Abstract: Two generally co-planar panels (4) are supported almost edge-to-edge by an intermediate beam (1). A coupling member (2) is captive to the beam (1) by interengaging longitudinal formations (6,11) and provides an interlocking engagement (12,18) for the edges of the panels (4). Opposite the coupling member (2) the beam (1) is proud of the panels (4) and receives and retains a cap (3) which seals against the panels (4). An assembly for attaching such beams and panels to a wall (30) to project therefrom is described.

Abstract: A facade system with a translucent porous insulating material of mineral or organic fibers for passive solar energy utilization is provided. The insulating material has on the outside a colored layer for design purposes and for controlling the light transmittance. The facade system is formed from a multiplicity of preferably factory-prefabricated facade insulating boards. The colored layer can, moreover, be designed in such a way that it protrudes beyond the insulating layer along two board edges. Consequently, when the facade insulating boards are applied to the building wall, the abutting edges in the region of the joins between neighboring insulating boards are covered by the overlapping protruding colored layer.

Abstract: A frontage element including a support and a panel, the panel including at least two fixing parts fixed to the support and a generally plane wall extending between the two fixing parts. At least one of the fixing parts is set back from the plane of the wall and is deformable so that the wall is free to move parallel to itself relative to the support if the temperature of the panel is modified.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a façade system with a translucent porous insulating material of mineral or organic fibers for passive solar energy utilization, the insulating material having on the outside a colored layer (2) for design purposes and for controlling the light transmittance. The façade system is formed from a multiplicity of preferably factory-prefabricated façade insulating boards (1). The colored layer (2) can, moreover, be designed in such a way that it protrudes beyond the insulating layer along two board edges (3, 4). Consequently, when the façade insulating boards (1) are applied to the building wall, the abutting edges in the region of the joins between neighboring insulating boards are covered by the overlapping protruding colored layer (2).

Abstract: The wall panel system of the present invention includes a flexible sheet interlock to flexibly seal a joint defined by adjacent perimeter framing members and a capillary break to inhibit the entry of water into drainage or weep holes in gutters in the perimeter framing members.

Abstract: A fastening member which is designed to receive a downwardly directed component force on the occasion of fixing it to a post or a stud of a building frame, thereby preventing it from being inadvertently floated up, thus ensuring always a stably fastened state of the building board. This fastening member is featured in that the inner wall of the concave portion formed in the substrate of the fastening member is provided at a lower wall portion thereof with an obliquely projected portion which enables a downwardly directed component force to be acted on the fastening member by allowing the projected portion to be contacted with a large head portion of the fixing member at a final stage of fixing it to a post or a stud of a building frame through an opening formed in the bottom of the concave portion.

Abstract: A fastening member which comprises a substrate; a horizontal portion perpendicularly projected from the substrate; an upwardly inclined hook portion obliquely extended upward from a distal edge of the horizontal portion; a downwardly inclined hook portion obliquely extended downward from the distal edge of the horizontal portion; and a flat plate portion extended parallel with the substrate from a distal edge of the upwardly inclined hook portion and/or of the downwardly inclined hook portion. The substrate may be provided with an urging means for pressing the back surface of a siding board to prevent slipping.

Abstract: A plate material mounting structure includes a mounting frame, the mounting frame having a coupling unit extended sideways from one lateral sidewall thereof, the coupling unit having a horizontal top bearing wall, a horizontal bottom support wall, the horizontal top bearing wall having a downwardly extended front stop flange defining with the horizontal bottom support wall a coupling channel, a first plate material, a second plate material, and at least one retaining device fastened to the coupling unit to secure the first plate material to the lateral side wall of the mounting frame above the horizontal top bearing wall and the second plate material to the lateral side wall of the mounting frame below the horizontal support wall, the retaining device having a coupling rod extended from a back sidewall thereof and inserted in between the first plate material and the second plate material and hooked in the coupling channel of the mounting frame, the coupling rod having a guide head turned sideways and adapted

Abstract: The wall panel system of the present invention includes a flexible sheet interlock to flexibly seal a joint defined by adjacent perimeter framing members and a capillary break to inhibit the entry of water into drainage or weep holes in gutters in the perimeter framing members.

