Abstract: A method of applying an insulation coating to a wall surface comprises applying strips of a length or height of the insulation to be applied to the wall surface so that they are deposed outwardly of the wall surface up to the desired thickness of the insulating coating, spraying the coating between adjacent strips of a thickness up to the surface of the strips, and thereafter smoothing the coating surface which has been applied. The invention also includes a chainsaw construction for smoothing the surface in which the saw has a blade length at least as long as the expected coating widths and the spacing of the strips which includes a plurality of chain links having cutting tips and advantageously small brushes a affixed to the links to further smooth or remove the dust from the coated surfaces.

Abstract: Round columns for finishing the interior of a building in which fiber tube members are split and positioned to enclose structural supporting columns. The fiber tube members are secured to metal framing which are anchored in a spaced and coaxial positions relative to the structural supporting columns. A finish coating is applied to the surface of the fiber tube members to complete the construction which is relatively inexpensive, structurally strong and aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Abstract: An arrangement for use when casting concrete floors, particularly in locales having pillars, floor drains or the like. The arrangement includes straight concrete beams and sections of ring-like concrete beams which are intended to be incorporated in the resultant floor. The ring sections are arranged to coact in order to completely encircle a free-standing pillar or the like, or to partially encircle a pillar located adjacent a wall. The sections are provided with a lower support flange intended to support the ends of the straight beams. The height of the straight beams is so selected in relation to the height of the ring-like beams that when the straight beams rest on the aforementioned support flange, the upper surfaces of both kinds of beams are located in a common plane, on a level with the resultant floor surface, in order to be able to serve as support paths for concrete smoothing devices. The application also relates to a method for manufacturing beams intended for use with the arrangement.

Abstract: A generally U-shaped channel member is positioned on top of the top surface of a plurality of foam plastic blocks in a horizontal wall segment, and vertically aligned concrete confining openings are formed through both the channel member and the plastic blocks. Concrete or the like is poured into the U-shaped channel and is funneled therefrom into the vertical openings. Once the concrete sets as a rigid supporting structure, the U-shaped channel is permanently retained in the wall structure. The U-shaped channel member is employed for attaching means to the exterior of the completed wall structure. Additional horizontal segments of the wall structure are formed by placing another horizontal layer of plastic blocks and a U-shaped channel member on top of the previously completed horizontal segment.

Abstract: An improved floor board construction for a truck or trailer has a floor boards which are each formed with a groove extending longitudinally of and opening laterally from each side edge thereof. The grooves of the butting side edges are aligned with one another to form a passage extending longitudinally of the floor boards. An elongated strap mounted in said passage and extends longitudinally thereof. The strap projects laterally into each oppositely disposed groove. A plurality of mounting passages open through the floor boards, strap and underlying cross members. A mounting screw is threaded into each mounting passage of said strap and its associated mounting passage of said cross member to secure said floor boards and mounting strap with respect to said cross members.

Abstract: A method of fabricating sheet metal is described wherein a simulated opening for a threaded fastener is formed in sheet metal solely by roll forming a U-shaped loop segment in the sheet metal and then creating a simulated opening therein by crimping the sheet metal around a pin removably inserted in the loop segment. The simulated opening or hole is of sufficient depth to accommodate the entire length of the fastener and is formed without any drilling or punching operations.

Abstract: A structural support made of sheet metal or like material has a surface (2,3) intended to support a building panel or some other structural member, which is secured to the surface by means of screws or like fasteners. In order to reduce the force required to drive the screws or like fasteners, such as nails, into the support, the aforementioned surface is provided with closely lying weakened areas within a fastening area (9,10), the points of the fasteners being guided into the weakened areas by inclined surfaces adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A structural member composed of two separate conformations, when joined together form a rectangular column with three separate compartments.

Abstract: The element moulding consists of metal mesh and contains prepunched perforations. These perforations for the introduction of reinforcing bars are arranged in a row parallel to the longitudinal edge of the element moulding. When concreting the first stage the element moulding is buttressed unilaterally with wooden support elements. Before commencing the concreting of the second stage the wooden support elements are removed. The element moulding is used as sunken shuttering for both stages of the concrete structure. The erection of element moulding shuttering is easy and effortless; the bonding of both stages flawlessly effected.

