Abstract: A power pack assembly (10) for operating equipment such as video equipment (12) including a plurality of power cells (14). The power cells (14) are connected in series to operate video equipment (12). A housing supports the power cells (14) and includes nonconductive partitioning walls (36) within the housing (35) for insulating and separating the adjacent ones of the power cells (14) from each other. A method is provided for making the power cell assembly (10) including the steps of disposing the plurality of power cells (14) between the partitioning walls (36) of the base member (42) and adjacent the floor portion (44) thereof, electrically connecting the power cells (14) in series within the base member (42) and enclosing the connected power cells (14) to provide external insulation between the connected power cells (14) and the external environment.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically mounting chip-type circuit elements on a substrate for a printed circuit board is disclosed which is capable of overcoming the problem of suction failure and wrong posture of a circuit element to efficiently carry out the mounting operation of the elements on a substrate. The automatic mounting apparatus includes a detecting device for detecting a defect such as a failure in suction of a circuit element by a mounting head and/or the wrong posture of a circuit element sucked up and a rotating disk controllably actuated to allow a mounting head other than that relating to the defect to suck up a circuit element of the same kind from tape feeders and mount it on the substrate after the detecting device detects the defect.

Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting electrode members of a chip carrier to circuit paths of a circuit board comprises a base housing having rows of aligned apertures extending through a bottom section of the housing. A contact assembly has electrical contacts which include spring contact portions for electrical engagement with respective electrode members of the chip carrier and inclined and aligned terminal portions in rows that are disposed in respective apertures for electrical connection with respective circuit paths of the circuit board and a depressing member on the base housing that depresses the electrode members of the chip carrier into wiping electrical contact with the contact portions.

Abstract: Conductive terminals (40) are plastically deformed whereby to connect electrically and mechanically to one or another of a pair of tubular electrical conductors (10,20) of a triaxial connector. Each terminal has an annular groove (41) therein received within a respective notch (13) in a lip extending from one of the respective tubular conductors (20, 30) and the terminal is struck to deform the walls of the groove around the lip. The other end of each terminal (40) is connected to the connector housing (1) by a plastic potting compound (50).

Abstract: A rotary type nibbler comprising a spindle having a helical groove, the spindle being rotatable in a bearing sleeve which terminates in a flat workpiece engagement face which is at an angle with respect to the axis of rotation approximating the helix angle of the groove so that the edge of a workpiece when urged into engagement with the root of the groove will have cut from it a crescent shaped slug.

Abstract: An electric knife of the kind having an elongated handle that serves as a container for a driving electric motor, a pair of blades projecting in an axial direction from the handle, the blades being releasably secured to a drive connected to the motor in such a manner that the blades are reciprocated so as to move in sliding contact with each other the blades having serrated cutting edges, which is characterized by the feature that the line containing the serrated cutting edge of each of the blades is off set from the axis of the handle in such a manner that if the line is extended in the direction of the handle there is a space between the line and any adjacent portion of the handle.

Abstract: A circular cutter 10 has a drive shaft 11 that turns a beam 30 bearing one or two cutter knives 50 rotated within a drum 20 mounted on shaft 11 to surround beam 30. A pressure shoe 25 on the bottom of drum 20 has a central opening 26 within which cutter knives 50 can turn, and drum 20 is biased downward relative to shaft 11 and beam 30 so that pressure shoe 25 engages and holds a work piece 60 as it is cut. Pressure shoe 25 is preferably interchangeable to afford different sizes of central openings 26 for different radii of cuts, knives 50 are preferably radially adjustable along beam 30, and drum 20 is preferably transparent to serve as a guard that the user can see through.

Abstract: Stationary apparatus presenting a combination memo pad holder and pencil sharpener assembly. The apparatus generally comprises a main housing having a compartment for insertion of a note pad therein. Flanges on the sharpener assembly releasably engage tracks on the housing so as to position the assembly in a first position if the apparatus is used on a desk top and a second position if the apparatus is attached to a wall or the like. The offset positions of the sharpener assembly enables a pencil to be inserted therein in a ready-for-use position.

