CA1054327A - Building panel - Google Patents
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- CA1054327A CA1054327A CA257,345A CA257345A CA1054327A CA 1054327 A CA1054327 A CA 1054327A CA 257345 A CA257345 A CA 257345A CA 1054327 A CA1054327 A CA 1054327A
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
- E04C2/00—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels
- E04C2/02—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials
- E04C2/26—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials composed of materials covered by two or more of groups E04C2/04, E04C2/08, E04C2/10 or of materials covered by one of these groups with a material not specified in one of the groups
- E04C2/284—Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels characterised by specified materials composed of materials covered by two or more of groups E04C2/04, E04C2/08, E04C2/10 or of materials covered by one of these groups with a material not specified in one of the groups at least one of the materials being insulating
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
- Y10T428/24—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.]
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The panel includes a square base of expanded poly-styrene, and has two projecting sides which mate with the under-cut sides of two identical adjacent panels. All four sides of the base are bevelled slightly, and the front face defines intersecting grooves so that a polymer fortified concrete facing can be applied to the front of the base without warping the base as the concrete shrinks during hardening. An acrylic binder, with quartz granules carried thereon is provided over the concrete facing to enhance the appearance of the panel, and to improve its resistance to impact.
The panel includes a square base of expanded poly-styrene, and has two projecting sides which mate with the under-cut sides of two identical adjacent panels. All four sides of the base are bevelled slightly, and the front face defines intersecting grooves so that a polymer fortified concrete facing can be applied to the front of the base without warping the base as the concrete shrinks during hardening. An acrylic binder, with quartz granules carried thereon is provided over the concrete facing to enhance the appearance of the panel, and to improve its resistance to impact.
Description
3~7 BUI~DI~ PANEL
SUMMARY OF INVENTION .
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Thi~ i~vention relates generally to building panel~
and deals more particularly with a light-weight building panel with superior heat insulating properties, which panel is especially well-~ui~ed ~or u~e on a structural wall for ~urther insulating the wall, and to improve the appeara~ce of such wall, all at considerably lower cost than i3 prese~tly po~sible with conven- ~ :~
tional brick veneering or the like.
A building wall panel incorporating the present inven~
tion comprises a system of interfitting, shiplap~ed panels, each of which panel~ has a base of expanded poly~tyrene or other ~aterial of egual heat insulating properties. Each such panel base ~urther includes a building facing of polymer ortified :
concreke, which facing is ormed directly on the front faca of the panel base. ~be front face of the panel ba~e de~ine~ inter- -secting grooves which are filled with the concrete facing material, there~y forming ribs of concrete which ~erve to pre-vent warping o~ the base as the concrete shrinks during the 20 hardening process and adding to the strength of khe panel with-.` out sig~ificantly increa~ing its weight. Finally, another ~ ;~
:~ eature of t~e ~ovel building panel comprises the application of i :
quartz granules in an acryli~ binder to tha concrete facing so ~ that the panel is not o~ly an efficient insulator, but 50 that ., t~e panel is also provided with a disti~c~ive appearance, the uses of which panel are only li~ited by ths L~agination o~ the ; ~rchitectO Further, the acrylic binder provides t~c panel wi~h an improved resistance to impact ~ar beyo~d that possible with th~ use o~ tha polymer for~ified concrete facing by itself.
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3;~7 BRIEF D~SCRIPTIO~ OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a building panel incor-porating the present invention.
Fi~. 2 is a view showing a plurality of panels such a~
that shown in Fig. 1, and also shows a block ~truc~ural wall to which ~everal panels have been mounted.
Fig. 3 ~ a plan view of one o the panels illustrated in Fig. 2, but with por~ions of the facing portion~ of the panel being broken away to reveal the structural makeup of said panel~
10Fig. 4 is a ~ectional view taken generally on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, but drawn to a slightly larger scale to better illustrate the panel's shiplapped structure.
Fig. 5 is a ~ectional view taken generally on the line 5-S o~ Fig. 3, but drawn to a somewhat larger scale to better illustrate the panel' 5 cross sectional construction.
Fig. 6 i3 a horizontal sectional view through a corner of a wood frame structure illustrating a corner molding suitable for use with the building panel system of the present invention, and ~Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig~ 6 but illustrating the use of a jam molding of the type for ~inishing the panel system in the area of a window or the like.