Abstract: A wall fastener for releasable attachment to a wallboard having an angled slot formed therethrough includes a one-piece, elongated, flat, resilient base plate having a substantially rectilinear first element which has opposite ends and at least one bore hole formed therethrough between the opposite ends thereof, a substantially rectilinear second element disposed at an acute angle to the first element, which has opposite ends, one end of which is integrally joined to one of the ends of the first element, and a substantially rectilinear third element. The third element has opposite ends, one end of which is integrally joined to the other end of the second element, and the third element is disposed at an angle to the second element which is substantially complementary to the acute angle so that the third element is substantially parallel to the first element.

Abstract: A method and structure for attaching furring around a steel I-beam column (C) includes attaching side corner angles (416, 418) to one face of a first sheet of furring adjacent the long edges of the furring. A corner angle (422) is attached adjacent the top edge of the furring. Corner clips (400) are positioned in the lower ends of the side corner angles. The corner clips have a base portion (402, 404) with an upstanding leg (406) which is received into the lower end of the side corner angles. A panel (420) is positioned in an appropriate orientation relative to the column with the lower edges of the panel resting on the floor (D). The base portion of the corner clips is attached to the floor and the furring panel is tilted with one side of the panel resting on the floor and the opposite side raised as necessary to vertically position the edge of the panel. The panel is maintained in a vertical position by attaching the corner angles (416, 418) to the upstanding leg (406) of the corner clip.

Abstract: A fabricated floor drain for waste reception. The drain has a receptor body having a bottom outlet and generally vertical side walls. A top rim is affixed to the top of the body and a large top flange having a removable screed guide is affixed to the top rim.

Abstract: The invention relates to a means for fastening a frame to a wall stud. In order to avoid the use of wooden studs between the frame (7) and the steel stud (6) there is arranged in those locations in the steel stud (5) where the frame (7) is fastened to the stud by means of a screw (13) a stud piece (14) whose web through which the screw (13) is passed is provided with a reinforcing plate (15) which together with the web provides a sufficiently thick wall for a stable securing of the screw (13).

Abstract: In the support of a concrete form panel, an elongate beam, acting as a waler, is employed that is in the general cross-sectional shape of an I-beam having an outwardly opening pocket extending along one edge to retain a nailer for securing the beam to the form panel and a Y-shaped segment extending along the opposite beam edge. The Y-shaped segment is formed by legs which are parallel for one length thereof to define an outwardly opening cavity there between and then the legs diverge outwardly for a second length with oppositely directed flanges extending from the outer ends of the diverging second length of the legs. A bracket having a flat portion inserted into the beam cavity is secured in the cavity and has a tubular portion connected to the flat portion, the tubular portion accommodating a fastening element therewithin to fasten the bracket to a stiffener member, preferrably provided by spaced outwardly facing channels with the bracket tubular portion disposed between the channel webs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall panel attachment apparatus for use in constructing a partition wall. This wall panel attachment apparatus comprises a pillar, a grooved wall panel, and a fitting fixture or the like. This pillar includes a panel-receiving flange projected from the top end of a plate-like portion of the pillar in the lateral direction and a joint-inserting portion having a screw-inserting groove, which is projected from the central portion of the panel-receiving flange. In this wall panel attachment apparatus, the wall panel having a groove formed on the side face thereof is disposed along the panel-receiving flange, a part of the fitting fixture is inserted in the groove of the wall panel and a screw is pressed in the above-mentioned screw-inserting groove to complete assembling.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with a device for eliminating seams at the butt joints caused by the installation of contiguous wall boards in building construction.A bracket, having means for fastening to the studs, has a slightly recessed surface. The butting edges of the wall boards that are fastened to the studs are screwed down tightly on the recessed surface of the bracket. The wall boards, being somewhat flexible, form a concave outer surface slightly below the plane of the wallboard surface that is mounted on the stud. The concave area is taped and then filled with a selected filling material or a joint compound, bringing the new surface formed thereby back to the original plane of the wallboard. The bracket is permanently secured by the wallboard so there will be no movements, and the filling and taping procedure completely conceal the joint lines, so that the wallboard can be painted or wallpapered and will appear as one continuous surface.