Abstract: A large scale X-Y plotting table is provided with electro-pneumatically controlled clamping bars at opposite ends, with roller-formed troughs adjacent thereto for supporting supply and take-up rolls of sail cloth or the like. The clamping bars are coupled to foot operated switches for locking the bars alternatively in the clamping or releasing position. Index marks plotted at the fabric edge and an index line on the table, as well as a longitudinal fence, facilitate indexing the fabric between adjacent plotting fields corresponding to window fields of the associated CAD equipment.

Abstract: A three dimensional graphics tablet for determining the three dimensional coordinates of points on an object placed on a supporting plane. The apparatus includes an articulated arm having at least two link elements connecting a contacting tip element to the support for rotational movement about a plurality of mutually angulated axes. By means of the arm articulation, the contacting tip element can be moved to arbitrary locations within a defined volume. Potentiometers are provided for measuring each of the angles of rotation about the mutually angulated axes. These potentiometers generate signals which collectively determine the coordinates of the location of the tip element. Embodiments are disclosed having three and four degrees of freedom and a portable embodiment including a clamp or bracket are disclosed.

Abstract: An encapsulated measuring system for measuring the relative position of two objects (such as the slide piece and bed of a processing machine) includes a housing which is connected with a first one of the two objects. This housing serves to mount a measuring scale which is scanned by a scanning unit connected to a second one of the two objects. In order to compensate for thermally induced length changes of the first object, the housing serves simultaneously as an expansion element for the scale and as an encapsulating element for the scale and the scanning unit. The housing is fastened at a first fastening point with the first object and at a second, spaced fastening point to the scale. The scale is arranged to be slightly shiftable with respect to the housing in the measuring direction by means of a suitable adhesive.

Abstract: In this position measuring instrument switches or cams of a limit position switching system are integrated as components of the carrier body for the measuring graduation. The switches or cams mounted to the carrier body cooperate with corresponding parts on a machine and form with these parts limit position switching systems. By integrating the limit position switch components with the measuring instrument the functioning of the position measuring instrument is extended beyond the pure measuring function.

Abstract: A digital display measuring apparatus including a probe which is movably installed to the body and is brought in contact with an object to be measured, an encoder which converts the displacing amount of the probe into electric signal pulse to output therefrom, a presetting device which establishes a measuring standard value in accordance with the object to be measured, a counter which counts the preset value and the electric signal pulses, and a digital display unit which displays in digital representation the measured value of the object with the basis of the counted value, wherein the presetting device comprises the preset switch which is operated at the time of establishing the preset value, and the preset memory in which an optional numerical value displayed on the digital display unit is established as the preset value by the operation of the preset switch, and displays in digital representation the measured value of the object on the digital display unit with the basis of this preset value.

Abstract: A mobile vehicle capable of stabilized observation of topographic features for land surveying is provided. The vehicle is adapted to convert to a stabilized observation platform by the use of stabilizing means, such as swing and lift apparatus mounted on the rear of the vehicle. Observation of topographic features is provided by mounting surveying apparatus, such as a digital theodolites, on gimbaled apparatus employing two axles which in turn is supported by extensible means to elevate the surveying apparatus above the roof of the vehicle. Means for raising a portion of the vehicle's roof to accommodate the elevated surveying apparatus is also provided. Computation may be accomplished in the field using a suitable computer powered by a suitable power supply. The computer may also be used to control the various stabilizing, gimbaled and extensible means.

Abstract: A level is disclosed having a body with two working surfaces. One of the working surfaces is formed on a magnetic rubber strip. The magnet has a longitudinal groove formed in the working surface which can receive a corner or a side of a pipe to be leveled or plumbed, thus preventing the level from moving laterally on the pipe, corner or projection.

Abstract: A tube checking system is made up of a template placed on a flat metallic surface, and a series of adjustable holding fixtures places at selected positions along the template. The template has a computer aided layout of a plan view of a formed tube inscribed on a film with selected check points along the layout showing the height and angle of the tubing above the check point. Each holding fixture is adjustable as to height and angle, is indexed to align to the check point, and has a switchable on off magnet in the base to secure the fixture in position.

Abstract: A system for controlling the bed level of a fluidized bed independent of the density of the bed material using a minimum number of pressure sensors is disclosed. A pressure sensor is positioned at the base of the bed, at approximately eight feet above the distributor plate, and at one or more intermediate locations therebetween. The measurements from the foregoing sensors are selectively processed through the use of a specific logic arrangement to produce an output signal representative of the bed level of the fluidized bed.

