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 fastening member for the vertical board siding, which comprises; a main metal fitting comprising a flat substrate, first and second upright portions formed at the upper and lower end portions of the flat substrate, respectively and extending in the horizontal direction, a third upright portion formed along the longitudinal direction of the flat substrate, and an engaging portion formed at a distal end of the third upright portion; and an auxiliary metal fitting adapted to be detachably engaged with the main metal fitting and comprises a first horizontal portion adapted to be placed on the second upright portion of the main metal fitting, and a second horizontal portion adapted to support a lower end portion of the siding board to be fastened.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing and leveling equipment includes an anchor bolt installed through a center of an aligning device. Vertical and lateral adjustments of the equipment are facilitated. The aligning device includes a hollow adjuster that is threaded within the equipment to raise or lower the equipment. The anchor bolt has clearance for lateral motion within the aligning device and the adjuster is able to tilt at a spherical joint connection with a leveling pad. The location of the anchor assembly in the center of the aligning device facilitates leveling and alignment of the anchored equipment without causing distortion of the equipment and without the use of spacers.

Abstract: A flooring assembly and fastener therefor is comprised of a plurality of elongated flooring planks, with each flooring plank having on opposing ends a tongue-containing first longitudinal edge and a groove-containing second longitudinal edge. The flooring planks are arranged on a plurality of a supporting members, so that the tongue-containing end of a first flooring plank will engage the groove-containing end of a second flooring plank. The assembled flooring planks are securely held in place by a clip unit which is comprised of a base, at least one fastening means, a leg portion extending vertically from said base and a free, distal end portion sized to be positioned between the lower face of the tongue end of a first flooring plank and the upper face of the grooved end of a second flooring plank.

Abstract: A roofing plate for securing a roofing membrane to a roof includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a generally oblong peripheral edge having two major sides and two minor sides. An opening is located generally centrally on the plate in a central portion for receiving a fastener for securing the plate to the roof, and a plurality of gripping formations are formed on the peripheral edge for preventing slippage of the roofing membrane relative to the plate. Also included are a pair of first rib portions which project from the top surface respectively along at least each of the two major sides between the peripheral edge and the central opening, and a pair of transverse ribs which project from the top surface for enhancing torsional stability and reinforcing the central portion of the plate.

Abstract: A resilient base flooring for assembly on a base surface having a plurality of sub-floor panels carried above the base surface in substantial side-by-side and end-to-end arrangement to form a base floor having continuous uninterrupted surfaces. A plurality of flooring boards are secured with and are arranged to extend transversely of the sub-floor panels to define an integral flooring system. Resilient members are disposed between the sub-floor panels and the base surface to provide resilient support for the integral flooring. A first limit bar is connected with the base surface and a second limit bar is supported by an inner surface of the sub-floor panels. The limit bars have overlying edges which interact beneath the lower surface of the sub-flooring panels to limit vertical movement of the integral flooring.

Abstract: A flexible disk for securely holding insulation to an air duct made from a resilient material, and having a convex upper surface and a diameter of from 1.5 inches to 4.0 inches. A washer for receiving a disk fastener is centrally positioned in the disk top, which is thicker than the top. A rim is located at the circumference of the top which has a planar bottom for contacting the insulation. When the disk is properly attached to an air duct by a fastener, it deforms to a concave configuration by which it resiliently exerts force on the underside surface of the disk and the rim which in turn presses downward on the insulation, securely holding the insulation in place without crushing the insulation.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns a connecting device for connecting a first panel onto a second panel, the connecting device having a substantially plate-like connecting element including an aperture therein, where the connecting element has a first flat part structured and arranged to engage an inner face of the first panel and a second flat part structured and arranged to engage an inner face of the second panel, and wherein the second part is located in a different plane from and is substantially parallel to the first flat part. The disclosure also describes a device having an adjuster element disposed within the aperture of the connecting element, the adjuster element including a horizontally elongated slot and a means for moving the adjustable element within the aperture for adjustable movement in a vertical direction with respect to the connecting element in order to provide independent adjustment in either the horizontal or vertical directions.