Abstract: A building glass facade of a building comprising a plurality of glass elements covering at least a portion of a building, wherein at least one of the glass elements comprises a safety glass panel. The glass elements have a brace to hold the safety glass panels that comprise at least two glass plates whereby there is an invisible protection against falling out, which is achieved by a separating or connecting film that is positively and non-positively connected with the braces by a film that is in the form of a separating or connecting film. The brace also has a type of fastening such that there is a permanently elastic medium for stress-free installation.

Abstract: An externally suspended facade system comprises a subsystem, either horizontal or vertical sections or both, facade boards, which can be secured by means of board holders on the horizontal or vertical sections, and joint sections which are arranged in behind the vertical joints or both, between the facade boards. In order to reduce the material input, to shorten the necessary assembly time and to increase the proofing against incident rain, the board holder is arranged centrally to the vertical joints and designed to engage by means of one or more tongues into the vertical joints between one or more pairs of boards.

Abstract: A metal fixture assembly for installation of vertical sidings to fix the siding to a furring, which is capable of providing a construction of the installation having excellent appearance and weathering, and a method using the metal fixture assembly to facilitate the installation. A metal fixture assembly for installation of a vertical lower siding and a vertical upper siding vertically adjacent to each other on a furring is positioned therebetween. The metal fixture assembly includes a fastening metal fixture to be fixed to the furring, an upper metal fitting provided between the fastening metal fixture and the upper siding and fittingly fixed on a bottom portion thereof, and a lower metal fitting provided between the fastening metal fixture and the lower siding and fittingly fixed on a top portion thereof.

Abstract: Movable office furniture consisting of the following system components: a travelling table (1), a filing trolley (1) a cupboard, an equipment box and a shelf partition (7). Said office furniture can be used in permanent company offices, at exhibitions, conferences or in the home. The tables have no cross tie-bars close to the ground between legs. At least one interchangeable box (100) can be inserted into the various types of trolleys (4). Many of such boxes can be inserted into cupboards. Shelves can be installed on shelf partitions (7) and office equipment and stationery can be stored thereon. Shelf partitions (7) can be placed back to back to form a double wall in a room and have the advantage of being produced from sound absorbing material. The office furniture can be spontaneously rearranged and several components of the system are interslidable in order to gain space.

Abstract: A roof structure comprises at least one ducted plastics panel having a top wall, bottom wall, and connecting walls, therebetween, said at least one panel being cut to a desired size and having an open space between the top and bottom walls and the last connecting wall, and an adaptor located in said open space, the adaptor having formations thereon for coupling to a glazing bar.

Abstract: A plurality of engaging pieces each formed of washer (35) for instance are fixed to the rear surface of a building board (30). A plurality of elongated fixtures (10), each provided at the lower end thereof with an engaging tongue (20a) and at the upper end thereof with an engaging region (12a) designed to be engaged with the engaging tongue (20a), are engaged with the engaging pieces. The fixtures (10) thus engaged are directly fixed to the posts (1) or studs (2) of a building. Since each fixture (10) is provided with a rising portion (12), a ventilation space (Sc) is secured between the framework of the building and the rear surface of a building board (30). The coupling between upper and lower building boards (30) can be effected through the linkage between a couple of fixtures (10). Since the engaging tongue (20a) is made separable from the building board (30), the building boards (30) can be transported for instance without becoming bulky.

Abstract: A glazing unit (1) comprises two sheets of glass (2,3) which are separated by a spacer bar (5). An outer secondary seal (10) extends around the periphery of the glazing unit. The seal (10) has a number of peripherally spaced-apart fixing inserts (50) extending around the periphery of the glazing unit for fixing the glazing unit support (17). Each fixing insert (50) has a base wall section (51), parallel side walls (52) and end wall sections (53) which define an arcuate slot (55) closed at both ends. The configuration of the fixing inserts (50) allows simple fitting while ensuring the maximum bulk of material for structural strength. Opposed fixing inserts (50) are engaged, on assembly, by a toggle (60).

Abstract: A curtain wall of a predetermined height includes prefabricated glassed panels, and a frame. The frame has only horizontal beams into which the glassed panels are placed for supporting the glassed panels without continuous vertical beams existing along the height of the curtain wall on a building with multiple floors.

