BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Abstract: The construction comprises a telescopically adjustable and lockable frame with an associated sheet metal roof attached and secured thereto. It is possible in this way easily to achieve buildings which can also be fitted with wheels to enable them to be moved to desired erection locations.

Description: Building construction. The present invention relates to a building construction comprising a frame with a roof attached thereto and with walls along each of its two long sides, in conjunction with which the roof is in the form of bent sheet metal attached at its respective ends to two sides of the frame. The principal object of the present invention is to make available a simple building construction comprising a small number of parts which can be connected together to form a building, of which the frame exhibits torsional rigidity, arvd to which wheels can also be attached and the building can be provided with a floor. The aforementioned object is achieved by means of a building construction in accordance with the present invention, which is characterized essentially in that the frame is capable of connection telescopically in both the vertical and horizontal directions, viewed when the frame is set up on an essentially horizontal base, and in that locking devices are so arranged as to lock the telescopic components securely to one another in adjustable positions, in that the upper part of the frame is formed by angled beams and connecting telescopic parts, in that the lower part of the frame is formed by beams which are capable of attachment to the lower parts of the upper frame part by means of vertical uprights and are lockable in the vertical sense, in that the locking devices are in the form of locking plugs capable of being accommodated in holes, and in that an upper part of the frame is formed by a lower vertical upright and an upper horizontal connecting part and an intermediate part extending at an angle between them. The invention is described below as a number of different illustrative embodiments, in conjunction with which reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 shows a sectioned drawing of a main frame structure for the building construction; Fig. 2 shows the building construction viewed at an angle from the side; Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of a wind proof and draught proof skirt on the lower edge of the frame; Figs. 4-6 show an arrangement with a tow bar in the building construction; Fig. 8 shows a wall arrangement in the building construction; Figs. 11-13 shows an arrangement for fully open building constructions; Fig. 14 shows a gate arrangement in a building construction; Fig. 15 shows the attachment of a roof frame to walls; Fig. 16 shows a wall with its attachment pins and cavities; Fig. 17 shows a building construction in a position in which it is ready to be towed; Fig. 18 shows a top view of the inner frame of a building construction and its rear gates; Fig. 19 shows three building constructions set up in line and with docking plates between the constructions; Fig. 20 shows a sectioned view of a mobile building construction set up on a base slab made of concrete; Figs. 21-22 shows variants of building constructions with anchoring aids; Fig. 23 shows an alternative wheel suspension in a building construction; Fig. 24 shows a tow bar attachment in a building construction; Fig. 25 shows an arrangement for a loose centre attachment positioned on the end wall; Fig. 26 shows an example of the connection of several building constructions to form a train set. The following are further subsidiary characteristics of the invention: D a tensioning component for the roof is arranged in the lower part of the intermediate part; D the building construction exhibits means for moving it on a base, essentially wheels which are mounted in such a way as to be capable of movement between a position in which they are ready for operation and a retracted rest position; D a floor is arranged at the bottom and is attached to the frame in a secure and/or suspended manner; D the frame is open at each of its ends which face away from one another, and these are so arranged as to be capable of being attached to one another in a line and/or at a mutual distance from one another and with an interconnecting roof, including between the building constructions; D the telescopic means of connection is permitted by the parts of the frame being formed from tubes, and by pins being capable of accommodation by the aforementioned tubes and lockable to one another; D the frame forms the inner part of the aforementioned building. Description The telescopically designed and wheeled Lane hut large-span structure is constructed on a telescopic base frame, for example made of square-section 100x100x4 mm tube (external) in telescopic interaction with square-section 90x90x3.6 or 6 mm tube (internal) and provided with pins and sleeves of different dimensions for length and height connection for a corresponding telescopic purpose. No transverse, continuous beams, struts or tie-rods are required at the eaves or at the bottom in order to hold the building together, which permits an entirely beam-free and strut-free internal space running for the entire length of the building. The telescopic frame structure is executed so that it absorbs the forces which arise in conjunction with wind loads and snow loads and when the building is moved. The roof covering consists of profiled sheet metal bent in the transverse sense, which is only