Abstract: For mounting a structural panel to a wall, a wire clip is provided having a bail portion formed in an annular shape for insertion of a fastener element and fastening into an anchor member of the wall, and an arm portion extending from the bail portion having a linear shape for insertion into the inner core of the panel at an exposed lateral edge. The bail portion is offset from the arm portion both in a lateral direction and in a thickness direction of the panel so as to position the bail portion toward the wall anchor member when the arm portion is inserted into the inner core of the panel. The invention also includes the related method for mounting a structural panel to a wall using the wire clip device. In the preferred method, the panel is of the type having outer metal face sheets adhesively bonded to an inner plastic corrugated core formed with undulating corrugation spaces into which the arm portions of the wire clips are inserted.

Abstract: A plate-shaped cambered attachment element (1) for attaching a constructional element (9) to a foundation (7) and having a central bore (2) for receiving an anchoring element (11), an abutment shoulder (4) spaced from the base (3) of the attachment element (1) and extending toward the base (3), and an edge region (5) which extends toward the plate edge (6) of the attachment element (1) and extends to a plane, extending perpendicular to the axis of the core (2), at a shallow angle (W).

Abstract: A plurality of vertically adjacent panels each has an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion, a support being provided for mounting the upper edge portion of each panel and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel. The upper edge portion of the panel has an upstanding flange disposed within a first downwardly open channel of the support with screw members extending through the upstanding flange and into the support to retain the upstanding flange in the first channel, and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel has a further upstanding flange disposed within a second downwardly open channel of the support, thereby to mount the upper edge portion of the panel and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel on the support.

Abstract: A device for releasably fastening a cover slab to the opening of a crypt or niche extending back from a vertical support wall. Each device is positioned at a common point of adjacency of a plurality of slabs. Each device has a rotatively mounted locking plate for engaging slots in the sides of each of the slabs. The plate has a cutaway sized and dimensioned to allow for the passage of one of the slabs through the cutaway when the cutaway is rotated into proper alignment. Keyed tool means for turning the plate indicated the positioning of the cutaway.

Abstract: In a large-area washer (1) there is an aperture for the insertion of a fastener and a bead (16) to stiffen the washer (1). To provide better engagement with a plate and/or web to be fastened, there are engagement components (13) on the underside of the washer (1) which are pressed out of the whole material of the washer (1) and project approximately perpendicularly downwards from it. The engagement components (13) are conical or truncated cones.

Abstract: The present invention provides a panel with holding frames, in which the panel and the holding frames can be fitted easily and at a high accuracy and there is no problem concerning appearances. The panel with holding frames is formed by fitting the holding frame to each side portion of a square panel. Each holding frame has a leg portion for connecting to a fixation portion for fitting, a support portion fixed to a rear surface of the panel in contact, and a rim portion for catching a periphery of the panel, and the support portion has a relief portion operating to receive the periphery of the panel into the rim portion smoothly. The respective holding frames are temporarily assembled in a frame-shape, and receiving portions for fitting corner blocks are formed at the support portions of the holding frames to make the respective holding frames in a predetermined fixation state after putting the panel into the temporarily assembled frame.

Abstract: A depth-insensitive concrete fastener system is provided for securing roofing insulation materials to concrete roofing or decking. The concrete roofing or decking substructure is provided with a pre-drilled hole or bore having a predetermined diametrical extent. An anchor bolt fastener comprises a head portion, a pointed tip portion, and a shank portion interconnecting the head and tip portions. The shank portion has a first relatively smooth shank portion disposed adjacent to the head portion and extending toward the tip portion, and a second ribbed portion disposed adjacent to the tip portion and having an axial extent which is only a fractional portion of the entire axial extent of the fastener.

