US3492765A - Corrugated building structure with roof and wall corner reinforcing panel - Google Patents

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Feb. 3, 1970 w. D.,BEHLEN 3,

' CORRUGATED BUILDING STRUCTURE WITH ROOF AND WALI-rCORNER REINFORCING PANEL I Filed May 8, 1968 59 anfi ,Qrrozmeys United States Patent 3,492,765 CORRUGATED BUILDING STRUCTURE WITH ROOF AND WALL CORNER REINFORCING PANEL Walter D. Behlen, Columbus, Nebr., assignor to Behlen Manufacturing Company, Inc., Columbus, Nebr., a corporation of Nebraska Filed May 8, 1968, Ser. No. 727,514 Int. Cl. E04b 7/06 US Cl. 52l8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A building structure including oppositely disposed side walls with a roof section secured thereto and extending therebetween. The side walls and roof section are comprised of a plurality of panels having major and minor corrugations formed therein. The major and minor corrugations of the roof panels are in alignment with the major and minor corrugations in the wall panels. An

angularly disposed support means is secured to each of e Conventional metal buildings usually consist of oppositely disposed wall sections having a roof section secured thereto and extending thereacross. The wall sections and the roof section are commonly constructed of a plurality of panels having some form of arcuate configuration provided therein such as corrugations or the like. The roof panels are usually secured to the upper ends of the wall panels by bolts or the like extending therethrough. However, these conventional building structures are less than satisfactory in that the roof sections will not support any appreciable load imposed thereon. The portion of the load which is imposed on the roof is transferred to the bolted point of connection between it and the wall thereby creating a great stress on the connection. This point of connection is not as rigid as required and in fact acts somewhat like a hinge connection. The stress which is imposed in the point of connection between the roof section and the wall section sometimes causes structural failure thereof. The possibility of such structural failure creates a serious limitation in the design of any building under consideration.

Therefore, it is a principal object of this invention to provide a building structure which is extremely strong.

A further object of this invention is to provide a building structure including an angularly disposed support means extending between the roof section and the wall section thereof.

A further object of this invention is to provide a building structure wherein major and minor corrugations of wall panels, roof panels, support panels and reinforcing panels are in alignment with each other.

A further object of this invention is to provide a building structure which prevents structural failures.

A further object of this invention is to provide a building structure including a unique means for securing the roof section to the wall section.

A further object of this invention is to provide a building structure including a pair of angularly disposed roof sections which are secured together at their inner ends, the inner ends of the roof sections being bent and secured together.

A further object of this invention is to provide a building structure which is economical of manufacture, durable in use and refined in appearance.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

This invention consists in the construction, arrangcments, and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, specifically pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is an end view of the building structure;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary section view of a portion of the building structure;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view as seen along lines 33 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view as seen along lines 4-4 of FIG. 2.

The building structure of this invention is generally designated by the reference numeral 10 and includes oppositely disposed wall sections 12, 14- and angularly disposed roof sections 16 and 18. Inasmuch as wall sections 12 and 14 are identical and inasmuch as roof sections 16 and 18 are identical, only wall section 12 and roof section 16 will be described in detail.

The numeral 20 generally designates a footing which is provided on the supporting surface 22 and which is designed to support the wall section 12 as illustrated in the drawings. Wall section 12 is comprised of a plurality of wall panels 22 which are secured at their lower ends to the footing 20 by bolts 24 extending through the flange 26 provided at the lower end of the wall panels 22. Wall panels 22 are vertically disposed and are secured at their side edges to the adjacent wall panels by any conventional means such as bolts or the like extending therethrough. As seen in FIGS. 2 and 4, each of the wall panels 22 have a plurality of alternately disposed arcuate corrugations 28 formed therein which extend in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end of the panel to the other. As seen in FIG. 4, each of the wall panels 22 are bent into a plurality of alternately disposed larger arcuate corrugations 30 which are co-extensive with the corrugations 28 and which also extend in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end of the panels to the other. As seen in FIG. 4, the arcuate neutral axis of the corrugations 28 form a trigonometric sine wave with respect to the straight neutral axis of the larger corrugations 30.

