LATTICED STRUCTURE FOR SHELL STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: OKADA KATSUYUKI, MAENO TOSHIMOTO, MASUKAWA ATSUSHI, NAGASE TADASHI, KOBAYASHI NAGAHITO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.10.1989
• Subjects: BUILDING; CEILINGS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLOORS; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; ROOFS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS

PURPOSE:To obtain a structure capable of being deformed easily and quickly by a method in which vertical and horizontal flexible bars are connected intersecting points in a relatively turnable and lengthwise movable manner and an expandible structure part and a fixer are set on the middle of the flexible bars. CONSTITUTION:A vertical flexible bar 1A and a horizontal flexible bar 1B are connected at an intersecting point X in a relatively turnable and lengthwise movable manner. An expandible structural part LC and a fixer FM for the part LC are set on the middle between the bars 1A and 1B. The latticed collective structure U so formed is shaped into a given curved form by deforming the bars 1A and 1B and the intersecting point X is fixed with a connector J. Since the variation in the relative positions of the bars 1A and 1B which deformation can be easily absorbed by the point X with the part LC, the structure U can be easily and quickly deformed.