Abstract: A surface covering system, e.g. for covering walls, is disclosed in which a covering member is provided including an overhanging portion. A support structure is affixed to a surface for supporting the covering member. A retaining member interlocks with the support structure and wherein these members engage the overhanging portion therebetween in an interference fit, thereby securely and removably retaining the covering member.

Abstract: A gripping element for attaching a roofing membrane to a roof includes a generally planar plate having a generally central opening and an oblong peripheral edge. The plate includes a top surface facing away from the roofing membrane, an upwardly projecting rib, and a plurality of gripping formations for preventing slippage of the roofing membrane relative to the plate. Preferably, the central opening is larger in diameter than the diameter of a corresponding shank portion of a threaded fastener so that the plate is permitted a specified amount of rocking when subjected to a membrane uplift force.

Abstract: A deck fastening system includes an underdeck elongated fastening clip. Such clip is in the form of an elongated metallic sheet of a predetermined width. The clip has a profile defined by a fastening flange, and a depending facia projecting at right angles to the fastening flange from the leading edge thereof, which terminates in an intersecting valley. An angularly upwardly-extending track projects from the intersecting valley at the lower end of the depending facia. A washer flange extends outwardly from the leading edge of the angularly-upwardly-extending track.

Abstract: An attachment plate is used to attach insulation panels to building substrates using internal combustion cordless nail setting tools loaded with collating strips for feeding and holding nails in the tool magazine. The attachment plate has a washer and an annular chamber at a first end. A wall of the annular chamber is defined by a band of fingers. The interior of the attachment plate has a recess. The attachment plate second end has flexible tabs. The attachment plate is placed on a pilot and against a flange of a tool adapter. The attachment plate is pushed into the insulation panel such that the tool muzzle bends the fingers and passes through the same. When the tool is fired, a nail and nail collating ring are forced into and captured within the recess. The tabs bend against the substrate if the insulation panel is of less than nominal thickness.

Abstract: A detachable wall trim having an elongated section of decorative wall trim with a coextending recess channel on the back face. Two or more spaced fastener clips are received in the channel. These clips are formed of one piece plates having spaced screws for holding them or securing them within the channel on the back face of the trim. A key-hole shaped screw head retaining slot is provided in each of these plates and each key-hole slot has a screw head access opening with a narrower screw shaft slot extending therefrom for slidably receiving a screw shaft without permitting passage of the screw head through the screw shaft slot. The wall screws are first fastened to the wall and properly aligned with the clips and then the screw heads extending from the wall are permitted to sufficiently extend from the wall so that they pass through the key hole slots to retain the trim on the wall where desired. These clips are adapted for 360.degree.

Abstract: The invention provides a number of embodiments of slidable brackets adapted for mounting building panels, especially roof members mounted to structural members in a manner to permit limited uni-axial or bi-axial movement. A preferred embodiment has a channel shaped base member and a channel shaped slider member. The base member is adapted to be secured to an existing roof or to a building frame component. The slider member is formed to slidingly straddle and slide on the base member. For uni-axial motion, the slider member has a single pair of longitudinal slots formed in each of its sides through which a bolt or the like passes and which also passes through a mating bolt hole in the side of the base member. For bi-axial motion, a pair of slots is formed in an attached beam whose axis extends in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the longitudinal slots in the slider member.

Abstract: The process includes the steps of removing a circle of ceiling sheet and cylinder of insulation material to create a work space under a portion of one of the I-beam-like roof bows and maneuvering in the space a U-shaped clamp having inward ribs at the upper end of its legs to straddle and hook over the bottom flange of the bow. A threaded rod extending through a threaded bore in the bight of the clamp is tightened to fix the clamp to the bow. A bearing nut with a wide plate is then screwed onto the lower end of the rod so that the plate engages and supports the sheet. Insulation is then injected into the space.

