Abstract: The externally insulated window mounting is employed in the sidewall frame of a railway passenger carriage. This carriage frame comprises sidewall sections and post sections (10), an exchangeable outer skin and in between an insulating material. The window mounting is releasably secured to the sidewall sections and post sections. The inner frame, made up of at least four extrusion pieces spaced from the region of the window corners, features a lip which serves as a sealing surface for the outer skin and holds in place an outer, peripheral frame with undercut groove. A lip on the outer frame pointing away from the window opening, clamps the outer skin securely and holds in place a mounting strip of weather resistant, elastic material to retain the window glazing in place.

Abstract: This stick is designed to be a walking stick, a rescue tool, and a conversation piece. Primarily, it consists of a main body with a handle at one end and a hook is provided at the other end for engaging with a ground surface and hooking onto an article. The design further includes a cup portion for preventing the hook from sinking into soft ground, and a rope is wound on the main body and is releasable at one end when needed for rescue work, etc.

Abstract: The present invention has a flange integrally formed with the wall which supports the glazed surfaces. The flange carries four ribs which are inclined toward the wall to form channels to carry any water which may pass through the roofing material away from the opening for the skylight unit. Further, the present invention uses wicking material to absorb any condensate on the interior of the glazed surfaces and carry the condensate out through the wall on the lower end of the unit.

Abstract: A corner block unit for a masonry retaining wall structure, comprising a pair of block members each having an inclined vertical edge portion, the block members having their respective edge portions held in contact with each other to form an inclined vertical edge of the corner block unit and being angularly spaced apart from each other about a vertical axis located at the front end of the corner block unit, rigid joint members rigidly interlocking the block members together and comprising at least one pair of rigid joint members one projecting from the inner surface of one of the block members and the other projecting from the inner surface of the other block member, each of the joint members being formed with an opening, and a bolt and a nut fastening the joint members together through the openings respectively provided in the joint members.

Abstract: A hollow concrete block wall, and method of making same, are disclosed. A first course of hollow concrete blocks are laid end-to-end abutting relationship, a pair of separate redwood strips are placed on top of the wall, a second course of hollow concrete blocks are laid on the redwood strips, with the strips serving to align the second hollow concrete block course at the bottom surface thereof, a second pair of redwood strips are laid on top of the second course of blocks, and so forth until the wall is in place. Thereafter, pourable settable cementitious material is introduced into the hollow spaces inside the concrete blocks, as well as the area between each pair of redwood strips, and the cementitious material permitted to set. The redwood strips maintain the wall in the dry stack condition by a friction bond between the redwood strips and the concrete blocks until the cementitious material has set.

Abstract: A controlled environment enclosure provides a dust-free atmosphere for manufacturing operations. The enclosure includes a frame formed of interconnected, horizontally and vertically extending, spaced frame members. An outer cover member is deployed over the sides and top of the interconnected frame members. The outer cover member is formed of a heat shrinkable material which provides a taut, secure attachment of the cover member to the frame members. The bottom ends of the cover member are sealingly attached to a lower support surface or floor by means of an interconnectable clamp and strip having a mating projection and notch which traps the bottom end of the cover member therebetween.

Abstract: A suspended ceiling system for a clean room employing short cross runners connected to longer main runners. The connections serve to coax the cross runners against the main runners to keep the system intact and air tight. The grid of cross and main runners creates rectangular areas between them into which ledges extend from both runners. For a dry seal, a sealing gasket adheres to the ledges' upper surface. Ceiling components such as lights, filters, and tiles sit upon the gasket to provide the seal. For a wet seal, a trough sits upon the ledge and circumscribes each rectangular area. The trough contains a liquid material into which a knife edge depending from the ceiling fixtures sits. A continuous threaded slot runs along the center of the members' bottoms. This allows the attachment of accessories such as removable walls. The runners have a generally U-shaped cross section that gives it sufficient strength to bear the live weight of a person.

Abstract: A link means of multiple-fold umbrella includes a plurality of link means for extending an umbrella hood as mounted on the plural link means of which a first link is pivotally secured to a central handle and a second link having its inner end pivotally secured to the central handle and having its outermost end pivotally secured with a reinforcing link operatively concealed in the first link to hold the first link when extending the plural link means so that the second link and the reinforcing link can be easily retracted to fold the umbrella.

Abstract: A drain shield for gutters or the like with one part adapted to prevent leaves, pine needles and other debris from entering the gutters and causing them to clog and require periodic cleaning and maintenance and another part adapted to dam rainwater and other precipitation, re-direct the flow of the precipitation and inhibit water from flowing over the edge of the gutter.

Abstract: A generally self-supporting structure made from a number of interlocking components which can be assembled together, and optionally if desired disassembled. The structure may vary in size from quite small playthings for young children to very large buildings. The structure, in one form, is composed of wall elements alternatively arranged with interlocking elements on either side continuously around the periphery of the structure. The wall elements are provided with a first part of a generally curved engaging means which engagingly interlock with a complementary second part of the engaging means provided on the interlocking elements so as to securely locate the two elements together and permit slight relative movement. The engaging means is characterized by being substantially curved whereas at least one edge of side of each element is rectilinear.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling modular tooled masonry structures, the method comprising the steps of: providing a pre-fabricated wire support structure having a shape generally corresponding to the shape of the completed masonry structure; assembling a first row of bricks in a pre-determined pattern onto the support structure using the support structure as a support and spacing guide for the bricks; masking selected areas of the bricks by partially surrounding the bricks with an open top removable mortar molding form; applying a pre-determined quantity of mortar into the mortar molding form covering accessible unmasked areas of the bricks with a pre-determined thickness of mortar; leveling the mortar; allowing the mortar to partially set; removing the mortar molding form from the bricks thereby revealing a tooled row of bricks; and repeating the above steps to provide additional tooled rows of bricks as needed to complete the masonry structure.

