Abstract: An interior partition system for a structural frame building is disclosed. The structural frame building has a ceiling line that defines a ceiling height of occupiable space within the structural frame building. The interior partition system includes a first, or upper, modular partition assembly and a second, or lower, modular partition assembly. A receptor structure is configured to connect the first modular partition assembly to the second modular partition assembly. The first modular partition assembly has a vertical dimension that exceeds the ceiling height.

Abstract: The present invention provides a structure constructed using PC members and a method of constructing the structure. In the present invention, each of PC wall members (10) of PC walls (1) has connection reinforcing bars (11) at predetermined positions. Each of PC slab members (20) of PC slabs (2) has open reinforcing bars (21), which protrude from the PC slab member (20). Supporting molds (3) are mounted to the PC wall members (10) at positions just below the connection reinforcing bars (11), so that the PC slab members (20) are placed on the supporting molds (3), such that the connection reinforcing bars (11) are overlapped with the corresponding open reinforcing bars (21) in slab areas, and connection concrete (4) is cast at a construction site such that the connection reinforcing bars (11) and the open reinforcing bars (21) are embedded in the connection concrete (4), thus integrating the PC walls (1) and the PC slabs (2) with each other.

Abstract: A modular wall system 10 includes a number of decorative panels that are received in an extruded panel frame 22. The panel frames 22 are positioned by connecting them to a wall rail 16 that is attached to the building. The wall rail 16 and the panel frame 22 each have a groove 52, 62 that accepts a fastener or clip 18 by interference or snap fit to attach the panel frame 22 to the wall rail 16. The grooves 52, 62 have a dove-tail shape that permits a snap fit to secure the panels 12 yet permit the panels to be easily removed or reconfigured.

Abstract: A system for providing both partial-height and full-height wall modules can include a plurality of wall module portions. The plurality of wall module portions can include lower wall module portions and upper wall module portions. A lower wall portion can be configured with a top bracket upon which a trim cap can be placed to form a partial-height wall module. One or more upper wall module portions can also be stacked on the lower wall module portion to form a full-height wall module.

Abstract: A modular wall system (10) includes a number of decorative panels that are received in an extruded panel frame (22). The panel frames (22) are positioned by connecting them to a wall rail (16) that is attached to the building. The wall rail (16) and the panel frame (22) each have a groove (52, 62) that accepts a fastener or clip (18) by interference or snap fit to attach the panel frame (22) to the wall rail (16). The grooves (52, 62) have a dove-tail shape that permits a snap fit to secure the panels (12) yet permit the panels to be easily removed or reconfigured.

Abstract: A compression post for a shear wall includes a plate mounted to the bottom of an end post of a shear wall. The plate is sized to conform to the lower end of each end post. An extended portion (e.g., a cylinder) is positioned perpendicularly to the plate. The extended portion has a cross section sized to fit through a hole in a mudsill of the shear wall and has a length selected to conform with a thickness of the mudsill. When the shear wall is mounted on a structural support (e.g., a footing or foundation), forces applied to the end post pass through the plate and the extended portion to the structural support. The extended portion may be secured to the plate (e.g., by spot welding, press fitting, bolting, or threaded engagement) or the two portions may be independent. The two portions may also be a cast unitary body.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is a shelter structure, in particular for electrical equipment, totally modular, simple and inexpensive to make, and extremely quick to assemble, also on the place of use. Such structure comprises angular connecting joints (11), horizontal bars (13) and vertical uprights (14) that connect to said joints, and a series of panels (16, 17) of suitable materials suitable for forming the walls, the roof and the floor of the structure .