Abstract: A fastening system for laths made of wood or similar material, serving to form a floor. The system makes it possible to fasten the laths so that they are juxtaposed without damaging them by using tongues in which bearings, provided with teeth, have been stamped. These tongues are placed on the subfloor and are either fastened directly, or secured in place by gravity using flexible rubber supports and alignment laths securing them at an equal distance from one another, thereby not damaging the subflooring. This fastening system makes it possible to easily install and remove laths and is very well adapted for its use with prevarnished wooden laths.

Abstract: A fabric wall panel system which mounts wall panels by means of releasable hanger. The fabric wall panel system includes a wall panel and a hanger. The fabric wall panel comprises a frame and a flat filler insert. The frame comprises a plurality of linear frame members. Each frame member has a spine with an elongated opening, a side edge, and a front edge which together define a groove. The flat filler insert is fitted within the groove of each frame member. Fabric is stretched over the frame and insert and is bonded to the back of each frame member to complete the finished fabric wall panel. The hanger has a flat base and a perpendicularly extending tongue with an enlarged head. A number of hangers are affixed on the wall using an adhesive. The slit on the fabric wall panel is aligned with the tongue of hanger on the wall, and the fabric wall panel is affixed to the wall by pressing the slit over the tongue on the hanger. The fabric wall panels can be prefabricated or installed in situ.

Abstract: An attachment plate is used to attach insulation panels to building substrates using internal combustion cordless nail setting tools loaded with collating strips for feeding and holding nails in the tool magazine. The attachment plate has a washer and an annular chamber at a first end. A wall of the annular chamber is defined by a band of fingers. The interior of the attachment plate has a recess. The attachment plate second end has flexible tabs. The attachment plate is placed on a pilot and against a flange of a tool adapter. The attachment plate is pushed into the insulation panel such that the tool muzzle bends the fingers and passes through the same. When the tool is fired, a nail and nail collating ring are forced into and captured within the recess. The tabs bend against the substrate if the insulation panel is of less than nominal thickness.

Abstract: A wall cladding system to provide an attractive finished, exterior appearance to a building wall, the system including an assembly of adjacent, similar, thin cladding elements, oriented in a substantially vertical plane, each cladding element including an exterior panel provided with an exterior and an interior major face, the interior major face being attached by an adhesive material to a flexible sheet of material having an upper edge projecting beyond the cladding element. Further, a plurality of spaced-apart fasteners are provided to connect the flexible sheet of material to a building wall.

Abstract: A device for attaching insulation material (13) of different thicknesses to a base material, such as a structural member, is formed of a receptacle (1) to be fastened to the base material and a pressure component (4) to be secured in a positively locked manner to the receptacle. The pressure component (4) includes a shaft (3) and a head (2) extending laterally outwardly from the shaft. An axially extending slot (9) in the shaft (3) serves for easier compression of the device and permits inward radial deformation of the shaft (3). The pressure component (4) is finally fixed to the receptacle (1) by a stud-shaped expanding element (8) driven in a central throughbore (7) in the shaft for preventing radial deformation of the shaft (3).

Abstract: A depth-insensitive concrete fastener system is provided for securing roofing insulation materials to concrete roofing or decking. The concrete roofing or decking substructure is provided with a pre-drilled hole or bore having a predetermined diametrical extent. An anchor bolt fastener comprises a head portion, a pointed tip portion, and a shank portion interconnecting the head and tip portions. The shank portion has a first relatively smooth shank portion disposed adjacent to the head portion and extending toward the tip portion, and a second ribbed portion disposed adjacent to the tip portion and having an axial extent which is only a fractional portion of the entire axial extent of the fastener.

Abstract: A fixture for mounting external cladding in the form of single facing sheets on internal or external walls of buildings includes a fixing bracket for affixation to a wall and a horizontal positioning plate to support the external cladding sheet. The horizontal positioning plate includes guides which hold the facing sheet in place. The fixture is horizontally and vertically adjustable. The horizontal positioning plate and the fixing bracket have substantially horizontal support surfaces that engage each other and are horizontally adjustable in all directions relative to one another. The horizontal supporting plate is locked in a selected position to the fixing bracket by a welded connection after the horizontal positioning plate has been adjusted relative to the fixing bracket.

