Waffle box building technology

Abstract

The Waffle box is a process of installation of Type II waffle boxes placed alternately facing each other which is best for buildings with common corridors. The wings that serve as corridor, wall, window, are improvements from the prior arts. Being an alternative building system with thinner walls and slabs, lighter and cheaper but is equally stronger, fast, resilient, green, and sustainable. It is a process and a product that has less cost with more value added.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation using two (2) or more type II waffle boxes facing each other with extending corridor or wall which is a wing, the line of waffle boxes fronting the first row is alternate; the waffle box facing the extra space or the extra space facing the waffle box, which is best suited for double loaded shelter or building. 
     
     
         2 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein on the next upper level, the installation of the type II waffle boxes must start directly above the leftmost or rightmost extra space and progressively towards the opposite end, and is repeated until the structural box system of the building is completed. 
     
     
         3 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the type II waffle boxes is made of a thin wall and slab with a pattern of orthogonal indentations on one of its faces called ribs and is poured monolithically to form a waffle box. 
     
     
         4 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein type II waffle boxes have punched openings for stair elevator shaft, or for any similar use. 
     
     
         5 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the centerlines of the thickness of the thin wall plus the rib of the waffle boxes from foundation to the uppermost deck are aligned. 
     
     
         6 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein special elements such as the end waffle wall and waffle slab and the combined waffle wall and slab are introduced at the leftmost, topmost and rightmost part respectively, incorporating the features for joining, lifting, aligning, hauling that are shown in. 
     
     
         7 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein some cast-in-place structural elements like wall, beam, and other structural elements, are introduced in the system to come up with a structurally enhanced shelter or building, which will be termed “enhancing”. 
     
     
         8 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the following features like trapezoidal corbel and “z” corbel or inverted corbel are designed to support and stabilize the waffle boxes. 
     
     
         9 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the following features like sockets, holes, welding plate or welding angle with their matching pins, dowels, bolts, and sizes of welds are designed to join two or more waffle boxes. 
     
     
         10 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the following features like vertical/horizontal target and match groove are designed for quality control and fast installation. 
     
     
         11 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the following features like cylinder with bolt, rod with eye, bolt with fork or plate, socket for fork lift are designed for lifting and hauling of the waffle boxes. 
     
     
         12 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the waffle boxes are made of all kinds of lightweight or standard weight concrete (standard or blended), plastic, wood or its derivative like laminated wood, metal including steel sheet or its improved products like the pre-formed, bended, punched sections, aluminum, fiberglass, or glass. 
     
     
         13 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the waffle boxes can be prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in, or insulated. 
     
     
         14 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein all sorts of false or formworks to cast, fabricate, mold and create and turn these waffle boxes and its components like waffle wall, waffle slab, combined waffle wall and slab, foundation, stairs, etc. into usable parts of the shelter, building or any type of box-like structure. 
     
     
         15 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein some waffle boxes which are positioned in parallel or perpendicular with the other waffle boxes in order to maintain structural integrity in both lateral and vertical directions of the shelter or building, will introduce structural elements; example posttensioning, prestressing, etc., which will be termed “sewing” or “stitching”. 
     
     
         16 . A horizontal and vertical process of installation as recited in  claim 1  wherein the waffle boxes are analyzed and designed using a series of micro portal frames (series of “tee”, “cee” or “I” sections running along the perimeter of the waffle boxes) including those that are purely ribs to resist all kind of loads in different directions. 
     
     
         17 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings, which is made of a thin wall and slab with a pattern of orthogonal indentations called ribs on one of its faces and is poured monolithically to form a waffle box, which is an improvement of the prior arts, wherein these monolithic wings extends from the basic box, and function as walls, doors, windows, corridors, or slabs of the building. 
     
     
         18 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein the first level of waffle boxes are installed with extra space between them and the next upper layer of waffle boxes will sit direct above the extra spaces and with special members such as the end waffle wall and waffle slab and the combined waffle wall and slab are introduced at the leftmost, topmost and rightmost part respectively and is repeated until the structural box system of the building is completed. 
     
     
         19 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein type II waffle boxes have punched openings for stair, elevator shaft, or for any similar use. 
     
     
         20 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein the centerlines of the thickness of the thin wall plus the rib of the waffle boxes from foundation to the uppermost deck are aligned. 
     
     
         21 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein special elements such as the end waffle wall and waffle slab and the combined waffle wall and slab are introduced at the leftmost, rightmost and topmost part, incorporating the features for joining, lifting, aligning, hauling that are shown in. 
     
     
         22 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein some cast-in-place structural elements like wall, beam, and other structural elements, are introduce in the system to come up with a structurally enhanced shelter or building, which will be termed “enhancing”. 
     
     
         23 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein the following features like trapezoidal corbel and “z” corbel or inverted corbel, are designed to support and stabilize the waffle boxes. 
     
     
         24 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein the following features like sockets, holes, welding plate or welding angle with their matching pins, dowels, bolts, and sizes of welds are designed to join two or more waffle boxes. 
     
     
         25 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein the following features like vertical/horizontal target and match groove are designed for quality control and fast installation. 
     
     
         26 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein the following features like cylinder with bolt, rod with eye, bolt with fork or plate, socket for fork lift are designed for lifting and hauling of the waffle boxes. 
     
     
         27 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein the waffle boxes are made of all kinds of lightweight or standard weight concrete (standard or blended), plastic, wood or its derivative like laminated wood, metal including steel sheet or its improved products like the pre-formed, bended, punched sections, aluminum, fiberglass, or glass. 
     
     
         28 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein all sorts of false or formworks to cast, fabricate, mold and create and turn these waffle boxes and its components like waffle wall, waffle slab, combined waffle wall and slab, foundation, stairs, etc. into usable parts of the shelter, building or any type of box-like structure. 
     
     
         29 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein some waffle boxes which are positioned in parallel or perpendicular with the other waffle boxes in order to maintain structural integrity in both lateral and vertical directions of the shelter or building will introduce structural elements; example posttensioning, prestressing, etc., which will be termed “sewing” or “stitching”. 
     
     
         30 . A four (4) or six (6) side rectangular prefabricated, prefinished, plug-in or insulated product termed as type II waffle box with wings as recited in  claim 17  wherein the waffle boxes are analyzed and designed using a series of micro portal frames (series of “tee”, “cee” or “I” sections running along the perimeter of the waffle boxes) including those that are purely ribs to resist all kind of loads in different directions.