attached at points 40 mm in from the outer cross-cut ends of the sheet metal in the gutter valleys outside the wall rib in a sill profile constructed for the purpose. No other screw attachment to the sheet metal is needed for a span of up to ten metres or more, if required by the customer and if the customer is prepared to pay the "additional" cost. The walls along the long sides are constructed so that profiled sheet metal, transparent plastic, plywood sheets, insulated wall elements or similar can be introduced from the side into sliding slots/guide channels executed for the purpose . The wall material can be wedged securely in position with clips or locked with plugs. This means that screwing of the wall material is not necessary. When moving wheeled Lane hut large-span structures, one or more wheels can be attached rapidly to each of the long sides . By lifting the frame of the large-span structure with a jack, a loader machine or some other arrangement, the wheel can be folded down and locked in the folded position. As an alternative, the above lifting and movements can be replaced with hydraulics. If the building will be moved frequently and simply, it can be equipped with a drawbar on one end wall in accordance with the telescopic and sleeve-and-pin method, in accordance with the above and in accordance with the accompanying drawings. Reference is made to the sectional drawing of a telescopic five/seven-part frame structure adapted in the first instance for profiled transversely bent roof/wall panels. Main frame shown in Fig. 1. This consists of five frame parts numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. These are introduced into one another telescopically and are locked with plugs in pre- drilled holes 6, 7, 8 and 9. The frame viewed from the side in Fig. 2 with gates and a suspended post. A cantilever roof is obtained in this way, which can be increased or reduced depending on the needs and wishes of the customer, the owner, with or without the help of a replaceable telescopic transverse sleeve-and-pin beam 3. The novel aspect of the structure is that the hoop beam frame part 2 and 4 can be mass-produced and will fit all standard sizes of this type of building. Other parts can be added as needed and required. The frame can be provided with wheels 10, Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6, capable of being folded up and folded down, which rotate about an axle 11 and are locked with a pin or similar in the folded up position in pre-drilled holes 12 and in the folded down position 13 A and B. Wind proof and draught proof skirt 14 in Fig. 3 on the lower edge of the frame in a longitudinal beam 1 and 5 in Fig. 1. Can also be equipped with a drawbar 15 and an articulated connection eye 16. A transverse beam 17, spanning link 18 and a bottlescrew 19. In accordance with Fig. 7 an upright bar 20 is passed over a projecting pin 21 on the upper part 22 of the frame in Fig. 7 and is locked with a plug 23 or similar and is introduced at the bottom of the subjacent longitudinal frame parts 1 and 5 in Fig. 1 via insert pins 24 on the outer wings of the drawbar, and is locked with plugs or similar 25 and a lifting yoke 26 bar locking 27 = gives a pre-tensioned drawbar . The roof covering consists of profiled sheet metal 30 in Fig. 1 bent in the transverse sense, which is only attached at points 40 mm in from the outer cross-cut ends of the sheet metal in the gutter valleys outside the wall rib in a sill profile 32 constructed for the purpose, and no other screw attachment to the sheet metal is needed for a span of up to ten metres or more, if required by the customer and if the customer is prepared to pay "additional" cost. The walls along the long sides 33 are constructed so that profiled sheet metal, transparent plastic, plywood sheets, insulated wall elements or similar can be introduced from the side into sliding slots/guide channels 34 in Fig. 8 executed for the purpose. The large-span structures and huts can also be provided with a lying pen for animals in accordance with Figs. 9 and 10 or fully open in accordance with Figs. 11, 12 and 13. Can be provided with gates at the front and rear, Figs. 2 and 14, and earth spike locking 35 for open or closed gates, Fig. 14, and suspended gate posts telescopically attached to the upper frame in order to avoid contact with the ground 36 when moving forwards or backwards, Fig. 2. If this post 36 is released, the rear gate will be entirely free from a braking object, Fig. 2, if provided. The frame can be provided with wind-anchoring ballast in the form of, for example, concrete weights along the sides, or with pile hooks and earth spikes . In one variant of the large-span structure, Figs. 21 and 22, the ballast material 37, 38 and 39 can be provided as a combined wall-roof panel-trough variant. The ballast material can consist of concrete, gravel, water or similar. The centre attachment 40, Fig. 25, positioned on the end wall is located on a telescopic bar 41 capable of lateral displacement which is cut at an angle at one or both ends 42 and as such permits insertion and removal as necessary. The construction does not otherwise require this lower bar 41 for strength reasons, but permits free insertion from the sides. The towing arrangement on the tortoise hut, the drawbar 43 in Fig. 24, can be changed and displaced from a drawing position 44 to lateral attachment either on the right 45 or the left 46 on the same long side, or alternatively all these possibilities around and on the end walls; see also 45 A and B and 46 A and B in Figs. 