Abstract: A lazing unit (1) comprises two sheets of glass (2,3) which are separated by a spacer bar (5). An outer secondary seal (10) extends around the periphery of the glazing unit. The seal (10) has a number of peripherally spaced-apart fixing inserts (50) extending around the periphery of the glazing unit for fixing the glazing unit support (17). Each fixing insert (50) has a base wall section (51), parallel side walls (52) and end wall sections (53) which define an arcuate slot (55) closed at both ends. The configuration of the fixing inserts (50) allows simple fitting while ensuring the maximum bulk of material for structural strength. Opposed fixing inserts (50) are engaged, on assembly, by a toggle (60).

Abstract: A board to board coupling structure coupled between at least two panel assemblies, the board to board coupling structure including a tubular shaft, two locating plates respectively mounted in a longitudinal groove at the tubular shaft, two inner socket assemblies respectively mounted on the tubular shaft, two end caps respectively mounted on the tubular shaft, two outer sockets, a plurality of hook plates, and a plurality of plug plates. The hook plates are fixed to the at least two panel assemblies, each having a hooked portion respectively hooked on a top notch at an outer race at one inner socket and a notch at an upright flange at one outer socket. The plug plates are fixed to the at least two panel assemblies, each having a plug portion inserted in between the socket body and outer race at one inner socket and engaged into the notch at the upright flange at one outer socket.

Abstract: A building frontage including first frontage elements fixed to the building each including a cellular core and second frontage elements. The first and second frontage elements are arranged in substantially the same plane. The second frontage elements are fixed only to the first frontage elements.

Abstract: A horizontal joint between upper and lower building panels, as well as a building wall including such a horizontal joint, in which a liquid diverting arrangement includes a gutter with first and second ends and at least one aperture disposed between these ends. Also contemplated are a method and apparatus for forming at least two building panels, in which the panels have different reveal dimensions, and a method and apparatus for forming a building panel in which a first reveal portion is registered while a second reveal portion has been formed at a preselected distance therefrom. Further contemplated are a method and kit for customizably assembling a building wall, in which panels having different thickness dimensions can be interchangeably connected with one another, as well as a method and kit for customizably assembling a building wall, in which on or more decorative profile panels and one or more structural building wall panels can be interchangeably connected with one another.

Abstract: An attachment device for a glass pane presenting voltaic cells, at a mounting fixed to a structure, whereby the glass pane is hold between two clamping elements. The invention concentrates on the fact that a coupling bell is supported with adjustable initial tension at the inside clamping element, while a permanently elastic spring member is placed between the coupling bell and the inside clamping element tolerating a relative motion of the coupling bell with regard to the clamping element. The invention concentrates furthermore on the execution of several spatial articulations and between the glass pane and the mounting fixed to a structure, as well as on the realization of the current conduction passing through the attachment device.

Abstract: A horizontal joint between upper and lower building panels, as well as a building wall including such a horizontal joint, in which a liquid diverting arrangement includes a gutter with first and second ends and at least one aperture disposed between these ends. Also contemplated are a method and apparatus for forming at least two building panels, in which the panels have different reveal dimensions, and a method and apparatus for forming a building panel in which a first reveal portion is registered while a second reveal portion has been formed at a preselected distance therefrom. Further contemplated are a method and kit for customizably assembling a building wall, in which panels having different thickness dimensions can be interchangeably connected with one another, as well as a method and kit for customizably assembling a building wall, in which on or more decorative profile panels and one or more structural building wall panels can be interchangeably connected with one another.

Abstract: A high-rise building with a large scale dot-matrix display device is disclosed. The glass panels arranged in rows and columns form a curtain wall structured transparent outer wall 12 extending over an exterior of a building 10. Each panel is installed apart from end portions of floor slabs to form a void space therebetween. A plurality of louver structured modules 22 are arranged within the void space in rows and columns to form a large scale display area. Each module 22 has a louver-like structure formed of a plurality of posts 24 arranged in substantially parallel relationship and a plurality of parallel, uniformly spaced beams 26 connecting said adjacent posts 24. A plurality of LED combination lamps 28 are mounted on each beam 26 at uniform pitches as those between the adjacent beams 26. The LEDs are driven by drive circuits disposed in each beam 26. The vertical guide members 44 are fixed to the end portions of the floor slabs 20.

