EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT WOODEN HOUSE

• Main Author: YAMAMOTO TAKERU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.10.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; CEILINGS; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLOORS; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; MASTS; ROOFS; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To construct a wooden house having strong earthquake resistance. SOLUTION: An outer frame A is formed by joining wooden square bars in a square and triangular shape, and wooden diagonal braces 3 are obliquely arranged in the outer frame A, and bolt holes 5 are respectively and coincidently bored in connecting parts between mutual outer frames A to be vertically, laterally and continuously arranged. The outer frame A of these is composed of respective types formed in a square half-mat type whose one side is 90cm, a mat type whose length is 90cm and width is 180cm, a 1/2 half-mat type whose length is 90cm and width is 45cm, a longitudinally long half-mat type whose length is 180cm and width is 45cm or a large triangular type whose bottom side is 180cm and vertical side is 90cm or a small triangular type whose bottom side is 90cm and vertical side is 45cm. The outer frame A of these various types is constructed by optionally joining it by bolts according to design of a house.