DETAILED D~SCRIP~IOM
~ urning now to the dra~ings in greater detail, Fig. 1 shows a single square par.el 10 incorporating the present invention, and such panel i~cludes a bevelled ~ront face, and also in~ludes tw~ projecting edges 12 and 14 adapted to mate with ~he undercuk edges of tw~ identical adjacent panels to form a wall system of the type suggested in Fig. 2.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION .
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Thi~ i~vention relates generally to building panel~
and deals more particularly with a light-weight building panel with superior heat insulating properties, which panel is especially well-~ui~ed ~or u~e on a structural wall for ~urther insulating the wall, and to improve the appeara~ce of such wall, all at considerably lower cost than i3 prese~tly po~sible with conven- ~ :~
tional brick veneering or the like.
A building wall panel incorporating the present inven~
tion comprises a system of interfitting, shiplap~ed panels, each of which panel~ has a base of expanded poly~tyrene or other ~aterial of egual heat insulating properties. Each such panel base ~urther includes a building facing of polymer ortified :
concreke, which facing is ormed directly on the front faca of the panel base. ~be front face of the panel ba~e de~ine~ inter- -secting grooves which are filled with the concrete facing material, there~y forming ribs of concrete which ~erve to pre-vent warping o~ the base as the concrete shrinks during the 20 hardening process and adding to the strength of khe panel with-.` out sig~ificantly increa~ing its weight. Finally, another ~ ;~
:~ eature of t~e ~ovel building panel comprises the application of i :
quartz granules in an acryli~ binder to tha concrete facing so ~ that the panel is not o~ly an efficient insulator, but 50 that ., t~e panel is also provided with a disti~c~ive appearance, the uses of which panel are only li~ited by ths L~agination o~ the ; ~rchitectO Further, the acrylic binder provides t~c panel wi~h an improved resistance to impact ~ar beyo~d that possible with th~ use o~ tha polymer for~ified concrete facing by itself.
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3;~7 BRIEF D~SCRIPTIO~ OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a building panel incor-porating the present invention.
Fi~. 2 is a view showing a plurality of panels such a~
that shown in Fig. 1, and also shows a block ~truc~ural wall to which ~everal panels have been mounted.
Fig. 3 ~ a plan view of one o the panels illustrated in Fig. 2, but with por~ions of the facing portion~ of the panel being broken away to reveal the structural makeup of said panel~
10Fig. 4 is a ~ectional view taken generally on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, but drawn to a slightly larger scale to better illustrate the panel's shiplapped structure.
Fig. 5 is a ~ectional view taken generally on the line 5-S o~ Fig. 3, but drawn to a somewhat larger scale to better illustrate the panel' 5 cross sectional construction.
Fig. 6 i3 a horizontal sectional view through a corner of a wood frame structure illustrating a corner molding suitable for use with the building panel system of the present invention, and ~Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig~ 6 but illustrating the use of a jam molding of the type for ~inishing the panel system in the area of a window or the like.
DETAILED D~SCRIP~IOM
~ urning now to the dra~ings in greater detail, Fig. 1 shows a single square par.el 10 incorporating the present invention, and such panel i~cludes a bevelled ~ront face, and also in~ludes tw~ projecting edges 12 and 14 adapted to mate with ~he undercuk edges of tw~ identical adjacent panels to form a wall system of the type suggested in Fig. 2.
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~.~35~3~7 Fig. 2 show~ a structural block wall W, which wall is adapted to be provided with a plur~lity of panel~ of the type illustrated in Fig. 1 in order to decorate theootherwise bland block wall, and more ~igni~icantly to insulate the wall as a re~ult of the unique panel construction to be d~scribed herein-below. The panel system to be de~cribed also serves to waterproof the wall as a result of the shiplapped edges, and the unique ~aaing for the panel provides considerable protection for the resulting wall both in ~erms of its re3istance to temperature changes and also in terms of its durab~lity as a result of its high impact resistance. In addition, the wall system is of economical con~truction and i5 very light in weight as a result o~ which it can b~ quickly and easily applied at a cost far less than brick veneer for example. The panels are readily atta~ed to any exlsting wall ~uch as that qhown in Figs. 2 and 4. A
thixotropic waterproo$ aahesive 19 can he used for this purpose.
