Abstract: A wall panel storage system includes a looped element and a motor for driving the looped element. A plurality of spacers are attached to the looped element with at least one spacer of the plurality of spacers being configured to fit vertically or be inserted between a pair of panels to move a panel of the pair of panels into or out of a storage area along a storage track when the motor drives the looped element.

Abstract: A wall panel storage device includes a looped element and a motor for driving the looped element. A plurality of spacers is attached to the looped element with at least one spacer of the plurality of spacers being configured to fit between a pair of panels to move a panel of the pair of panels into or out of a storage area when the motor drives the looped element. According to one aspect, a wall panel storage system includes a first wall panel storage device adjacent a first track and a second wall panel storage device adjacent a second track. According to another aspect, the wall panel storage system includes a corner drive mechanism with a contact element configured to contact a wall panel to change a direction of travel of the wall panel as the contact element runs along a curved guide.

Abstract: At least one panel including a trolley is fed to a first drive mechanism of a plurality of drive mechanisms adjacent a main track configured to engage the trolley of the at least one panel. The first drive mechanism is initiated to drive the at least one panel to a second drive mechanism of the plurality of drive mechanisms to move the at least one panel farther along the main track.

Abstract: A collapsible wall including a support frame and a first series of panels configured to suspend from the support frame with at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other. A second series of panels are configured to suspend from the support frame opposite the first series of panels and include at least one pair of adjacent panels pivotally connected to each other. A bottom sill opposite the support frame is pivotally connected to a bottom portion of the first series of panels and to a bottom portion of the second series of panels. A motor assembly is mounted on the support frame and configured to raise or lower at least one lifting element to raise or lower the bottom sill to collapse or extend the panels in the first and second series of panels.

Abstract: At least one panel including a trolley is fed to a first drive mechanism of a plurality of drive mechanisms adjacent a main track configured to engage the trolley of the at least one panel. The first drive mechanism is initiated to drive the at least one panel to a second drive mechanism of the plurality of drive mechanisms to move the at least one panel farther along the main track.

Abstract: At least one panel including a trolley is fed to a first drive mechanism of a plurality of drive mechanisms adjacent a main track configured to engage the trolley of the at least one panel. The first drive mechanism is initiated to drive the at least one panel to a second drive mechanism of the plurality of drive mechanisms to move the at least one panel farther along the main track.

Abstract: First and second operable wall panel faces are positioned with respect to one another by vertical and horizontal brackets which include corner portions positioning the panel faces in compressed relation with vertical and horizontal flexible vinyl seals extending about the entire perimeter of the panel faces, so as to provide increased impact resistance, reduced noise transmission, and easier manufacture.

Abstract: An operable wall panel is fitted at its top with retractable load transfer bolts and at its bottom with a floor engagement member. The load transfer bolts are normally biased to engage the panel guide track, while the floor engagement member provides an acoustic gasket having a serrated edge for engaging the mating edge of a floor-mounted insert. A lever and cable system provides one-step retraction of both the load transfer bolts and floor engagement member.

Abstract: A track system for an operable wall includes carriage assemblies for partitions or operable wall sections including at least four wheels per assembly, the wheels being mounted on vertical shafts and having beveled lower surfaces for cooperating with beveled riding track surfaces integrally and conformably supported by support brackets.

Abstract: An operable wall system having a primary track and several storage tracks intersecting said primary track can be improved by the use of rotary switches at the intersections of the primary and storage tracks and by the use of a positioning structure carrying holders capable of being actuated so as to engage and disengage wall sections or panels being moved between said primary and said storage tracks. When such an operative wall structure is employed to move a wall section or panel on to the primary track from the storage tracks the panel to be moved is engaged by the holders and then these holders are moved through the movement of the positioning structure so as to place the section or panel being moved on to the switches. The holders are then disengaged from the panel or section and the switches are manipulated so as to allow the panel to be moved along the primary track. In storing panels the reverse of this series of operations is employed.

Abstract: A suspension system primarily designed for use with operable walls and partitions can be constructed utilizing a plurality of identical tracks joined together in a system having a junction between such tracks and a trolley which is movable along the tracks and across the junction. Each of the tracks includes a pair of first spaced, parallel flanges and a second pair of spaced, parallel flanges located beneath the first pair. The trolley includes a bearing plate carrying a plurality of downwardly extending spherical bearings and a support plate located parallel to and underneath the bearing plate and the downwardly extending bearings. The trolley is adapted to be positioned in any of the tracks with bearings on the trolley supporting the trolley on the first pair of parallel flanges and with the support plate being located between the pairs of flanges.