Abstract: A support is provided for reinforcing rods or mesh. The support includes a plate of substantially planar construction. A cruciform structure is provided beneath and supporting the plate. The cruciform structure includes a plurality of legs and tips depending from the legs. The tips are adapted to expose a relatively minimal part of the support with the support being embedded in a substance such as concrete. On top of the plate is provided a structure to limit movement of the rod or mesh transversely of the plate. Specifically pairs of pins toed in towards one another are employed or fins are employed with ramps thereon to restrain the movement of rods or mesh which are supported on the plate.

Abstract: Proposed is a method for the erection of structures, such as bridges, that display pre-fabricated concrete beams, according to which the individual pre-fabricated beams are produced, on the spot, on a feed rigging within the corresponding work area of the structure, in a heated and laterally tiltable form. After removal from the form, the thusly produced pre-fabricated beams are transferred sidewardly into their final position by means of gantry cranes. During concretizing of the individual pre-fabricated beams, flexure of the feed rigging carrying the form is equalized in continuous fashion, in correspondence with the progressing, concretizing process, by transfer pumping of ballast liquid.

Abstract: A disappearing anchor for mounting in a wooden surface, for example, a deck surrounding a swimming pool, is provided. In accordance with the invention, a collar member comprising an axial sleeve defining a central aperture and a radially extending flange is provided. The aperture accommodates the upper end of the cylindrical housing of the anchor device, and is mounted, for example by press-fitting, so that the upper surface of the radially extending flange is flush with the upper surface of the cylindrical housing. The anchor and fixed collar are then placed in the wooden deck which is counterbored so that the top surface of the radially extending flange is flush with the wooden deck.

Abstract: The invention concerns the method of constructing and assembling the component structural elements for stadiums and the like structures, in which method the elements are assembled in overlying layers over the foundation for the structure, with hinged connections between the elements, and lifting certain of these elements, permits gravity to cause the other elements to rotate downward where the lower ends are placed on the supportive foundation, and they are secured to provide a rigid structure.

Abstract: A separate connector piece for use in constructing a suspended ceiling grid system is provided. The grid system is of the type consisting of a series of parallel longitudinal beams interconnected with a series of perpendicular cross runners. The connector piece is selectively attached to the ends of the cross runners, and forms the interconnections when the cross runners are aligned on opposite sides of a longitudinal beam. The connector pieces of the opposing cross runners extend through a slot located in the longitudinal beam and may be attached to the opposing cross runner, thus forming the interconnection.

Abstract: A window sill assembly for protecting and covering an existing window sill at the base of a window. Two elongated members, each provided with a slideway, are attached to the window sill in a parallel and spaced apart relationship, one member on either side of the sill and extending away therefrom. A rectangular plate is slid, in a manner similar to a drawer, along the slideways until the rear portion of the cover encounters the wall below the window. The cover is then fastened to the sill, for example by being screwed thereto. Alternately, a flat rigid strip is rigidly fastened to the sill under the cover and is provided with a prong extending therefrom. A lip extending from the cover engages the prong and interlocks the plate with the strip.

Abstract: A pipe-supporting clamp is disclosed in several embodiments adapted to be permanently embedded in the masonry floor of a building structure for supporting a pipe extending through the center of the clamp. The device has anchor means formed therewith which are surrounded by the masonry material to prevent movement of the device in the floor. A means is also provided adjacent one end of the device for forcing a portion of the interior wall of the device into engagement substantially all around the circumference of a portion of the pipe to clamp the pipe against movement within the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a premanufactured corner framing structure adapted to be interposed between two angled framed wall sections to form a corner. In connecting the two framed wall sections, the corner frame structure is inserted vertically between the lower plate and upper plate structures of the respective wall sections. In the particular design disclosed herein, the premanufactured corner framing and support structure includes a plywood web with a pair of vertically extending flanges formed adjacent an inner edge of the web and a pair of vertically extending flanges formed adjacent an opposed outer edge of the web such that said flanges are generally aligned on each side of said plywood web and maintained in spaced apart relationship by the web itself. Consequently, it is appreciated that the corner load of the structure is carried by the flanges and the composite structure of the flanges and plywood web.

Abstract: A hinged metal web member for use in forming a truss or joist assembly. In one embodiment, the web member includes a pair of leg members having connector plates at the upper and lower end portions. Each connector plate has a plurality of teeth struck therefrom, with all of the teeth extending from a common side of the web member. The leg members are joined at their upper end portions by a hinge which allows the leg members to be folded together for shipping and storage, then opened to assume a V configuration when forming a truss or joist, A series of such web members may be hingedly connected to provide a web assembly of the required length and configuration. The hinge connection should be sufficiently strong and rigid to allow the web member to be utilized under conditions to be encountered in truss assembly, yet sufficiently pliable that the hinge may be snapped or broken apart to obtain a web member of the desired length.

Abstract: An upstanding side wall comprises wood plank members having opposite planar outwardly facing vertical surfaces. The longitudinal side edges are bifurcated symmetrically with respect to a vertical central plane bisecting the two planar surfaces. The bifurcations are curved in horizontal cross-section to form a pair of curved tongues with an intermediate concave curved recess between the tongues. Each recess receives a mating tongue of an adjacent vertical plank member. Each member is symmetrical about the central plane and also about a midplane perpendicular to the central plane and midway between the bifurcations. Alternate members may comprise members corresponding substantially to a half of such a member cut along the central plane. A low density soft foam sealant is applied in a groove at the bottom of each recess.

