Patent ID: 8356446
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: A47C,A61G,E04B,E04H,F16B

Abstract:
1. A capsule room unit comprising: columns located in four room corners, respectively; beams bridged between upper ends and lower ends of the columns; a horizontally oblong rectangular parallelepiped room framework formed by the columns and the beams; panel materials fitted into the room framework to constitute a ceiling, a floor and walls, wherein the columns and the beams are composed of elongated frame members each having a plurality of longitudinally consecutive grooves having a wide bottom, the elongated frame members having a hollow portion located in a central portion, the panel materials of the ceiling and walls are comprised of synthetic resin or FRP hollow panel materials each having flanges at a periphery thereof along a plane direction, and the flanges of the hollow panel materials are inserted and fitted to the grooves of the elongoated frame members, ends of the elongated frame members arranged orthogonal to each other in the room framework are coupled to each other via a screw clamp fitting slidably inserted and fitted to the plurality of grooves in the elongated frame members, regarding a side surface provided with an entrance opening in the room framework as a front side surface, end surfaces of back-and-forth-direction beams constituting the room framework are positioned in four corners of the front side surface and a rear side surface, respectively, a coupling rod inserted into the hollow portion of each of the beams has a threaded portion at both ends thereof penetrating steel backing materials which are made to abut against front and rear end surfaces of the beams, respectively, nuts are threadingly secured to the front and rear threaded portions from the outside, and the steel backing material at the front side surface constitutes a rectangular frame which covers the front side surface of the room framework, and a locking fastener directed through the steel backing material at the rear side surface, said locking fastener being connected to one of said columns of the room framework.