Abstract: A solid shear panel for supporting a structure having an upper edge, a lower edge and two side edges. The upper edge is secured to a horizontal double plate mounted beneath a beam underneath a floor surface of a structure, while the lower edge rests on a sill plate above ground level. The shear panel contains a plurality of vertically extending support posts having the same length. Sawn lumber, laminated wood, engineered wood, a metal such as steel or another suitable construction material can be utilized to form the support posts. Two steel plates press against the side edges of the shear panel and thereby compact the support posts together into a solid grouping of posts. A plurality of horizontally extending connecting bolts hold the posts together near the upper and lower edges of the shear panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforced concrete section (1, 23, 26–28) comprising two commercially available pre-cast floor elements (2, 3) of the same type. Each element consists of a substantially rectangular concrete slab (4, 21) and at least one lattice girder (5, 7) attached thereto. The two pre-cast floor elements are arranged in a laterally reversed manner so that their concrete slabs (4, 21) are situated parallel to and at a distance from each other and their lattice girders face one another. The pre-cast floor elements (2, 3) are fixedly attached to one another by their lattice girders (5–7). The reinforced concrete section (1, 23, 26–28) can be used with site-mixed concrete to rapidly produce a foundation for a building on the building site, without erecting the shuttering and dismantling the shuttering.

Abstract: The invention contemplates a system of interconnecting notched composite articles so as to create a surface therefrom. A joint segment having an edge configured to be received into a plurality of notches within juxtaposed composite articles and a fastener engaging the joint segment so as to anchor the joint segment to a support system underlying the joint segment interconnects the composite articles. Further disclosed is a method of installing composite articles involving fastening a first joint segment having opposing edges to a structural support system, aligning a composite article having a first notch on at least a portion of a first surface of the composite article and a second notch on a second surface of the composite article such that the first joint segment edge is received into the first notch, and fastening a second joint segment having edges to the structural support system such that the second joint segment edges engages the second notch on the second surface of the composite article.

Abstract: A connection in wood frame construction such as in frame walls of homes, wood framed apartment buildings and light wood framed commercial buildings. Specifically, the disclosure describes a pair of connectors for joining wall studs to a base plate and to a top plate for framing a wall. The two connectors used in the connection are identical and include an edge member for connection to the edge faces of the stud and the base or top plates, and a face member for engaging the lower face of the base plate or the upper face of the top plate. The face member is joined to the edge member and projects at a right angle thereto. The face member serves the dual purposes of locating the connected at the ends of the studs and of resisting tension forces.

Abstract: A thin decorative thermosetting laminate of postforming quality is glued to a longitudinal carrier to form a floor strip. The laminate has a thermosetting resin as well as hard particles impregnated therein to increase the abrasion resistance of the laminate. The carrier generally has a cross section of a dilatation, transition or a finishing profile, depending on the intended use of the floor strip. The floor strip has a tab portion on a surface that engages a channel on a floor tile or a reducer. The tab portion locks the floor strip into place and prevents movement of the floor tile or the reducer with respect to the floor strip.

Abstract: A trim piece for mounting to an electronic equipment cabinet, a mounting arrangement, and a method of mounting a trim piece to an electronic equipment cabinet or rack. The trim piece may be mounted on a support member of an electronic equipment cabinet to conceal a recess in the support member, for example, a recess used to route electrical wires or cables. The trim piece may also be mounted to a cabinet to conceal equipment mounting holes in the frame of the cabinet. The trim piece may include projections or recesses for attaching to the frame or support members. A trim piece may be mounted by means of intermediate spacers that may be threaded into the mounting holes in the frame. The spacers may provide means for mounting the trim piece to the spacers, for example, by means of a snap fit or slide fit.

Abstract: Building element having two parallel welded wire grid mats (1, 2), of straight web wires (7) which hold the wire grid mats at a predetermined distance apart and are joined at each end to the two wire grid mats. An insulating body (8) is arranged between the wire grid mats, through which the web wires pass. At least one of the wire grid mats is in the form of a grid reinforcement mat which possesses a minimum strength of the weld nodes which complies with the static requirements applicable to the building element, corresponding mechanical strength of the grid mat wires (3, 4) and also corresponding diameters and mutual spacings of the grid mat wires. The web wires are arranged in predetermined directions relative to the wire grid mats, and the insulating body is held at a predetermined distance from each of the wire grid mats.

Abstract: A supporting framework for a craneway for at least one crane which travels on at least one track, especially for a bridge crane which travels on two tracks, includes a track carrier elongated in a track direction and having at least one carrier section of reinforced concrete, preferably of prestressed concrete. A system of pillars includes reinforced concrete pillars, whose upper ends in each case support the carrier sections via a top component and whose lower ends are in each case anchored in the soil via a base component. An adjustable bearing in the area of the top component and/or of the base component in at least some of the pillars allows adjusting the track carrier according to the desired course of the track.

Abstract: A tension member comprising a plurality of fiber filaments gathered into a plurality of strands. The filaments run close together, and a protective sheath is provided around the strands. Each strand is coated on the exterior thereof with a strand sheath of a material having a low friction coefficient, permitting the strands to move longitudinally in relation to one another and independently of each other.

Abstract: The present embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for use in reinforcing access door apertures and other apertures formed in fairings. Some embodiments provide an apparatus that includes a door aperture formed in a facesheet and a first load deflector having a length, wherein the first load deflector is curved along at least a portion of its length. The first load deflector is secured with the facesheet proximate the aperture such that the first load deflector deflects a load. In some embodiments the first curved load deflector comprises a majority of layers having orientations along the load to be deflected. The apparatus can further include a patch bonded with the facesheet proximate the aperture such that the patch surrounds the door aperture.

