CPC E04B 2/08 (2013.01) [E04B 1/14 (2013.01); E04B 2/58 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
1. A wall system comprising
a composite sandwich panel (6) comprising an inner board (1) formed of rigid insulating material and having a notch or channel (5) extending around a periphery thereof, and an outer board (4) laminated to the inner board (1),
a channel sill (13) configured to receive the composite sandwich panel (6),
hollow steel structural tubes (7, 8) configured to vertically and horizontally abut the composite sandwich panel (6) when the composite sandwich panel (6) and vertically-arranged structural tube (7) are received in the channel sill (13),
wherein the horizontally-arranged structural tube (8) comprises endplates (9, 10) welded to opposite ends thereof,
a stepped washer (12),
a bolt (11) configured to secure the stepped washer (12) to the vertically-arranged structural tube (7),
one (10) of said endplates (9, 10) comprising a keyhole configured to slide over the stepped washer (12) to be secured to the respective vertically-arranged structural tube (7), and
an opposite endplate (9) of said endplates (9, 10) having a rounded hole configured to receive the keyhole of another endplate (10).
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