A container house that can be easily connected and moved
The L-shaped steel column with a lip and diagonal diaphragm plates addresses the challenges of container house construction by enabling flexible expansion and reduction, simplifying equipment installation, and optimizing anchor bolt fixation, resulting in a sustainable and adaptable building solution.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2024004052U
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-18
- Publication Date
- 2025-05-22
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-11-18
AI Technical Summary
Container houses built from shipping containers face challenges in structural calculations, equipment installation, anchor bolt fixation, and flexible expansion or reduction, particularly due to the iron framework and requirements of the Building Standards Act in Japan.
The use of an L-shaped steel column with a lip, enhanced by diagonal diaphragm plates and strategically placed bolts, allows for easy attachment of equipment and anchor bolt fixation without drilling, enabling flexible expansion and reduction of the container house.
This solution simplifies horizontal and vertical expansion of container houses, allows for easy removal and relocation of components, and minimizes the need for extensive concrete foundations, promoting a sustainable and adaptable building solution.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical field]
[0001] . This invention is a container house for construction that allows for the easy attachment and detachment of equipment and has cleared structural calculations, making it easy to build and dismantle multiple buildings. [Background technology]
[0002] When building a container house using shipping containers, it is difficult to calculate strength, it is difficult to install equipment, it is difficult to fasten anchor bolts, and the concrete foundation must be larger than the size of the container, making it difficult to add to an existing row of houses or to demolish or reduce the size of the container. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]
[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication 2013-185375 (P2013-185375A) [Patent Document 2] Patent Publication 2007-51419 (P2007-51419A) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0004] Container houses for marine transport are easy to set up, but when it comes to extensions, pouring concrete foundations and deciding the location of anchor bolts are difficult, making them less convenient in terms of construction time and economy. In addition, because the framework is made of iron panels, there are many hesitations when installing equipment such as air conditioners, as drilling screw holes may allow rainwater to get in. In addition, from the perspective that it is not easy to use materials and perform structural calculations in accordance with the Building Standards Act required by Japan, this project aims to solve many of these shortcomings. [Means for solving the problem]
[0005] This invention is an L-shaped steel column with a lip, which is made by further bending the L-shaped steel material, and a diaphragm plate cut diagonally is installed at the horizontal height above and below the beam on each of the long and short sides to increase its strength. In addition, a bolt is installed at the top of the beam on one side where the height is lower. By fastening the anchor nuts, it is possible to easily attach equipment and eliminate the possibility of drilling screw holes in the panel, which could lead to rainwater seepage. Also, by repairing the cut oval plate that is part of the column base plate by welding it in place, it is possible to easily fasten the anchor bolts to the concrete foundation. Also, by ensuring sufficient cover thickness when pouring concrete for the anchor bolts, it is possible to pour concrete at the same foundation concrete line as the long and short sides of the column base plate when adding another building later, solving many problems. Effect of the Invention
[0006] As mentioned above, horizontal expansion is simplified, and when the expansion is no longer needed, the containers can be removed and the minimum amount of concrete foundations can be removed. Vertical expansion is also possible by reusing the oval-shaped columns, and the columns can be removed when no longer needed. In this way, the revolutionary container house, which allows for easy expansion and reduction (relocation), is a good measure for realizing a sustainable society. [Brief description of the drawings]
[0007] [Figure 1] FIG. [Diagram 2] This is a diagram of a lipped L-shaped steel column base capital and an inclined diaphragm plate. [Diagram 3] This is a diagram of the column bases, anchor bolts, and foundations when an extension is added to the long side. [Figure 4] In the back is a diagram of the column base capitals, anchor bolts, high tension bolts for fastening the top and bottom parts, and concrete foundations that have been added above. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0008] The open ends of the L-shaped steel columns are further bent, and angled diaphragm plates with cut corners are welded to the horizontal height of the top and bottom ends of the upper and lower beams on both the long and short sides. Furthermore, bolts are welded to the top of the beam on one side that is lower, and an oval plate is removed by laser cutting at the center of the column base plate and an anchor bolt hole is drilled, after which the oval plate is welded back to the column base plate and finally secured with an anchor bolt. The column head plate is almost the same as the column base plate, but instead of anchor bolts, high tension bolts are used to sandwich and secure the column base plate and column head plate. Reinforced concrete is poured along the ridge of the column base plate to prevent the concrete foundations of adjacent containers from colliding, resulting in a container house that can be easily connected and moved into. EXAMPLES
[0009] Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to the attached drawings. In FIG. 1, 1 is an L-shaped steel column with a lip to which a column head plate is welded, and 1a is the lip portion, which has a structural shape that increases strength. 2 is an inclined diaphragm plate, and 2a, 2b, and 2c are the first, second, and third plates under the column head plate. By attaching plates with the same height as the upper and lower ends of the beams on the long and short sides horizontally, the horizontal resistance to stress from the beams on the long and short sides can be increased. When transporting by sea on a container ship, the column base plate 4 needs to have a hole, and it is laser-cut to the size of the hole, but in this invention, the laser-cut end material 4b is not discarded, but is transported as an oval plate in a separate package. When installing the container on poured concrete with the anchor bolts sticking out as a building, an oval plate with a small hole drilled in it for the anchor bolt to pass through is passed over the 4a anchor bolt sticking out from the concrete foundation, returned to the laser cut surface of the column base plate, and the cut surface is welded and crimped to the anchor bolt to fasten it to the foundation concrete. 5 Connectable twill surface The anchor bolts embedded in the concrete foundation can be fastened to the nuts at a position that ensures the necessary concrete foundation cover thickness, making it possible to pour the foundation concrete at the line of the long and short twill surfaces of the column base plate as in 5b and 5c.