Abstract: In a self-supporting concrete form of foamed polymeric material, a one piece transverse connecting member is provided which mechanically holds fastening members inserted into the form providing mechanical support for finish material such as furring strips, paneling, etc. The connecting member is formed from one piece of sheet material, preferably cold rolled steel, and comprises a central connecting web portion extending between and embedded in sidewall members of the form and first and second imperforate flat attachment flange portions extending perpendicularly from the web portion and embedded near the outer surfaces of the sidewall members for supportably receiving fastening members penetrating the sidewall members. The web portion of the connecting member comprises an array of relatively large openings to permit the flow of concrete through the form units and to provide a high strength web of metal.

Abstract: A ceiling attachment apparatus comprising a ceiling joist including a molded frame member having a .].-shaped section having an open space in the central portion or a ceiling joist including a molded frame member having a section of a shape resembling a lip groove and another plate-like molded frame member having both the sides engaged with the lip of said molded frame member, said ceiling joist having a screw-inserting groove formed on the lower face of the lower side thereof in the longitudinal direction, a ceiling panel disposed along the lower face of the ceiling joist, a fitting fixture, a part of which is fitted on a groove formed on the side face of the ceiling panel, and a screw inserted through a hole of the fitting fixture and pressed and fixed into said screw-inserting groove of the ceiling joist.

Abstract: The invention comprises the combination of a metal post and staple means for securing an object to the post. The object is preferably a wire barrier, such as a barbed wire, although it may take the form of a roadside sign or highway marker. The post has a Vee cross-section and a metal staple is driven into the Vee to interengage with post surfaces at the opening into the Vee. A portion of the secured object is contained within the bight portion of the staple, and in the case of a wire, the latter extends through the bight portion of the staple and is held securely to the post.

Abstract: A building panel element comprising a rectangular frame provided on one of its outer surfaces with a wooden plate and on its other outer surface with a plurality of regularly spaced wooden strips, and an insulating rigid foam which completely fills the inside of the frame and the spaces between the strips, the latter being flush with the surface of the foam.

Abstract: An insulation retaining device for supporting insulation material against the underside of a roofing panel interconnected with an adjacent roofing panel comprises a tongue portion for insertion between a joint of the interconnecting panels and a lip portion connected to the tongue for supporting insulation material placed against the underside of a panel.

Abstract: A wood excelsior board having a rigid polyurethane foam insulation layer foamed-in-place on one face thereof, and a plurality of thin elongate nailing strips disposed at the foam to board interface, with a thin elongate ridge in the outer surface of the foam for readily locating the disposition of the nailing strip thereunder.

Abstract: Foam plastic is injected into a hollow space between the inner and outer skin of a refrigeration unit. Contained in the foam plastic are metal plates positioned at points where walls, dividers or shelves may be attached to the refrigeration unit. The foam plastic hardens around the metal plates. Self taping screws drill through the skin, foam plastic and plate to rigidly attach structure being supported to the plate with a minimum amount of heat transfer through the foam plastic and metal plates.

Abstract: An alignment clip adapted for use in aligning two like reglets in end-abutting relation, such reglets each comprising a channel component including a bight portion and two flanges extending from opposite longitudinal edges of the bight portion and converging outwardly therefrom, said clip comprising a body portion adapted to overlie the adjacent ends of the bight portions of two abutting reglets, and flange means on opposite longitudinal edges of the body portion for engaging the reglet flanges to hold the reglets in alignment, such flange means including a snap-on flange.

Abstract: A thin semi-rigid preformed elongate strip for disposition at the junctions of adjacent drywall wallboards or between sections of a plaster wall to absorb movement within a wall without detrimental effects therefrom, having two outwardly directed opposed flanges arranged for affixation to the wallboard or the lath outer face along adjacent edges, an adjoining central flexible bent portion arranged to be disposed below the general surface plane of the wall between adjacent edges of boards or sections thereof, and adjoined along its lateral edges to the two flanges, and an upwardly extending screed formed in each flange. In the preferred form, a flat strip extends across the central portion on the face of the strip. This may be of different material and more flexible, and may be formed for rapid removal after completion of the wall construction.