyrene.

On the top of the walls 34, there is an upper frame 20 identical to the lower frame 20 which is deposited on the frame 10. In this case, as the shows Figure 3, the upper edge of the wall 34 simply takes place in the space delimited by the lower half of the vertical portion 22 and the ledge 28.

An upper slab 32a, identical to the lower slab, rests like it, by its periphery, on the inner horizontal portion 26 of the senior manager 20.

To ensure the maintenance of the structure just described, as well as better in FIG. 2, the lower frame 20 is pierced at each of its four angles, of a circular opening allowing the passage of the part upper section of a circular section 38 whose lower part is secured to the inner side of the spar 12 by means of a bolted plate 40. The upper frame 20 has exactly the same openings.

It is planned, moreover, four tubular steel or aluminum poles 42, Inner diameter slightly greater than the outer diameter of the tips 38, which fit on them by their lower end. At their end higher, the posts 42 have a portion of reduced diameter 44, forming a tip identical to the tips 38, which takes place in the circular openings of the upper frame 20.

Thus is constituted the living cell itself. It still remains at the cover.

To do this, the two side members 12 receive, at their front end, a endpiece with circular section 38 whose lower part is fixed on the side inside of the spar by means of a bolted plate 40. These tips receive two additional posts 46, similar to the posts 42, and on the ends of which are nested horizontal supports 48 to length adjustable by screwing. The ends of the gallows thus formed are connected by a tubular bar 50. Moreover, in order to consolidate the whole, the posts 46 are connected to the nearest posts 42 by means of T-profile 52.

At the rear of the construction, the two posts 42 also receive horizontal supports 48 with adjustable length which are connected by a second tubular bar 50 identical to the first.

Finally, the large amounts of senior staff 20 are staffed, middle of the construction, vertical tubular bars 54 connected by a tubular bar 56 identical to the other two.

The bars 50, 54 and 56 are advantageously made of steel.

The roof thus formed makes it possible to receive a tarpaulin 58 which is attached to two tubes 50 and rests on the central bar 56. The supports 48 to length Adjustable allow to properly tension the tarpaulin.

• assemblage et mise à l'horizontale du châssis 10;
• mise en place du cadre inférieur 20 sur le châssis grâce aux embouts 38;
• mise en place de la dalle inférieure 32a dans le cadre inférieur et de la coursive 32b à l'avant du châssis;
• mise en place des quatre parois 34 sur les montants du cadre inférieur;
• mise en place des quatre poteaux 42 et des deux poteaux 46 sur les embouts 38;
• mise en place du cadre supérieur 20 sur les embouts d'extrémité 44 des poteaux;
• mise en place de la dalle supérieure 32a dans le cadre supérieur;
• mise en place de la toiture (barres 50, 54 et 56); et, finalement,
• mise en place et tension de la bâche 58.

The main stages of the assembly of the construction which has just been described are the following:

• assembly and horizontal positioning of the frame 10;
• placing the lower frame 20 on the frame thanks to the end pieces 38;
• placing the lower slab 32a in the lower frame and the passageway 32b at the front of the frame;
• placing four walls 34 on the uprights of the lower frame;
• placing four posts 42 and two posts 46 on the end pieces 38;
• placing the upper frame 20 on the end caps 44 of the posts;
• placing the upper slab 32a in the upper frame;
• placing the roof (bars 50, 54 and 56); and finally,
• placing and tensioning the tarpaulin 58.

We see immediately that such a construction, the principle of which is based on the use of the two frames 20 and the four outer posts 42, can be mounted and disassembled very quickly by non-specialized personnel. His installation cost is significantly reduced.

The use of identical components (slabs, frames, posts, end caps, roof bars) further contributes to the decrease in cost.

Reference will now be made to FIG. 4 which shows schematically how the previously described single-story construction can become, according to the same principle, a two-storey construction.

