(19)
(11) EP 0 863 267 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/37

(21) Application number: 98301054.7

(22) Date of filing: 13.02.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6E04B 1/348
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.03.1997 JP 50108/97

(71) Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Armonk, NY 10504 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ota, Toshinori
    Tanashi-shi, Tokyo (JP)
  • Kimura, Nobuhisa
    Komaki-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Boyce, Conor 
IBM United Kingdom Limited, Intellectual Property Law, Hursley Park
Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN
Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)

   


(54) House unit, and contruction of house unit frame


(57) Provided is a house unit (200) that can be easily disassembled and easily reerected as a different construction, and that can provide adequate security for the original construction and for the reerected construction.
According to the present invention, as the side faces of a rectangular parallelepiped frame construction (111) can be selectively bonded to another frame construction (113) or external wall panels (145,155,161,168), expansion or rebuilding can be facilitated. Since the external wall panels (141,143,145,155,161,163,165,167,169) can be easily removed without damaging the essential components of the construction of the frame (111,113) or of the external wall panels (141,143,145,155,161,163,165,167,169), the removed external wall panels can be used again. In addition, since the external wall panels (141,143,145,155,161,163,165,167,169) can be removed only from inside the frame construction (111,113), the house unit (100) assembly can provide a high level of security.







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