Patents Examined by Donald G. Kelly
  • Anchorage for climbing irons in parts of concrete or the like
    Patent number: 4528791
    Abstract: An arrangement for anchoring climbing irons in concrete or the like to support devices adapted for being secured on formwork, wherein the climbing irons are to be connected with the support devices after removal of the formwork. Each climbing iron includes a securing flange and means for carrying a screw joint member. Each support device has a body including one side extending parallel to, and configured for engaging the securing flange. The body further has structural formations, one set disposed on the body's one side for attaching the climbing iron to the support device and the other set on the body's other side for attaching the support device to concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Inventor: Gerhard Enssle
  • Dual gutter assembly for prefabricated buildings
    Patent number: 4528784
    Abstract: A gutter assembly for collecting drainage from a building portion such as adjacent roof sections forming a valley in which a primary gutter preferably comprising a plurality of telescoping gutter sections is disposed along the building portion, while a flexible liquid-impervious membrane extends continuously along the building portion beneath the primary gutter to catch any drainage escaping therefrom. A secondary gutter also preferably comprising a plurality of telescoping gutter sections supports the membrane along its length beneath the primary gutter to ensure against rupture of the flexible membrane from liquid pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Nucor Corporation
    Inventors: Harold G. Simpson, Leo E. Neyer
  • Skylight sealing
    Patent number: 4527368
    Abstract: A technique for sealing a skylight at its curb frame flange about an opening in a building and in which the sealing technique is a dry sealing technique. The improvement comprises dry seal element means extending integrally from the underside surface of the flange and being flexible and adapted to bend and compress to a position substantially parallel to the flange upon securing of the curb frame flange to the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: Wasco Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur P. Jentoft
  • Structural element for the manufacture of casings, wall disks, boxes and such articles
    Patent number: 4525964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a structural element for the manufacture of casings, wall disks, boxes and such articles comprising a shell made of thermosetting plastic and preferably reinforced to give it shape stability by reinforcement members which, more particularly, are formed by reinforcement grids composed of iron bars welded to one another and are fully enclosed by the plastic. On account of the enclosed air chambers, these structural elements have good thermal insulation properties. They are exceptionally well suited, for example, for greenhouses, plant boxes and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventor: Adolf Diethelm
  • Modular high rise construction utilizing assembly line modules
    Patent number: 4525975
    Abstract: A method for constructing a multistory building comprising: constructing finished modules having a concrete base and vertical sidewalls; placing a first series of such modules at a single horizontal level such that at least one sidewall of each such module is spaced by a distance of from about 2 to about 12 inches from and is parallel to the sidewall of another such module; pouring and hardening concrete to fill at least a portion of the space between such sidewalls from the base to the top of such sidewalls to form supporting concrete walls; placing another additional series of such modules on the tops of the supporting concrete walls in the spaced relationship previously described and filling the spaces to form additional supporting concrete walls; and repeating the procedure previously described until the desired number of levels of modules is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventor: Gary V. McWethy
  • Belt conveyor gap stringer support system
    Patent number: 4524864
    Abstract: A gap stringer conveyor belt support structure having a pair of spaced apart parallel stringers with rollers therebetween and a pair of underlying support frames. Each support frame includes a pair of generally vertical extensible load bearing posts each of which is connected at its upper end to a stringer and at its lower end to a weight bearing anchor. A third extensible post is connected at one end to a stringer and extends in a direction diagonally to the vertical posts to connect at its other end to an anchor. The weight bearing anchors may be imbedded in the ground. The connections between the extensible posts at the stringers and anchors are pivotal to permit adjustment by movement about at least an axis parallel to the stringers. Each extensible post is provided with a clamp or lock to hold it at a selected length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Inventor: William D. Peterson, II
  • Modular construction system
    Patent number: 4523418
    Abstract: A construction system comprises modules of polygonal shape including elongated rectangles, squares, triangles and trapezoids of stiff sheet material formed with integral interlocking tabs along their margins to permit them to be easily and firmly secured to each other to form three dimension structures. Some of the modules also incorporate interlocking slots for securement to each other. This system is especially adapted to the construction by children of an infinite variety of large structures such as playhouses and the like of sufficient size to permit children to play in them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Inventor: Jon R. McLaughlin
  • Hanger fastener
    Patent number: 4523413
    Abstract: A slab hanger-fastener for supporting and securing shutter slabs over mausoleum vaults or niches. The device is structured so that it may be used to secure shutter slabs at the corners or intermediate portions of the slabs. A mechanism of the same design and construction may be used to secure slabs at the end, bottom and top margins of a vault or niche structure. The support member of the mechanism is adjustable relative to the walls of the vault or niche and may be securely locked in desired position with a solitary locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Inventor: Bruce G. Koppenberg
  • Grid tee for suspension ceilings or the like
    Patent number: 4520609
    Abstract: Grid tees for suspension ceilings are disclosed in which a cross section is provided concentrating material at the two extremities of the grid tees. Such grid tee sections are also formed to provide a shear center which is centrally located substantially along the web section of the tee. In some embodiments, a single strip is formed to provide three laterally extending layers adjacent to the upper extremity of the bulb, and in another embodiment a single strip of material is formed to concentrate material on one side of the web at the bulb extremity and on the other side of the web at the flange extremity so as to balance the section and locate the shear center along the web plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Donn Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert F. Worley, Jeffrey L. Petras
  • Releasable resilient mounting assembly for panel members
    Patent number: 4520607
