COLLAPSIBLE BUILDINGS OF PYRAMIDAL TYPE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: construction. SUBSTANCE: collapsible buildings are used as temporal dwellings during natural calamities, wrecks, accidents and also for persons forced to migrate due to national differences. Collapsible buildings are used as tourist bases, rest houses, camping-sites, shift workers houses in many industries, geological expeditions buildings, medical service buildings, drugs shops and laboratories, different offices, establishments and so on. Special feature of collapsible buildings is that, being fully industrially manufactured and packed, they are erected and put into operation within one day time in case there is enough number of mounting mechanisms and motor transport functions accurately. Collapsible buildings are produces by metalwork industry and, depending on assignment, are made of different comfort, for example, with parquet floor, high quality wallpaper, lincrust and so on, as on modern tourist motor ships. Building length depends on number of three meter width sections in a set. For example, four-storey building, assembled of 20 sections of 60 m length each, has space of 2400 sq. m useful area, five-storey building - 3320 sq. m. Collapsible building is made of three types of joints, multiplied by number of sections, and of two butt outer fence structures. Each section of building has transportable supporting metallic or reinforced concrete plate, collapsible in packs sections and folding intersection partitions. Collapsible in pack section has stairs or corridor block, outer side fence of broken staple-shaped form and storey floors. In the case, all members are hinged to each other, butts in operational state are automatically self-thickened. During erection only adjacent butts of sections are linked by undetachable bolts, transforming building in vast rigid structure, suitable for use in any seismic and climate region of the world. Folding cupboards, tables, chairs, beds with set of bedclothes, medicine chests etc. EFFECT: collapsible buildings of pyramidal type are used as temporal dwellings in case of natural calamities, wrecks, emergency situations for civil and industrial purposes. 15 dwg