Abstract: A seismic construction system is disclosed that includes a surface-mounted veneer anchor, a box tie member, and a facing anchor. The primary components of the veneer anchor is a wire formative providing closed loop, wire-to-wire connections between the formative and the box tie device. The veneer anchor has a baseplate with a wire formative attached thereto having elongated eye wire extensions. Each pair of eye wires accommodates the threading thereonto of a box tie through the open end of the box tie. The box tie is then positioned so that the open end is secured to the facing anchor and is embedded together with the facing anchor into the bed joint thereof. The facing anchor includes a seismic clip for accommodating a straight wire run and receiving the open end of the box tie. The facing anchor is embedded in a bed joint of the facing.

Abstract: A trailer structure includes a floor and at least one side wall connected to and extending upwardly therefrom. Each side wall is lightweight and includes two sheets, each of which is made of a fiberglass reinforced plastic material with hollow glass or ceramic beads intermixed therewith along a surface of the sheet to form a bead-rich surface. The sheets are bonded together along the bead-rich surfaces. Each of the sheets taper along its outer surface from the bottom end to the top end of the wall.

Abstract: A protective seam plate retains a flexible membrane of a roofing system in place without tearing the flexible membrane during high winds. The protective seam plate comprises a seam plate having a web with a periphery and top and bottom surfaces. A protective ring surrounds the seam plate web periphery and overlies the web top and bottom surfaces around and adjacent the web periphery. The protective ring has a smooth continuous surface that is contacted by the flexible membrane when the flexible membrane lifts off the roof during high winds. The protective seam plate may be manufactured by heat shrinking a tube of heat shrinkable material surrounding the periphery of the seam plate web. Alternately, the protective ring may be an L-shaped ring that is assembled to the seam plate by bending a leg over the web top surface. The protective seam plate may also be fabricated by bending a flange that is integral with the seam plate web such that the flange partially overlies the web top surface.

Abstract: A waterproof deck includes a deck subflooring supported on joists adjacent a building, a flashing adjacent a building, and a drip edge attached along the edge of a subflooring where the water runs off the deck. An elastomeric waterproofing material covers the subflooring and a strip of T-bar edging is attached along the edge of the subfloor and has a portion extending over the elastomeric waterproofing material and over the drip edge and another portion extending above the subfloor to form a raised edge therealong. Concrete covers the elastomeric waterproofing material and subfloor to the top edge of the T-bar raised edge so that water on the concrete flooring runs off the deck over the T-bar drip edge and drains from beneath the concrete floor over the drip edge to prevent collection of water over the concrete flooring.

Abstract: A sheet metal, elongate structural member is cold roll-formed from a strip of sheet metal no thicker than 1.2 mm, preferably 0.6 mm, including a central zone and two edge zones flanking the central zone and each having a free edge margin. The member includes a substantially planar web (9), a first hollow flange (10) extending along one edge of the web (9) and projecting laterally to both sides of the web, and a second hollow flange (11) extending along the other edge of the web (9) and projecting laterally to one side only of the web. The web (9) includes the central zone and the margins (17, 23) of the original strip secured flatly together by clinches (18, 29), and the hollow flanges are formed from the edge zones of the original strip excluding the margins thereof. The spacing of the clinches is selected so that the shear point of the member's section substantially coincides with the plane of the web.

Abstract: A substantially gas-tight tank cover is designed such that the structural beams of the cover serve also as a gas withdrawal system for removing odorous or deleterious gases from above the surface of a liquid in the tank, such as in the case of a sewage treatment plant. The structural beams are tubular in cross-sectional shape, and have openings at selected locations in communication with the interior of the tank above the liquid. The system efficiently uses the structure of the tank cover as part of the odorous gas withdrawal system.

Abstract: A guard assembly for use on a guy-wire of the type having an end terminating in a loop comprises an elongated tubular member of a relatively rigid plastic having a hollow interior throughout its length. The tubular member has a single split extending longitudinally thereof between the opposite ends thereof to allow the tubular member to be installed in surrounding relationship to a guy-wire by being moved laterally thereover with the guy-wire entering the hollow interior through the split. First and second generally diametrically opposed aligned apertures are located adjacent the first end of the tubular member so that they can be aligned with the loop on the guy-wire. An elongated pin-like fastener extends through the first aperture and has head portions at opposite ends with a first head portion located within the hollow interior of the tubular member and being radially compressible to a size to allow the head to be selectfully passed through the second aligned opening.

Abstract: A fabricating process for fabricating a log used in the construction of log structures, and resulting construction log. The process of the present invention includes the steps of cutting a first longitudinal groove (34) in an upper surface (16) of a log having an elongated body (10) defining upper and lower surfaces (16 and 18) and defining varying dimensions between the upper and lower surfaces (16 and 18) of the body (10) along the length of the log. The first longitudinal groove (34) is designed for receiving a portion of a spacing block (38) disposed between logs in a log structure. Further, a second longitudinal groove (36) is cut in the lower surface (18) of the log body (10) for receiving a portion of a spacing block (38), with the first longitudinal groove (34) and the second longitudinal groove (36) defining bottom surfaces (42 and 44) which are substantially parallel to one another.