Abstract: A composite wall system is provided that employs a single thermally efficient edge extrusion. The present composite wall system does not use sealant at panel joints, is relatively lighter, and experiences substantially little to no thermal bridging found in conventional systems. It provides for an adjustable attachment system to allow panels to be adjusted to maintain optimal spacing along the panel margins and panel seal.

Abstract: A building system comprises one or more panels with one or more “Z-shaped” edges. The panels may connected to each other through interaction of the corresponding shaped edges. In addition, a building component comprises upper and lower surfaces and first and second lateral ends. One or more of the building components may be connected together through engagement of the second lateral end of a first building component with the first lateral end of a second building component. Through this connection, vertical forces on the building components are transferred laterally.

Abstract: A modular aircraft closet including a structural frame having a top, a bottom, an inboard sidewall, an outboard sidewall, an open forward face and an open aft face. A forward panel attaches to the structural frame to cover the open forward face and an aft panel attaches to the structural frame to cover the open aft face. The forward and aft panels can be equipped with an exterior panel feature to customize, brand, reconfigure or retrofit the closet.

Abstract: A window system has a window frame that surrounds a window unit. The window frame has a glazing leg with an outer wall and an inner wall. The inner wall forms a J-shaped stem, which forms a J-shaped channel between the inner wall and the outer wall. A first gasket engages with the outer wall, and is maintained in compression between the outer wall and the window unit. Likewise, a second gasket engages with the inner wall, and is maintained in compression between the inner wall and the window unit.

Abstract: A panel member for a cyclorama includes a concavo-convex body having integrally-formed first and second side portions with an intermediate portion therebetween. The first side portion, the second side portion, and the intermediate portion have a radius of curvature in a Y-Z plane, and the first and second side portions have a radius of curvature in an X-Y plane that is different from the radius of curvature in the Y-Z plane to uniformly reflect or diffuse sound and light incident on the panel member.

Abstract: A method for lateral-migration-preventing production of wall surfaces made of cement-based materials and sealed against water, more particularly of walls, of structures made of reinforced concrete, comprising: erecting an outer shuttering, applying a sealing material preferably to the full area of the inside of the outer shuttering, arranging a reinforcement in front of the inside of the outer shuttering that has been provided with the sealing material, applying an adhesion promoter to the sealing material through the reinforcement, erecting an inner shuttering, filling a cement-based material into the shuttering cavity formed by the outer and the inner shuttering, and hardening the material to form a solid bond between the cement-based material and the adhesion promoter located on the sealing material, a method for lateral-migration-preventing production of floor surfaces or surfaces made of cement-based materials and sealed against water, more particularly of floors and overhead surfaces of structures made

Abstract: A non-conductive composite insert is provided between conductive portions, useful, for example, in downhole EM telemetry applications as an external “gap sub” in a drill collar, or as a sonde-based internal gap. In a preferred embodiment, the composite is made from a glass-fiber reinforced plastic, and separates non-magnetic conductive portions made from stainless steel. The composite insert provides a slanted or tapered transition into the conductive portions at either or both ends of the insert. The transitions on the composite insert may comprise one or more tapered surfaces, which may be male or female in configuration with respect to matching transitions on the conductive portions. The transitions may be bonded together by adhesive, or alternatively may be threaded.

Abstract: A floor-to-ceiling window for a building, the window including insulating glazing units having transparent vertical elements when the glazing units adjoin each other. The joints between the glazing units allow for a slight relative movement between glazing units while ensuring sealing tightness of the window from wind and weather.

Abstract: A door panel comprises a body, first and second skins on opposite sides of the body, each having an opening aligned with the other opening, a first lip portion being provided on the first skin and adjacent the opening for holding a decorative panel and a pair of coupling elements provided on the first and second skins respectively and extending therebetween for inter-engagement to thereby fix relative positions of the first and second skins. The first and second skins define a space therebetween for receiving filling material to form the body, and include a partition in and extending across the space to delineate a portion of the space separate from the openings for receiving the filling material to form the body.

Abstract: A land-based drilling rig includes a first substructure and a second substructure, the second substructure being positioned generally parallel to the first substructure. The land-based drilling rig also includes a drill rig floor coupled to the first and second substructures, the drill rig floor including a V-door. The side of the drill rig floor has the V-door defining a V-door side of the drill rig floor, where the V-door side of the drill rig floor is parallel to the first substructure. The first and second substructures pivotably support the drill rig floor. The land-based drilling rig also includes a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill rig floor. The mast is pivotably coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill rig floor by a mast pivot point. The mast includes a V-door side, the V-door side of the mast parallel to the first or second substructure.

Abstract: A flooring product includes a first oriented strand board layer, an acoustic barrier layer, and a second oriented strand board layer, where the acoustic barrier layer is secured between the first and second oriented strand board layers to form the flooring product. The plurality of flooring products can be positioned adjacently to comprise a complete flooring assembly. Such a flooring assembly can be facilitated by including features along edges of the flooring product for securing or engaging one flooring product to adjacent flooring products. For example, the flooring product can be arranged with one edge as a tongue and an opposing edge as a groove, where the tongue of one flooring product can be fitted into the groove of an adjacent flooring product to secure or engage the two flooring products together. In another example, edges of the flooring products can be arranged to form lap joints upon engagement.

