Abstract: This invention is directed to deck construction for circular freeform wood platform decks, which are of the cantilever type and include perimeter joists which have wood plates fastened thereon cut to the desired radius, with vertical fascia wood strips fastened thereto to form the outside edge of the deck.

Abstract: The sealing device serves for tightly sealing the gap (6) between adjacent elements (1) of the inclined facade or roof against the access of water, by forming several sealing planes (A--A, B--B, C--C, D--D). To this effect a network of sealing pieces is created. These pieces each consist of a lower portion (21) and an upper one (22). The lower portion (21) also acts as a support for the elements and comprises a bearing surface (214) each between two sealing lips (212, 213). The upper portion (22) consists of a metal rail (22) and of a sealing stip (222) which overlaps the rail laterally and rest on the elements. That sealing strip which extends in the slope or direction of the fall comprises two substantially vertical webs (228). These webs form a drainage channel for water that may have penetrated, together with substantially parallel lateral sealing lips (224) which also seal the faces of the elements.

Abstract: The invention is a laminated wood product having superior appearance and dimensional stability. It has a core member of common lumber. This core member has been relieved in one of a number of ways to reduce or eliminate warping induced by internal stresses. Preferably this is accomplished by making kerfs in the edges or in the faces which extend almost completely through the product. Sheets of patched or otherwise relatively defect-free veneer are then laminated to each face of the core member. These prevent telegraphing of core defects and kerfs. A piece of clear or otherwise acceptable appearance grade lumber is then laminated to each edge of the product. Ultimately, appearance grade veneer is laminated to each face to create an assembly giving the appearance and utility of clear, solid sawn wood.

Abstract: A shell structure for constituting the airflow shaft of a water-cooling tower comprises an upright frame support by ground foundations. The frame consists of a grid having at least three intersecting sets of bars, one of the sets comprising horizontal bars connected as to constitute circumferential girdles vertically distributed along the frame while the other two sets comprises bars which are at opposed angles with said horizontal bars, for defining a grid whose elemental pattern is an equilateral triangle. The bars are connected by nodes each receiving bars of all said sets. A veil defining a substantially continuous airflow stack is located within said frame and maintained in tension by connectons to the nodes of the frame. The frame may have a constant cross-section while the veil has a cross-section which varies along the vertical axis of the structure.

Abstract: A mortarless wall assembly and method for constructing the wall assembly, the wall assembly comprising a plurality of building blocks, each of the building blocks including a pair of parallel sidewalls interconnected by a web, and a plurality of slots, the building blocks being specially adapted to receive reinforcing rods, pipe, conduit, and the like, and a plurality of restraining members specially adapted to be fitted into the building blocks to prevent relative horizontal movement of the building blocks with respect to one another and to ensure proper alignment of the building blocks in the wall assembly, the restraining members including portions adapted to be housed in the slots in the building blocks.The building blocks, when assembled in the wall, being designed to receive poured concrete to form a solid, voidless wall, the wall including paths for concrete flow so that adjacent building blocks are joined to each other by concrete.

Abstract: A decorative panel is for a cabinet, cupboard or the like which includes a plurality of edge frames having mitered ends. A central panel element has a plurality of edges and each of the edge frames has an internal groove for respectively receiving one of the edges therein. Each of the edge frames has a laminated surface material secured to an outer surface thereof. The laminated surface material on each of the edge frames has a terminal portion which is located within the internal edge groove. The edge frames surround the center panel element as the edges are respectively located within the internal edge grooves of the edge frames. Each of the edges of the center panel element secures the terminal portions of the laminated surface material within the internal edge groove. The mitered ends of adjacent edge frames have aligned slots in aligned areas of the outer surfaces thereof which include the laminated surface material.

Abstract: A movable heavy duty voting booth with a structural frame and lightweight panels to accommodate electronic voting mechanisms.

Abstract: A play panel for use by children in building construction such as playhouses or mazes within which the child can play comprises a surrounding frame structure defined by four frame elements each of which includes one side portion and one corner portion of the total frame structure. A fabric cover for spanning the frame has sleeves defined along four sides each for receiving one side portion of a frame element. The frame elements are connected together by coupling members which are in the form of sleeves surrounding the frame elements as a press fit. Each coupling member has on its outer cylindrical surface a plurality of fins with each fin having a wider rib along the outermost edge. The coupling members of one panel can be connected to the coupling members of the next panel by forcing the fins of one into the spaces of the fins of the other.

