Abstract: A fire insulated partition including inner and outer walls to define an inner space therebetween, water pipes disposed in the inner space and having a plurality of water outlets distributed throughout the inner space to deliver water therein, a water inlet outside the partition and connected to the water pipes to introduce water therein, the water inlet also connected to a source of water, a valve to initiate water circulation in the pipes and into the inner space upon activation by a detector, and a drain to continuously drain water from the inner space after the latter has been filled therewith. A detector provided separate from the valve enables to open the valve in case a fire erupts in the vicinity of the partition. There are blade propellers at the water outlets to distribute entering water substantially against the entire interior surface of the inner and outer walls, and a motor to operate the blade propellers when the detector senses a fire.

Abstract: A roof covering or wall covering for a building or the like comprising a supporting layer having open channels, preferably made of corrugated metal sheet. Encasing structures, filled with a fire-retarding substance, are located in the channels of the supporting layer. The fire-retarding substance is a thickened liquid. Since the liquid is thickened, it cannot escape or can escape only very slowly from leaky points in the supporting layer in the event of fire. This ensures an evaporation of the fire-retarding liquid to remove the thermoenergy produced during the fire.

Abstract: A damping device has a liquid vessel into which a liquid is injected having a wave motion water surface such that the wave motion direction of the wave motion of the water surface is in the elongated direction of the vessel. Damping members are provided in order to damp the sloshing of liquid in the liquid vessel, and wave dissipation devices are disposed at a portion not always soaked in liquid in the liquid vessel. Accordingly, the vibration of a construction occurring by wind, earthquake and the like is absorbed by the viscosity resistance occurring between the liquid and the damping members, and the vibration is restricted. Moreover, damping performance can be efficiently exercised by providing various installation arrangements.

Abstract: A damping device has a liquid vessel into which a liquid is injected having a wave motion water surface such that the wave motion direction of the wave motion of the water surface is in the elongated direction of the vessel. Damping members are provided in order to damp the sloshing of liquid in the liquid vessel, and wave dissipation devices are disposed at a portion not always soaked in liquid in the liquid vessel. Accordingly, the vibration of a construction occurring by wind, earthquake and the like is absorbed by the viscosity resistance occurring between the liquid and the damping members, and the vibration is restricted. Moreover, damping performance can be efficiently exercised by providing various installation arrangements.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of restraining vibration of a floor and an apparatus therefor.According to the method, a reservoir is attached to the floor which is supported from structural members of a floor structure and fluid is put in the reservoir. Geometry of the reservoir and depth of the fluid is determined so that sloshing natural frequency of the fluid coincides with a natural frequency of the floor in a same direction.The vibration restraining apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a reservoir wherein a prescribed amount of liquid is retained. Natural sloshing frequency of the liquid in the reservoir is generally equal to a natural frequency of the floor structure.As the floor vibrates because of vibration of the floor structure or vibrational source on the floor, vibrational energy of the floor is transmitted to the liquid and cause sloshing thereto.

Abstract: An apparatus for suppressing vibration of a structure. The apparatus includes a tank adapted to be mounted in the structure and a chamber defining mechanism, arranged within the tank, for defining a plurality of annular chambers, concentric about a vertical axis of the tank, to receive a liquid for suppressing vibration of the structure. The chambers are each adapted to contain such an amount of the liquid that the liquid is equal in natural period to the structure.

Abstract: A device for feeding a liquid preservative to the lower end of a wooden post includes a cup-shaped container adapted to be attached to the lower end of a wooden post with the container having a compartment for receiving a quantity of liquid preservative. A wick-like member is provided in the container for transferring liquid to the lower end of the wooden post and means are also provided for recharging the container with liquid preservative from an above-ground location when the post and container are embedded in the ground.

Abstract: A device for suppressing vibration of a structure such as buildings and bridges, including a tank, disposed in the structure, for receiving a liquid for suppressing vibration of the structure, the tank being adapted to contain such an amount of the liquid that the liquid is equal in natural period to the structure.

Abstract: Roof structure for transparent roofs with girders (11), each with a solar panel (15, 36). The girders preferably have a height equal to have the distance between each girder. Two trapdoors (13, 14), consisting of thermal insulating material (28), are located between each pair of girders, one on the underside of each girder, which can swing on its pivot axis on the girder between horizontal and vertical positions. In the horizontal position the trapdoors shield against heat loss, in the vertical position they allow all light to enter, and in the intermediate position incoming light is reflected towards the sides of the girders (15) for heat absorbtion.

Abstract: A safety system, particularly for use with fire fighting tankers, comprising a device whereby at least part of the contents of the tank can be caused to be rapidly discharged and having a hatch for the ingress into the tank of at least one person, the hatch being capable of being sealed after the person is in the tank so that the person is isolated from the surrounding atmosphere. Preferably the tank has a layer of insulating material thereabout, which layer maintains the temperature within the tank below a dangerous level for a person therein, at least for a period equal to the likely incidence of high temperature thereon.