Abstract: A pressure-reducing valve for a dust-entraining gaseous or liquid fluent flow comprises a vertical tube containing a bed of particles which are fluidized by the flow. The particles have considerably greater specific weight than the dust in the flow, so that the particles in the bed are not carried away by the flow. The valve may be used to permit the continuous egress of a dust-contaminated flow from a pressurized container, for example a cyclone, while maintaining the pressure in the container. If the fluent flow is hot, the valve tube may be surrounded by a cooling jacket for extracting heat therefrom. The height of the bed in the tube may be adjusted to and from a particle storage, at the lower and upper ends, respectively, of the tube.

Abstract: The turntable 1 bears eight rods 3 on which are mounted stacks of packages 4, which are brought on slides 20. The latter recoil each time to allow the stack to drop onto the table 19, then advance to push the lower package 14 towards a drying station where a jack 25 descends thereon and applies it on the rotating plate of an individual drying machine. This plate lowers inside a vessel; it rotates to ensure drying; finally, it rises and the dried package is pushed by the following one onto a corridor 28 which takes it to an evacuation conveyor 27. The drying stations may be disposed in a circle and various means are provided to ensure guiding of the packages between the turntable 1 or equivalent and the various stations.

Abstract: A paper web recording medium provided with toner images as conducted through a fixing housing containing solvent vapor over a paper deflection drum for fixing the toner images on the recording medium. The paper deflection drum is formed by a rigid roller body made of expanded or foamed plastic over which an elastic grid network fabric of toner-repellent material is drawn as an exterior surface sleeve. A low-mass paper deflection roller having low thermal conductivity is thus provided, so that no solvent vapor can condense at the surface of the fixing drum. The low-mass structure of the paper deflection drum also prevents a smear print when starting or stopping conduct of the paper web through the fixing housing.

Abstract: There is disclosed a tumble dryer wherein the drum in which the goods are to be tumbled has perforations formed in its cylindrical wall at opposite sides of an imperforate annular portion, and a means is proved for circulating heated air into the drum through the perforations on one side of the annular portion, and then axially through the drum and thus the goods, and then radially out of the drum through the perforations on the other side of the imperforate annular portion. Melted plastic articles which may be co-mingled in the batch of goods to be dried are collected on a heat sink which comprises strips including a metal body of high thermal capacity and heat conductivity removably secured to the inner surface of the annular imperforate portion of the drum.

Abstract: A tread substrate or shoe sole for sandals, mules and other footwear includes a plurality of interconnected modular elements which can be joined together. The elements can be made from the same material or plural materials bonded together. The elements are substantially cylindrical and can have different diameters in a single sole structure. Additionally, the elements can be hollow cylindrical bodies and can have differing wall thicknesses and polygonal cross-sections.

Abstract: A rear entry ski boot formed of an upper having a cuff and a rear spoiler. At least a portion of the upper is journalled on a shell base along a generally transverse axis. The boot further includes a foot retention apparatus within the shell base; and a closure apparatus for closing the upper around the lower leg of the skier. The closure apparatus is connected to the foot retention apparatus by means of a traction circuit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficiently and economically hydraulically dredging to a level bottom. The method includes the use of a cutter head which is pivotally mounted to the end of a dredging ladder. The cutter head is swung through its cutting arcs with the axis of rotation of the cutter head aligned with the longitudinal axis of the ladder. The cutter head is tilted relative to the longitudinal axis of the ladder until the cutter blades are parallel to the level bottom to be cut with the adjustment accomplished before the cutter head is swung through the last cutting arc above the level bottom to be reached. The apparatus includes a pivotal connection between the cutter head and the ladder which is located at the trailing edges of the cutter blades so as to follow the path of the trailing edge of the swath of the normal cut of the cutter head.

Abstract: A display panel comprises a plurality of semiconductor crystals (6) fixed at the bottom of reflecting cavities (3).The cavities (3) are obtained from strips supporting two rows of complementary half-shells (1, 2) and supporting the connection means of the semiconductor crystals (6).

Abstract: Pricing modules of the type having precoiled numeric indicia tapes are slidably held in guide channels of a mounting trackway assembly. Additional guide channels in the trackway assembly receive customized alpha indicia strips forwardly of the pricing modules. Pricing module locator notches are provided in wall portions of the trackway assembly to interlock with spring locking elements on each pricing module to properly position each module along the mounting trackway assembly. Multiple sections of the mounting trackway assembly can be provided in interlocking engagement.