Abstract: An exterior finishing system including a bond-compatible composite membrane having a first self-adhesive material layer and a second rough fabric layer, and its use as an intermediate layer between a building structure substrate and exterior finishing materials is provided. Unlike conventional composite membranes, the bond-compatible composite membrane has a rough surface that allows bonding materials to adhere to it. Therefore, mechanical devices are not needed to attach the exterior finishing materials to the building structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steel structural system for erecting stories of buildings, especially stories containing dwelling rooms, work rooms or rooms for accommodating household appliances where at least one floor structure (3) and ceiling structure (30) are provided, that each ceiling structure (30) serves as a floor structure (3) for another story, that load-bearing story supports (2) are arranged on the floor structure (3), and the ceiling structure (30) rests on these story supports, that an elastically sound-dampening joining system (4) is provided, which joins each of the story supports (2) with the floor structure (3), that the joining system (4) has a securing element (5), which is provided for laterally fixing the story support (2) to the floor structure (3), and is joined to the floor structure (3), that the joining system (4) exhibits a separating layer made out of flexible material with a high degree of resilience when deformed and a low plastic long-term compression, and that the separating lay

Abstract: A building structure formed from modular building elements, which include first modular building elements (1,9) having socket beam interconnection means (2), second modular building elements (13,14,15) and socket beams (7, 11) having first modular building element interconnection means (6); whereby a socket beam (7,11) forms an interconnection with at least one first modular building element (1,9) and at least one second modular building element (13, 14, 15) associates with a socket beam (7,11) and first modular building element interconnection, a socket beam (7,11) and at least one first modular building element (1,9) and at least one second modular building element (13,14,15) forming a configuration unit, the configuration unit being repeatable one atop the other, and being repeatable in a side-by-side fashion, a first modular building element associating or abutting with adjacent first modular building elements, a second modular building elements associating or abutting with adjacent second modular buildin

Abstract: The invention is directed to a bond-compatible composite membrane comprising a first self-adhesive material layer and a second rough fabric layer, and its use as an intermediate layer between a building structure substrate and exterior finishing materials. Unlike conventional composite membranes, the bond-compatible composite membrane has a rough surface that allows bonding materials to adhere to it. Therefore, mechanical devices are not needed to attach the exterior finishing materials to the building structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new type of module in which the floor of the module is integral with the ceiling placement upon the module below it. This invention also provides utilization of temperature top protection a module during shipment. This invention also relates to a construction method where the stabilizing structure for the building including stairs and hallways constructed first, and the module are constructed therein.

Abstract: A fire-retardant roof construction in a building wherein a fire-resistant wall separates a first room from a second room and supports purlins which carry a roof cladding fire-retardant roof construction. A first set of parallel purlins extends over the first room, each having one end pivotally mounted over a horizontal axis parallel to the wall adjacent the top of the wall. A set of upright cleats of sheet metal are secured to the top of the wall, each providing the pivotal mounting for a respective purlin. A second set of parallel purlins extends over the second room, and is mounted on cleats in the manner of the first set. The pivotal mountings are so located that each purlin, if deprived of support elsewhere, can collapse to hang down from its pivot without structural damage to the wall or the respective cleat.

Abstract: An extendible shed which includes a first base panel having a back panel attached thereto, a first plurality of side panels attached to the back panel, a first roof panel connected to the first plurality of side panels and a front panel connected to the first plurality of side panels. The shed is extendible by removing the front panel and connecting a second plurality of side panels to the first plurality of side panels, reconnecting the front panel to the second plurality of side panels, connecting a second roof panel to the second plurality of side panels and the first roof panel and connecting a second based panel to the first base panel.

Abstract: A house may be assembled from a plurality of vertically-cast wall sections and produce an aesthetically pleasing, highly desirable home at reduced cost.

Abstract: A noise-reducing barrier construction with prefabricated construction elements is disclosed. The barrier construction is placed on the ground, e.g. adjacent to a road. Each box-like construction element is made of wood and comprises a bottom section (10) and at least one upper section (20, 30). The frames of the vertically stacked sections engage with each other, so that the sections are mutually fixed and the side walls (25, 26) are kept intact when the inner space is filled with sand or the like.

