Patent ID: 6637170
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: E04F,F16B

Abstract:
An external wall construction, comprising:an underlayment; right and left external wall panels mounted on the underlayment; a securing metal fitting installed at each of upper and lower side portions of the right and left external wall panels; a notched recess formed on left and right side portions of the right and left external wall panels, respectively, along a vertical direction; a sealing fixture arranged between the right and left external wall panels and continuously arranged over the vertical direction of the external wall construction, wherein the sealing fixture includes: a base plate portion fixed to the underlayment; a rising plate portion erected at the base plate portion; a front plate portion arranged at the rising plate portion; a front resilient material provided at a front face of the front plate portion, wherein the front resilient material and the front plate portion are engaged in the notched recess of the right and left external wall panel, and wherein the front resilient material comes into close contact with both front inner surfaces of the notched recess of the right and left external wall panels; and rear resilient materials disposed on a front face of the base plate portion, wherein each of the rear resilient materials is in close contact with a back surface of either the right external wall panel or the left external wall panel.