~`; The panelc are illustrated às being square, and are pre~erably 24 in~he~ on a side, but it will ~ ~ourse be under-stood that other regular polygonal con~iguration~ might be ` ~
adopted, and that the size is not critical to the design concept ~;
describ~d and ~laimed herein. ~owever, the weight of the panels i~ such that a panel of 24 inches on a ~ide, and slightly over 2 inches thick, i5 of a COnveniQnt size and weight for ea~y handling in the process for applying the wall system to a structural wall as suggested in Fig~. 2 and 4.
Turning now to a more detailed deæcription of the ~on-struction foD a single building panel o~ the type referred to above, Fig. 3 illu~trates such a panel in plan view, the shiplap-ped edges being defined by the projections 12 and 14 on the upper
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~.~35~3~7 Fig. 2 show~ a structural block wall W, which wall is adapted to be provided with a plur~lity of panel~ of the type illustrated in Fig. 1 in order to decorate theootherwise bland block wall, and more ~igni~icantly to insulate the wall as a re~ult of the unique panel construction to be d~scribed herein-below. The panel system to be de~cribed also serves to waterproof the wall as a result of the shiplapped edges, and the unique ~aaing for the panel provides considerable protection for the resulting wall both in ~erms of its re3istance to temperature changes and also in terms of its durab~lity as a result of its high impact resistance. In addition, the wall system is of economical con~truction and i5 very light in weight as a result o~ which it can b~ quickly and easily applied at a cost far less than brick veneer for example. The panels are readily atta~ed to any exlsting wall ~uch as that qhown in Figs. 2 and 4. A
thixotropic waterproo$ aahesive 19 can he used for this purpose.
~`; The panelc are illustrated às being square, and are pre~erably 24 in~he~ on a side, but it will ~ ~ourse be under-stood that other regular polygonal con~iguration~ might be ` ~
adopted, and that the size is not critical to the design concept ~;
describ~d and ~laimed herein. ~owever, the weight of the panels i~ such that a panel of 24 inches on a ~ide, and slightly over 2 inches thick, i5 of a COnveniQnt size and weight for ea~y handling in the process for applying the wall system to a structural wall as suggested in Fig~. 2 and 4.
Turning now to a more detailed deæcription of the ~on-struction foD a single building panel o~ the type referred to above, Fig. 3 illu~trates such a panel in plan view, the shiplap-ped edges being defined by the projections 12 and 14 on the upper
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~ 5~3'~7 and right hand sides of the panel, and the cavities 16 and 18 for receiving the corresponding projection4 for adjacent panels al o being illu~trated in this view. Fig. 5, taken ganerally on the sectional line 5-5 of Fig. 3, illustrate~ the cross ~ectional construction of the building panel described and claimed herein, and Fig~ 5 al80 shows in phantom lines an adjacent panel lOa so as to further illustrate the manner of shiplapping adjacent panels to provide a waterpro~f and an effective thermal re~istant barrier, well adapted to insulate and protect an exterior building wall.
The adhesive 19 used to apply the panels to the wall W can also be applied to ~he panel joint as indicated in Fig~. 4 and 5.
With particular reference to Fig. 3, the building panel comprises a base 20 which is preferably fabricated of a light-weight material having exceptional thermal heat tran~fer resis-tance, such characteristics being true of expanded polystyrene, : sold by ~everal suppliers under various tradamarks in both its expanded and pellet form (STYROFOAM and PLASTIFO~). SUCh a material is presently preferred due to another characteristic, that is its relatively low cost. As shown in Fig. S the base 20 has a significant thickness t, which thick~e~s may be on the order of 2 inches in order to achieve a workable trade off between the panel's size and co~t, as ~ompared to it~ heat insulating properties.
WhilQ the thicker the panel, the more the latter property is enhanced, the more costly and bulky the panel becomes. Hence, the 2 inch thickness has been found to be an acceptable compromise between these competing requirements.
The panel base 20 may either be formed in the cavity o a suitable molding machine, or may be cut rom slabs of expanded polystyrene material, as for example by cutting with a hot wire
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~ 5~3'~7 and right hand sides of the panel, and the cavities 16 and 18 for receiving the corresponding projection4 for adjacent panels al o being illu~trated in this view. Fig. 5, taken ganerally on the sectional line 5-5 of Fig. 3, illustrate~ the cross ~ectional construction of the building panel described and claimed herein, and Fig~ 5 al80 shows in phantom lines an adjacent panel lOa so as to further illustrate the manner of shiplapping adjacent panels to provide a waterpro~f and an effective thermal re~istant barrier, well adapted to insulate and protect an exterior building wall.