Abstract: A high-rise building system using light gauge steel wall panels provides for a variety of panels of various vertical and lateral force resistance by combining cold rolled and hot rolled steel sections in various configurations. The planar design makes possible easy wall cladding, installation of floors and ceilings and faster and less expensive construction.

Abstract: A modular wall panel assembly comprising a plurality of generally rectangular shaped elongated horizontal slabs. Each slab has a series of vertical through-going apertures, a sloping outwardly front surface and a vertical rear surface. A plurality of wallboards are provided with each wallboard secured to the rear surface of each slab. Each wallboard will overhang a bottom end and a rear end of each slab and will be set back from a top end and a front end of each slab. A plurality of siding sheets are also provided, with each siding sheet secured to the front surface of each slab. Each siding sheet will overhang the bottom end and the rear end of each slab and will be set back from the front end of each slab. The slabs can be interconnected one upon the other and side by side, with the through-going apertures in the slabs above in alignment with the through-going apertures in the slabs below. The wallboards abut each other and the siding sheets overlap each other.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment a frameless building includes a first set of four walls each in the form of a profiled trapezoidal shaped wall panel. Each panel includes a left and right side set of sub-panels each set comprising a bottom, middle and a top sub-panel. The left side edge or one panel is attached to the right side edge of another panel. All the panels are attached in this manner to lean towards one another and towards the inside of the building. A profile between the top and bottom edges of each panel defines a plurality of Ls. One L proceeds into another L, a first leg of an L facing upwards and a second leg of the L outwards when travelling between the top and bottom edges. This profile allows for thermal insulating screed to be applied to the outer surfaces of each panel; structural rigidity; stackability of similar sub-panels and for solar heating. Alternative to the screed a second set can be arranged over the first set of wall panels and insulating filler material provided between the two sets.

Abstract: A hollow shaft wall with horizontal studs held between corner posts and an intermediate vertical wall support post, which intermediate post has a central reinforcement channel, the reinforcement channel has a bottom and two side walls, the channel is filled with strips of gypsum board, and the two side walls have metal channels affixed thereto providing oppositely opening grooves for receiving and supporting the ends of said horizontal studs.

Abstract: An improved joinder method and system which allow either individual vertical columns or prefabricated module assemblies which incorporate a plurality of said vertical columns to be quickly and accurately lowered into position on top of one or more similarly configured underlying columns. In one preferred embodiment the uppermost ends of the underlying columns comprise a portion of a similar previously installed module located immediately below the particular module being lifted into place.

Abstract: A fixture having a plurality of upright panels and a top joined together with vertical connectors and horizontal inserts. Adjacent edges of the panels have complimentary beveled faces and aligned grooves extended normal to the beveled faces. The connectors have flat webs and ribs located in surface engagement with the beveled faces of adjacent panels. Flanges joined to the outer end of the webs engage the panels and cooperate with the ribs and lips joined to the inner end of the web to hold the panels in a structurally stable and tight sealed engagement at either a 45 degree relationship or a 90 degree relationship relative to each other.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a panel extension assembly for supporting an extension wall panel on top of a base wall panel. The panel extension has a channel member adapted to receive a substantially horizontally extending top surface of a base wall panel frame. The channel member has a pair of spaced side walls joined by a middle wall and is adapted to slide over the sides and rest on the top surface of the base wall panel frame. An extension member is attached to the channel member and extends upward therefrom. An extension wall panel is attached to the extension member thereby securing the extension wall panel on top of the base wall panel.

Abstract: To facilitate the casting of stronger and more precise steel reinforced concrete members and also to facilitate the formation and field joining of such members there is provided a bar splice which includes a generally cylindrical sleeve open at one end to form an axially elongated chamber to receive a steel reinforcing bar telescoped therein, and provided with internal threads at the other end whereby a threaded bar end may be secured to the other end, and when secured sealing the other end of the chamber. The threads are preferably tapered and the chamber includes inwardly extending axially spaced annular ribs. Lateral ports are provided at each end of the chamber. The wall thickness of the chamber adjacent the threaded end of the sleeve may be increased to improve tensile capabilities. The length of the chamber is most of the splice sleeve since the threaded connection occupies little axial space.