The roof section 16 is comprised of a plurality of roof panels 32 which are secured at their side edges to the adjacent roof panels by any conventional means such as bolts or the like. Each of the roof panels 32 are provided with a plurality of alternately disposed arcuate corrugations 34 formed therein which extend in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end of the panel to the other. As seen in FIG. 3, each of the panels 32 are bent into a plurality of alternately disposed larger arcuate corrugations 36 which are co-extensive with the corrugations 34 and which also extend in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end of the panels to the other. The panels 32 are identical to the panels 22 and it can be seen that the arcuate neutral axis of the corrugations 34 form a trigonometric sine wave with respect to the straight neutral axis of the corrugations 36. The roof panels 32 extend over the upper end of the wall panels 22 and may be secured at their point of connection 38 if desired by extending bolts through the same. The corrugations 34 of the roof panels 32 are in alignment with the corrugations 28 and the wall panels 22 and the corrugations 36 and the roof panels 32 are in alignment with the corrugations 30 in the wall panels 22.

The numeral 40 generally designates a reinforcing panel means which is comprised of a plurality of reinforcing panels 42 which are positioned adjacent the inside surface of the wall panels 22. The reinforcing panels 42 are identical to the wall panels 22 and viewed in section (FIG. 4) except that the length of the panels 42 is less than the panels 22. As seen in FIG. 4, each of the reinforcing panels 42 are provided with a plurality of alternately disposed arcuate corrugations 44 formed therein as well as a plurality of alternately disposed larger arcuate corrugations 46 which are co-extensive with the corrugations 44. Each of the corrugations 44 and 46 extend in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end of the panel 42 to the other. As seen in FIG. 4, the corrugations 44 are in alignment with the corrugations 28 and the corrugations 46 are in alignment with the corrugations 30. The numeral 48 generally designates a reinforcing panel means which is comprised of a plurality of reinforcing panels 50 positioned adjacent the underside of the roof panels 32 as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3. The reinforcing panels 50 are identical to the roof panels 32 when viewed in section and include a plurality of alternately disposed arcuate corrugations 52 formed therein and a plurality of alternately disposed larger arcuate corrugations 54 which are coextensive with the corrugations 52. The corrugations 52 and 54 extend in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end of the panels 50 to the other and the corrugations 52 are in alignment with the corrugations 34 in roof panels 32 and the corrugations 54 are in alignment with the corrugations 36 in the roof panels 32.

A supporting panel means 56 is secured to the roof section 16 and wall section 12 and extends therebetween as illustrated in FIG. 2. Panel means 56 is comprised of a plurality of supporting panels 58 having a flange 60 provided at their upper ends and a flange 62 provided at their lower ends. Each of the panels 58 have a plurality of alternately disposed arcuate corrugations 64 formed therein as well as a plurality of alternately disposed larger arcuate corrugations 66 which are co-extensive with the corrugations 64. The corrugations 64 and 66 extend in a continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end of the panels 58 to the other. A plurality of bolts 68 extend through the flange 60 of supporting panels 58, reinforcing panels 50 and roof panels 32 as best illustrated in FIG. 2. A plurality of bolts 70 extend through flange 62 of the supporting panels 58, reinforcing panels 42 and wall panels 22 as also best illustrated in FIG. 2. The corrugations 64 in panels 58 are in alignment with the corrugations 44 in reinforcing panels 42 and are in alignment with the corrugations 28 of the wall panels 22. Likewise, the corrugations 66 of supporting panels 58 are in alignment with the corrugations 46 of the reinforcing panels 42 and the corrugations 30 in the wall panels 22. The corrugations 64 of the supporting panels 58 are in alignment with the corrugations 52 of the reinforcing panels 50 and are in alignment with the corrugations 34 in the roof panels 32. Likewise, the corrugations 66 in the supporting panels 58 are in alignment with the corrugations 64 in the reinforcing panels 50 and are in alignment with the corrugations 36 in the roof panels 32. Thus, the large corrugations in the building structure are in alignment from the roof panels 32, reinforcing panels 50, supporting panels 58, reinforcing panels 42 and wall panels 22. Further, the small corrugations are also in alignment through the roof panels 32, reinforcing panels 50, supporting panels 58, reinforcing panels 42 and wall panels 22.