Abstract: Mounting (10) for facing panels, which have several securing bolts (12) projecting on the wall side with panel-parallel securing collars (13), behind which engages at least one wall anchor (15) which is anchored to the wall with anchor bolts (16).In order to fasten the facing panel to the wall with simple means and in a simple way, the mounting is designed so that the securing bolts (12) are suspended with their panel-parallel securing collars (13) in at least one hook-like wall anchor (15), which prior to the mounting of the facing panel (11) to the wall is detachably connected with the securing bolt (12).

Abstract: A washer, for use with a fastener for attaching a slab of insulation and a covering mesh to a substrate, has fingers which automatically partially block its entry aperture when the fastener is tightened so that a finish applied over the washer does not fill the cavity of the washer. This reduces the conduction of heat through the insulation by way of the finish material and the fastener. It also provides an undercut surface for improved adhesion of the finish material to the washer.

Abstract: A covering panel consisting of a metal cladding with a supporting structure (15) and cladding members (11) attached via fastening screw (14). The cladding members (11) consists of extruded aluminum sections and comprise quick fastening members (12) and locking members (13) for interconnecting the sections. The cladding members (11) are joined to the supporting structure (15) by evenly spaced longitudinal T-shaped sections (20) each having an axial longitudinal channel (21) with grooved walls for engagement with the screws (14) for fastening the cladding members. The sections are adjustably spaced from the wall (22) via brackets (23) engageable with the longitudinal sections (20).

Abstract: A wall structure for interior sound and thermal insulation of rooms. The wall structure comprises at least one insulating member (26a, 26b, 26c) and fastening profiles (10, 28) consisting of metal. These are intended partly for the mutual affixing of members laterally, partly for affixing of each member to floor and ceiling. Especially, each member comprises a soft insulating sheet and a thereto fastened, rigid support sheet. The fastening profiles intended for affixing of the member to floor and ceiling are of L-type and the fastening profiles (28) intended for mutual affixing of members are of T-type. One portion of each L-profile is intended for installation to floor and ceiling respectively and the other for installation in an area between the insulating sheet of the member and its support sheet.

Abstract: An attachment plate is used to attach insulation panels to building substrates using internal combustion cordless nail setting tools loaded with collating strips for feeding and holding nails in the tool magazine. The attachment plate has a washer and an annular chamber at a first end. A wall of the annular chamber is defined by a band of fingers. The interior of the attachment plate has a recess. The attachment plate second end has flexible tabs. The attachment plate is placed on a pilot and against a flange of a tool adapter. The attachment plate is pushed into the insulation panel such that the tool muzzle bends the fingers and passes through the same. When the tool is fired, a nail and nail collating ring are forced into and captured within the recess. The tabs bend against the substrate if the insulation panel is of less than nominal thickness.

Abstract: A shield wall structure for a magnetically-shielded room and a method for producing a magnetically-shielded room in which the shield wall structure includes at least one shield structure layer, each shield structure layer having a first aluminum sheet layer, a two-ply layer of .mu. metal sheets, and a second layer of aluminum base sheets. In the aluminum sheet constituting the first layer, holes are made at a hole spacing equivalent to the width of the .mu. metal sheets. Support members are disposed in the holes. The first layer of .mu. metal sheets is suspended, supported on the support members, and on top of these, the second layer of .mu. metal sheets is suspended by the support members in another direction. On top of the two-ply .mu. metal sheet structure, the base sheets of aluminum are positioned in conjunction with the support members. Tightening members are then coupled to the support members for operatively compressing the entire wall structure into a compact package.