Abstract: A roof plug is provided that includes a plug member and a tray member. The tray member includes a recessed portion and a flange portion and is made of a rigid material. The recessed portion includes a base, has at least one opening disposed therein, and has a plurality of side walls each extending upwardly from the base to the flange portion. The flange portion is also oriented outward from a top edge of the plurality of side walls of the recessed portion. The plug member fits into the recessed portion of the tray member. At least one opening in the base provides visual inspection of the plug member when located in the recessed portion. The product serves to plug a hole left behind by a static roof vent when converting to other methods of roof ventilation. Generally, the product can be used to fill any holes in the roof deck sized 8?×8? or 12?×12?.

Abstract: A device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling device includes a body and two spaced and parallel strip members extending transversely from the body. Each of the spaced and parallel strip members extend to the front and rear of the body. Two opposing lateral open windows are formed in the body. A breakaway section is defined along the body. A wedge device is provided for penetrating one or more of the two opposing lateral open windows and exerting a force on the tiles for leveling them relative to each other.

Abstract: An expander member for use with fastening track for fabric wall coverings that allows for wider distances between the fabric and the wall to be covered. The invention allows for top loading of fabric as well as side loading. The expander includes a series of grooves that allow for fastening of the member to a wall as well as for fastening to additional members proximate the top and bottom as desired. Alternatively, one or more pocket holes can be used to secure the member to a wall using a fastening screw. In the preferred embodiment first flange extends outward from the member with a height shorter than the member forming a groove therebetween for the placement therein of the fastening track. An alternate embodiment includes a second top flange that is proximate the top side and the back that has a length shorter than the top side creating a groove therebetween for the placement therein of a second fastening track that allow for fabric to horizontally stretch atop the member a desired.

Abstract: A roofing panel has a field, an upper edge, a lower edge, a first end, and a second end. The field of the roofing panel is ornamented such as by being coated and/or embossed and/or pressed to emulate the appearance of a traditional roofing shingle. A clip extends along the forward edge of the roofing panel and projects downwardly therefrom. A slot extends along the rear edge of the roofing panel and the slot has an upwardly facing elongated opening. The slot is cut short or truncated at the first end of the roofing panel such that the second end of a like shingle can be overlapped onto the first end in such a way that the ornamentation on the field of the roofing panel prevents water migration through the region of overlap of the roofing panel and the like roofing panel. The clip is configured to be pressed down by an installer through the opening of the slot and lock within the slot to attach one course of shingles securely to a next lower course of shingles.

Abstract: A panel including an upper side, an underside, a basic body, complementary locking elements, which are provided in pairs on mutually opposite panel edges, and at least one pair of locking elements having a receiving hook and an arresting hook. The receiving hook has a hook periphery and a receiving recess. The arresting hook has an arresting recess, an arresting shoulder, a transverse-joint surface and a vertically acting arresting contour. The receiving hook also has a transverse-joint surface and a form-fitting contour. The arresting hook also has a horizontal locking surface on its arresting shoulder. The receiving hook also has a horizontal locking surface in the receiving recess and contains a receiving opening.

Abstract: A collapsible safety barrier and support post for releasably securing between a ceiling structure and a floor structure. The safety barrier and support post comprises a plurality of longitudinal rails hingedly secured to a first end post and to a second end post, an extension rail releasably engageable with the second end post, and a latching mechanism to releasably secure the extension rail to the second end post. The safety barrier has a deployed position and a collapsed position. When in its deployed position the barrier is secured between a floor and a ceiling structure. When in its collapsed position the longitudinal rails, the first and second end posts, and the extension rail are positioned generally parallel and adjacent to one another.

Abstract: In an LNG tank, a dike is formed by arranging precast blocks in the circumferential direction and layering the precast blocks in the vertical direction. Each of the precast blocks has loop joints on the top, bottom, left, and right side faces, and concrete is deposited between each two precast blocks adjacent in the circumferential direction and the vertical direction, whereby masonry joints are formed in the vertical direction and the circumferential direction. Prestress is imparted to the dike by PC steel members. The PC steel members are provided in the circumferential direction and the vertical direction of the dike, and are arranged so as to avoid the masonry joints in the circumferential direction and the vertical direction. Therefore, it is possible to construct the dike in a short time, and it is possible to provide a tank or the like that can reduce the construction period.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a facade structure includes fastening to a load-bearing underground of a facade a dimensionally stable insulating layer having a supporting outer surface. Spacers of the same height are fastened to the insulating layer such that the spacers protrude outward from the insulating layer. An elastic adhesive is applied at points and/or as rows onto the insulating layer and/or the tile elements in areas in which no spacers are disposed, the height of the applied adhesive being greater than the height of the spacers. The tile elements are adhered to the insulating layer by pressing the tile elements against the spacers, whereby hollow spaces remain between the tile elements and the insulating layer due to the point-like and/or rows of applied adhesive.

Abstract: A formation assembly for use in manufacturing a reinforced insulation panel including a foam material and a reinforcing structure includes a back plate including a first surface configured to receive the foam material, and a first support sheet spaced from the first surface to form a gap therebetween, wherein the first support sheet supports the reinforcing structure. The formation assembly also includes a second support sheet spaced from the first support sheet, wherein the second support sheet defines an upper boundary of the reinforced insulation panel. A rigid structure is coupled to the second support sheet, wherein the rigid structure restricts movement of the reinforced insulation panel.