Abstract: A window comprises a base and a frame extends from a side of the base. The frame defines a space communicated with at least one slot in the slot of the base. At least one sheet is mounted in the base and movable between the base and the frame via a respective slot. The window is mounted to an inner side of a window opening of a building with the space of the frame aligning with the window opening of the building. Plural windows can be respectively mounted to plural window openings in a building and controlled by a central control such that all of the sheets of the windows can be synchronously moved into the frames or the bases of for expeditious exhaustion of smoke or obstruction of fire.

Abstract: A center channel having H-shaped cross section is attached to a chassis of a door and to a door panel of a vehicle. The center channel is fixed to the door chassis and panel by upper and lower brackets fixed thereto. The upper bracket is L-shaped and extends laterally from the upper end of the center channel wherein an engagement portion of the upper bracket is generally parallel to a side wall of a glass run channel of the door chassis. The upper bracket is fixed to the door chassis by a screw through the glass run channel, the door chassis and the upper bracket engagement portion.

Abstract: A motor vehicle window regulator includes a helically wound wire coil on a flexible lubricating core to form a flexible cable, and the cable is confined within an elongated guide tube having a longitudinally extending slot. The coil is moved longitudinally within the tube by a helical drive gear, and a lower end portion of the cable carries a window lifting bracket or T-bracket having laterally projecting wings. A clamp unit is mounted on each wing and includes a U-shaped clamp body defining a recess which receives a pressure block and a U-shaped gasket for receiving an edge portion of a glass window panel. Set screws thread through the clamp bodies and extend through holes in the wings for engaging the pressure blocks to clamp the edge portion of the window panel to the clamp bodies. Each clamp body comprises a short section of an aluminum extrusion and defines slots or grooves receiving edge portions of the gasket and the T-bracket wing.

Abstract: A cargo space expanding device of a vehicle is disclosed to prevent any damage from being made by a loaded matter by getting the upper part of glass to be completely inserted into a mid-gate, the device comprising: a piece of glass fixed by holding unit onto a roof panel; and a mid-gate hinged by rotating unit mounted at a body panel with a hollow part filled with a cushioning member like sponge or urethane foam for getting the glass drawn inside, wherein the holding unit comprises pressing unit fixed at the glass and manipulating unit hinged with the pressing unit and coupled with a fixing edge of a grip member mounted at the roof panel to support the upper end of the glass.

Abstract: A partition system includes a freestanding partition system having a pocket-defining partition, and a pocket door slidably supported on the partition system for movement into and out of the pocket. The door includes a door frame having a bottom section defining a cavity that opens downwardly, and a stiff plate-shaped light seal is operably positioned in the cavity for vertical movement by gravity between different positions as the light seal engages and rides along a floor surface. The door includes an adjustable door frame having a rectangular shape with generally square corners and straight sides, but a trailing stile of the door frame is longitudinally adjustable such that, when adjusted, the rectangular shape changes to an orthogonal shape where at least one of the sides of the door frame is angularly distorted from the rectangular shape. This allows the door frame to be adjusted to better fit a door opening.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door module, built as a preassembled unit, includes a windowpane movable between open and closed positions, an integrated window regulator assembly including a drive mechanism such as a drive motor or hand crank for moving the windowpane between the open and closed positions, a cable assembly, cable routers such as pulleys or sliders, a seal assembly, and a door frame assembly including run channels. The windowpane includes a bracket assembly which is slidably disposed within the run channels. The cable assembly includes a cable connected to the bracket assembly and the drive mechanism for transferring a force of the drive mechanism to the bracket assembly to move the windowpane between the open and closed positions. The cable routers are attached to fore and aft door frames of the door frame assembly and route the cable between the drive mechanism and the bracket assembly.

Abstract: A partition system includes a freestanding partition system having a pocket-defining partition, and a pocket door slidably supported on the partition system for movement into and out of the pocket. The door includes a door frame having a bottom section defining a cavity that opens downwardly, and a stiff plate-shaped light seal is operably positioned in the cavity for vertical movement by gravity between different positions as the light seal engages and rides along a floor surface. The door includes an adjustable door frame having a rectangular shape with generally square corners and straight sides, but a trailing stile of the door frame is longitudinally adjustable such that, when adjusted, the rectangular shape changes to an orthogonal shape where at least one of the sides of the door frame is angularly distorted from the rectangular shape. This allows the door frame to be adjusted to better fit a door opening.

Abstract: Curved transparent panels, suspended from a pair of parallel, curved tracks, are deployed in overlapping relationship to one another on top of a curved counter from a storage enclosure in which the panels are in stacked relationship to one another.

Abstract: A fully adjustable gate device has a gate panel that may be a two-dimensional or three-dimensional cartoon character or animal to provide an attractive diversion for the confined child. The hinge member and latch member are attachable to the vertical surfaces of either side of a door opening by a C-shaped device, which provides secure fastening force, while not requiring marking with permanent holes or disfiguring the vertical surfaces. The gate panel may be telescoping to accommodate openings of various widths and the C-clamp hinge and latch may be adjustable to accommodate walls or other vertical surfaces having different depths or thicknesses. A compression-activated tong-shaped latch device is engaged and disengaged from the latch member by applying pressure and sliding the telescoping gate to the side, which permits the gate panel to swing freely in either direction.