The adhesive 19 used to apply the panels to the wall W can also be applied to ~he panel joint as indicated in Fig~. 4 and 5.
With particular reference to Fig. 3, the building panel comprises a base 20 which is preferably fabricated of a light-weight material having exceptional thermal heat tran~fer resis-tance, such characteristics being true of expanded polystyrene, : sold by ~everal suppliers under various tradamarks in both its expanded and pellet form (STYROFOAM and PLASTIFO~). SUCh a material is presently preferred due to another characteristic, that is its relatively low cost. As shown in Fig. S the base 20 has a significant thickness t, which thick~e~s may be on the order of 2 inches in order to achieve a workable trade off between the panel's size and co~t, as ~ompared to it~ heat insulating properties.
WhilQ the thicker the panel, the more the latter property is enhanced, the more costly and bulky the panel becomes. Hence, the 2 inch thickness has been found to be an acceptable compromise between these competing requirements.
The panel base 20 may either be formed in the cavity o a suitable molding machine, or may be cut rom slabs of expanded polystyrene material, as for example by cutting with a hot wire
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' '~: ,' ' ~' ' ' ~543Z7 process. From the point of view of the pre~ent invention, it is especially important to note that the outer face 22 of the base 20 is provided with a plurality o mutually perpendicular inter-secting groove~ 24,24 and the outermost groove iq provided more particularly in the bevelled portion 26 of the base ~0 as shown in Fig~ 3 and 5. These grooves are preferably on the order of 1/4 inch deep, and may be approximately 3/16 of an inch in width.
The mutually perpendicular pattern of grooves illustrated in Fig.
3 may be so spaced that the planar area between these grooves i5 on the order of one square inch. while these dimensions are not critical to the present invention in and of themselves, the depth of the grooves i~ regarded as being critical in the light o the thickness of a polymer fortified concrete facing 32 applied to the base. The ~aid facing 32 preferably ha~ a thickne~s on the order of 1/4 inch, or more particularly on the 3ame order of magnitude as the depth of the grooves themselves. For the best results, this thickness preferably lies in the range betwe~n 1/8 and 1/2 inch. As best shown in Fig. 5 this thickne~s equivalency is indicated generally at 30,30.
Turning next to a description of the facing 32 for the panel 10, such facing preferably comprises a cementitious material and more particularly a polymer fortified concrete material applied to the panels to a depth such as that indicated generally by reference numeral 30 in Fig. 5, which depth is preferably on the order of 3/16 to 1/4 of an inch, but could conceivably take ; the form of a minimal 1~8 inch depth or a maximum 1/2 inch depth depending upon the overall geometry of the panel it~elf. However, in its presently preferred form, that is with a square panel approximately 24 inche~ on a ide, this thickness 30 i5 preferably ~5~
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~5~ 7 between 3/16 and 1~4 of an inch ~exclusive of the ribs 32a, 32a formed in the grooves 24,24X. In preparing the polymer fortified concrete mixture ~r application to the front face of the base 20, Portland cement is mixed with a number of graded aggregates.
A pl~ticizer is used to provide the mix with the desired pla~ticity. The polymer fortification is provided by an acrylic base material toyether with a defoaming agent. The acrylic material is preferably water soluble and may be of the type sold by Rohm and Haas under thair identification No. MC76. The present-ly preferred defoaming agent is sold by DiamOnd che~ical undertheir NXZ mark. This mix is applied to the front face of the panel base 20, to the depth indicated in Fig. 5, and allowed to harden. Upon curing or hardening, the depending ribs 32a, 32a formed intbhe grooves 24, 24 not only serve to anchor the facing 32 to the underlying base 20, but more importantly, ~erve to prevent warping of the relatively incompressible expanded poly-styrene base material as the concrete facing 32 hardens. Norma shrinkage of concrete is such that without these depending ribs 32a, 32a, provided in the base 20, the considerably stronger concrete facing would re~ult in a significant degree of warping of the panel base 20 such that it would be unsuitable for the purpose intended.