Abstract: A toy umbrella is disclosed comprising an elongated hollow handle member within which a hollow stem is mounted for rotation. A rod is slidably mounted within the handle member and stem, and gear means are provided coupling the handle member to the rod. Upon rotation of the stem, the rod is reciprocally moved between from an outer position in which the umbrella is closed to an inner position in which the umbrella is opened.

Abstract: Roof-mounted devices for providing drainage channels through ice dams that may form on a roof under winter conditions are spaced along the margin of the roof, each device comprising an elongated, heat-collecting metal plate which is installed in a transversely upright position between an adjacent pair of shingles. The plate extends longitudinally in a downward direction along the slope of the roof with its lower end portion projecting clear of the roof. Opposed, major vertical surfaces are thus presented by the plate and are black in color to maximize the collection of solar energy thereby causing a drainage channel to form along the surfaces through dams of ice or snow.

Abstract: A metal stud for building walls, of substantially cross-sectionally U-shape, defining a channel, and that has integral jagged finger-shaped portions or prongs punched out of the web of the stud and which can be bent transversely to the web immediately prior to use, to enable impaling and anchoring of glassfiber-insulating batts, so as to support and retain the latter in place between the studs. The studs may be posts, ceiling joists, or transverse beams. The prongs preferably include a few barbs along a longitudinal edge, so as to contribute in the anchoring of the insulating batts to the studs. The prongs of the posts, when bent, are inclined relative to the web, so as to extend at an angle through the batt and, thus, across several of the easily-separable layers of fibers constituting said batts. Similar prongs are provided in horizontal beams interconnecting the posts. The barbs are also transversely upwardly inclined for easier and better anchoring.

Abstract: A deformable molding is provided to form watertight sealing between formica covered panel members such as back-splash boards and countertops. The molding includes a first part to fit between first and second panel members and to be secured thereto by pressure-sensitive adhesive means. The molding also includes a pair of lip portions adapted to be biased into pressure sealing contact with respective adjacent panel members.

Abstract: A building panel which can be fabricated on site to any desired length, comprising a continuous strip having two mutually interlocking edge structures running the full length of the panel, one edge structure being adapted to be fastened to the underlying roof and including an outer flange with spaced slots through which a nail or screw can be used to fasten the panel, an upwardly projecting lengthwise first ridge with a rounded upper portion, an S-shaped recess spaced inwardly from the first ridge and running lengthwise of the panel, and the other edge structure including an outer flange adapted to be inserted into the S-shaped recess of the next adjacent panel, and an upwardly projecting lengthwise second ridge adapted to overlie the first ridge of the next adjacent panel.

Abstract: A roll bar lock mechanism for use in a retractable awning of the type having a roll bar about which an awning canopy can be rolled includes an eccentric lock element mounted within the roll bar and pivotally moveable between two locking positions which are arcuately displaced less than 90.degree. so that the lock element is easily operated from a remote location convenient to the user of the awning.

Abstract: A drywall furring system comprises a plurality of longitudinal carrying channels having congruent tongues co-planar with, spaced apart along and depending from the opposite flanges of the channels and a plurality of furring channels having pairs of slots spaced apart along the opposite flanges thereof. On opposite edges of the tongues there are tabs tapering upwardly from the rounded corners thereof and elongated, narrow fingers whose lower margins angle up from a point space apart from the distal edges of the tongues. The tabs and fingers have seats in the same horizontal plane and the fingers have retaining hooks extending up beyond the seats. A gridwork of the carrying channels and furring channels is constructed by aligning opposed congruent fingers of the former with a pair of slots in the latter and passing the fingers through the slots and pushing the opposite flanges of the furring channel over the rounded corners of the tongues so that the furring strips rest on the seats of the fingers and tabs.

Abstract: A gutter system for mounting under a structure's roof edge, which collects water run off in preference to leaves and debris, includes a shield, back support wall, and trough, integrally connected. The shield comprises a continuous double-curved convlute curve, generated on a first and a second radius, which extends from the back wall, down short of the inside of the front wall of the trough, and inward over the trough. The system is fastened to the structure by fastening means attached to the shield front, which pass generally horizontally under the shield and through the back support wall. In a preferred embodiment, the first radius has its origin generally where the trough bottom joins the back support wall, and the second radius has its origin generally at the fastening means, with their curves joining at a location where each is tangent to a common line.

Abstract: A washer for attaching insulation to a roof member over which roofing membrane is to be placed. The washer includes a laterally extending apertured flange and an upstanding hollow cylindrical protrusion adapted to snappingly engage the head of a fastener used with the washer. The protrusion has an inwardly extending lip on the inside surface of the free end of the protrusion. In an alternative embodiment sloping ribs guide a fastener head into snapping engagement with an inwardly projecting lip. In all embodiments a resilient rib is disposed on a shoulder formed in the aperture in the washer. The rib resiliently urges the head of the fastener into engagement with the lip. The washer includes a downwardly extending hub, which may be equipped with means for retaining the washer in a batten strip.