Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber reinforced cement composition and products and a manufacturing process thereof. The fiber reinforced cement product and the manufacturing process are safe for human body, and, even more particularly, bending strength and dimensional stability and construction characteristics such as nail performance of the product are preferable. In other words, the fiber reinforced cement composition comprising a hydraulic inorganic material, a siliceous material and woody reinforcement, wherein a siliceous material is amorphous material.

Abstract: To provide a joint member capable of forming a joint portion that can be easily constructed and has an excellent design and a high waterproof capacity even if it is manufactured at a low cost. A joint member 1 is composed of a hat joiner 10 and a joint cover 20, and the hat joiner 10 is composed of a base plate 11 to be fastened to the body side of building frame and a convex portion 12 protruding from the base plate 11 to the surface side. The joint cover 20 is provided with a joint groove portion 21 that covers a top surface 12c of the convex portion 12 in the course of construction, and a lower edge portion 23 extending from the lower end of the joint groove portion 21 and brought into contact with the surface of an external wall panel 30B in the course of construction. An elastic water proof material 26 is attached to the rear surface of the lower edge portion 23.

Abstract: Provided is a fiber reinforced cement board having good installation properties such as nail performance, flexibility performance and handling performance, as well as other favorable physical properties. The board has an absolute dry specific gravity of not less than 1.20 and not more than 1.30 and comprises as raw materials not less than 28% by mass and not more than 32% by mass of a hydraulic inorganic material, not less than 54% by mass and not more than 58% by mass of a siliceous material, not less than 8% by mass and not more than 12% by mass of a woody reinforcement, not less than 2% by mass and not more than 5% by mass of mica, and not less than 0.5% by mass and not more than 1.25% by mass of a water-soluble resin.

Abstract: The reinforced building structure which is lightweight, and working efficiency is preferable, and has a fire preventive performance and a decay durability, and can improve earthquake resistance strength without relying bracing. The structural building frame includes a pair of columns placed at facing in right and left, the upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member jointed to each columns. The predetermined size of fiber reinforced cement siding 9 is installed in the structural building frame by horizontal boarding, and is fastens by nail 4 or screw by predetermined spacing.

Abstract: In a building board having a designed surface with pattern convex portions, and upper and lower shiplap portions, both of which are formed in the end portion of the designed surface, a printing extension portion is formed in the lower shiplap1 portion, and the printing extension portion is printed in such a way that the extension portion and the pattern convex portion are continuously formed.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced cement composition having the following raw material composition is provided to manufacture a fiber reinforced cement product which is excellent in bending strength, dimension stability, handling property, flexibility performance, and processability such as nail performance, as well as to provide a process for manufacturing the product. Namely, the fiber reinforced cement composition comprises a hydraulic inorganic material, a siliceous material and a woody reinforcement in a mass ratio of CaO to SiO2 contained in the hydraulic inorganic material and the siliceous material in the raw materials in a range of from 23:77 to 60:40.

Abstract: In a line type inkjet printer, a method to clean a nozzle effectively reducing the occurrence of clogging of nozzle is provided. In the method to clean a nozzle of a printing apparatus having a fixed print head of line type, the method to clean a nozzle includes the first process for counting the number of times of non-ink jet work operations of nozzle in each print head from image data for printing, the second process for operating period to flush based on the number of times of non-ink jet work operations, and the third process for producing control signal of printing including the period to flush.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a fastening member excellent in strength of fastening a decorative external panel and capable of constructing an external wall surface excellent in design appearance, and an external wall structure. The fastening member 1 is used for fastening the decorative external panel 6 to a plurality of the underlying panels 5 disposed in front of the construction frame 3 of a building. This fastening member 1 has a base plate portion 11, a supporting portion 13, an upper panel engaging portion 131, and a lower panel engaging portion 132. The base plate portion 10 has, at its portion above the supporting portion 13, a first screw hole 110 and a second screw hole 120 differing in the distance from the supporting portion 13.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to impart lasting excellent insect proof property to boards. According to the present invention, an insecticidal treatment liquid which contains an insecticide in an aqueous dispersion of colloidal silica is applied to the surface of a coat on a substrate applied with coating. Namely, according to the present invention, since a coating composition is not used to fix the insecticide to the surface of the coat, the insecticide is not diluted with a resin in the coating composition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to give durable excellent stain-proofing property to the surface of a coat formed on the surface of a substrate of a building board without deteriorating the surface of the coat. The present invention provides a stain-proofing agent which comprises silica fine particles, an aqueous solvent and, as a stain-proofing improver, an alkali metal compound and/or an alkaline earth metal compound and/or a phosphorus compound and/or a clay mineral. Furthermore, the present invention provides a building board having an excellent stain-proofing property prepared by applying a coating composition onto the surface of a substrate to form a coat, and then applying a stain-proofing agent onto the coat while the coat is in an unhardened state or applying a stain-proofing agent onto the coat after subjecting the coat to a roughening treatment to enhance the adhesion of the stain-proofing layer to the coat.