- As shown in Fig. 5 the b~eelled edge of the panel 10 is provided with a ~evelled facing por$ion as well, and this facing portion is also provided with a depending rib 32b, and it ~-will be noted, further, that the bevelled facing portion over-changes the bevelled edge of the base 20 as well, thereby serving to anchor ~he facing to the base, and more significantly serving ; to aid in preventing warping of the ba e materi~l 20 as the concrete . ' . .. ' ~.~5~3~7 -harden3 or cures.
The facing material 32 described above has con~iderable strength in and of itself, but in order to further improve its impact resistance, and al~o to improve its appearance, quartz particles are provide~ in an acrylic binder on the facing 32.
~he same acrylic mat~rial might be utilized for ~uch a binder as is provided in the concrete fortification material mentioned previously. The thickness of this binder material in the quartz particle layer i5 only on the order of 1/16, including the quartz granules, and a coagulating agent is preferably included with the acrylic binder in this outer layer so as to permit control of the viscocity of the material in which the granules are placed.
Acrysol sold by Rohm and Haas under its trademark Gllo i5 the presently preferred ingredient for accomplishing this variable viscosity feature. The quartz granules in the ~crylic binder of this outer layer are preferably identical to those now prepared and sold for use in the fabrication of asphalt type roof shingles.
Thus, these ~uartz granules are economically available, in a variety of colors~so as to permit fabrication of the panel system of the present invention in a single distinctive coloD, or in a pattern of two or wore colors to produce any desired ~esign. The use of this acrylic outer layer with its associated quartz parti-cles or granules ~ot only provide~ a panel of improved appaarance, but also provides an impact resistant panel, the acrylic binder giving the panel much greater resistance to impact damage than a conventional concrete building panel. A building panel of the present invention, without the application o~ su~h an outer layer of acrylic and ~uartz particles, does not exhibit ~he same degree of impact resistance as does such a panel with this decorative outer layer. It should be noted that quartz granules are the presently preferre~ aggreyate for the layer 32, but that other "~tonelike" granules might also be utilized within the scope of the present invention.
Fig. 6 illustrates a further refinement of the present inventio~ whereby a corner molding 50 is provided at the corner o a frame wall Wl which frame wall is f~tted with a plurality of panels, lOb and lOc, of the type described herainabove. These panels may be cut at the edges 52, 54, and overlying edges 50d serve to hide these cut edges. The corner molding 50 may be fabricated in a ~anner analagous to that described above with reference to the panels 10, 10, and such corner molding 50 pre-ferably includes a core portion 50a, which is covered by a facing of polymer fortified concrete 50b applied to the front fac~ of the core or base portion 50a by virtue of ribs 50c, 50c defined in the concrete facing material as a result o~ grooves having `~
been first formed in the underlying core or base portion of said molding. Since the corner molding 50 is typically longer than the side of a typical panel 10, the front faces of the molding ~`
also define laterally extending cross ribs (indicated by the bro~en lines in Fig. 6) to prevent warping of ~he concrete facing material 50b in tha bending mode where the greatest deflections are likely to be encountered during harden~ng or curing of the facing material 50b. As with the panels 10,10 described pre-viously, an outer skin or layer of acrylic and quartz granules ; is applied over the fortified concrete material 50b, and this impact resistant layer is especially important at the outside corner of the building because of the greater likelihood of damage to the structure at such a corner~
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, ~)5~3'~7 Fig. 7 ~hows a molding 60 of the t~pe suitable for use at a window or door jamb, and which i8 fabricated by following a procedure similar to that outlined hereinabove with reference to the Fig. 6 corner molding 50. The panel lOd may be cut at the edge indicated generally by reference numeral 62, and the over-lying portion 60a o the molding 60 cover~ this edge. The jamb wolding 60 includes a concrete facing which is bonded to the ex-panded polystyrene base in a manner similar to that described ~bove with reference to the corner molding 50. So too, an outar layer of acrylic binder and quartz granules is preferably pro-vided on this fortified concrete facing for the reasons mentioned previously. It should perhaps be noted that both the corner molding 50 and the ~amb molding 60 are applied to an underlying structure wall Wl and W2 raspectively by use of a conventional adhesive 19, which adhesive is also applied to the area of th~
joints ~n order to provide an effective moisture barrier.