As viewed in FIG. 1, the inner ends of the roof sections 16 and 18 are bent to form a horizontal portion 72 and 74 respectively which are positioned adjacent each other in a superimposed condition and wherein the corrugations in the roof panels of the roof section 16 would be in alignment with the corrugations in the roof panels of the roof section 18. It i p ssible that the reinforcing panels 42 and 50 can be omitted from some building structures if necessary but the preferred building structure includes these reinforcing panels. It can be seen that any load imposed on the roof of the building causes the load to be dissipated over a larger area due to the fact that some of the load will be transferred to the reinforcing panel means 48, supporting panel means 56, reinforcing panel means 40 and the wall panels 22. The load which would normally be transferred to the connection point 38 is thus dissipated or transferred to a much greater area thereby eliminating any possibility of structural failure in the building. The reinforcing panels 42 and 50 can be of any desired length and which would depend upon the anticipated load which will be imposed on the roof structure. The supporting panel means 56 provides a more rigid connection between the roof section and the wall section and eliminates the hinge type connection which is normally provided at point 38 in conventional building structures. It has been found that the building structure of this invention is able to withstand sufficiently greater loads than that which is possible with conventional building structures. The fact that the small or minor corrugations and large or major corrugations are in alignment from the roof structure through the reinforcing panels, supporting panels to the wall panels insures that the load imposed on the roof section will be transferred over a broad area without any possibility of the load being transferred to an undesirable small area.

Thus it can be seen that the building structure accomplishes at least all of its stated objectives.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my building structure without departing from the real spirt and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a building structure:

at least one wall section comprised of a plurality of upstanding wall panels, each of said wall panels having a plurality of alternately disposed arcuate corrugations extending in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from' one end of the panel to the other,

a roof section secured to said wall section and extending therefrom, said roof section being comprised of a plurality of roof panels having a plurality of alternately disposed arcuate corrugations extending in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end to the other,

said corrugations in said wall panels being in alignment with said corrugations in said roof panels,

a support means secured to said wall section and said roof section and extending therebetween, said support means being comprised of a plurality of support panels having a plurality of corrugations extending in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end to the other, said corrugations in said support panels being in alignment with said corrugations in said wall panels and said roof panels,

a first reinforcing panels means positioned between the upper ends of said support panels and said roof panels, a second reinforcing panel means positioned between the lower end of said support panels and said wall panels, said first and second reinforcing panel means being comprised of a plurality of reinforcing panels each having a plurality of alter- .nately disposed arcuate corrugations extending in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end to the other, said corrugations in said reinforcing panels being in alignment with the corrugations in said support panels, said roof panels and said wall panels,

each of the panels of said first and second reinforcing panel means having upper and lower ends,

the upper ends of said support panels being secured to said first reinforcing panel means intermediate the lengths of the panels of said first reinforcing panel means, the lower ends of said support panels being secured to said second reinforcing panel means intermediate the lengths of the panels of said second reinforcing means.

2. The structure of claim 1 wherein said support panels have arcuate flanges at their lower ends which are secured to said wall panels and said second reinforcing panel means in overlying engagement therewith and wherein said support panels have arcuate flanges at their upper ends which are secured to said roof panels and said first reinforcing panel means in overlying engagement therewith.

3. The structure of claim 1 wherein each of said panels are bent into a plurality of alternately disposed larger arcuate corrugations which are co-extensive with said first mentioned corrugations and which also extend in continuous and uninterrupted fashion from one end of said panels to the other, the arcuate neutral axis of said first mentioned corrugations forming a trigonometric sine wave with respect to the straight neutral axis of said larger corrugations, said large corrugations in said wall panels, said roof panels, said reinforcing panels and said support panels all being in alignment.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,330,819 10/1943 Faure et a1. 5290 2,742,114 4/ 1956 Behlen 52-630 X FOREIGN PATENTS 214,576 7/1956 Australia. 1,23 8,732 7/ 1960 France.

540,925 11/ 1941 Great Britain.

50,008 9/1921 Sweden.

ALFRED C. PERHAM, Primary Examiner US Cl. X.R.

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