Abstract: A building (1) or other walled structure has a foundation (6) formed of concrete or the like, a substantially rigid load bearing space frame (2) comprising a plurality of beams (4) and columns (3) secured to the foundation, and lightweight wall panels (5) extending between the columns. The lower edges of the wall panels are located and supported by elongate inserts (12) e.g. angle irons, in channels (11) formed in the foundation, and the upper edges are engaged in downwardly facing channels formed in the beams. In upper stories, the lower edges of wall panels are engaged in upwardly facing channels also formed in the beams.

Abstract: A portable enclosure designed to be mounted in any desirable location and defined by a plurality of wall segments arranged in a vertically stacked array wherein each wall segment includes a plurality of wall panels interconnected to one another so as to partially surround and thereby define a vertically oriented interior of sufficient dimension and configuration to house a person in an upstanding position. Supplementary attachments including a hose bib and water supplying hose or like water source may be attached such that the person within the interior of the enclosure may take a shower. Anchor structures are provided to secure the enclosure to the ground or other applicable supporting surface. The various components of the enclosure assembly may be easily assembled and disassembled to facilitate storage and or transport.

Abstract: A building structure requiring virtually no fasteners for its assembly, composed generally of a plurality of mutually interlocking floor panels which rest upon a plurality of floor stringers, a plurality of uprights interlocked with respect to the floor panels, a plurality of wall panels interlocked with respect to the uprights, a header rail on each left and right wall of the building structure fastened to adjoining uprights and interlocked with adjoining sidewall panels, a plurality of mutually interlocked roof trusses which are fastened to the header rails, and a plurality of roof panels interlocked with the roof trusses and adjoining rail header. The aforesaid interlocking relationships are provided by a male-female structural interrelationship between adjoining interlocking components. The building structure according to the present invention is further preferably provided with a self-leveling feature which connects with the floor stringers and floor panels.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for fabricating plastic block panels suitable for use as building and construction materials. According to the invention, the panels are fabricated using a plurality of novel plastic blocks. Each block, according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, is rectangularly shaped, has broad opposite parallel surfaces (faces) and has four edges which form a closed border around the block. Two adjacent edges of each block have two laterally spaced, longitudinally extending formations thereon, each formation comprising a longitudinally extending tongue. The other two adjacent edges of each block have four laterally spaced, longitudinally extending formations thereon.

Abstract: The wall elements (2, 2", etc.) of a cabin that is used to cover a machine include bends (2a, 2a'a) at their edges and the bends of adjacent wall elements are connected together by U-shaped connector bars (10, 10', 10") or bends (2a) and in some embodiments by sealing elements (9, 11a, 11b).

Abstract: A wall system includes a grid constructed of horizontal main support channels mounted on a fixed wall and a plurality of spaced vertical standards secured to the channels at the front thereof. Each channel has a U-shaped cross-section with rearwardly extending arms diverging slightly so that overlapping channels may nest, one in the other. Ears projecting outward from the ends of the arms and lie in a common plane are used for securing the channel in place. The web of each channel is provided with a longitudinally extending row of equally spaced apertures. Each standard is provided with two longitudinally extending rows of holes with the rows being spaced by the distance between apertures and the holes in opposite rows being connected by lines that are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the standard. Fasteners extending through holes in each row are received by adjacent apertures in the channel web to automatically secure the standard in a position at right angles to the support channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a caisson structure intended to form part of a stack of such caissons constituting the lateral walls of an undergound room such as particularly a cellar, wherein each caisson is constituted by modular elements including at least one portion with vertical walls in U arrangement and a portion constituting the top wall of the caisson and nestable into the U-shaped portion.