Abstract: The pistol handle has a recess for housing a mainspring housing which is also a lanyard loop body and hammer strut unit in a releasable catch arrangement. The lanyard loop body, hammer strut, and mainspring are telescopically aligned and are withdrawn from the pistol as a unitized system during disassembly. Connector means between the loop body and strut are operative only during disassembly to prevent separation of the loop body and strut upon their removal from the pistol handle. The unit is secured in the handle recess through a bayonet joint and the unit may be turned and removed only when the magazine has been previously withdrawn.

Abstract: A receiver for a bolt action rifle having at least one seat surface for seating a bolt lug. The seat surface is positioned on a rearward portion of the receiver adjacent a breech opening and the surface is formed by movement of a broach through such opening.

Abstract: An insect swatter for use in killing flies, moths, mosquitoes and other flying or crawling insects and which includes a generally flat and flexible body portion which is carried on an elongated handle. At least one side or face of the body portion is provided with a plurality of short closely spaced generally hook-like flexible filament projections which function to engage or entangle portions of a swatted insect relative to the body portion of the swatter without impaling the insect.

Abstract: A plurality of planters may be used free standing or arranged in a bracket assembly to form a hanging garden. The planter has a unique water-management system. The planter comprises a unitary plastic piece having a chamber therein in which flowers or plants may be planted. A watering chamber, having a plurality of holes at the bottom thereof, allows water into the planted soil well above the bottom of the planting chamber. Excess water passes through drainage/reabsorption holes at the bottom of the planting chamber and into drainage chambers. Erosion baffles operate to impede the flow of water along the convexly curved bottom of the planting chamber preventing and controlling fine soil erosion. The drainage chamber allows for visual inspection of the water level and provides for reabsorption of excess water by the plant's roots as needed.

Abstract: An alarm sensor apparatus for closures such as doors and windows, and particularly for closures having loose tolerances such as overhead doors, garage doors or the like, the sensor apparatus comprising a pair of cooperating bracket members, one being attached to the door facing or frame work and the other to the door member, two magnetic sensor elements carried by said bracket members, the bracket members comprising a pair of cooperating orthogonal guide slots and plates and a stop member engageable with one of the sensors for aligning the sensors with respect to each other in all three orthogonal planes when the door is closed.

Abstract: A removable window security guard which is mountable within the window frame of a double sash window. The guard is engaged and secured within existing channels of the window frame to prevent entry from outside a window. The guard does not require the use of locks or other such devices which would inhibit easy removal of the guard in the event of an emergency. Removal of the guard is accomplished by raising the lower window sash to its maximum height and pulling the guard inwardly and downwardly.

Abstract: An access door to be installed on the ceiling or the like of a building which essentially comprises an outer square frame adapted to be installed in an opening formed at said installation area; an inner square frame pivotally connected to said outer frame for movement between open and closed positions; a pair of link hinge means provided on each of two selected sides of said outer frame to pivotally connect said frame to said outer frame; and a lock means for locking said inner frame to said outer frame as the inner frame is in its closed position.The inner frame has a joint finishing flange at the peripheral edge thereof to conceal the peripheral edge of said outer frame as the inner frame is in its closed position.

Abstract: A construction of a door glass guide in a motor vehicle door, wherein the construction comprises guide rollers mounted at upper positions of front and rear end edges of a door glass, being shifted inwardly from the door glass and guide portions integrally formed on vertical members disposed at front and rear sides of a door frame, for vertically, slidably guiding the guide rollers, and the outer surface of a vehicle body is substantially flush with the outer surfaces of the door glass and the door frame, characterized in that the guide rollers are mounted at positions where the guide rollers come into abutting contact with the bottom end surface of a transverse member disposed at the upper side of the door frame when the door glass is fully closed.

Abstract: A polishing machine for polishing the surfaces of the workpieces to be processed has upper and lower surface plates which are rotated relative to each other. A plurality of carriers are placed between the upper and lower surface plates and each of the carriers has a plurality of bores into which the workpieces are fitted. These carriers are engaged with both the sun gear and the internal ring gear within the same plane. In account of the sun gear and the internal ring gear, the carriers are rotated round the sun gear, turning round their own axes. The internal ring gear can be lifted up and down by a lift mechanism. The sun gear is slidably attached to a hollow driving shaft and has a feed screw which is engaged with a feed nut. This feed nut is rotatably fitted onto the hollow driving shaft in such a way that the nut is limited of its movement in the axial direction.