[0010] Figure 2 shows the angle of a plan view (from above) of only one L-shaped steel column with a lip (1), but as you can see from the figure with the column head plate part (2d) temporarily removed, it shows the connection between the lip (1a) and the diagonal cut diaphragm plate (2). Also, you can see the shape of the column base plate, which is not diagonal (4).
[0011] As shown in Figure 3, one container is fitted with a concrete foundation 5c of the same size as the container's external dimensions, and the anchor bolt positions 5a take into account the concrete cover thickness of the foundation, making it easy to add on to the side. Also, because the column base plates and concrete foundations connected to the side are not connected, if a container is no longer needed, it can be removed by wire hanging and then sold or given away, and at the same time, the concrete foundation only needs to be dismantled and removed to a minimum extent.
[0012] As shown in Figure 4, the column base plate connected to the back of 6a and the ridge of the concrete foundation make it easy to expand and reduce the size of the building not only horizontally but also in the depth direction. Also, as shown in 6b, the oval plates of the second-stage column base plate and the first-stage column capital plate connected above are clamped and fastened with high tension bolts, making it easy to build in layers. [Industrial Applicability]
[0013] When rebuilding a new home in an area affected by a major earthquake where the demolition of collapsed houses has progressed, especially in areas with marginal settlements, where a wooden or steel framed house that cannot be moved as a whole has been chosen, this container house, which has specifications that allow the building itself to be taken over by family members or third parties, is likely to be able to be reused in the new location, so that future cleanup (for sons, daughters, and relatives living far away) is not an issue. In addition, in mountainous areas and narrow areas with few flat areas, the structure is designed to allow for stacking to build two stories, rather than extending horizontally, so we believe that new construction of houses tailored to the housing circumstances of residents who wish to continue living in the area can be useful in depopulated and disaster-stricken areas in Japan, a country prone to earthquakes with a declining birthrate. [Explanation of symbols]
[0012] 1. L-shaped steel column with lip 1a Lip 2 Diagonal diaphragm plate 2a Diaphragm plate on long beam 2b Short side beam under diaphragm plate 2c Long-faced under-beam diaphragm plate 2d Column plate 3 Beam Bolts 3a Beam Nut 4 Column base plate 4a Anchor bolts and nuts 4b Anchor bolt oval plate 5 Connectable concrete foundation 5a Anchor bolt location 5b Long-face concrete foundation line 5c Short side concrete foundation line 5d Single building seen from short side 5e Two-story building seen from the short side 5th floor: Horizontally connected column base plate and concrete foundation 6a The base plate of the connected columns and the surface of the concrete foundation 6b Second tier column base plate and first tier column capital plate connected above, hexagonal high tension bolts
Claims
1. This container pillar is made of L-shaped steel material with lips, and is characterized by the fact that L-shaped steel material is set up as pillars in four places for containers with the same external dimensions as marine containers loaded onto container ships, and the open ends of each of the L-shaped steel material on the left and right sides are further bent to give them lips.
2. This is a container column with an obliquely cut diaphragm plate, characterized by a specification in which a horizontal plate called a diaphragm plate is welded horizontally inside the lipped L-shaped steel column at the height of each of the upper and lower ends of the staggered long-side beams and the upper and lower ends of the short-side beams, with the end of the lipped L-shaped steel material cut obliquely as a straight line.
3. This is a bolt-nut attached square beam, characterized by a specification in which a bolt and nut are welded to the upper end of one of the four sides of the beam made of square timber.
4. The upper and lower ends of the lipped L-shaped steel column are made into column base plates with large holes laser-cut into an oval shape for loading onto container ships, and a small hole the size of an anchor bolt is drilled in the center of the oval-shaped plate that is the cut scrap material, and the oval piece of scrap material is fitted back into the large laser-cut hole, welded back, and secured in place with an anchor bolt nut, making this an oval weld-back type column base well plate.
5. This is a connectable sill concrete foundation, characterized by a specification that allows an anchor bolt to be set in the center of the welded oval, and enables the sill of the concrete foundation, which ensures the concrete reinforcement cover thickness, to be poured in the same vertical line as the outer edges of the long and short faces of the column base plate.
Citation Information
Patent Citations
JP185375A
Denshikauntaatsukichetsukusochi
JP1976000419A
Connection structure of container house
JP2013185375A