Abstract: An improved cladding board mounting system for mounting cladding boards (100) adjacent a surface to be concealed. Each cladding board (100) includes at least one support member (130) on the interior face (120) of the cladding board. The system further includes at least one mounting member (170) which includes an engaging formation (172) adapted for releasable engagement with a complementary engaging formation (132) of a respective support member. The mounting member also includes a second segment (174) for releasable connection to the surface to be concealed. Preferably a mounting bracket (70) extends between the surface to be clad and the mounting member (170).

Abstract: A mullion connection system includes a non-rectangular shear block which is formed by making angled, parallel cuts in a section of extruded material.

Abstract: Building glass facade of a building, clamping arrangement in a facade, and a clamping arrangement for clamping a building glass pane in a facade, wherein a glass pane is secured at a building-side holding device, with the glass pane being secured between two clamp elements. At the inner clamp element is supported with adjustable prestressing a bell-shaped housing and between the bell-shaped housing and the inner clamp element there is disposed a permanently elastic spring member which permits a relative movement of the bell-shaped housing relative to the inner clamp element. Joint arrangements are provided in tandem between the glass pane and the holding device at the side of the building.

Abstract: A mounting and drainage system of a prefabricated building panel. The mounting system includes a first mounting plate mounted to a vertical stud of a frame and a second mounting plate mounted to an adjacent vertical stud of the frame. The first and second mounting plates face one another. A landing pad extends between the first and second mounting plates and is mounted on a landing hook that extends outward from a floor of a building. The landing pad is retained on the landing hook by a retaining plate extending from the landing hook. Welding plates having a slot therein are also provided on other mounting plates and are welded to an edge of the floor. The landing pad is removable once the prefabricated building panel is mounted on the building. A drainage system is also provided. The drainage system includes a drain aperture positioned on a lower track between an inner wall of building and the wall of the prefabricated building panel.

Abstract: To at least considerably diminish or even completely prevent rain water from being driven inward in a strong wind, the front face (9) of the front slab segment (61) has horizontal grooves (68, 69, 70).

Abstract: An anchor is disclosed for anchoring a vertical frame member to an adjacent condition and for diverting water away from an opening in the frame member. The apparatus includes a mounting bracket and a water diverter attached to the mounting bracket. A downward extending flange connected to the water diverter is configured to engage the frame member. When the mounting bracket is attached to the adjacent condition and the flange engages the frame member, the water diverter overlies the opening in the frame member to prevent water from entering the opening and to divert water away from the opening.

Abstract: Two generally co-planar panels (4) are supported almost edge-to-edge by an intermediate beam (1). A coupling member (2) is captive to the beam (1) by interengaging longitudinal formations (6, 11) and provides an interlocking engagement (12, 18) for the edges of the panels (4). Opposite the coupling member (2) the beam (1) is proud of the panels (4) and receives and retains a cap (3) which seals against the panels (4).

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for installing a fire rated insulation material to span an expansion joint between walls by hollowing out a portion of at least one wall adjacent to the joint to form at least one pocket, and installing the insulation material so that it spans the joint and can slide in and out of the at least one pocket.

Abstract: A wall panel mounting system for releasably securing a preformed wall panel to a wall. The system includes a bracket including a base portion adapted to be attached to the wall and at least one leg extending outwardly from the base portion. The wall panel includes a frame having a front surface supporting a fabric thereon, with the frame including a rear wall having a recessed slot therein adapted to receive the at least one leg therein. The at least one leg and opposing walls defining the recessed slot have an interfering engagement to releasably hold the wall panel in place on the wall.

Abstract: A cladding system used to secure a cladding material panel to a building structure and including upper and lower bracket members to cooperatively and respectively engage upper and lower ends of adjacent cladding material panels. The upper bracket member includes a first fastener member to engage an interior surface of a first cladding material panel and a second fastener member a spaced apart distance therefrom and also engaging the first cladding material panel. A mount assembly secures the upper bracket member a spaced apart distance from the building structure and facilitates alignment of the cladding material panels. The lower bracket member includes a first lower fastener member to engage a second cladding material panel and a second lower fastener member a spaced apart distance therefrom which also engages the second cladding material.