    Abstract: A retaining clip composed of a resilient clasping spring and a lock member wherein the clasping spring operates to releasably engage the engagement portion of a panel member, such as a wall or ceiling plate, the engagement portion operating to resiliently displace the clasping spring when the panel member is brought into supported engagement therewith and to further resiliently displace the clasping spring so that it may be brought into engagement with the lock member to hold the clasping spring in a disengaged position to allow the panel member to be released, the clasping spring being adapted to be brought back to its original position when a panel member is to be again brought into supported engagement therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Stahlkonstruktionen Suckow & Fischer
    Inventor: Klaus Suckow
  • Structure of multilayered unit for windows
    Patent number: 4520611
    Abstract: The present invention provides the structure of a multilayered unit for windows, comprising a plurality of planar members, a flexible film disposed between, and spaced from, two of said planar members, and a stretching member capable of developing elasticity for stretching the flexible film taut by imparting thereto a force in a direction angularly displaced to the film surface of the said flexible film extending at least over that region of said planar members which forms a window, and the planar member present on at least one side of the flexible film being transparent or semi-transparent.The present invention also provides a multilayered unit for windows and a multilayered window having the same stretching member as in the above structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Shingu, Tadakazu Tsutada, Toshio Nishihara, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Roof insulation retention
    Patent number: 4517776
    Abstract: A counter batten-rafter connecting bracket comprises a rafter engaging member to be secured to a roof rafter, a generally planar connecting member normal to the rafter engaging member, a counter batten engaging member extending parallel to the rafter engaging member and affixed to the connecting member. The rafter engaging member and counter batten engaging member each has at least one flange disposed in a plane normal to the planes of the rafter engaging member 1, counter batten engaging member and connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Michael Barker
  • Framework block or brick consisting of modular elements of formed sheet steel or aluminum and comprising jointing means
    Patent number: 4516375
    Abstract: A framework block or brick consisting of modular elements of formed sheet steel or aluminum and having the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped comprising: two identical, pyramid-shaped elements symmetrically disposed and composed each of a rectangular base frame defining the facing surface of the walls and corner elements or ribs forming the four opposite semidiagonals of the brick which are connected to the corners of the base frame, and four angle bars having substantially a C-section and connected to the corners of the respective base frame and provided with holes for the connection of the blocks to one another by fastening means. The elements or ribs intersect in a flattened central portion provided with holes for the connection of said ribs and the elements to one another by fastening means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Inventors: Michele Pagano, Nicola Palumbo
  • Adjustable stairway element
    Patent number: 4516368
    Abstract: A construction element having a bridge-like portion of which first and second pillars are provided on the lower part thereof with a plurality of steps. The second pillar being connected by an inclined part to a channel-like portion provided with an outer edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Inventor: Rudolf Pichler
  • Damping installation for earthquake-endangered buildings
    Patent number: 4514942
    Abstract: A damping installation for earthquake-endangered buildings providing for a vibration insulator between the foundation and the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Inventor: Adrian Pocanschi
  • Multi-purpose elevated water storage facilities
    Patent number: 4513547
    Abstract: An elevated water storage facility includes a fluted pillar which is divided into a plurality of levels so the facility is multi-purpose. One embodiment of the facility includes an outer wall surrounding the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Pittsburgh-Des Moines Corporation
    Inventors: John O. Cliff, James Edwards
  • Building structure
    Patent number: 4509302
    Abstract: Greenhouse, solarium or the like has roof and side walls comprising a plurality of panels formed of stiff, outwardly bowed light transmitting sheets arranged adjacent one another in substantially radial array, and elongated spaced framing members extending along the adjacent sides of the panels holding the panels in bowed condition in the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Inventor: Eugene R. Donatelli
  • Modular shooting range
    Patent number: 4509301
    Abstract: An enclosed, substantially bulletproof shooting booth for an individual shooter has a front shooting opening communicating with the interior of an elongated, substantially bulletproof firing tube extending from the booth. The end of the firing tube remote from the shooting booth is closed by a bullet backstop which deflects bullets fired from the booth and collects them in a trough of liquid. The booth, tube and backstop are of double-wall construction with a bulletproofing and noise-suppressing layer of sand between inner and outer walls. Each of the booth, tube and backstop can be at least partially prefabricated at a remote location and transported to a desired range site where they are installed above ground so as to form a space-saving, quiet, enclosed shooting range for an individual shooter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Inventor: Robert L. Head
  • Roof construction
    Patent number: 4506483
    Abstract: A roof construction comprising ballast blocks each having two parallel edges bevelled at substantially identical angles of 12.degree. to 23.degree. from the vertical, the remaining two edges being substantially vertical, the blocks being laid in a pattern adjacent each rectangular corner of the roof so that downwardly and outwardly bevelled edges are adjacent each roof edge at the corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Roofblok Limited
    Inventor: Thomas E. Phalen, Jr.
  • Modular block structures for breakwaters, harbor dams and the like
    Patent number: 4503649
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improvement in constructions having a controllable previous structure and consisting of modular blocks for carrying out breakwaters, harbor dams and the like. Such blocks are premanufactured by casting a standard mix and include two base elements: a male element having a substantially cylindric shape and a wing arranged substantially at half height of the cylindric body provided with an open cavity arranged to embrace the cylindric element of similar blocks; a substantially female element having two open cavities arranged to embrace the cylindric body of the first blocks for carrying out an enchaining of the first type blocks in the entire construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Inventor: Joseph Sciortino