Abstract: An arrangement for connecting a window regulator to a movable window of a motor vehicle, using a hole in the window, in which an external expandable or spreadable insertion part rests, whose length corresponds essentially to the thickness of the window, and an internal insertion part connected with a basic part. The internal part can act on the external insertion part by expanding or spreading, whereby a tension- and/or form-fitting engagement with the contour of the hole in the window is produced, and is characterized in that the external insertion part has a slot-shaped opening, in which the internal insertion part rests movably in the assembly position at least until the internal insertion part is braced with the external insertion part.

Abstract: A moveable panel is described for providing privacy for a person in a work station or other location behind an arrangement of one or more stationary panels.

Abstract: A vertically movable cantilevering type gate is disclosed. All that is required is an elongated cylinder mounted vertically and a piston rod slidably mounted therein. The piston rod is mounted for vertical movement in the cylinder and suitable laterally spaced vertically movable guides are provided to maintain the gate in alignment with the gate opening. Preferably a channel shaped cap bar is positoned to overlie a trough into which interconnected link members are adapted to fold. The link members support laterally extending mesh type closure members which close the gate opening when the gate is elevated. The gate is controlled by a water pressure operated system. The valves controlling the flow of pressurized water to actuate the gate are controlled electrically. In one desirable construction when no electric power is applied, the valves direct water under pressure to urge the piston rod upwardly in the cylinder to maintain the gate in the obstructing or closed position.

Abstract: A laterally sliding pocket door is disclosed for use in curved walled enclosures such as airplanes, submarines, space shuttles, railroad cars, buses and the like, having a laterally extending divider comprising first and second hollow walls positioned on opposite sides with an open doorway tapered to be substantially wider at the top than at the bottom, and a pair of sliding door member assemblies, each positioned in one of the hollow walls, movable between a closed position meeting each other in said doorway and an open position retracted into the hollow walls. Each hollow wall has a curving guide track for pivotal movement of its sliding door assembly.

Abstract: An office space dividing system having at least first and second work stations having horizontally oriented work surfaces separated by a barrier panel having first and second sides and an opening in the panel which is adjacent to and above the work surfaces. A convertible panel is mounted in the opening of the barrier panel, for slideable engagement therewith. The convertible panel is operable between open and closed positions, from either side of the barrier panel, with the convertible panel being nonremovable from the barrier panel during normal usage. Also, or alternatively, a convertible panel may be provided below the work surfaces for selectively improving ventilation and air flow between the work stations.

Abstract: A track supports a sliding door for movement into and out of a cavity formed in a wall. The end region of the track within the door-receiving cavity rests on a supporting surface to which it is unattached. The door moves between jambs with lower ends provided with vertical slots which receive tongues which extend upwardly from the opposite sides of a horizontal plate attached to the floor.

Abstract: A sliding door unit has two spaced cabinets, a single top guiding rail extending between and in the cabinets, two bottom guiding rails extending in the cabinets, and a door with two door panels slidable into and out of the cabinets between the rails and having rollers fixable in depressed parts of the top guiding rail to fix the panels in open and closed position.

Abstract: A pocket-door assembly includes a pair of trolley assemblies fixed to an upper edge of a vertically disposed door. A header member is positioned generally horizontally over the door and comprises a central plate portion with a pair of integrally formed downwardly extending tracks for receiving rollers of the trolley assemblies. The header member is attachable to a standard dimension lumber member of the wood frame structure within which the pocket-door assembly is intended to be inserted, and is preferably a unitary extruded metal structure. A plurality of vertical stud members are fixed at their upper ends to the header member on opposite sides thereof defining a pocket within which the door is receivable. The stud members each comprise a metal channel member having a generally C-shaped cross section into which a standard dimension lumber piece is inserted.

Abstract: An improved modular building (10) is disclosed, the building (10) comprising sidewall modules (11), and ceiling modules (12). The sidewall modules (11) comprise a primary frame (19) to which a secondary frame of furring strips (26) is attached. The sidewall modules (11) further comprise foam insulation (27) molded around the primary and secondary frame to define exterior and interior planar surfaces (28, 29). The ceiling modules (12) comprises frame means supporting a plurality of ceiling joists (67), and foam insulation (27) dispersed within the frame means and between the ceiling joist (67) so as to define upper and lower ceiling surfaces (68, 69). In one embodiment, floor modules (14) are also provided. A method for fabricating the various modules of the present invention is also disclosed.

Abstract: A sliding door assembly for use in a double-panelled wall construction, in which the door is suspended on a hanger assembly having a pair of spaced vertical posts and a horizontal rail supported by the posts. Rollers in the plane of the door engage the rail, which hangs the door on the rail for sliding into the cavity between the wall panels.