Abstract: The invention provides a modular post system including a plurality of modular post members 10, 20 which are inter-connectable to form a post structure 30. The modular post members include a plurality of front post members 10 and rear post members 20, which are generally elongate and are designed to be positioned and interconnected adjacent one another such that each of the front and rear modular post members extends in the same general direction and has a region of lap with an adjacent one of the post members. Each of the modular post members is adapted to interconnect with an adjacent post member in the lap region, each modular post member including connection means comprising a connecting element 12, 22 adapted for engagement with a complementary connecting element 22, 12 at the corresponding lap region of an adjacent post member.

Abstract: A system for making a structural connection includes a structural member, a plurality of strips for engaging the structural member and securing devices for securing the strips to a building structure that supports the structural member. The method of making the structural connection includes the steps of providing the structural member, inserting a segment of the structural member into the hollow of a building structure, and securing the structural member to the building structure with two or more strips.

Abstract: A ceiling panel system is a plurality of ceiling panels. Each ceiling panel has a first interlocking retaining bracket and an oppositely spaced second interlocking retaining bracket. The installation of the ceiling panel system comprises: A starter bracket is connected at a right angle to one or more support beams. A first ceiling panel is connected via its second interlocking retaining bracket to the starter bracket. The first ceiling panel's first interlocking retaining bracket is connected to the beams of the supporting structure. A second ceiling panel's second interlocking retaining bracket is connected to the first ceiling panel's first interlocking retaining bracket. Subsequent ceiling panels are connected in this manner to form the ceiling panel system.

Abstract: A conservatory framework has an eaves structure from which the roof is supported, at least one comer and/or in-line joint in the eaves structure being two connector parts which are angularly adjustable relative to one another. The first and second elongate frame members, e.g. a hip bar and jack rafter, are coupled together in angular relation relative to one another by a coupling arrangement. The coupling arrangement includes a plate with an upstanding pivot post, a channel associated with and extending longitudinally of the first frame member for receiving the plate and maintaining it captive against separation from the first member in a direction generally transverse to its elongation, and an arm adapted to be coupled to the pivot post and to the second frame member. A roofing structure has a support structure, e.g.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to a metallic stud frame construction panel definable in terms of an x, y, z coordinate system. Each stud of the panel includes a z-axis elongate substantially rectangular integral steel web within a yz plane and further includes (i) a first series of xz plane tabs projecting from a first z-axis edge of the web in an x-axis direction, the tabs interdigitating with void spaces, and (ii) a second series of xz plane tabs projecting from an opposite z-axis edge of the web in a like x-axis direction, each tab of the second series staggered relative to the first series of tabs. The panel structure also includes first and second xy plane concrete slabs cast about the first and second series of tabs. The slabs are integrally molded about their y- and z-axis peripheries, after a volume of the panel existing between the series of tabs has been filled with an acoustic and/or thermal insulator. The concrete slabs are reinforced thru the use of re-bars.

Abstract: A door for refrigerator which is sophisticated in design and provided at a lower production cost. The door for refrigerator is composed of a door panel made of metal and an inner plate combined with the door panel in a facing manner, a door cap which fits into the door panel and the inner panel in an upper portion, and a handle which fits into the door panel and the inner panel in a bottom portion. In addition to that, the door for refrigerator has a heat insulating form material injected inside. Then, the door for refrigerator is provided with draw forming at a position near to the edge of at least either side of the door panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for eliminating ice formation at roof edging comprising a mesh casing and salt-based fill material. The apparatus may be placed into a typical gutter assembly adjacent a roof edge. The casing is flexible and biodegradable and comprises a salt-retaining surface, a matter-engaging surface, and a plurality of mesh apertures. The mesh apertures each comprise a maximal aperture dimension. The fill material comprises a plurality of salt pellets, each pellet comprising a minimal pellet dimension. The minimal pellet dimension is greater in magnitude than the maximal aperture dimension and thus the fill material is retained by the salt-retaining surface. A portion of the fill material dissolves in water when water contacts the fill material thus forming a flowable solution. The solution inherently has a depressed freezing point for preventing ice formation. Thus, the water-based solution flowing from the apparatus functions to eliminate ice at roof edging.

Abstract: In a method for designing a multi-step tension prestressed girder, prestress is appropriately introduced with respect to a relationship between a load and stress, for each step of construction, so that the height of a profile of the girder can be reduced. In a method for fabricating a multi-step tension prestressed girder, prestress is appropriately introduced with respect to a relationship between a load and stress, for each step of construction, so that the height of a profile of the girder can be reduced.

Abstract: A ground anchoring system and its method of attachment to the ground. The ground anchor device has a base frame with bottom surfaces that terminate in a common plane. A plurality of elongated slots are defined through the base frame. Anchor spikes are provided for extending through the elongated slots of the base frame. Each of the anchor spikes has a flat face surface, a flat rear surface and a predetermined thickness between the face surface and the rear surface that is at least half as wide as the face surface. A tether mount is connected to the base frame. Any tension applied to the tether mount is transferred to the base frame and the anchor spikes extending through the base frame, wherein the tension force acts at a perpendicular to the flat face surface of the anchor spikes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a door jamb having a pair of tubular side jambs and a tubular head jamb, the side jambs and the head jamb each have an outer low maintenance element, an inner structural element, and an intermediate element for receiving a portion of each of the outer and inner elements to secure such outer and inner elements together in selected positions to provide a desired depth of the door jamb.