Insulated building construction

Patent · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5823245

Henley, H B; Norberg, K L; Devine, J P

An insulated building construction is described consisting of: first and second walls; first means for joining the first and second walls; one of the first and second walls including first and second panels each having: an interior skin; an exterior skin; and an insulating core fastened between the interior and exterior skins, the interior skin, the exterior skin and the core all having vertical edges, the vertical edges of the interior skin and the exterior skin extending in a horizontal direction beyond the vertical edges of the core at one end to form a first groove at such end of each of the first and second panels; and means for connecting the first and second panels together, the connecting means including first, second and third posts with interior and exterior support members and an insulating layer therebetween, the first post being fastened in the first grooves to the first panel and to the second panel with the insulating layer in the first post aligned with the insulating core of the panels to provide connection with continuous thermal insulation across the first post between the panels; the first panel receiving the second post between the exterior and interior skins, the second and third posts being shorter than the first panel, the second and third posts being spaced apart, the second panel having a first frame plate fastened beneath the core, the first frame plate resting on the second and third posts such that the first and second panels rise to a similar height, whereby the second and third posts and the first frame plate of the second panel form a frame for an opening.

• Assignee: Enercept, Inc., Watertown, SD
• Patent Number(s): US 4578909
• OSTI ID: 5823245
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320100* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Buildings
BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
DIMENSIONS
HEIGHT
PANELS
THERMAL INSULATION
WALLS