Abstract: An arrangement to counteract or prevent spreading of fire, smoke or undesired gases through at least one passage, such as a ventilating duct, in a building. Said arrangement comprises a device adapted to keep the passage open normally but to close the passage when there is a risk of said spreading to occur. Said passage comprises at least one portion running in a drain trap-like path and said device comprises at least one supply means to supply, when there is a risk of said spreading to occur, a fluid to said drain trap-like portion in order to completely or partly fill the same while providing said closure of the passage.

Abstract: A system for increasing the fire resistance of support ceilings and limiting damage caused by water as a result of fire-extinguishing operations to the respective localities. The system including a suspended fire resistant covering with sprinkler elements, the covering being composed of arched ceiling elements along which the liquid travels, the ceiling elements having side edges accommodated by collecting channels which receive the liquid coming from the sprinkler elements. A distance is maintained between side edges and the walls of the collecting channels for liquid flow into the channels and exhaust air flow upward through the covering.

Abstract: This invention relates to a water cooling jacket for protection from fire which aims at the protection of a human body from fire. More particularly, it relates to a water cooling jacket for protection from fire characterized by being composed of: mounting a water tank on a ceiling of inner and outer side cases installed with a given interval; forming a water pool case capable of gathering waters outside the outer case; setting an outer wall-plate covered on the inside thereof with fiber plates, such as glass wools or the like, with given intervals outside the inner and outer cases; and making waters flowing from said water tank and said water pool case fall down along said outer wall-plate continuously.

Abstract: An arrangement to counteract or prevent spreading of fire, smoke or undesired gases through at least one passage, such as a ventilating duct, in a building. Said arrangement comprises a device adapted to keep the passage open normally but to close the passage when there is a risk of said spreading to occur. Said passage comprises at least one portion running in a drain trap-like path and said device comprises at least one supply means to supply, when there is a risk of said spreading to occur, a fluid to said drain trap-like portion in order to completely or partly fill the same while providing said closure of the passage.

Abstract: Support means for a plastic tank in a railway car includes a pair of side members suspended from the roof of a railway car. Base members for holding the tank are connected to the side members. Means are provided on the base member to restrain the lateral and longitudinal movement of the tank. Flexible means are provided to accommodate small movements and dimensional changes in the tank resulting from temperature changes.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for suppressing the dynamic response of structures such as offshore structures to forces, such as that of wind, wave or seismic excitation. A storage tank for liquid with a free surface is positioned on the structure and is designed to have a natural frequency equal to or nearly equal to the natural frequency of the structure. The storage tank containing the liquid reduces the dynamic response of the structure thereby reducing structural degradation such as metal fatique in the structure and increasing the useful life of the structure. The effect of the tank on the motion of the structure is that of a common dynamic absorber.

Abstract: A method of fire fighting wherein open ended nozzle units are mounted in high rise or like building walls so that fluid conduits may be coupled from outside the room or space containing a fire within the building. This provides a special building structure wherein opposite ends of nozzle units may be accessible from different rooms, and the nozzle units are tubular bodies containing internally formed insert tubes defining the fluid flow pattern.

Abstract: A combined structural support and solar energy system with parallel joists having tubular upper chords defining conduits through which a fluid circulates for collection of solar energy and tubular lower chords defining conduits through which a fluid circulates for radiant heating and panel cooling.

Abstract: A channel beam is characterized by a base portion having upper and lower surfaces thereon with first and second legs depending from the lower surface thereof. A cross piece is disposed between the first and second legs and cooperates with the legs and the lower surface of the base portion to define a region adapted to carry a heat transfer fluid. End caps are provided at the ends of the channel beam to enclose the region and define an enclosed interior volume. Each channel beam is adapted for interconnection with a next-adjacent channel beam such that the upper surfaces thereof define a substantially continuous surface area useful as an athletic playing area. The interior volume of each next-adjacent channel beam may be interconnected through inlet and outlet means so as to define a continuous heat transfer fluid conduction path beneath the athletic playing area so that heat energy incident on the surface area may be transferred to the heat transfer fluid.

Abstract: In the walls of a fire resistant enclosure such as a cabinet for storing heat sensitive, valuable goods or a room or shelter in a building in which persons can find refuge in the event of a fire, hollow bodies of large area contain substances which melt at a temperature which is still acceptable to the contents of the cabinet or physiologically acceptable to the persons in the room or shelter. The invention also provides various appliances for alleviating conditions in a said room or shelter, for providing a breathing air supply at an acceptable temperature for persons trapped therein and for facilitating the evacuation of persons therefrom, all such appliances involving the use of substances adapted to absorb heat from their environment by utilizing the latent heat of fusion of the substances.

Abstract: A building structure includes a plurality of structural load bearing wall portions in thermal contact with the external atmosphere and further load bearing means located inside the building structure in thermal contact with the internal atmosphere of the building. The structural load bearing wall portions are formed by a plurality of liquid tight, hollow load bearing panel members for the flow of a liquid at a preselected temperature therethrough. Each of the panel members includes inlet means for the introduction of liquid therein and outlet means for the removal of liquid therefrom. The panel members and their inlet and outlet means are arranged and connected in fluid flow relation to provide a predetermined flow pattern of the liquid through the load bearing structural wall portions. Pumping means are connected in fluid flow relation to the panel members for forcing liquid through said wall portions.