Abstract: A panel cover system for covering panels such as those comprising overhead doors. The cover system includes a plurality of covers with longitudinal and side margins for generally being aligned with the door panel longitudinal and side edges. The cover includes a field portion in a first, inner plane and a raised decorative portion in a second, outer plane spaced therefrom. The raised, decorative portion of the cover is bounded by the field portion. The covers are attached to the panels by edge strips extending along the panel longitudinal edges and receiving the cover longitudinal margins. The edge strips have J-shaped cross-sectional configurations.

Abstract: A mounting clip for installing a roofing panel onto an underlying support structure in sliding relation therewith. In one embodiment, the mounting clip generally includes a first member, having a base and first and second laterally disposed channel members, and a second member, having a platform and first and second laterally disposed leg members slidably engagable with said first and second channel members, respectively. Preferably, the clip assembly is substantially symmetrical to provide for a desired force distribution and to impart a desired degree of strength.

Abstract: The present invention has an arrangement that two ends of a rectangular metal plate are turned up and the two ends are caused to approach at the central portion of the rectangular metal plate while maintaining a small gap so that a flat-pipe-type connection plate is formed, and the ends of elongated metal plates are slightly bent downwards to form insertion members which are inserted into the upper central gap of the connection plate from two directions.The thus-arranged structure causes rain in the connection portion to enter through the gap between the ends of the elongated plates corresponding to the upper central gap of the connection plate. Rain allowed to enter flows downwards through the flat-pipe-like connection plate. Since the lower portion of the connection plate is positioned upper than the lower elongated plate, rain is discharged onto the lower following elongated plate.

Abstract: A plurality of vertically adjacent panels each has an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion, a support being provided for mounting the upper edge portion of each panel and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel. The upper edge portion of the panel has a downwardly open hook in engagement with an upstanding rib of the support, and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel has a further downwardly open hook in engagement with a further upstanding rib of the support, thereby to provide mounting on the support of the upper edge portion of the panel and the lower edge portion of the upwardly adjacent panel. The hook of the upper edge portion of the panel extends above the lower edge of the upwardly adjacent panel.

Abstract: A barbed light weight concrete fastener and plate comprises a fastener with a head and two bendable legs. Each leg has a barb and a bump protruding therefrom. The fastener is pushed through a base ply and into a roof deck of cementitious material. The legs diverge to capture a concrete wedge between them. The barbs dig into the concrete wedge to increase resistance to a pullout force. The bumps create pressure points with the cementitious material that further resist pullout. A plate may be interposed between the fastener and the base ply. The plate has a number of openings therethrough of relatively large area. The openings are filled with plugs of asphalt that adhere to the base ply. Pulling of the base ply is resisted by the plate acting against the shear areas between the asphalt plugs and the base ply.

Abstract: A fastener for securing panels together has a body made of spring steel member having a rosette fastener and at least one mounting flange. The rosette fastener is secured within a first polymeric panel with the mounting flange engaging the opposite surface of an abutting substrate panel for lockably engaging the substrate and panel thereby holding the two panels together. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fastener includes a pair of flanges which are offset from a central platform of the body in which the rosette fastener is formed.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a stud and attachment assembly for securing ividual studs to composite material substrates so that thermal or acoustic insulating materials may be attached to the substrate. An attachment stud for securing a layer of insulation material to an organic matrix composite substrate is provided which includes a mechanical attachment element for securing the attachment stud to the composite substrate and a stud element rigidly affixed to the attachment element for receiving the layer of insulation material.

Abstract: An exterior wall panel as the basic component of a curtain wall for a multi-storied building. The wall panel includes a steel frame and fastening means for securing the frame to steel girders of a building. Mounting means to secure the wall panel to the exterior side of the steel frame include fastening means which removably interconnect the wall panel and the steel frame. The wall panel may comprise a plurality of panel segments to which steel furring strips attach. An interior wall panel may be secured to the interior side of the steel frame.