Abstract: A slabstone positioning device has a metal positioning plate, an upward bent portion connected to the metal positioning plate, and a triangular downward protrusion disposed on the upward bent portion. At least a nail fastens the metal positioning plate on a cement wall. A slabstone has four slant recesses. An adhesive is applied on each slant recess. Each slant recess receives the upward bent portion of the slabstone positioning device.

Abstract: An improved building curtain wall, including improved apparatus and methods for assembling and anchoring curtain walls, are disclosed. The curtain wall, apparatus, and methods each utilize a structural member having a first section for supporting a panel member, and a second section for securing to a fixed structure. The second section has a base and a first hole formed through the base. The curtain wall, apparatus, and methods also each utilize an anchor member, received within the second section, and having a second hole formed therethrough. The present invention eliminates labor intensive and error prone steps in the installation of a curtain wall; reduces the material costs of the curtain wall; and allows the current wall to be used in high stress applications such as hurricane force winds.

Abstract: A fire resistant frame structure for a facade or glass roof, includes a column profile, and a beam profile connectable to the column profile to form a support construction and so positioned relative to the column profile as to form spaces for receiving fire protection glasswork. The column profile and the beam rofile are each made of aluminum and comprised of a supporting core member for receiving static loads, an enclosure surrounding the core member, connecting members joining the core member to the enclosure at formation of a hollow chamber, and adsorbent material received in the hollow chamber and having heat absorbing and hydrophilic properties. The connecting members are formed by bridge members which provide a low heat conductivity to effect a low heat flux from the enclosure to the core member. Thus, crystal water can be released when the adsorbent material is subject to a certain temperature level to thereby cool the metallic framework.

Abstract: A riveting method comprises:adhesion-bonding a synthetic resin sheet 11 to a surface of a metal sheet 10 having a thickness of not more than 1 mm,adhesion-bonding a metal sheet 12 having a thickness of not more than 1 mm to a surface of the synthetic resin sheet 11,then stacking the metal sheet 12 and a metal plate or metal holding plate 2,forming a rivet hole from the surface of the metal plate or metal holding plate 2 to such a depth as reaching the synthetic resin sheet 11 but not penetrating the metal sheet 10,burying a mandrel-inserting type rivet in which a mandrel penetration aperture is formed from a head and through a shank of the rivet, and a mandrel having a mandrel head protruding out of the shank with the outer diameter of the head being more than the inner diameter of the penetration aperture is disposed through the penetration aperture in the rivet hole, andmoving the head of the mandrel by an operation of drawing the mandrel, thereby diametrically enlarging the top end of the rivet shank.

Abstract: A glazed element having a high insulating ability is composed of at least two glass sheets, between which a vacuum has been created, separated from each other by mounts distributed over their entire surface. The sheets are joined together around their periphery by an inorganic seal. The glazed element has at least one hole scaled in a vacuum-tight manner around its periphery with the aid of an inorganic seal.

Abstract: A clamping fitting to attach glass panes whereby the clamp screw's screw head and screw shank are conceived as individual components, so that the screw head is vertically displaceable in four degrees of freedom with regard to the screw shank's axis and fixable at a screw shank's holding flange in order to achieve tolerance compensation in the glass pane's plane between the wall mounting and the bore hole in the glass pane. Between a support flange sitting close to a carrier structure and a bore hole in the glass pane, a locating flange sitting close to the glass pane is provided for, which locating flange's distance is variable with regard to the support flange. The distance adjustment is realized by penetrating through the bore hole in the glass pane.

Abstract: A multiple glazing unit has first and second panes held apart by a spacer frame. The unit is suspended from a structure, such as a building framework, by a supporting assembly which extends through apertures in the first and second panes respectively. The supporting assembly includes a boss which is located between the first and second panes. Annuli of adhesive tape are used to seal the boss and the first and second panes respectively.

