Metal reinforced concrete beam and metal reinforced buildings incorporating such beams

摘要

The present invention contemplates a reinforced concrete beam comprising a longitudinally extending concrete beam including a plurality of I-beam receptacles spaced apart along the length thereof and wherein each of the I-beam receptacles has a depth and a width to accommodate an end of an I-beam having an upper and lower metal flange of about equal width and a central metal web connecting the flanges, and in the building a hard rubberlike elastomer spacer is disposed between the I-beam receptacles and an end of an I-beam. The beams further include one to three longitudinally extending metal rods disposed underneath the I-beam receptacles and surrounded by concrete.

主权项

1. A multi-story metal reinforced concrete building consisting of:
a concrete foundation, a concrete slab supported on and covering a portion of said foundation, a first story plurality of upwardly extending concrete columns with one of said columns at each corner of said building and a plurality of concrete walls connecting said columns and wherein two of oppositely disposed metal reinforced concrete beams are disposed on opposite sides of an open area in said building and wherein said walls extended upwardly to cover a first floor of said building; a first pair of longitudinally extending metal reinforced concrete beams further consisting of a first and a second plurality of I-beam receptacles respectively disposed with one of said walls and the other on an opposite walls and wherein said beams are disposed on one of said opposite one story walls along the length of said beam with one end of said I-beam disposed in one of said receptacles and an opposite end of said beam disposed on a corresponding aligned receptacle of said second beam; a second story of upwardly extending columns with one of said columns at each corner of said building and a second plurality of walls connecting the second story columns and surrounding the second story of said building and a second pair of metal reinforced concrete beams consisting of a first and a second plurality of I-beam receptacles spaced apart along the length of said beams and wherein each of said I-beam receptacles in each of said beams has a width and a depth to accommodate an end of an I-beam having an upper and a lower metal flange of about equal width and a central web connecting said flanges and a hard elastomer of about ½ inch to about one inch thickness between said I-beam and said I-beam receptacles and wherein said I-beam receptacles on a beam are separated by a distance between a width of an upper or lower flange and three times the width of an upper or lower flange; and a second story plurality of I-beams each of which is disposed in said I-beam receptacles on opposite sides of said open area in said building that further consists of a corrugated steel sheet on top of said second story I-beams, a layer of up to about four inches of porous concrete and a further layer of up to about two inches of a waterproofing composition.