Abstract: A method of constructing thermally insulated cavity wall in a quick manner with relatively unskilled labor comprises laying bricks, blocks or the like in successive courses without mortar or adhesive therebetween and injecting a foamable material into the cavity progressively as the wall is constructed. Joint spaces may be provided between adjacent blocks in each course so that the foamable material may bond to for example plaster board applied to the inner wall portion.

Abstract: This laminated partition for building applications comprises spaced uprights and, in each space formed between two uprights, a sandwich structure comprising a plurality of layers of materials, namely a central layer or core consisting of at least one rectangular plate of a first material having a low density and a high degree of sound and thermal insulation, and on either side of the core an intermediate layer consisting of at least one rigid rectangular plate having its vertical edges fastened to the uprights, and made of a second material having a density which is low but higher than that of the first material, said second material having good sound and thermal insulation properties, and an outer lining layer bonded to the outer surface of the adjacent intermediate layer and made of a non-inflammable material having good sound and thermal insulation properties, and a density higher than that of the second material.

Abstract: A multi-storey building construction utilizing prefabricated metal panels of tubular construction which can be erected at the job site by unskilled labor and adapted to support vertically spaced-apart floors, whereby the plurality of floors are separated by parallel rows of walls, each wall comprising the tubular metal panels. Each row of walls is in vertical alignment but not in direct contact with corresponding rows of walls situated on vertically adjacent floors, and each vertically adjacent row is interconnected by high-tensile strength threaded fasteners rigidly interconnecting the upper and lower chord of each panel to an adjacent chord of a vertically adjacent panel. The rows of vertically interconnected prefabricated metal panels provide effective continuous lightweight shear walls extending from the foundation of the building to the roof. The shear walls support loads imposed on the building and provide stiffness to the building to resist natural forces which otherwise tend to overturn the building.

Abstract: A modular building construction system having (a) a series of rectangular U-shaped in vertical cross-section modules, each having only two bearing walls opposite each other and joined by a floor panel and open on top, and (b) a series of rectangular tube-shaped in vertical cross-section modules, each having only two bearing walls opposite each other and joined by both a floor panel and a ceiling panel. The tube-shaped modules are used only on the top story, and the U-shaped modules are used generally as lower units. The modules on each level are installed end to end so as to form a continuous living space in the longitudinal direction and side by side so as to form a separate series of living spaces and double walls separating the living spaces in the transverse direction.

Abstract: A structure composed of a girder grating as well as building blocks retained by such girder grating. The girder grating consists of trusses and the chords of the trusses engage into grooves provided at the building blocks.

Abstract: Method and means for supporting an elevated concrete wall panel form, wherein a bolt member is removably inserted through a first concrete wall panel to extent horizontally therethrough and project axially from opposite sides thereof, whereby a wall of a form for a second concrete wall panel in superposed relation to the first panel may be seated on one projecting end of the bolt member and the bolt member is rendered accessible from its opposite end, and the seated form wall is secured between the first wall panel and a retaining member projecting laterally from said one end of the bolt member, the retaining member being mounted on the bolt member for disposition permitting withdrawal of the bolt member through the first wall panel and from said opposite end of the bolt member after forming a second wall panel.

Abstract: In a wall structure comprising parallel sole and head members and vertical stud members a wiring channel of C cross-section is fastened to the structure and constitutes a raceway for electrical wiring. The open face of the channel is closed by the sheet applied to the corresponding face of the wall member to permit the use of ordinary unarmored cable therein. A bridging channel is used to convey the cable between two walls abutting at right angles to prevent sharp bends in the cable.

Abstract: A structural unit body comprises an outer flange extending outwardly from the edge of a box-like frame plate and an inner flange extending inwardly from the other edge. A stuffed box is secured by anchoring means to the inner flange such stuffed box being made of dampproof material covered with a metal net and stuffed with noncombustible materials of mineral or inorganic fibers. Cement mortar is applied to the frame plate, inner flange and to the metal net of the stuffed box and a circumferential groove is formed between the outer flange and the underside of the cement mortar.