22 and 24. This permits drawbars of different or the same length and types, at the front and rear, to be used to connect together the entire train set of the Lane tortoise huts one after the other. It also means that huts in the same train set can be connected together in different ways at the ends and partly on the long sides, but that they can also be connected so that two huts are connected to one, and then two more to each in accordance with Fig. 26. All the drawbar attachment sleeves 40, 44, 45, 46 and 47 in Fig. 25 and pins 22, 40, can also be used for docking huts next to one another, for ski runners and wheel attachment 48 in. Fig. 23 in order to obtain wheeled or readily towed huts. If the attachment sleeve 40 in Fig. 25 at the centre of the end wall of the tortoise hut is used for the attachment of wheels, a track-following effect will be achieved, whereby a number of huts can be connected one after the other without interference in curves during towing; see Fig. 26. The telescopic frame construction is spanned at the assembly site via cross-locking of the wall components at the lower centre part of the long sides 49 in Fig. 2. Tortoise hut variant If several large-span structures are set up in a line with a mutual distance of ca. 1.20 m between them (more or less is acceptable) , they can be docked together with the help of, fox example, profiled transparent plastic in order to permit the admission of light, or profiled sheet metal of a high profiled type which is laid across the previously laid transversely bent roof/wall panels in order to obtain maximum coverage of ground surfaces, up to the length and width permitted by the snow load and wind load resistance of the panel. The lining panels of the end walls can be used as the supporting frame for these panels/light inlets laid in the transverse sense. Alternatively, they can be laid directly on the roof/wall surfaces of the transversely bent panel. Attachment is effected with the help of straps or similar, and no screws are necessary. The rounded and softly radiused form of the transversely bent roof/wall panel permits profiled material that is attached securely in a direction across it to produce a complete seal against the base, if required. The profiled cross-cut ends can either be sealed with enclosing end profiles or profiled sealing strips, although without sealing the openings function as a highly effective and inexpensive ventilation arrangement. If transparent plastic or similar is used, the large-span structures can be used as greenhouses, and ordinary transversely bent roof panels can also be removed and replaced by transverse transparent plastic, and the entire large-span structure can become a greenhouse or a large-span structure with lighting. Parts of the transversely laid transparent plastic/metal sheets or other types of elements can easily be removed or replaced rapidly. For example, roof openings can be provided in order to obtain extra effective ventilation, or doors and door openings can be provided in the sides between the docked large-span structures. Large-span structure as an animal handling facility Wheeled large-span structure of the Lane hut type. 12.20 m x 6.80 m = 83 m 2 . 12.20 m internal length to the rear gates, and 6.80 m internal width between the plywood sheets = 83 2 internally. NOTE. This width dimension can be extended up to 9.80 m as standard, in which case = 120 m 2 . 1.9 m wall height up to the meeting roof panel on the long sides . 3.10 m wall height with height-extending leg and wall sheet. 3.45 m free internal ceiling height under transverse beams, as standard. 4.65 m free internal ceiling height with height-extending leg. The large-span structure is constructed on a frame of square- section beams introduced telescopically into one another with quick-assembly fasteners. Supporting rubber wheels at the rear capable of being folded up and down. Drawbar arrangement with articulated towing eye at the front . Opening plywood hatches on the wings of one of the end walls for calf separation or other purposes . The long sides and one of the end walls are clad at the bottom with easily replaceable weather-resistant 12 mm formed plywood. With 12 mm building plywood at the top. The apex of one of the end walls is provided with 45 m profiled transparent plastic as a light inlet and for ventilation at the top. The other end wall is completely open but provided with retaining gates made of galvanized steel tubes and installed to an upper height of ca. 1.7 and equipped with a simple locking device. The roof panel consists of 45 mm profiled galvanized and black-enamelled sheet steel which has been bent transversely along both long sides and secured to a galvanized sill foot profile adapted for the purpose. The large-span structure can be supplemented internally with fixing hoops for sub-division into boxes, gates or lying pen equipment . Can be divided up with inner boxes for the treatment of sick animals. Can be isolated fully or partially. Can be provided with lockable doors instead of gates in the end walls. Can be provided with a hanging means of draught protection, such as a skirt, when it is wished to have the large-span structure standing on its folded-down wheels. Can be provided with windproof fabric ventilation on the end walls and the long sides. Tips for temporary or stationary deployment An inexpensive solution is to use an existing wall as the rear end wall for the Lane hut large-span structures, for example a barn wall clad with wooden panels with or without a door or pedestrian door. Fig. 