Abstract: A cassette has a frame and a collar for rotatably supporting a plurality of discs in operative engagement with a grinding/polishing apparatus. The discs are rotatably removeably mounted on the collar and the latter is readily disengageably engageable with the frame secured to the grinding/polishing apparatus to eliminate individual mounting and demounting of the discs upon the grinding/polishing apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatus and process for the recovery of particulate material lost during the passage of a surface treatment blast head having a magnetic particle seal over the surface under treatment. Wipers adapted to substantially contain the leakage material are spaced in close proximity around the outside perimeter of the magnetic seal. One or more slotted vacuum tubes are positioned between the magnetic seals and the wipers; each vacuum tube being interconnected by hoses or pipes to a recovery chamber which, in turn, is operatively interconnected with the blast head through a material transfer valve. The recovery chamber is further provided with a vacuum flapper valve adapted to selectively inhibit the flow of vacuum air through the chamber and slotted vacuum tube. During a first step the vacuum valve is open and the material transfer valve is closed.

Abstract: A kit of components a structure consists of a basic element (3) consisting, in the form of a hollow structural section like a cellular space with a rectangular cross-section, of two parallel side walls (1a) and of a floor slab (1b) and roof slab (1c), leaving two openings (3b), of a two-part folding door (6) that can be set into one of the two opening to constitute a front element, that can be fitted against each vertical side of the opening, and that consists at least partly of light-permeable material, each part of which has at least two wings that can be swung around axes parallel to the vertical front side, whereby the folding door (6) does not when it is open and folded back toward the two vertical front sides extend into the interior of the cellular space.

Abstract: An interior panel according to the present invention comprises a plurality of support units fixedly arranged on a floor slab, a panel member supported by the support units so as to be located over the slab surface at a predetermined distance therefrom, and a cable separator supported by the support units and dividing the space between the panel member and the slab surface into upper and lower space sections. The cable separator is in the form of a plate with a stepped surface portion at the peripheral edge portion thereof, and can be supported on the support units either in a first position in which the stepped portion faces upward or in a second position in which the stepped portion faces downward. Cables and electric devices in a signal transmission system are arranged in the upper space section defined by the cable separator, and power supply-system cables and devices in the lower space section.

Abstract: An elongated rod has a reaction member attached to a lower end with flukes adapted to be expanded outward against the reaction member. An upper end member is connected around the upper end of the rod and supports a connecting member. An enlarged bushing plate is coupled to the upper end member and to the rod at a lower position for transferring a portion of the load applied to the connecting means to the wall of the hole.

Abstract: An isolator for use in protecting buildings and other structures from the effects of vibration and shock due to an earthquake. The isolator comprises a stack of elastic bearings interconnected at their outer peripheries and located between and coupled to an upper plate and a lower plate. The junctions between adjacent elastic bearings and between the upper and lower elastic bearings and the upper and lower plates are provided with intermediate plates extending beyond the outer peripheries of the elastic bearings. The intermediate plates have aligned holes near their outer peripheries for receiving vertical rods whose lower ends are releasably coupled to rod-holding devices mounted on the lower plate. The rods provide lateral stiffness for the isolator and, by proper selection of the lengths of the rods, the stiffness of the isolator can be adjusted as desired.

Abstract: A cyclic shear energy absorber for absorbing energy due to induced motion between two members by plastic cyclical deformation of a central energy absorber core. The core is surrounded by a restraining device having a rectangular cross section. Layers of the inner walls are separated by layers of resilient material. The restraining element is confined in a cylindrical aperture formed in a resilient support having alternately arranged resilient layers and stiffener layers. The absorber is confined between two end plates capable of being coupled to associated structural members, such as a bridge support column and a base.