Abstract: An anchorage device for supporting flat cover members for openings in building structures. The device includes two substantially similar stepped-plate members that include each an anchorage section and a supporting section. One of the stepped-plate members may in fact be flat or substantially flat, depending on the termination of the building openings to be protected. The anchorage section includes an opening and a cooperating fastening assembly for readily and removably mounting the device to the building structure with minimal aesthetic detraction or structural alteration. These sections define a plane each and these planes are kept in a spaced apart and parallel relationship with respect to each other by a step wall member. The supporting sections then are kept separate for their respective plates and the separation is sufficient to cooperatively receive the flat cover members that are used to protect the openings.

Abstract: A rail system is used for supporting a plurality of upper and lower modular wall panels adjacent a plurality of spaced apart studs. In one aspect of the invention, the rail system includes an upper rail mounted horizontally to the studs adjacent a ceiling, a lower rail mounted horizontally to the studs adjacent an abutting surface such as a floor, bathtub, or shower pan, and a middle rail mounted horizontally to the studs between the lower and upper rails. Each rail is mountable to the studs regardless of the distance therebetween. The upper rail is adapted to receive an upper portion of the upper wall panels, the lower rail is adapted to receive a lower portion of the lower wall panels, and the middle rail is adapted to receive the upper and lower panels. In another aspect of the invention, an elongated bar is spaced apart from the middle rail and adapted to be mounted longitudinally thereto.

Abstract: A wall stone plate fixing attachment for fixing stone plates securely on a wall, comprising a position base fixed on a wall surface, a position head of a perferably hexagonal shape having a female-thread to engage a male-thread of the position base and an outer end surface bored with position holes, and a securing nail having a vertical wall to fit in a groove of a stone plate and a post with a distal portion and an intermediate small-diameter portion cut with a central slot so that the distal end can recover its original condition after compressed to pass through the holes in the position head to secure the securing nail with the position head so as to secure the stone plate with the securing nail.

Abstract: A panel fastener construction is used for fastening a plurality of building panels to a primary structure with a uniform gap interposed between each vertically adjacent panels. The panel fastener construction comprises a plurality pair of upper and lower upward supporting hooks provided on the primary structure with the upper and lower upward supporting hooks vertically spaced from each other, and a pair of upper and lower downward catching hooks provided on the exterior side of each panel for engagement with the upper and lower upward supporting hooks, respectively, of the primary structure. The height of the downward hooks is slightly less than the inter-panel gap.

Abstract: Fastening element for mounting insulating strips or plates on a solid structure includes a large-surface washer, a tubular extension and a locking member which is mounted to an end portion of the fastener and protrudes into the extension so that the fastener and the tubular extension form two telescopic elements movable relative to each other. The two telescopic elements can be adjusted and locked relative to each other in a desired position due to the provision of interengaging ribs, grooves or corrugations formed on the telescopic elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anchoring system and method for installing exterior materials to a building structure particularly suited for when the exterior materials are to be placed at a distance from the building structure. The anchoring system utilizes a separator rod having two ends wherein one end is secured within a nut joint embedded in the exterior material and the other end is attached to an anchoring device anchored to the building structure. The anchoring device has a speed nut which accepts the other end of the separator rod, allowing the rod to advance into the anchoring device but which inhibits movement of the separator rod out of and away from the anchoring device in a rachet fashion.

Abstract: In a method for fastening of elastomeric or insulating materials, for instance an elastic mat, provided between two structural components whereby one of the structural components is produced on site after the elastomeric or insulating material has been inserted, the upper shank of a Z-shaped elastomer section consisting of two vertical shanks and a horizontal web is fastened by nails or the like to an already finished structural component, while the lower shank of the elastomer section reaches over the elastomeric or insulating material and then a cover element is fitted over the head of each nail or the like and after that an elastic cord is fitted onto the elastomer section. Finally, the second structural component is produced, whereby the elastomeric or insulating materials, the elastomer section, the cover element and the elastic cord serve as a disposable form.