Abstract: The dimensions of the blocks or bricks are, first, derived from the side lengths a, b of the tiles and, second, from the thickness d of the corner tiles, whereby an amount (a/2)-d, or (b/2)-d is obtained for the wall thickness of the blocks. The two-shell structure as well as the usual staggered arrangement by half the tile length provides a sequence of blocks of the following lengths: (a/2)-d, a/2, a-d, a, (3a/2)-d, 3a/2, 2a-d, 2a, etc. A further sequence of blocks of the following heights is obtained: (b/2)-d, b/2, b-d, b, (3b/2)-d, 3b/2, 2b-d, 2b, etc. Further sequences in respect of height and length are obtained from the two basic sequences, each smallest member being a member of a basic sequence. In a preferred embodiment, the tiles have a square visible face and the thickness a/4. Hence, the blocks have the same wall thickness and the length and heights a/4, a/2, 3a/4, a, 5a/4, 3a/2, 7a/4, 2a, etc.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for covering the ridge or peak of a metal roof system is disclosed. After the metal roofing panels are set in place on the sloping surfaces of the roof and seamed together, mating halves of a ridge panel are positioned along the ridge and parallel thereto. The mating halves have cut-outs corresponding to the rib seams of the roofing panels, the cut-outs each being covered by a seam cap. After the ridge panel halves are secured to the roofing panels, the interlocking joint between them is folded over and permanently seamed together. Finally, the areas at the ends of the ridge adjacent the rakes of the building are covered by filler panels. The filler panels have cut-outs corresponding to the rib seam of the ridge panel, and the cut-outs are similarly covered by seam caps.

Abstract: An articulated aerial boom and an elbow linkage therefore permitting the proximal end of the upper aerial boom to rotate approximately 210.degree. about the proximal end of a lower aerial boom.

Abstract: Means for interconnecting adjacent panels of partitioning comprising a flanged member adapted to be secured to or formed integral with the vertical edges of each panel, each flanged member being provided with one or more flanges which mate with corresponding flanges of the flanged member of an adjacent panel to prevent separation of the adjacent panels along the line of the panels, each flanged member also being provided with an open longitudinal channel adapted to abut with a similar open longitudinal channel on the flanged member on the adjacent panel to define a closed channel when in the mating position and a locking strip adapted for engagement in the closed channel to prevent separation of the flanged members in a direction substantially at right angles to the line of the panels.

Abstract: A sub-structure for boat docks consisting of an elongated, ladder-like frame having a pair of side bars connected by a series of cross bars extending between and connected at their ends to the side bars, the side bars and cross bars being of such cross-sectional configuration, and the connections therebetween being of such a nature, that the frame may yield in a vertical direction with relatively great resilient flexibility, whereby to accomodate wave action in the water therebeneath, while at the same time being relatively highly resistant to deformation in its own plane for maintaining its horizontal form and shape. Generally, the side and cross bars are of such configuration as to strongly resist bending stresses, but to permit torsional yielding with relative ease, and the cross bars are connected to the side bars to permit a degree of universal pivotal movement therebetween.

Abstract: An earth anchor having an elongated pointed shaft, a stop member affixed to the shaft intermediate the ends, a weighted impactor having an internal opening and being slidably received on the shaft, the impactor being engageable with the stop member by reciprocal motion to drive the shaft into the earth, the shaft having a series of spaced openings in the upper portion thereof and an elongated handle member receivable in selected openings whereby the shaft may be rotated as it is driven into the earth, the handle member being useable for impact by upward movement of the impactor to extract the anchor from the earth, and to serve as a lock to arrest the movement of the impactor when being transported.

Abstract: Laterally spaced apart, vertically disposed studs are each provided with a pair of latch-receiving slots disposed laterally and rearwardly of a longitudinally extending, panel-separating rib. A wall panel is disposed between each pair of adjacent studs and is provided with a pair of laterally spaced apart latch members. Each latch member is positioned on the panel to be insertable in and removable from one of the latch-receiving slots on each of the adjacent studs with the wall panel in an elevated position. With the wall panel in a lowered position, the latch members cannot escape through the slots and the panel is held against the studs.

Abstract: A truss assembly and truss hanger for use with trusses is disclosed. A truss hanger in accordance with the invention comprises a bracket having a first leg with first and second ends, the first leg having a side which is adapted to engage the width of a beam, a base disposed in a first plane having first and second ends, the first end of the base being attached to the first end of the leg at approximately a 90.degree. angle, the base being adapted to engage the top of the beam and a second leg disposed in a second plane which is parallel to the first plane and is attached to the second end of the base at an approximate 90.degree. angle, the second leg being adapted to engage a second side of the beam across its width; and an attachment member having upper and lower connecting plates disposed at opposite ends of an intermediate member, said attachment member being joined to the first leg to form a substantially 90.degree.

Abstract: A refractory brick without a metal casing and having built-in expansion at the hot face is formed by having at least one side face divided into two sections, the section adjacent the cold face being of normal configuration, but the section adjacent the hot face being inclined at a greater angle to the opposed side face, whereby expansion allowance is provided at the hot face, the section adjacent the hot face also having at least one raised portion, preferably adjacent the hot face, the height of the raised portion being such that its surface lies substantially in the plane extended of the lower, cold face section. By this construction, a brick is provided with built-in expansion allowance at the hot face, substantial bearing surface at the cold face to prevent loosening of the refractory structure in use, and means to prevent inadvertent closing of the hot face thermal expansion allowance during placement of the brick in a kiln or furnace.

Abstract: A panel clip for holding the side paneling of a rail car in place having a central channel-shaped portion the side walls of which at their extremities are bent laterally outwardly in opposite directions to provide coplanar flange portions. An integral tab is bent up from each flange portion at a right angle to the plane thereof.