Abstract: An applicator head for a vacuum coating system includes a manifold shell having opposing shell plates, each including a conduit attachment coupled to a shell aperture. An applicator manifold is affixed to each shell plate. Each applicator manifold includes two coupled manifold plates, with one including a manifold aperture, and each is affixed to the respective shell plate so that each manifold aperture aligns with the respective shell aperture. An applicator channel is formed between the manifold plates of each applicator manifold, and the applicator channel is fluidically coupled to the manifold aperture of each respective applicator manifold. Each applicator channel forms an applicator port at a leading edge of each respective applicator manifold, and each leading edge is configured to be complementary in shape to an edge of a workpiece to be coated. First and second face plates are disposed over the leading edges of the applicator manifolds.

Abstract: Described herein are building panels and surface covering systems useful for spaces requiring acoustic control and design flexibility, and methods to prepare the same. Such building panels and surface covering systems comprise an building panel having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending there-between, the acoustic building panel comprising a body having an upper surface opposite a lower surface and side surfaces extending there-between; backing having a first side opposite a second side and comprising denim web and a low-melt polyester bicomponent fiber; wherein the first side of the denim web backing is in contact with the upper surface of the body; and wherein the denim web backing has a web basis weight from about 1150 to about 1350 g/m2. In certain embodiments, building panels and surface covering systems have superior fire resistant qualities.

Abstract: An integrated ceiling and light system that incorporates a light module into a ceiling tile. The system may include an acoustic ceiling tile and a light module magnetically coupled to the acoustic ceiling tile.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flame-retardant building panel comprising a body having a first major surface opposite a second major surface, an inorganic coating atop the first major surface, the inorganic coating comprising a flame retardant component that includes a phosphate compound, and a metal complexing agent. In other aspect, the invention is a method of forming a flame-retardant building panel comprising: a) applying an inorganic coating composition to a major surface of a body; and b) drying the inorganic coating composition at an elevated temperature.

Abstract: Described herein is a coated building panel having a body and a surface coating atop the body, the surface coating comprising inorganic pigment and a polymeric dispersant comprising a polymer backbone and pendant side chains extending from the polymer backbone; wherein the surface coating comprises a liquid carrier in an amount less than about 1 wt. % based on the total weight of the surface coating.

Abstract: Described herein is a mounting clip comprising a mounting flange comprising a top surface opposite a bottom surface and a perimeter extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, a positioning member extending upwards from the mounting flange, a grid engagement member extending upwards from the positioning member, a first alignment tab extending downward from the mounting flange, and wherein the mounting flange comprises a keyhole located inset from the perimeter of the mounting flange and extending continuously from the top surface to the bottom surface of the mounting flange.

Abstract: An acoustical ceiling panel including a first layer having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween, a second layer having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween, and a sealing layer having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween. The sealing layer may be positioned between the first major surface of the first layer and the second major surface of the second layer. The side surface of the sealing layer may extend beyond the side surface of the first layer and the side surface of the second layer.

Abstract: A collapsible structural frame for forming a soffit having a multi-planar surface. The collapsible structural frame includes a first frame portion configured to receive a first sheet of building material, a second frame portion configured to receive a second sheet of building material, the second frame portion extending along a second reference plane, and a third frame portion configured to receive a third sheet of building material. The collapsible structural frame is alterable from: (1) a flat state in which the first, second, and third frame portions extend along the second reference plane in a linear arrangement; and (2) a deployed state in which the first frame portion is out of plane with the second reference plane and the third frame portion is out of plane with the second reference plane.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions useful for infusing color into nonwoven polyester containing product and methods to do so. Such compositions and methods comprise use of a color infusion composition comprising an antimigrant polymer; pigment; ammonium polyphosphate; and an anionic surfactant comprising phosphate. In certain embodiments, thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 93.0° C. or less is used to enhance color infusion.

