Patents Assigned to Metsec plc
  • Patent number: 5733026
    Abstract: A drawer slide formed by cold rolling metal strip and shaped, in cross section, to define first mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with a first set of rollers carried, in use, by a drawer, second mutually presented tracks for receiving and cooperating with rollers carried in use by the drawer receiving cabinet, a first web portion integrally interconnecting the first tracks, a second web portion integrally interconnecting the second tracks, an integral stop closing both ends respectively of a first channel defined by one of the first and second webs and its respective tracks, a cut-out adjacent one end of the outer track of the first channel to facilitate insertion of the respective rollers into the first channel, an integral stop closing the end of a second channel by the other of the first and second webs and the respective tracks, remote from the end of the slide having the cut-out, and an access aperture in the web portion of the second channel providing in use, access through the web
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Metsec PLC
    Inventor: Richard Munachen
  • Patent number: 4817355
    Abstract: A wall construction comprising a plurality of interconnected rectangular metal frame assemblies, each frame assembly including metal studs of channel section secured together to form the rectangular frame. A rectangular panel of G.R.C. or the like is secured to the outer face of the frame, and a thermal insulation layer is provided on the outer face of said panel. The wall construction further comprises an inner wall lining of plasterboard or the like on the inner face of the frame assemblies and an external skin at the outer face of the thermal insulation layers of the frame assemblies. The invention further resides in a frame assembly for use in such a wall construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Metsec plc
    Inventors: Stephen R. Tilsley, Ian P. MacCarthy