From the foregoing description fo the presently pre-ferred embodiments of my invention it will be apparent that the front face of a panel or molding member can be conveniently con-structed to produce a panel of the present invention. SUCh apan~l is well-adapted to be asQembled with a ~tructure which may comprise a concrete block wall as sug~ested in Fig~ 2, or other type structural wall as suggested in Figs. 6 and 7. However, it should be noted that the rear face of my building panel might also be adapted for attachment to a variety of structures and should not be construed as being limited to attachment to a solid wall structure. For example, the building panels described herein could readily be adapted for att~chment to a more skeleton like framework structure, such a~ might expose the rear panel ~; 9 ~ 05~3~7 face to the interior of a building ~truchpre. In ~uch case, it i~ within the 8COp~ of my ~nvention that the rear face also be ~rovided with a facing of the type de~cribed with reference to the ~ront facing 32, and/or with an acrylic layer or the like to enhance and protect the underlying panel.
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' '~: ,' ' ~' ' ' ~543Z7 process. From the point of view of the pre~ent invention, it is especially important to note that the outer face 22 of the base 20 is provided with a plurality o mutually perpendicular inter-secting groove~ 24,24 and the outermost groove iq provided more particularly in the bevelled portion 26 of the base ~0 as shown in Fig~ 3 and 5. These grooves are preferably on the order of 1/4 inch deep, and may be approximately 3/16 of an inch in width.
The mutually perpendicular pattern of grooves illustrated in Fig.
3 may be so spaced that the planar area between these grooves i5 on the order of one square inch. while these dimensions are not critical to the present invention in and of themselves, the depth of the grooves i~ regarded as being critical in the light o the thickness of a polymer fortified concrete facing 32 applied to the base. The ~aid facing 32 preferably ha~ a thickne~s on the order of 1/4 inch, or more particularly on the 3ame order of magnitude as the depth of the grooves themselves. For the best results, this thickness preferably lies in the range betwe~n 1/8 and 1/2 inch. As best shown in Fig. 5 this thickne~s equivalency is indicated generally at 30,30.
Turning next to a description of the facing 32 for the panel 10, such facing preferably comprises a cementitious material and more particularly a polymer fortified concrete material applied to the panels to a depth such as that indicated generally by reference numeral 30 in Fig. 5, which depth is preferably on the order of 3/16 to 1/4 of an inch, but could conceivably take ; the form of a minimal 1~8 inch depth or a maximum 1/2 inch depth depending upon the overall geometry of the panel it~elf. However, in its presently preferred form, that is with a square panel approximately 24 inche~ on a ide, this thickness 30 i5 preferably ~5~
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~5~ 7 between 3/16 and 1~4 of an inch ~exclusive of the ribs 32a, 32a formed in the grooves 24,24X. In preparing the polymer fortified concrete mixture ~r application to the front face of the base 20, Portland cement is mixed with a number of graded aggregates.
A pl~ticizer is used to provide the mix with the desired pla~ticity. The polymer fortification is provided by an acrylic base material toyether with a defoaming agent. The acrylic material is preferably water soluble and may be of the type sold by Rohm and Haas under thair identification No. MC76. The present-ly preferred defoaming agent is sold by DiamOnd che~ical undertheir NXZ mark. This mix is applied to the front face of the panel base 20, to the depth indicated in Fig. 5, and allowed to harden. Upon curing or hardening, the depending ribs 32a, 32a formed intbhe grooves 24, 24 not only serve to anchor the facing 32 to the underlying base 20, but more importantly, ~erve to prevent warping of the relatively incompressible expanded poly-styrene base material as the concrete facing 32 hardens. Norma shrinkage of concrete is such that without these depending ribs 32a, 32a, provided in the base 20, the considerably stronger concrete facing would re~ult in a significant degree of warping of the panel base 20 such that it would be unsuitable for the purpose intended.
- As shown in Fig. 5 the b~eelled edge of the panel 10 is provided with a ~evelled facing por$ion as well, and this facing portion is also provided with a depending rib 32b, and it ~-will be noted, further, that the bevelled facing portion over-changes the bevelled edge of the base 20 as well, thereby serving to anchor ~he facing to the base, and more significantly serving ; to aid in preventing warping of the ba e materi~l 20 as the concrete . ' . .. ' ~.~5~3~7 -harden3 or cures.
The facing material 32 described above has con~iderable strength in and of itself, but in order to further improve its impact resistance, and al~o to improve its appearance, quartz particles are provide~ in an acrylic binder on the facing 32.
