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LOAD EQUALIZING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR FAÇADE WALL PANELS
Systems, methods, and an apparatus are provided for supporting a wall panel on a floor surface and for providing a desired distribution of a load from the wall panel to the floor surface. For some buildings, the desired distribution is an equal or uniform distribution. A wall panel such as a precast concrete façade wall panel may include multiple supports that contact a floor surface. Each support has a bias member that generates a force that is equivalent to the portion of the overall load that the support transfers to a floor. As a result, bias members in these supports can be adjusted to provide a desired load distribution from a wall panel or other component to the floor surface to account for floor deflection, settling of the building, spanning adjacent columns, etc.
LOAD EQUALIZING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR FAÇADE WALL PANELS
Systems, methods, and an apparatus are provided for supporting a wall panel on a floor surface and for providing a desired distribution of a load from the wall panel to the floor surface. For some buildings, the desired distribution is an equal or uniform distribution. A wall panel such as a precast concrete façade wall panel may include multiple supports that contact a floor surface. Each support has a bias member that generates a force that is equivalent to the portion of the overall load that the support transfers to a floor. As a result, bias members in these supports can be adjusted to provide a desired load distribution from a wall panel or other component to the floor surface to account for floor deflection, settling of the building, spanning adjacent columns, etc.
LOAD EQUALIZING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR FAÇADE WALL PANELS
PAVEL ROBERT DUANE (author) / GWIN DEAN OVERBY (author) / LUKE BRYANT ASHLEY (author)
2022-08-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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