Abstract: A prefabricated outer wall structure with stress rupture resistance comprising a plurality of outer wall elements, each outer wall element comprising a wall component formed of an inner unit and a plurality of fixing components, in which the inner unit has a ladder slot and its outer surface is adhered to an outer decorative wall unit by means of adhesive in a manner that at least a retention slot is defined between the ladder slot and the outer decorative wall unit with an U-plate is placed within the retention slot; and each fixing component is connected to at least a hook plate corresponding to the U-plate in the wall component, while an end of the fixing component is secured to a construction structure so that the wall component is tightly secured to the construction structure.

Abstract: The wall panel system of the present invention includes a flexible sheet interlock to flexibly seal a joint defined by adjacent perimeter framing members and a capillary break to inhibit the entry of water into drainage or weep holes in gutters in the perimeter framing members.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing device for fixing at least one facing panel (4) to a building. The fixing device comprises at least one frame section (2) which can form part of a framework (1) to be fitted around the facing panel (4). The fixing device also has at least one supporting part (10) for fixing to a floor, ceiling or partitioning wall of a building. The at least one frame section (2) and at least one supporting part (10) can be interconnected by connecting means (11), which permit pivoting of the supporting part (10) relative to the frame section (2) during fitting of the frame section (2) on the building, in such a way that the facing panel (4) can be fixed to the floor, the ceiling or the partitioning wall at an oblique angle relative to the plane of the floor, the ceiling or the partitioning wall respectively. The connecting means (11) can comprise a ball hinge or line hinge.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for attaching a panel to a building wall using an elongated channel. The panel has a main panel portion, a panel edge portion and a groove therebetween. The elongated channel has a body and a pair of rails. The body is attachable to the wall by a fastener. The pair of rails are integrally formed with the body, extending substantially perpendicularly from the body in the same direction. One, or both, of the rails ends in a flange that is contoured to engage the cavity formed by the groove when the panel edge portion is bent around the groove and toward the rail.

Abstract: A curtain wall having a mullion structure comprises bilateral mullions, a sash unit to be mounted to the mullions, the sash unit comprising a sash unit frame and a sash mounted to the sash unit frame, supporting members fixed to the mullions for supporting the sash unit frame, and a fixing member disposed for fixing one of bilateral side portions of the sash unit frame to one of the mullions.

Abstract: An enclosure for a room, patio, or the like is made of modular parts that hide from view all fasteners and other functional parts. The parts include upstanding regular posts, corner posts, open back posts, horizontal beams and chair rails, as well as door frames, door jambs, door sweeps, and other parts required for an enclosure construction. Aesthetic cover members are snap-fittingly engaged to the modular parts and confronting pairs of the cover members, in a first embodiment, are very closely spaced to one another to accommodate a screen between them. In second and third embodiments, the confronting cover members have larger spaces between them to accommodate opaque, translucent, or transparent panels of about one-half inch and three-quarter inches, respectively.

Abstract: A new and useful apparatus for use in the installation of a composite building panel. The apparatus comprises a corrugated member adapted to be adhered to the panel to form a back face of the panel when so adhered, anchor integral with the corrugated member and extending longitudinally from an upper portion of the corrugated member and lock integral with the corrugated member and extending longitudinally from a bottom portion of the corrugated member. The lock engageable with the anchor of an adjacent panel has the corrugated member as a back face.

Abstract: A construction block comprises parallel faces joined by four side edges. Two side edges have outer spacing flanges while the other two sides have inner spacing flanges. Hook receptacles are located on the lower portion of the inner spacing flanges and face away each other, while corresponding hooks are located along the outer spacing flanges and are adapted to be received within a corresponding hook receptacle when the a construction block is interconnected with the another of the construction block. A structural bar is positionable within the recess of the inner spacing flanges.

Abstract: A construction block system for constructing construction block structures comprises a first construction block, having a pair of parallel faces joined by four side edges, and a second construction block having a pair of parallel faces joined by four side edges. A first set of spacing flanges extend about the four sides of the first construction block while a second set of spacing flanges extend about the four side edges of the second construction block. Hook receptacles are located along the first set of spacing flanges, the second set of spacing flanges or both, while corresponding hooks are located along the second set of spacing flanges, the first set of spacing flanges, or both and are adapted to be received within a corresponding hook receptacle when the first construction block is interconnected with the second construction block.