15 shows the telescopic assembly of a reinforced roof frame 50 with the outer long walls - long sides 52 via pins 58 in Fig. 16 on the top edge of the long walls 52. The bottom bearing 59 of the roof frames 50 in Fig. 15 is assembled as a sleeve passing over pins 58 in Fig. 16 and, as such, when locked with safety bolts in holes 60 Fig. 16, provide a rapidly erected torsionally rigid frame 55 in Fig. 15, which can be moved on wheels 57 via a tow bar arrangement 51 in Fig. 15, which is connected to an appropriate towing vehicle for the purpose. In order to obtain a more supportive telescopic roof frame 50 in Fig. 15 at greater spans or for larger snow loading zones and/or where the tow bar arrangement 51 is attached to the long side 52 of the hut, Fig. 15, a lower transverse beam 53 can be installed together with lateral reinforcing beams 54, one on either side. This allows the lower transverse beam 56 of the hut 55 to be omitted in Fig. 15 and provides an opportunity in this case, too, to load the roof frame 50 with freely suspended boxes and lying pens 68, Fig. 15. If the telescopic frame is manufactured in accordance with the drawing in Fig. 15 with a drawbar arrangement 51 attached to the long side 52 of the frame, the possibility will be provided for docking huts to form composite long buildings and large-span structures in accordance with Fig. 19. Huts with or without wheels 57 and a drawbar arrangement 51 in Fig. 15 can be set up in a line as shown in Fig. 19 with any drawbar arrangements on the long sides 52 as shown in Figs. 15 and 19. The spaces remaining in accordance with Fig 19 are variable and can be 7.5 m, for example, in snow zone two. These spaces are covered in conjunction with docking, for example with high-profiled sheet metal 30 in Fig. 31, which is screwed or retained with straps down inside or against a so-called docking beam 61 in Fig. 15, which is attached to the roof frame 50 to provide the possibility of docking without damaging the roof covering on the original roof of the huts. This model in Fig. 15 is in principle a cross-section through the large Lane hut in Figs. 2 and 18. The advantage of this smaller variant is that it can also be moved on smaller roads if it is fitted with the necessary warning equipment. The hut frame 55 in Fig. 15 can be fitted with detachable and rotatable wheel attachment arrangements, known as H-beams 62, which permit supporting wheels 57 to be attached in any desired position outside or inside the hut 55, hence the designation tortoise hut. Inner installation permits a narrower track width and offers better accessibility on narrow roads. Outer installation provides more stable handling and a reduced risk of overturning when travelling on terrain with a steep lateral incline. To offer the possibility of opening doors and gates through a pivot radius of about 300 degrees, Fig. 18, the frame 55 in Fig. 15 is provided with a sleeve-mounted external fastening arrangement 63 in Figs. 18 and 15. the gate 64 in Fig. 18 or the door can now be opened and moved round in its radial path, on the one hand inwards through sixty degrees from the inner side 65 of the long wall, and on the other hand outwards until it meets the outer side 66 of the long wall and can be locked there. In this way, the hut in Fig. 2 can be moved in different directions including with the gates 64 in Fig. 18 fully open at the rear. A transverse retaining beam 70 at the rear in Fig. 18 with the ability to serve as an attachment for a gate post 71 can be mounted in attachment ears 72 provided for the purpose on the rear end of the long wall 52 of the frame in Figs. 18 and 16. Inside the attachments for the connection of a transverse beam in accordance with the foregoing, sleeves 73, preferably of rectangular form, can also be attached at the top of the frame 52 in Figs. 18 and 16 in such a way as to permit rapid assembly when docking with other buildings, adding extensions or introducing wind anchoring beams 74 in Fig. 18 adapted for the purpose. Locking of the drawbar arrangement 51 in Figs. 16 and 15 can be effected, for example, with a projecting pin 74, which is introduced into a sleeve 75 at the top of the long wall structure 52 and is locked via pins in holes 16. Corresponding locking can be applied at the bottom 77, although the possibility also exists here for locking via an external pipe/sleeve fastener 78 with a retaining locking bolt. In order to counteract misalignment and major relative displacement between the roof frames 50 in Fig. 15 in the event of and during movement, it is possible to construct a system of diagonal stays consisting of pre-drilled T-bars which are placed onto upward-projecting pins 81 in Fig. 15 with locking means . The roof panels can be spanned via beams 83 in the transverse direction of the panels, Fig. 15, and spacer blocks 84 and fasteners 85 are attached to the upper side of the roof frames 50. In order to provide rapid connection between a tractor and a hut 55 in Fig. 15, a pick-up hook 90 designed for the purpose has been constructed, which means that, if the tractor is equipped with a bar or a link at the outer end of the hydraulic arms, the hut can be picked up easily and quickly attached to the tow hook at the rear under the tractor. The telescopic frame 55 in Fig. 15 and Figs. 1 and 2 of the wheeled Lane hut type is particularly suitable for roof covering with transversely bent profiled sheet metal 30 in Fig. 1 to provide wind and weather protection for many different purposes, and for wheeled and rapidly movable exhibition halls and