Abstract: A retractable closure for an aperture, particularly suited as a sliding roof apparatus for motor vehicles, is disclosed. A retractable panel is mounted for generally horizontal translation without jogs between a first, closed position substantially flush with the upper surface of the structure and covering said aperture and a second, open position over a stationary panel in a recessed area adjacent said aperture. A liftable panel is provided above the stationary panel and moves between a first, lowered position 10 substantially flush with the upper surface of the structure and covering the recessed area and a second, raised position in which it creates a vertical space between its lower surface and the stationary panel into which vertical space the retractable panel translates in moving into its second, open position. Actuators for the retractable and liftable panels may be either separate or combined.

Abstract: Energy saving apparatus for use with a window, including a sheet of insulating material slidable in and out of a rigid envelope built into the wall.

Abstract: An insulated pocket window having a sliding insulating panel for completely closing off a viewing window. The sliding insulating panel is hidden from view between two stationary insulated panels, in one position, and in a second position, the insulating panel is slid along an insulated track to completely close off the viewing portion of the pocket window. The insulating panel is covered with two opposing metal sheets to provide security against breaking in.

Abstract: A pocket door assembly including a header structure which comprises a first element which is generally planar and generally horizontal. Second, third, fourth and fifth elements are each generally planar and each depend from the first element in sequential generally parallel spaced relationship. A roller support channel has a generally J-shaped cross section. The roller support channel depends from the first element. A door is generally planar and a plurality of rollers extend upwards beyond the top of the door. The rollers are spaced a predetermined distance apart. The second and third elements include a plurality of slots spaced the predetermined distance apart and allow passage of the rollers into the roller support channel.

Abstract: A device for use in combination with a window unit including a window frame and glass panels mounted in the window frame. The device is comprised of a shutter unit having one or more sets of horizontally and parallel extending tracks which are vertically spaced a distance at least equal to the height dimension of the window unit. The tracks extend parallel to the plane of the glass panel and beyond at least one of the side edges of the window unit. A laminate insulative shield is mounted in the track for movement between positions at the side of the window unit and in front thereof to block off the entirety of the glass panel. The laminate insulative shield includes a frame movably supported on the track and has an imperforate surface layer and an insulation material layer mounted side-by-side in the frame. The imperforate surface provides a rigidifying support for the rather fragile insulation material.

Abstract: A multi-sash pocket window is designed to accomodate sash of differing widths and in varying combinations. The window frame structure is adapted to receive inserts for retaining the sash in place and which are selected to accomodate the sash width and combinations being used. At the sill, the inserts have rails for supporting the sash rollers and upright sections that straddle the lower ends of the sash. Ribs are provided for retaining the inserts in place and various example are shown.

Abstract: A door seal for an inside compartment of a railway passenger vehicle. A door that moves on rollers laterally into and from a door opening to a stored position in a hollow portion of an adjacent wall. The lower portion of the door is located adjacent a threshold having a movable, flexible seal that moves between a flat position covering a roller track portion of the threshold to a substantially upright position against the bottom of the door when the door is located in a closed position. The seal is constructed of a resilient material and bends to be urged against the lower portion of the door in such a fashion as to seal out noise, debris, light and the like. When the door is open the seal returns to a flat, horizontal position to prevent an accumulation of debris or dirt in the door track which would interfere with movement of the door.

Abstract: An extensible partition utilizes a hollow rectangular elongated partition for erection in a generally vertical plane having spring loaded devices extending upwardly and downwardly from the uppermost and lowermost marginal edges thereof, a slot, extending vertically along a vertical marginal edge of the apparatus, communicates to the hollowed out cavity portion of the panel, so as to provide access throughout the length of the cavity, extending substantially for the entire length of the panel. A plurality of arms are utilized having one end of each pivotably secured to individual helically wound spring members. In one embodiment, the other end of the helical springs are pivotably secured to an accordion-like pleated member which, when not in use, is stored within the cavity. When the accordion, pleated-like member is withdrawn the arms are positioned horizontally such that the springs are likewise positioned horizontally when they are tensioned, keeping tensioning forces on the pleated-like flexible member.

Abstract: A double sliding door system in which a door stop centrally located between the doors works in combination with the positions of pin holes for receiving security pins so that security pins can be inserted through holes in the right and left door frames and will extend into the doors because of alignment of frame and door openings at times when the doors are against the stop in closed position for locking the sliding doors for 100% safety from opening from the outside of a home without destruction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a window sash assembly for use on an exterior surface at a window opening. The assembly comprises a rectangular framework formed by an upper horizontal frame member, a lower horizontal frame member and a pair of vertical frame members. The framework includes a window covering portion facing the window opening and at least one window panel housing portion on the exterior wall surface alongside the window opening. The sash assembly includes at least a pairof window panels which are retractable into the window panel housing portion to fully open the window opening.

Abstract: A sliding roof construction for an automotive vehicle including a sliding glass roof assembly and a sliding screen assembly with the screen assembly including a screen having a temperature stable construction and with the glass roof assembly having an improved guide and track construction and improved rear support construction whereby higher vehicle impact loads can be encountered without failure and having an improved glass retaining structure.