In this case, instead of installing the roof, four new walls 34, provided of windows, are arranged on the horizontal portion 24 of the amounts of upper frame 20, which becomes intermediate frame. Then just plant, on each end of the four main poles 42, a new pole 42 and, on each end of the two poles 46, a new post 46. A new senior executive 20, identical to both others, is then placed on these walls, so that the tips of Posts 42 take place in its corner openings. After which, a new upper slab 32a is set up in the upper frame.

All that remains is to put the roof in place, as it has previously described with reference to Figure 1, the elements common to two embodiments being designated by the same numbers of reference.

In order to maintain the posts 42 and 46 on the end pieces 38 and 44, it is planned to fix them together by means of pins, consisting of a bolt and of a screw. In order not to overload the drawings, these pins were not represented.

It goes without saying that if one wishes, in a simplified execution, to do without of a corridor, and thus posts 46, these are the two posts before 42 which serve for the installation of the roof and the tarpaulin.

Of course, it is always possible to attach two constructions to one or two floors as described above. We can then, to obtain a largest single piece, remove the two adjacent walls and to cover with a bridge the portions thus discovered of the frames and beams.

Claims (14)

1. Fast mounted building unit, characterised in that it comprises:

   a substantially rectangular lower frame (20);

   four walls (34) set on the vertical members of said frame;

   an upper frame (20) identical to the lower frame, the vertical members of which rest on said walls, and

   four poles (42) which are arranged in pairs, one at the front and the other at the rear, outside the walls and connecting the two frames together by their corners.
2. Building unit according to claim 1, characterised in that it also includes a chassis (12) on which rests the lower frame (20) and means of positioning said frame on the chassis.
3. Building unit according to claim 2, characterised in that said chassis has height-adjustable legs (18) so that it can be arranged horizontally on the ground.
4. Building unit according to claim 2, characterised in that said means of positioning include four end-pieces (38) integral with the chassis and inserted in openings made in the four corners of the lower frame.
5. Building unit according to claim 4, characterised in that said poles (42) are tubular and their lower ends fit onto said end-pieces (38).
6. Building unit according to claim 5, characterised in that the upper ends of said poles (42) are fitted with end-pieces (44) which are inserted in openings made in the four corners of the upper frame.
7. Building unit according to claim 6, characterised in that it includes, moreover:

   four new walls (34) set on the vertical members of the upper frame, which becomes an intermediate frame;

   a new upper frame (20) identical to the first two, the vertical members of which rest on said walls, and

   four new poles (42) which are arranged in pairs, one at the front and the other at the rear, outside the walls and connecting the intermediate frame and the upper frame together by their corners.
8. Building unit according to claim 7, characterised in that the four new poles (42) are tubular and their lower ends fit onto the end-pieces (44) of the four lower poles.
9. Building unit according to one of the claims 1 to 8, characterised in that it includes a slab (32a) arranged inside each of said frames.
10. Building unit according to one of the claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the vertical members of said frames (20) are sections having an external horizontal portion (24) on which rest said walls and an internal horizontal portion (26) on which rest the edges of said slabs.
11. Building unit according to one of the claims 1 to 10, characterised in that it includes a roof consisting of a bar (50) connecting the upper ends of the two rear poles, a bar (50) connecting the ends of the two front poles, a third intermediate bar (56) parallel to the first two, raised above them and carried by the upper frame, and a tarpaulin (58) placed on said bars.
12. Building unit according to one of the claims 2 to 10, characterised in that the chassis (12) is extended, at the front, beyond the lower frame, and in that it also includes two external access balcony poles (46) attached at its end.
13. Building unit according to claim 12, characterised in that it includes a roof consisting of a bar (50) connecting the upper ends of the two rear poles, a bar (50) connecting the ends of the two external access balcony poles, a third intermediate bar (56) parallel to the first two, raised above them and carried by the upper frame, and a tarpaulin (58) placed on said bars.
14. Building unit according to one of the claims 11 and 13, characterised in that the tarpaulin is attached to the first two bars by means (48) allowing it to be stretched.

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