QUAKEPROOF SUSPENDED WALLS WITH GLASED PANELS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC E04B1/98 E04B2/96 

FIELD: construction.

SUBSTANCE: quakeproof suspended wall with suspended glass panels, where the structure of the suspended wall of each floor is fully separated from the structure of the suspended walls of adjacent floors, in the area of windows there are no stands, and glass panels are suspended only onto horizontal beams of the structure. At the same time windows are freely suspended along the whole length of the floor by means of a pair of engaging hooks, at the same time one hook is installed on the upper horizontal beam of the floor window link, included into the structure of the floor arranged above, and the second hook is located on the upper profile of the window frame; the line formed by hooks makes a horizontal sliding line, by means of which the floor displacement caused by an earthquake becomes fully independent from displacement of other floors. At the same time windows are finished with the lower profile of the window frame on the lower horizontal support beam of the floor windows, to which they are rigidly fixed.

EFFECT: windows follow structure movements and form a fixed single sector or floor, interacting, concerning earthquake resistance, with according sector of the floor arranged above.

13 cl, 16 dwg