Abstract: Described herein is a building panel and related building systems, the building panel having a first major surface opposite a second major surface, the building panel comprising a core comprising a first body comprising a first fibrous material; and a second body comprising a second fibrous material, a veneer facing layer coupled to the core, the veneer facing layer comprising a plurality of perforations.

Abstract: A spring clip for mounting ceiling panels equipped with torsion springs to a ceiling support grid and ceiling systems including the same. The ceiling system may include a grid support member that is elongated along a longitudinal axis and has a bulbous top portion having a downward facing bottom surface and a spring clip that is configured to be mounted to the grid support member. The spring clip may include an upper portion that defines a receptacle that is configured to receive the bulbous top portion of the grid support member and a lower portion that is configured to be located below the downward facing bottom surface of the bulbous top portion when the bulbous top portion is received within the receptacle of the upper portion.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flame retardant coating, the flame retardant coating comprising aluminum carbonate, triethanolamine, and a blend of a borate compound and a phosphate compound. The coating is optically transparent.

Abstract: Described herein is a barrier coating composition comprising an organic blend comprising a first component and a second component, the first component comprising latex polymer and the second component being selected from polyurethane emulsion, wax emulsion, and alkyd emulsion, wherein the first component and the second component are present in a weight ratio ranging from about 2:1 to about 20:1, and the latex polymer has a glass transition temperature of less than about 18° C.

Abstract: Described herein is a building system comprising: a plurality of support members each comprising a support surface, a plurality of first building panels secured to the support surface of the plurality of support members, each of the plurality of first building panels comprising a non-porous body, a plurality of second building panels secured to the plurality of first building panels by an adhesive and a first plurality of mechanical fasteners, each of the plurality of the second building panels comprising a porous body.

Abstract: Described herein is an acoustic building panel having a first major exposed surface opposite a second major exposed surface and a side exposed surface extending there between, the acoustic ceiling panel comprising: a body comprising a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending between the first and second major surfaces, the body being air-permeable; and an attenuation coating applied to the first major surface of the body; wherein a first portion of the second major exposed surface of the acoustic building panel is formed by the first major surface of the body and a second portion of the second major exposed surface of the acoustic building panel is formed by the attenuation coating.

Abstract: A ceiling system including a support grid and a panel assembly. The panel assembly includes backslats that are arranged parallel to one another, panels that are coupled to the backslats, and mounting assemblies for mounting the panel assembly to the support grid. The mounting assemblies include a mounting bracket and a torsion spring. A first pair of the mounting assemblies is coupled to a first one of the backslats and a second pair of the mounting assemblies is coupled to a second one of the backslats. The panel assembly may be mounted to the support grid via the torsion springs of the first pair of the mounting assemblies engaging a first one of the first grid beams of the support grid and the torsion springs of the second pair of the mounting assemblies engaging a second one of the first grid beams of the support grid.

Abstract: Air purification and surface sterilization systems employing ultraviolet germicidal irradiation integratable in a discrete manner into indoor occupiable spaces in buildings. The systems may be used alone or in combination. The air purification system utilizes fan-powered disinfection units equipped with an ultraviolet light source operable to deactivate airborne pathogens. The surface sterilization system utilizes ultraviolet lamp units operable to deactivate surface accumulations of pathogen. Devices of either disinfection system may be integrated into ceiling or wall systems of the building interior space, or office furniture used in such spaces. The systems have applicability to institutional, commercial, and residential facilities as some examples.

Abstract: A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space. The ceiling system has an open cell grid structure and is attached to a support structure of the building via hanging hardware. The open cell grid structure is constructed of a plurality of bottom panels attached to the hanging hardware, a plurality of middle panels attached to the plurality of bottom panels, and a plurality of top panels attached to the plurality of middle panels. The bottom, middle, and top panels are arranged in a plurality of rows and arranged to ensure that the plurality of panels form an interconnected system capable of being extended to any size desired by a user.