Abstract: A building of one of to three levels therein having a curtain wall system for cladding the building. The curtain wall system having an auxiliary framework of the building and having a plurality of infills defining the exterior finish of the building seated in the auxiliary framework with elongated exterior finishing gasket means locking the infills in place.

Abstract: A formed sheet metal corner bead having a channel portion for mounting on the edge of one sheet of wallboard and a narrow double layer flange extending laterally outward to cover the edge of a second sheet of wallboard which forms an exterior corner with the first sheet of wallboard.

Abstract: A spring clip for resiliently retaining a post cover in place between a pair of space dividing wall panels interconnected and supported by a cylindrical support post disposed therebetween. Detents on the spring clip retain flanges on the post cover to complementary flanges on the adjacent ends of the wall panels.

Abstract: A panel installation comprising a layer of panel pieces supported on a supporting surface. An anchoring element secures adjacent pieces to the supporting surface which has wing flanges seated in slots presented by adjacent panel pieces. A cover strip seats within a receptor channel defined in an anchoring element.

Abstract: The invention concerns the provision of structural elements for building facades and the like, which are provided for fire protection according, for example, to German Industrial Standard requirements. Accordingly, measures should be provided for self-supporting fire protection elements which prevent the spreading of fire, for example, from floor to floor, regardless of whether the fire comes from the outside or the inside. This object is achieved in that the composite connecting body (4) consists of at least one statically loadable bearing body having an aluminum core (18) which is completely or partially surrounded by fire suppressant material (9). This fire suppressant material (9) can be provided with or without a covering (10).

Abstract: A glazed curtain wall construction for a commercial building is composed of a multiplicity of glass window units and glass panel units which are supported in stacked relationship by a series of vertical columns or mullions. Each unit is rectangular in configuration being composed of a header, a sill and a pair of jambs that connect the header and sill together. The sill of each unit is provided with a downwardly projecting flange which is received within a groove in the header of the next lower unit and the header is provided with an inwardly extending flange that defines a downwardly facing recess which is supported on dumbbells attached to the side surfaces of adjacent mullions. In addition, one jamb of each unit is formed with a vertical flange which is received within a groove in the opposite jamb of the next adjacent unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prefabricated shelf unit having a number of vertical columns and an optional number of shelves fixed to the columns with each shelf supported by cross members fixed to the columns at various levels of the columns. The cross members are provided with recesses for the reception of the ends of the shelves. The cross members are provided with end portions having vertical projections which are received into corresponding grooves in the columns. The grooves may be parallel longitudinal grooves, one for each projection of the cross member or a single groove in which the cross members are provided in back to back fashion with the projection of each cross member fitting into the single groove.

Abstract: A water-tight device in a crossed portion of a unit type curtain wall in which unit curtain wall units are mounted at top and bottom and to left and right. The water-tight device has a pair of external horizontal packings for connecting respective vertical frame units of the unit curtain wall units adjacent to left and right each other, a connecting member for connecting respective horizontal frame units of the unit curtain wall units adjacent to top and bottom each other, and a connecting plate connected between the vertical frame units adjacent to top and bottom and between the connecting members adjacent to left and right.

Abstract: An assembly for fixing wall panels to a rearwardly positioned support structure, including a plurality of support rails having their longitudinal extent directed perpendicularly to that of the wall panels, and a method for fixing wall panels to such support structure by means of this assembly.

Abstract: An insulated wall system and method of construction, which system comprises: generally horizontal metal strapping bands secured to a wall, the metal strapping bands characterized by lines of weakness therein adapted to form tab portions from the metal strapping bands; a solid-panel insulating material placed against the wall and secured by a tab portion of the generally horizontal metal strapping bands, the tab portion extending about one edge of the panel material and against the interior side thereof, so as to secure the panel material against the wall; a generally vertical, metal-bank strapping material secured to the interior tab portion; and wallboard or finished wall material secured to the generally vertical metal-band material, thereby providing for an insulated wall system and method of construction employing solid panel material, without the requirement of wall studs.

Abstract: A splice rail assembly for joining two adjacent panels in a coplanar relationship having two parallel tongues extending perpendicularly therefrom, the first of which tongues is located substantially in the mid-portion of the splice rail, the second being offset therefrom a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the first tongue. When two such rails are appropriately positioned with their tongues facing each other, the mid-portion tongues of each can be inserted into the space between the two tongues of the opposite rail in an interlocking relationship. The sides or ends of two panels fit, respectively, into the spaces formed between two such interlocked splice rails outwardly of the tongues and the resulting assembly can be fastened together with suitable fastening members.

Abstract: Apparatus for the sealing of flat roof elements or the like which are supported at their corners, comprising a bowl-shaped part disposed on the outside edge of the roof elements in the area of the top edges thereof, the bowl-shaped part running substantially parallel to these edges. A sealing tape is placed in the bowl-shaped part, and a cover rail having arms bent downwardly at an angle is provided for engagement with any two adjacent roof elements in the bowl-shaped part. The cover rail serves to press the sealing tape by means of screws which are inserted between the cover rail and the adjacent roof elements beneath the rail.