greenhouses, etc., in which, among other things, bendable dome-shaped laminated plastic can replace the transversely bent sheet metal 30 in Fig. 1. The telescopic frame in Fig. 1 and Fig. 12 can also be used for covered cycle tracks and walkways, tunnels and ski runs and jogging tracks. Hanging pens and box floors and a (concrete) base construction for example for easily moved stalls for horses and cattle. Background The construction was developed, among other things, to meet the need to be able to keep lying pens in cattle stalls and in house boxes clean easily with the help of hot water - steam - and high-pressure washing. Very hot water = water vapour has proved to be an effective way of keeping infectious diseases at bay. A special design of floor is needed in order to achieve good results . Shown here is an example of how the floors 101 can be "suspended", for example from posts 102 from the top of the frame structure 103 in an easily movable stall 104, known as a lane hut, which has been fitted with wheels 105 that can be readily folded up or down. In the case of stationary use, for example, the wheeled Lane hut stall 104 is driven up onto a base construction 106 adapted for the purpose, which is designed so that the outer sides 107 form a raised plinth 108. Executed at the centre of the base construction 106 is a recess 109, which can be level or inclined. A slightly inclined intermediate part 111 is executed between the recess 109 and the inner bottom edge 110 of the outer sides. When washing the suspended floor 101, faeces and urine are collected in the lower recess 109 and can be removed with some form of scraper apparatus or by washing. The recess 109 can be provided with an inclined form and made deeper in sections and connected to one another. The suspended pen and the box floor 101 can be constructed from perforated plastic planks with an anti-slip pattern or their equivalent, for example made of brick, concrete flags, plastic or hard rubber mats and the like. Floor materials made of brick or concrete flags can be held together by shaped frames 112. Freely suspended pens and box floors 101 can also be used with advantage as stalls and large-span structures out in the field, for example such as wheeled Lane huts of Type TM 4 with wheels 105 capable of being folded up or down. The floor 101 can also be provided with adjustable or fixed block support legs 113 between the floor 101 and the bottom structure 106. The posts 102 to the sides of the centre can then be omitted.

Claims: a t e n t C l a i m s 1. Building construction comprising a frame with a roof attached thereto and with walls along each of its two long sides, in conjunction with which the roof is in the form of bent sheet metal attached at its respective ends to two sides of the frame, characterized in that the frame is capable of connection telescopically in both the vertical and horizontal directions, viewed when the frame is set up on an essentially horizontal base, and in that locking devices are so arranged as to lock the telescopic components securely to one another in adjustable positions, in that the upper part of the frame is formed by angled beams and connecting telescopic parts, in that the lower part of the frame is formed by beams which are capable of attachment to the lower parts of the upper frame part by means of vertical uprights and are lockable in the vertical sense, in that the locking devices are in the form of locking plugs capable of being accommodated in holes, and in that an upper part of the frame is formed by a lower vertical upright and an upper horizontal connecting part and an intermediate part extending at an angle between them. 2. Building construction in accordance with Patent Claim 1, characterized in that a tensioning component for the roof is arranged in the lower part of the intermediate part. 3. Building construction in accordance with one or other of Patent Claims 1-2, characterized in that the building construction exhibits means for moving it on a base, essentially wheels which are mounted in such a way as to be capable of movement between a position in which they are ready for operation and a retracted rest position. 4. Building construction in accordance with one or other of the foregoing Patent Claims, characterized in that a floor is arranged at the bottom and is attached to the frame in a secure or suspended manner. 5. Building construction in accordance with one or other of the foregoing Patent Claims, characterized in that the frame is open at each of its ends which face away from one another, and these are so arranged as to be capable of being attached to one another in a line and/or at a mutual distance from one another and with an interconnecting roof, including between the building constructions. 6. Building construction in accordance with one or other of the foregoing Patent Claims, characterized in that the telescopic means of connection is permitted by the parts of the frame being formed from tubes, and by pins being capable of accommodation by the aforementioned tubes and lockable to one another. 7. Building construction in accordance with one or other of the foregoing Patent Claims 1-6, in conjunction with which it is so arranged as to be used as a large-span structure capable of being set up easily in a desired location, characterized in that the frame forms the inner part of the aforementioned building.

Inventors: LINDSTROEM LENNART, LINDSTROEM, LENNART
Applicants: LINDSTROEM LENNART, LINDSTROEM, LENNART
Application year: 2001
Main classification: E04H1
IPC codes: E04B1