~he same acrylic mat~rial might be utilized for ~uch a binder as is provided in the concrete fortification material mentioned previously. The thickness of this binder material in the quartz particle layer i5 only on the order of 1/16, including the quartz granules, and a coagulating agent is preferably included with the acrylic binder in this outer layer so as to permit control of the viscocity of the material in which the granules are placed.
Acrysol sold by Rohm and Haas under its trademark Gllo i5 the presently preferred ingredient for accomplishing this variable viscosity feature. The quartz granules in the ~crylic binder of this outer layer are preferably identical to those now prepared and sold for use in the fabrication of asphalt type roof shingles.
Thus, these ~uartz granules are economically available, in a variety of colors~so as to permit fabrication of the panel system of the present invention in a single distinctive coloD, or in a pattern of two or wore colors to produce any desired ~esign. The use of this acrylic outer layer with its associated quartz parti-cles or granules ~ot only provide~ a panel of improved appaarance, but also provides an impact resistant panel, the acrylic binder giving the panel much greater resistance to impact damage than a conventional concrete building panel. A building panel of the present invention, without the application o~ su~h an outer layer of acrylic and ~uartz particles, does not exhibit ~he same degree of impact resistance as does such a panel with this decorative outer layer. It should be noted that quartz granules are the presently preferre~ aggreyate for the layer 32, but that other "~tonelike" granules might also be utilized within the scope of the present invention.
Fig. 6 illustrates a further refinement of the present inventio~ whereby a corner molding 50 is provided at the corner o a frame wall Wl which frame wall is f~tted with a plurality of panels, lOb and lOc, of the type described herainabove. These panels may be cut at the edges 52, 54, and overlying edges 50d serve to hide these cut edges. The corner molding 50 may be fabricated in a ~anner analagous to that described above with reference to the panels 10, 10, and such corner molding 50 pre-ferably includes a core portion 50a, which is covered by a facing of polymer fortified concrete 50b applied to the front fac~ of the core or base portion 50a by virtue of ribs 50c, 50c defined in the concrete facing material as a result o~ grooves having `~
been first formed in the underlying core or base portion of said molding. Since the corner molding 50 is typically longer than the side of a typical panel 10, the front faces of the molding ~`
also define laterally extending cross ribs (indicated by the bro~en lines in Fig. 6) to prevent warping of ~he concrete facing material 50b in tha bending mode where the greatest deflections are likely to be encountered during harden~ng or curing of the facing material 50b. As with the panels 10,10 described pre-viously, an outer skin or layer of acrylic and quartz granules ; is applied over the fortified concrete material 50b, and this impact resistant layer is especially important at the outside corner of the building because of the greater likelihood of damage to the structure at such a corner~
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, ~)5~3'~7 Fig. 7 ~hows a molding 60 of the t~pe suitable for use at a window or door jamb, and which i8 fabricated by following a procedure similar to that outlined hereinabove with reference to the Fig. 6 corner molding 50. The panel lOd may be cut at the edge indicated generally by reference numeral 62, and the over-lying portion 60a o the molding 60 cover~ this edge. The jamb wolding 60 includes a concrete facing which is bonded to the ex-panded polystyrene base in a manner similar to that described ~bove with reference to the corner molding 50. So too, an outar layer of acrylic binder and quartz granules is preferably pro-vided on this fortified concrete facing for the reasons mentioned previously. It should perhaps be noted that both the corner molding 50 and the ~amb molding 60 are applied to an underlying structure wall Wl and W2 raspectively by use of a conventional adhesive 19, which adhesive is also applied to the area of th~
joints ~n order to provide an effective moisture barrier.
From the foregoing description fo the presently pre-ferred embodiments of my invention it will be apparent that the front face of a panel or molding member can be conveniently con-structed to produce a panel of the present invention. SUCh apan~l is well-adapted to be asQembled with a ~tructure which may comprise a concrete block wall as sug~ested in Fig~ 2, or other type structural wall as suggested in Figs. 6 and 7. However, it should be noted that the rear face of my building panel might also be adapted for attachment to a variety of structures and should not be construed as being limited to attachment to a solid wall structure. For example, the building panels described herein could readily be adapted for att~chment to a more skeleton like framework structure, such a~ might expose the rear panel ~; 9 ~ 05~3~7 face to the interior of a building ~truchpre. In ~uch case, it i~ within the 8COp~ of my ~nvention that the rear face also be ~rovided with a facing of the type de~cribed with reference to the ~ront facing 32, and/or with an acrylic layer or the like to enhance and protect the underlying panel.
