Abstract: A self-aligning jamb jack apparatus with a cylindrical threaded adjustment component that has adjustment component threads on the exterior wall and smooth surface on the interior walls, the cylindrical threaded adjustment component extending through a cylinder with a smooth exterior to a ball (or cut-off sphere), the smooth surface extending through the cylinder and the ball (or cut-off sphere). The jamb jack apparatus also has a platform base with a socket configured to encompass the ball (or cut-off sphere) such that the platform base pivots around the ball (or cut-off sphere). The self-aligning jamb jack apparatus is installed in a door or window jamb (or any other appliance) to connect and regulate the space between the jamb and the rough framing.

Abstract: A one-way retractable building formwork apparatus for mounting on a mounting surface of a substrate module includes a first side bar disposed on one end of the mounting surface that extends along a lateral direction, a second side bar disposed on another end of the mounting surface and opposite to the first side bar along an extending direction transverse to the lateral direction, and a retractable unit that is disposed on the mounting surface, that is connected to the first side bar, and that is extendable along the extending direction to fixedly connect to the second side bar.

Abstract: An apparatus for attachment to a gutter system that includes a mounting assembly and a light fixture. The mounting assembly including a light mount and capable of being fixedly attached to a gutter. The light fixture including at least one section for receiving the light mount.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to formwork for producing a concrete element, in particular a wall element or ceiling element, having an opening, in particular a window opening or door opening, the formwork comprising: a formwork panel; opening formwork, which has a frame element for delimiting a portion of the opening, a support bracket for supporting the frame element, and a mounting element for mounting the support bracket; a formwork-stripping device for transferring the opening formwork from a formwork position for the formation of the opening into a formwork-stripping position for the release of the concrete element, wherein the formwork-stripping device has a sliding and tilting mechanism for sliding the frame element in a direction parallel to the formwork panel and for tilting the frame element about a pivot axis running substantially parallel to the formwork panel.

Abstract: An integrated self-sealing joint sealing system that is incorporated into the factory edges of a sheathing panel prior to installation at a job site, eliminating the need to secondarily apply tapes or similar fluid-applied sealants, as the joints will become sealed when mated and installed next to adjacent sheathing panels. The system works with a variety of joint types, including, but not limited to, bead-and-cove joints, cove-and-cove, and cove-and-butt joints, with matching corresponding joint profiles along panel edges. A compressible sealant, adhesive or gasket material is applied to surfaces in one or both profiles at the factory during the manufacturing process. During field installation, the matching corresponding joint profiles are placed together so the sealant material is compressed, forming a complete watertight and airtight joint.

Abstract: A ceiling system, a method of forming a ceiling system, and a cover for use therein. The cover may include an elongated cover body. The elongated cover body may have a floor portion and first and second sidewall portions extending upward from the floor portion. The cover may have a cover slot in a top surface of the elongated cover body that extends downward into the elongated cover body between the first and second sidewall portions. The cover slot may have a narrowed section and a widened section below the narrowed section. A plurality of transverse cover notches may be arranged in a spaced apart manner along the elongated cover body. Each of the plurality of transverse cover notches may be formed in a bottom portion of the elongated cover body and may intersect the widened section and at least a portion of the narrowed section of the cover slot.

Abstract: A foldable and angularly adjustable ladder includes two side supports (1) and multiple stair treads (2). Two ends of each of the stair treads (2) are rotatably connected with the side supports (1), respectively. Each of the side supports (1) includes an upper pole (101) and a lower pole (102) parallel to the upper pole (101). Two foot covers (3) are disposed at a lower end of the side supports (1), respectively. Two upper poles (101) and two lower poles (102) are connected with two end surfaces of the each of the stair treads (2) through four connectors (4), respectively. Each of the connectors (4) is sleeved with a metal ring piece (5), one end of the metal ring piece (5) passes through one of the end surfaces of the each of the stair treads (2) and is located at an inner side of the each of the stair treads.

Abstract: A window assembly for mitigating fluid ingress between adjacent frame members is disclosed. The assembly has a first frame member of a first frame, and a second frame member of a second frame. The first frame member includes a seal-receiving channel first counterpart, and the second frame member includes a seal-receiving channel second counterpart. The first and second frame members are co-operatively configured such that, while the first counterpart of the seal-receiving channel is disposed opposite to the second counterpart of the seal-receiving channel, the seal-receiving channel is defined. The sealing interface is defined while the seal is disposed in the seal-receiving channel, and while the first and second frame members are disposed in a sealing interface-defining proximity. While the sealing interface is defined between the first and second frame members, the sealing interface resists fluid communication or fluid ingress between the first and second frame members.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a roofing structure. The roofing structure comprises a plurality of roofing membranes positioned on a roofing substrate. Each of the plurality of roofing membranes comprises an edge portion that abuts or overlaps with, or is adjacent to, an edge portion of another roofing membrane, so as to define a plurality of seams between adjacent roofing membranes. The roofing structure further comprises a plurality of standing seam structures positioned over the plurality of seams so as to conceal the plurality of seams.

Abstract: Provided are a module for separate conveyance, which is inexpensive and can easily be conveyed via any route, a structure for a plant, which uses the modules for separate conveyance, and a method of constructing the structure for a plant. A module for separate conveyance, to be conveyed in a separate manner and stacked at a construction site includes: column portions to be provided upright in a vertical direction; and a horizontal structural portion to be provided in a horizontal direction between the column portions. The horizontal structural portion directly separates tier spaces adjacent to each other in an up-and-down direction when the modules for separate conveyance are stacked.

