Architectural structure and works utilizing the said structure

Abstract

Abstract AN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE WHICH, IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, IS A CELL COMPOSED OF AT LEAST THREE SOLID OBLONG ELEMENTS CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, WITHOUT MUTUAL CONTACT, BY THE ACTION OF A SYSTEM OF TIE-RODS, THE NUMBER OF WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED TWICE THE NUMBER OF SOLID ELEMENTS CONSIDERED, AND WHICH CONNECT AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE POINT OF EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS TO A POINT CLOSE TO ONE EXTREMITY OF ANOTHER SOLID ELEMENT. THE ABOVE STRUCTURE GENERALLY COMPRISES FOUR TIE-RODS PER SOLID ELEMENT. IT IS HOWEVER POSSIBLE TO FORM A STRUCTURE IN WHICH THE SOLID ELEMENTS ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER. AN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STRUCTURE SPECIFIED ABOVE, IN WHICH THE SOLID ELEMENTS ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER BY THE ACTION OF TIE-RODS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SOLID ELEMENTS BEING CONNECTED TO AN ADJACENT SOLID ELEMENT BY TIE-RODS OF WHICH AT LEAST ONE HAS ISSUED FROM A SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRAL OR INTERMEDIATE POINT OF SAID SOLID ELEMENT SO AS TO TERMINATE AND BE FIXED TO THE OTHER EXTREMITY OF AN ADJACENT SOLID ELEMENT, THE OTHER SOLID ELEMENTS BEING CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER BY FOUR TIE-RODS COUPLING A POINT CLOSE TO ONE OF THE EXTREMITIES OF A SOLID ELEMENT TO AN INTERMEDIATE OR SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRAL POINT OF ANOTHER SOLID ELEMENT. FINALLY, THESE STRUCTURES ARE APPLICABLE TO CONSTRUCTIONAL AND BUILDING WORKS AND EVEN TO SPATIAL RELAYS.

Inventors

• 👤 Pierre Debeaux

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