Abstract: Panels and other objects are formed by blowing hollow bubbles of plastic into a mold and stacking the bubbles in the mold in abutment with each other while the bubbles are tacky to form a mass of bubbles bonded together in a desired contour. The bubbles are formed by blowing successive bursts of compressed air into a mass of plastic material confronting an orifice and cutting the bubble off from the mass of plastic material on the side of the orifice opposite the liquid plastic. A panel for construction purposes is illustrated and includes fire extinguishing means integral with the panel.

Abstract: A single, bi-level or multi-level structure is built having a foundation; spaced, parallel side walls extending upwardly therefrom; a roof connecting the upper edges of the side walls; and a horizontal partition extending between the side walls divides the structure beneath the roof and is initially left open, through which a mobile home is subsequently introduced into the structure to complete the lower level. The distance between the side walls is preferably greater than the width of the mobile home, and an inner wall or partition extends the length of the structure between one of the outer walls and the mobile home, whereby storage space, a separate entranceway, and a flight of stairs to the upper level may be provided. The mobile home itself includes a special floor plan and a higher ceiling space than in conventional mobile home units, into which a sprinkler system and heating and air conditioning ductwork is installed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a water cooling jacket for fire which aims at the protection of the human body from fire. More particularly, it relates to a water cooling jacket for fire inserting an inner case having a size capable of forming a given clearance inside an outer case which is open on the upper surface thereof, a double-door having a clearance at the inside thereof to the sides of said inner and outer cases so as to be able to open or close freely; a water supply pipe capable of supplying water to the clearance between said inner and outer cases and to the clearance of said double-door and an air supply tank filled with the air or oxygen inside the inner case together with a valve operated for water supply of said pipe inside the inner case.

Abstract: A tubular modular unit having an integrally formed outer structure, floor, and ceiling is provided which may be directly supported upon the ground. A plurality of the tubular units may be placed one on top of another in a stacked configuration to provide for a large capacity housing complex. Cylindrical units are disclosed as being the preferred embodiment, wherein sanitary chambers and a water tank are provided interiorly of the unit. End towers which provide lateral support for a stacked configuration of the units are also utilized as a source of water supply and sewage disposal. Tubular units having elliptical, rectangular, etc., cross-sections may also be advantageously used within the principles of the present invention.

Abstract: A lower structure for wooden building, wherein a groove with open top face is axially formed on the top face of the continuous footing of the building so as to accommodate a wood preserving and insecticidal liquid and a portion of suction materials for said wood preserving and insecticidal liquid affixed to at least a part of the lower structure of the wooden building erected on said footing is disposed in said groove.

Abstract: A solar heated and cooled modular building includes insulated prefabricated wall and roof panels supported on prefabricated tubular wall columns and roof beams. Fluid circulating means is connected with the columns and beams to circulate fluid therethrough at a desired temperature from a source of the fluid to maintain a desired temperature in the building. A plurality of solar panels are supported on the roof of the building and a heat pump is connected therewith to circulate a heat exchange fluid through the panels to absorb heat. The heated heat exchange fluid is then used to obtain the desired temperature of the fluid circulated through the columns and beams.

Abstract: This disclosure teaches a structural, fire extinguishing and ventilating system for use in building construction. Parallel joists have tubular lower chords through which fire extinguishing water is circulated and from which a perforated ceiling depends to form an upper enclosure for a room. Ventilating air ducts are positioned between the joists so that the ventilating air passes over the tubular lower chords in noncontact heat exchange relationship with the fire extinguisher water and the air then passes downward through the perforated ceiling to the room.

Abstract: A solar heated and cooled modular building includes insulated prefabricated wall and roof panels supported on prefabricated tubular wall columns and roof beams. Fluid circulating means is connected with the columns and beams to circulate fluid therethrough at a desired temperature from a source of the fluid to maintain a desired temperature in the building. A plurality of solar panels are supported on the roof of the building and a heat pump is connected therewith to circulate a heat exchange fluid through the panels to absorb heat. The heated heat exchange fluid is then used to obtain the desired temperature of the fluid circulated through the columns and beams.

Abstract: A building structure includes a plurality of structural load bearing wall portions in thermal contact with the external atmosphere and further load bearing means located inside the building structure in thermal contact with the internal atmosphere of the building. The structural load bearing wall portions are formed by a plurality of liquid tight, hollow load bearing panel members for the flow of a liquid at a preselected temperature therethrough. Each of the panel members includes inlet means for the introduction of liquid therein and outlet means for the removal of liquid therefrom. The panel members and their inlet and outlet means are arranged and connected in fluid flow relation to provide a predetermined flow pattern of the liquid through the load bearing structural wall portions. Pumping means are connected in fluid flow relation to the panel members for forcing liquid through said wall portions.

Abstract: A structural panel comprising one or a plurality of spaced sheet members has a frame around its edge. At least one body of material capable of screening the structural panel against fire is provided in the form of a chemically activated substance. The substance or substances are retained in an inoperative position in the vicinity of the structural panel and are released to an operative position in response to a predetermined rise of temperature wherein a body of material covers substantially one or more faces of the panel.