Abstract: A modular housing system and methods for using the same are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, the modular housing system comprises: a plurality of prefabricated system modules that are vertically aligned with each other and joined with a first fastener assembly to form a central system module having a front perimeter portion and a rear perimeter portion; a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) module that is connected to the rear perimeter portion of the central system module; an elevator module that is connected to the front perimeter portion of the central system module; and a plurality of prefabricated housing modules that are connected to the central system module, the MEP module, and the elevator module, wherein each of the plurality of prefabricated housing modules is vertically aligned with each other to form a stacked housing unit and joined to the central system module and the elevator module with a second fastener assembly.

Abstract: Fenestration unit frames with intermediate jambs including one or more inject clips at junctions between the intermediate jambs and frame members and methods of making the same are described herein. Sealing junctions between intermediate jambs and the frame members of fenestration unit frames to limit or prevent air and/or water infiltration can be difficult due to, e.g., manufacturing tolerances and clearances needed to facilitate assembly of the fenestration unit frames.

Abstract: A smart pole assembly for a telecommunication network and a method for opening a cover assembly of the smart pole assembly are disclosed. The smart pole assembly includes a base frame having a hollow interior space for receiving at least one telecommunication device; a pole fixed to the base frame and having a pole top to facilitate transmitting or receiving of communications between the telecommunication device and another telecommunication device; and a cover assembly coupled to and enclosing the base frame. The cover assembly includes a telescoping mechanism to move the cover assembly between a closed state and an open state. The cover assembly fully encloses the hollow interior space in the closed state for protecting the at least one telecommunication device. The cover assembly exposes and provides access to at least a portion of the hollow interior space in the open state.

Abstract: Composite door systems are provided for use in a protective barrier structure. The composite door systems provide for quick assembly, safety, security, and resistance to physical impacts or threats. The composite door systems may include a shell and a core that can be factory completed or finished on site. The shell may be shipped to the assembly location of the barrier structure, and the core may be formed on site by pouring liquid fill material into a cavity of the shell, which is allowed to cure into a solid fill material. Hardware housings may be operatively coupled to the shell that are made to receive door hardware but resist the liquid full material from filling the hardware housings. The shell, core, and/or hardware housings may provide resistance to damage, such as projectiles to provide enhanced security protection to the occupants or contents of the building structure.

Abstract: Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet comprising at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer comprising at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet comprise a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.

Abstract: A ridge vent system is provided including a ridge vent having opposing exterior sidewalls that each define multiple fastener recesses that extend inward from the exterior sidewalls and downward from a top plate. The ridge vent can include ventilation elements within the exterior sidewalls and/or fastener recesses. The ridge vent can include an air permeable filter membrane that can be secured to bottom walls of the fastener recesses to impair environmental elements from entering a structure therethrough, yet still provide air flow out the vent. The ridge vent can be in sheet or roll form, depending on the application. The ridge vent can provide enhanced attic ventilation and/or airflow through the ridge vent, while still providing fastener recesses that facilitate rapid and efficient application of fasteners therethrough.

Abstract: A stirrup module includes a bottom rib and a first erect bar, a second erect bar, a third erect bar and a fourth erect bar that are arranged in parallel to each other. The third erect bar is located between the first erect bar and the second erect bar. The fourth erect bar is located between the third erect bar portion and the second erect bar portion. A first gap is between the first erect bar and the third erect bar, and a second gap is between the second erect bar and the fourth erect bar. The bottom rib connects the bottom ends of the first erect bar, the second erect bar, the third erect bar and the fourth erect bar, and the first gap and the second gap are each formed with an opening at the end opposite to the bottom rib.

Abstract: Provided is a dismantling method of a tower-type wind power generation system in which scaffolding is not required around a tower body. After climbing on a work bench set outside an outer wall of a tower body and removing a lower end part of an upward-tapering part in an upper end part of the tower body over the entire periphery of the tower body, the tower body is removed from an uppermost part of a cylindrical part of the tower body below the upward-tapering part to dismantle the tower body from the top. The remaining upward-tapering part of the tower body is supported by a jack provided in an inner column while being lowered, along with the dismantling, into an internal cavity of the cylindrical part of the tower body and is placed on a placement protrusion provided on an inner wall of the tower body.

Abstract: A ridge vent system is provided including a ridge vent having opposing exterior sidewalls that each define multiple fastener recesses that extend inward from the exterior sidewalls and downward from a top plate. The ridge vent can include ventilation elements within the exterior sidewalls and/or fastener recesses. The ridge vent can include an air permeable filter membrane that can be secured to bottom walls of the fastener recesses to impair environmental elements from entering a structure therethrough, yet still provide air flow out the vent. The ridge vent can be in sheet or roll form, depending on the application. The ridge vent can provide enhanced attic ventilation and/or airflow through the ridge vent, while still providing fastener recesses that facilitate rapid and efficient application of fasteners therethrough.

Abstract: A ridge vent system is provided including a ridge vent having opposing exterior sidewalls that each define multiple fastener recesses that extend inward from the exterior sidewalls and downward from a top plate, where each recess can have multiple recess slots that cooperate with adjacent sidewall slots to form contiguous vented areas along each of the opposing exterior sidewalls to provide enhanced attic ventilation and/or airflow through the ridge vent, while still providing fastener recesses that facilitate rapid and efficient application of fasteners therethrough.