Abstract: Several horizontal links have inward-projecting horizontal flanges for supporting the treads of a stairway. Such links are uniformly spaced apart elevationally by upright parallel links pivoted to the horizontal links to form a lazy tongs linkage. One such lazy tongs linkage is permanently attached in inclined attitude to the conventional weight-bearing supports for the stair treads, such as sidewalls or inclined stringers, at each side of the rough opening for the stairway. Prior to permanent installation, the lazy tongs linkage can be extended or contracted by conjoint swinging of the upright links to adjust the spacing of the horizontal tread support flanges so that the total rise of the linkage matches the total rise between adjacent floors as actually constructed. The support is designed to fit a range of expected total rises between the adjacent floors while maintaining a rise and run for each step within acceptable limits.

Abstract: An improved vent for equalizing the pressure on the roof of a building includes a tube provided with a one-way acting valve therein for allowing air to pass from within the building to the open atmosphere but preventing entry of moisture air into the interior of the building. The valve includes a flexible flapper valve member mounted over an opening in a metal plate secured in face-to-face contact with an annular flange on one end of the tube. Condensation of moisture within the tube is prevented by a thin layer of insulation which lines the tube and which, in one embodiment of the invention, includes an integral annular flange sandwiched between the tube and the valve plate to prevent moisture condensation on the plate. An annular depression in the valve plate surrounding the valve opening diverts condensed moisture from the flapper valve to prevent valve seizure due to frozen moisture.

Abstract: An electrical raceway for the base of a space dividing wall panel system which is suspended beneath the wall panel and includes an upper area surrounded by base covers for carrying the electrical circuits and a lower area defined by a flexible boot for carrying telephone circuits and the like. Access to the lower area is open but has the appearance of being closed from normal viewing angles.

Abstract: An improved cellular flooring service distribution system is disclosed comprising a cellular flooring unit in which a dividing means provides a plurality of open parallel conduits in a single valley of a corrugated sheet, an overlying trench providing a plurality of transversely oriented parallel passageways which have access to said conduits and an isolating means to selectively isolate at least one conduit and passageway from the remaining conduits and passageways. Cover means and access housings are also provided. Since the above components do not require any special fabrication, they can be efficiently and cheaply mass produced, preferably from sheet metal. Service lines may be placed in open conduits and passageways prior to covering to eliminate the need for feeding the lines through enclosed cells.

Abstract: A trenchless underfloor conduit system for distribution of electrical conductors, service lines and the like is disclosed. One or more spaced-apart duct members of reduced height dimension are placed over a corrugated deck. Covers are provided over selected valleys of the corrugated deck to provide at least one enclosed deck conduit extending transversely with respect to the ducts. Openings are provided in the deck conduit and overlying duct member to allow for communication therebetween. A substantially uninterrupted layer of concrete is provided over the deck and duct members and is secured to underlying supporting beams. The layer of concrete preferably has a minimum thickness of about two inches and is secured to the beams to increase the overall strength of the floor by utilizing a composite design without increasing the overall thickness or reducing the service line capacity thereof.

Abstract: One or more panels of similar construction are formed having a frame on a pair of planar decorative faces are secured. The frame is provided with a centrally located groove in its peripheral edges. One or more connecting bars are provided each having plate-like projections fitting into the grooves. The frames and bars are provided with cooperatively engaging means for removably interlocking the panels and the bars together.

Abstract: A ceiling/floor or ceiling/roof structure comprising a plurality of substantially parallel substantially horizontally extending joists, each joist being supported at the two opposed ends thereof, a first set of transverse members resting on the top of and secured to the top of at least some of said joists, and a further set of transverse members extending underneath and connected to the lower surfaces of at least some of said joists, the said structure being adapted to be associated with ceiling and/or roofing or flooring materials.

Abstract: A pre-fabricated and modular chimney facade system (10) is provided for enclosing a chimney stack (12) passing therethrough. The chimney facade system (10) is adapted to be secured to an external wall (16) of a building structure (14). The chimney facade system includes a one-piece base housing (18) which is adapted to be mounted to a base foundation member (20) and to the external wall (16). The base housing (18) is vertically aligned with and coupled to a transition housing (44) which is fixedly secured to the external wall (16) of the building structure (14). Additional housing members are modularly coupled to the transition housing (44) to provide a complete enclosure for smoke stack (12). The housing (18, 44) as well as additional housing units (74, 102) and cap housing (120) are formed in one-piece formation and generally molded of a plastic composition. In this manner, there is provided a lightweight easily assembled chimney facade system (10).