发明名称 Central core for a building
摘要 A prefabricated core for a building with all services already built in. The core serves as: 1. the housing for all the home's mechanical, plumbing and electrical sources, and 2. a major structural support, providing three shear walls to the structure. This invention allows access to all of the services thus allowing for ease of maintenance and avoidance of collateral damage during renovations and remodeling.
申请公布号 US9441357(B1) 申请公布日期 2016.09.13
申请号 US201012748751 申请日期 2010.03.29
申请人 Vafaee Farhad 发明人 Vafaee Farhad
分类号 E04B1/343;E04B1/348;E04C2/52 主分类号 E04B1/343
代理机构 Belasco Jacobs and Townsley, LLP 代理人 Townsley Norton R.;Belasco Jacobs and Townsley, LLP
主权项 1. A core for a building comprising: a) an exterior wall section and three interior wall sections joined together to form a room; said interior and exterior wall sections being at least two storeys tall; each of said wall sections having a top, an inside and an outside; said interior wall sections being shear walls; the outsides of said interior wall sections being finished with an interior finish; the outside of said exterior wall section being finished with an exterior finish; b) a structural hold down attached to said room, within said room, at each corner; c) an interior platform attached to the inside of at least one of said walls; d) a means for attaching an external floor, external to said room, to each of said interior walls; e) an access door in said exterior wall; said access door being sized for ingress and egress to said room for a person in full upright position; f) a fresh air louver within said exterior wall; g) a water main connection located outside said exterior wall section; h) a gas main connection located outside said exterior wall section; i) a sewer connection located inside said room; j) a water heater appliance in said room; k) a clothes washer connection located adjacent and outside of one of said interior wall sections; l) a drier connection located adjacent and outside of one of said interior wall sections; m) a dishwasher connection located adjacent and outside of one of said interior wall sections; n) a first toilet mechanism appliance located within at least one of said interior wall sections; said mechanism installed so that the bowl for said toilet will install from outside of said room; o) a faucet appliance attached to said outside of at least one of said interior wall sections; p) a mixing valve appliance attached to said outside of at least one of said interior wall sections; q) plumbing and shut off valves interconnecting said water main connection, gas main connection, sewer connection, water heater, clothes washer connection, drier connection, dishwasher connection, toilet mechanism, faucet and mixing valve, as necessary and appropriate; said shut off valves being located adjacent the insides of said interior walls as close as possible to said appliances and said interior connections; r) an irrigation connection connected to said water main and located outside said exterior wall section; s) an electric mains connection located on said exterior of said exterior wall section; t) a breaker box located within said room and electrically connected to said electric mains connection; u) a forced air unit within said room; v) an air conditioning condenser unit within said room, connected by ducting within said room to said forced air unit and located near said fresh air louver, whereby hot air produced by said air conditioning condenser unit can escape through said louver; w) a return air duct stub connected to said forced air unit and running through one of said interior wall sections; x) a supply air duct stub connected to said forced air unit and running through one of said interior walls; y) a phone line connection located outside said exterior wall section; z) a television signal connection located outside said exterior wall section; aa) a telephone punch block located inside said room and electrically connected to said phone line connection; bb) a signal splitter located inside said room and electrically connected to said television signal connection; cc) a modem inside said room and electrically connected to one of said telephone punch block via a DSL line and said signal splitter; dd) a security panel inside said room, electrically connected to one of said telephone punch block and said modem; ee) a fire suppression unit within said room connected by a plumbing line to said water main connection; ff) a sprinkler line stub running from said fire suppression unit through an interior wall of said room; gg) an exhaust fan within said room; hh) an inlet duct running through an interior wall of said room to said exhaust fan; ii) an outlet duct running from said fan to said fresh air louver; jj) an exhaust fan control switch attached to the outside of at least one of said interior wall sections and electrically connected to said exhaust fan; kk) a drier vent running from behind the eventual location of said clothes drier through said interior wall through said room and through said exterior wall; ll) a range hood attached to the outside of one of said interior walls over the eventual location of said range; mm) a range exhaust fan in said room; nn) range hood inlet ducting connecting said range hood to said range exhaust fan; oo) range exhaust ducting running from said range exhaust fan to said fresh air louver; pp) control wiring running from the switch in said range hood to said range exhaust fan; qq) a core exhaust fan located in said room adjacent said fresh air vent; and rr) a thermostatic control inside said room and electrically connected to said core exhaust fan;said room being sized to: contain all the above listed equipment, and allow for access to, repair of and replacement of said equipment by a person.
地址 Los Angeles CA US