Abstract: A roof panel attachment system is disclosed herein. The invention includes a roof substrate and a rigid roof panel or a plurality of such panels. The roof substrate is attached to the roof panels and the roof panels are attached to one another utilizing double backed foam adhesive tape.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic closure cover especially suited for the closing of an opening in a motor vehicle body panel. The closure cover comprises a bottom wall 2, which is joined with a circumferentially extending elastically deformable flange 3 arranged to overlap the edge of the upper side of the panel opening. A catch ring 4 is formed on the bottom part 2 and extends diagonally outward and upward to press against the lower side of the opening. According to the invention, there is arranged, in each case, on the end of the flange 3 and of the catch ring 4, a flexible sealing lip 5, 6 for pressing against the edge zone of the opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a keystone set for installation in the transition region between two sections of an arch-shaped support structure, the set consisting of two transition stones, between which at least one keystone is axially insertable.

Abstract: A building panel for use in walls of roofs the panel being formed from a sheet of material the sheet being rectangular and made up of four portions the surfaces of each of which are in the form of a hyperbolic paraboloid, the edges of the portions meeting on transverse axes of the panel, corners of said portions meeting at a central point displaced from a plane containing the periphery of the panel. The panel being capable of acting as both the covering and a structural member spanning between frames of a structure thus avoiding the necessity for using pylons, the invention also consists in the use of such panels in a building structure.

Abstract: A dam rubber for a car window having a spacer function and a structure of an adhered window using the same are disclosed. The dam rubber comprises a laminate of at least two open-cell foamed layers having different compressive resistances.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fascia angle adapter for an eavestroughing system wherein the fascia angle adapter allows for supporting of an eavestrough hanger or other support fitting at different angles relative to a fascia board. The adapter is placed intermediate the hanger and the fascia board. The adapter has a base member having a fascia engaging surface, a top port for securing of the adapter to a fascia board, and an eccentric cam supported by the base member and movable with respect thereto whereby the cam can be moved to various positions such that the exterior surface of the cam is spaced a different distance from the fascia engaging surface. The cam member is preferably rotatably supported within the base member and has a number of planar surfaces about the periphery of the cam for defining, in cooperation with the base member, predetermined angles for known angled fascia.

Abstract: A partition assembly has a hollow post with an upper open end. The assembly includes a panel having an edge recess and a post clip mounted in the recess for releasably attaching to the hollow post. The assembly also has a top spanner having a central prong sized to fit into the upper open end of the hollow post. This spanner has a pair of panel clips oppositely positioned about the central prong. Each of the panel clips are operable to releasably attach to the top of the panel.

Abstract: A prefabricated manufactured housing foundation system is provided for the easy installation of manufactured housing units without the necessity of a crane. The foundation of wooden modules is constructed of treated below-grade lumber that can be quickly and easily installed on special footings having wooden stub wall structures for receiving the wall units around the periphery of the unit. Suitable wooden pier structures are provided to support the manufactured housing units as required. The entire assembly is manufactured in modular form for easy installation after the units have been set on the foundation and for backfilling to normal grade to product an insulated frost-free basement area for manufactured housing without the cost and time involved in a conventional concrete basement foundation.

Abstract: A positive axial clutch including a first inner having a surface of revolution about the axis of rotation of the clutch, which surface is substantially a hyperboloid through every point on which two straight line generators may be drawn so as to lie wholly in the surface. A second outer race defined with the first inner race, an annular space between confronting surfaces of the races, one of which is the surface of revolution. A plurality of thrust transmitting rollers are disposed in the annular space between the races so as to engage with the surfaces thereof to make thrust transmitting contact between confronting surfaces for driven rotation of the first or second races in at least one direction, with each roller contacting the surface of revolution of the first inner race along a generator of the surface or a line which approximates to such a generator. The rollers are all similarly inclined with respect to radial planes.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention a wall assembly for displaying visual messages, has a front portion, a display area in the front portion, the display area providing an opening through the wall assembly, a projection screen for covering the opening, and a display panel movable from behind part of the front portion into the display area. The wall assembly can be placed before an audience and used to display visual messages which may be shown for example by projection onto a screen, or by writing on a display panel, with a facility for covering the display area when that area is not in use.

Abstract: An elasto-plastic damper is adapted to be used in a structure, such as a building and other facilities, for absorbing vibration energy created by earthquake tremors and other ground vibrations. The damper is a centrally bulged and generally cone-shaped hollow body of revolution so that its section modulus changes substantially porportional to a bending moment created in the damper body due to horizontal stresses, thus permitting a maximum degree of deformability. This elasto-plastic damper is compact in size and demonstrates a high degree of vibrational energy absorbability.

Abstract: A sealing and fastening system secures a pair of adjoining panels to a frame structure of a greenhouse. The system includes a coupling having a generally "H" shape and forming a pair of transversely spaced pockets, one edge of each panel being disposed in a corresponding pocket. A fastener operatively engages the coupling and has a wrap adapted to be disposed about a member of the frame structure to secure the coupling to the frame structure.