Abstract: The present invention is a fastening member formed of a single steel plate for fastening exterior panels to a building frame and a structure using the fastening member. The fastening member includes, a base plate portion functioning as a fastening portion to a building frame side, a central supporting portion to be in contact with the rear surface of an upper exterior panel at the time of the fastening, and an engaging portion extended from a lower end of the central supporting portion, the engaging portion being configured to be engaged with upper and lower ends of exterior panels at the time of the fastening. Between an upwardly extended portion and a downwardly extended portion constituting the engaging portion, a cutout for decreasing the rigidity of the engaging portion is formed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modesty panel capable of being stably attached to a fixing surface of a building side regardless of the unevenness of the fixing surface, and an external wall construction structure in which the modesty panel is attached. In the external wall construction structure, a base member 10 provided with an upper attaching portion 12 and a lower attaching portion 13 is fixed to the building external wall surface 2. The base member 10 has first and second engaging stepped portions 16 and 17. To this base member 10, a modesty panel main body 30, provided with first and second engaging ridges 32 and 33, is outwardly engaged. In a superimposed region S formed by the engagement, a fixing screw 4 is screwed to integrally and firmly fix the modesty panel main body 30 and the base member 10.

Abstract: The present invention provides an opening portion periphery decorative member easy in construction, excellent in external appearance and excellent in weather resistance, an opening portion periphery construction structure, and an opening portion periphery construction method. Accordingly, an opening portion periphery construction structure includes an opening portion periphery decorative member 10 to be installed on a periphery of an opening portion 5 of a building, upper, lower, left and right L-joiners 100 to be installed on upper, lower, left and right sides of the opening portion 5, respectively, and upper, lower, left and right frame members 11 each configured to be engaged with the corresponding L-joiner 100 and fixed to a front face 20 of an underlayment member 2. The L-joiner 100 has a front plate portion 101, an inner side plate portion 102, and a joiner side engaging portion 103.

Abstract: A corner formative member A includes at least two plate pieces 1a and 1a bonded with each other at side portions thereof via reactive hot melt adhesive P so as to form an apex angle portion 3 extending in a longitudinal direction. A chamfered portion 8 with a narrow width is formed on the apex angle portion 3. The chamfered portion 8 is formed into a longitudinally extended non-horizontal irregularly arranged continuous concavo-convex surface. An adhesive layer P remains at a joint portion of the apex angle portion 3 and an end face of the adhesive layer P at the chamfered portion side is a flat surface along the concavo-convex surface of the chamfered portion 8.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a building material design support system for supporting design of a building material capable of exhibiting a random texture pattern as a whole in a state in which the building materials are installed on a building portion and exhibiting continuity of the texture of adjacent building materials, such building material and a program for use in such building material design support system. More specifically, on a building material, first convex portions #A1L, #A1R, #A2L, #A2R to be arranged next to corresponding first convex portions of an adjacent building material have a prescribed texture common to every building materials, and the second convex portions have randomly arranged textures different from each other on every building material.

Abstract: This invention provides a siding boards attachment structure excellent in external appearance, weather resistance and construction efficiency in which a plurality of siding boards or external wall members are secured to a structural body of a building with securing members in a rabbet joint manner. The securing member is secured to the structural body in a state in which an upper side lower-ledge formed at an upper edge of the external wall member to be disposed at an internal side is engaged with a lower side upper-ledge formed at a lower edge of the external wall member to be disposed at an external side. A cut end portion is secured to the structural body with an end portion securing member.

Abstract: Provided is a stain-proofing agent which forms a super hydrophilic stain-proofing film upon application to a surface of a substrate, which comprises using fumed silica dispersed in an aqueous solvent. Lasting stain-proofing property is imparted to the surface of a building material by the stain-proofing agent according to the invention. There are many single silanol groups which participate in hydrophilicity on the surface of fumed silica. The fumed silica has a high fixing property to the surface of a substrate and thus imparts lasting stain-proofing property to the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fastening member which can fasten siding boards in which a lateral joint portion is arranged in a portion where a vertical member is not arranged with a sufficient strength, can prevent a displacement, and is excellent in a durability. Another object is to provide a siding boards attachment structure using the fastening member. Further another object is to provide a method of attaching siding boards using the fastening member. The fastening member has a long fixing plate portion. The long fixing plate portion is provided with a first fastening portion for engaging upper and lower end portions in the lateral joint portion of the siding boards, a vertical rising portion in a lower side of the first fastening portion, and a second fastening portion for engaging upper and lower end portions of the siding board in the other portions than the lateral joint portion.

Abstract: The invention provides an inexpensive J-Channel which is excellent in a constructing property and a general-purpose property, and a siding boards attachment structure using the same. The invention provides a J-Channel configured to be arranged so as to cover an end portion of a siding board. The J-Channel comprises a fixing plate portion configured to be fixed to a backing of the siding board, and a movable front surface plate portion assembled in the fixing plate portion so as to be slidable forward and backward. The fixing plate portion comprises a rear surface portion and a coupling portion. The movable front surface plate portion comprises a front surface portion and a slide portion. The coupling portion and the slide portion are engaged in a state in which they are slidable with each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a siding boards attachment structure having excellent ventilation characteristics and a high structural strength and a starter fitting used therewith. The siding boards attachment structure includes a starter fitting for supporting a siding board in the lowest portion, a ground sill flashing disposed in a lower portion of the siding board in the lowest portion, a furring strip for fixing the starter fitting, and the siding board supported by the starter fitting. The starter fitting includes a base plate portion having a planar rear side surface that is configured to be fixed to the furring strip, a supporting portion for supporting siding boards bent forward from the base plate portion, and spacing portions formed at left and right end portions of the base plate portion to have the cross sectional shape of a squarish letter U.