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OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. An exterior wall panel adapted for assembly with other similar panels, and comprising a base of heat insulating material, said base having a generally regular polygonal configuration and having at least one side defining a projecting edge adapted to mate with a cavity defined in the adjacent side of an identical adjacent panel, said base having a rear face adapted for attachment to a structure or the like, and having a front face defining grooves oriented generally perpendicularly with respect to said projecting edge, and a polymer fortified cementitious facing on said front face of said base, said facing having a thickness in the range of 1/8 to 1/2 inch, said facing including rearwardly projecting ribs integrally formed in the facing which ribs fill said grooves in the base to a depth at least as great as that of said facing thickness, and a layer of polymer material adhered to the facing, said front face of said base has a bevelled edge, and wherein said facing also includes a bevelled edge such that an overhanging portion of the facing projects inwardly thereof to further reinforce the base.
2. The exterior wall panel defined in claim 1 wherein said base is fabricated of an expanded polystyrene material.
3. The exterior wall panel of claim 1 further characterized by particles of stonelike consistency provided in said polymer material.
4. An exterior wall panel as defined in claim 1 wherein said regular polygonal configuration comprises a rectangular shape with at least one pair of adjacent sides of the rectangle defining said projecting edges, the other two adjacent sides defining complementary cavities for receiving the projecting edges of said adjacent panel.
5. The exterior wall panel defined in claim 1 wherein said regular polygonal configuration of said panel comprises a square equilateral shape with two adjacent sides defining said projecting edges and the other two adjacent sides defining complementary cavities for receiving the projecting edges of said adjacent panels.
6. The exterior wall panel defined in claim 4 wherein an additional set of grooves are oriented perpendicular to one of said cavity defining edges and perpendicular said first set of grooves oriented perpendicular said projecting edge whereby all of said grooves intersect one another in a grid like pattern.
7. An exterior wall panel adapted for assembly with other similar panels, and comprising a base of heat insulating material said base having a generally regular polygonal configuration and having at least one side defining a projecting edge adapted to mate with a cavity defined in the adjacent side of an identical adjacent panel, said base having a rear face adapted for attachment to a structure or the like, and having a front face defining grooves oriented generally perpendicularly with respect to said projecting edge, and a polymer fortified cementitious facing on said front face of said base, said facing having a thickness in the range of 1/8 to 1/2 inch, said facing including rearwardly projecting ribs integrally formed in the facing which ribs fill said grooves in the base to a depth at least as great as that of said facing thickness, and a layer of binder material adhered to the facing, and granules entrained in said layer.
8. The exterior wall panel of claim 7 wherein said binder material comprises an acrylic compound, and wherein said granules comprise an aggregate of stone-like consistency.
9. An exterior wallpanel adapted for assembly with other similar panels, and comprising a base of heat insulating material, said base having a generally regular polygonal confirguration and having at least one side defining a projecting edge adapted to mate with a cavity defined in the adjacent side of an identical adjacent panel, said base having a rear face adapted for attachment to a structure or the like, and having a front face defining grooves oriented generally perpendicularly with respect to said projecting edge, and a polymer fortified cementitious facing on said front face of said base, said facing having a thickness in the range of 1/8 to 1/2 inch, said facing including rearwardly projecting ribs integrally formed in the facing which ribs fill said grooves in the base to a depth at least as great as that of said facing thickness, said front face of said base has a bevelled edge, and wherein said facing also facing projects inwardly thereof to further reinforce the base and said bevelled edge including a concave or grooved portion, said bevelled edge of said facing being of complementary convex cross section.
10. The exterior wall panel defined in claim 9 wherein an additional set of grooves are oriented perpendicular to one of said cavity defining edges and perpendicular said first set of grooves oriented perpendicular said projecting edge whereby all of said grooves intersect one another in a grid like pattern.
11. The exterior wall panel defined in claim 10 wherein said base bevelled edges all include concave or grooved portions, and said bevelled edge of said facing being of complementary convex cross section.
12. The exterior wall panel of claim 9 further characterized by a layer of polymer material adhered to the facing.
13. The exterior wall panel of claim 9 further characterized by a layer of binder material adhered to the facing, and granules entrained in said layer.
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