Abstract: A stake system for flatbed vehicles wherein a single size stake body can be utilized with a suitably configured adapter secured to the lower portion thereof. The adapters are each sized to fit a particular stake pocket and enable the use of the single size stake body in conjunction with differently sized pockets. The stake bodies include slots for receiving sidewall-defining panels and they also include internally positioned retainers to receive and position a fastener element to facilitate the attachment of the adapter to the stake body. Additionally, a removable corner adapter permits the use of the same stake body cross section at each corner of the vehicle bed to receive and retain sidewall-defining panels at right angles to each other.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprising at least a pair of first members for connecting two panels edge to edge and to a building frame with a joint opening between such adjacent panel edges and a second member for covering the joint opening. Each of the first members includes a base having a first portion adapted to be held in a groove extending along the edge of a respective one of the panels and a second portion adapted to be secured to the buildingframe. Each first member further includes a retainer means formed on the second base portion integrally therewith and adapted to be disposed adjacent to one face of the joint opening that is to be covered. The second member has at least one leg extending into the retainer means and engageable therewith.

Abstract: A panel connecting means including front and rear clamping strips, a screw-receiving channel member, reinforced plastic means connected to and joining the rear clamping strip and the channel member, and screws extending through the front clamping strip and received in the channel member.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for window panes in an automotive vehicle includes a cover strip and a column for receiving the window panes. The column has a flange which extends into a joint between the window panes, which are arranged along a contour line of the vehicle, in a manner that does not extend beyond the contour line. The cover strip fastens to the flange in a manner hiding the joint. According to a preferred embodiment, the flange is a component of a locking plate that has a T-shaped cross section, the locking plate being joined to a cap-shaped profile of the column and the cover strip having a section that fastens around the flange in a clip-like manner.

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: A batten, adapted to retain at least one of a pair of juxtaposed, unitary, coextruded solar collector panels to the structural members of a building, the batten having a substantially horizontal retention member, portions of which extend over portions of the top of the adjacent collector panels, and a pair of substantially vertical leg members contacting and depending from the retention member and adapted to retain the adjacent collector panels in juxtaposed position, the batten further allowing for thermal expansion in a lengthwise and crosswise direction, while also reducing bowing of the collector panels from their planar configuration. The batten is capable of unitary formation in lengths sufficient to retain the adjacent collector panels in place along substantially their entire length.

Abstract: The disclosure teaches a firmly joined composite applicable for joining objects of various shapes, including flat plates, curved plates, cylindrical objects, pipes and rods of circular and other than circular cross section. The joined composite is simple to prepare and can be made hermetically tight if desired.

Abstract: An acoustical wall assembly comprises at least two modular sound absorbing panels. Each panel includes a substantially flat body and a tongue extending substantially parallel to and spaced from one edge of the body so as to form a channel therebetween. The tongue is provided with a flange portion which extends from the tongue away from the channel. A first connector member having two side plates each extending into a corresponding channel of two modularly-aligned panels, and a second connecting member disposed between the tongues of the adjacent panels, are secured together so as to clamp the flange portions therebetween and secure the two panels together in a coplanar relationship.

Abstract: In metal buildings, a plurality of purlins project down into the building and, in effect, serve as heat exchange fins, which conduct heat into the building in warm climates, and heat out of the building in cold climates. In order to counteract this phenomenon, each purlin is covered with a separate blanket of insulating material, which is held in place with a flexible sleeve that is laminated to the blanket. Two additional flexible sliding sleeves are used to complete installation at each end of the purlin.

Abstract: A sloped curtain wall structure for buildings comprises an elongated, horizontal sill including a bottom wall and at least one upstanding side wall forming a gutter designed for mounting on a supporting base structure such as a vertical wall segment or a foundation wall. An elongated baffle is interconnected with the horizontal sill and is interlocked with side walls to substantially enclose the sill above the gutter and a plurality of rafters are connected through openings in the baffle by extruded anchors to the sill and supporting structure and slope upwardly to support glazing panels mounted in the frame work. Each rafter includes a gutter and a glazing pocket aligned with the glazing pocket in the baffle for receiving and supporting the edges of a glazing panel.

Abstract: A roof structure for a building includes a number of panels, preferably of a sandwich construction with a rigid foam core and upper and lower surfaces which may be metal, wood or other material depending upon the use. A first type of joint extends along the fall line of the roof, with the panels being in side-by-side, spaced relation and supported along their ridges by a roof truss extending along this longitudinal joint. A retainer strip extends along the longitudinal joint and is held in sealing relation with the adjacent panels by means of threaded fasteners secured to the truss. A joint transverse of the fall line is formed by a tongue-in-groove construction of the panels which permits an upper panel to lap over a lower panel for better drainage, and also allows for thermal expansion and contraction.

Abstract: Apparatus for sealingly joining sheets of construction material laid with edges abutting over an underlying frame and having edges rabbeted to form a joint channel including a pad for lying in the channel, a cap permanently adhered to the pad member and having edges extending past the pad for sealingly contacting the unrabbeted sheet surfaces, a metal strip embedded in the pad, and screws for securing the metal strip to the frame to capture the rabbeted surfaces of the sheets.

Abstract: Means for providing protective cover walls on carrier racks used by the railroads to carry automotive vehicles, and including panel wall sections made up of lengths of corrugated sheet metal retained in overlapped and interlocked edge relation by channel sectioned members engaged over the ends thereof, and with clamping means for holding the channel sectioned members on the ends of said panel wall sections and the panel wall sections in turn therewith to the vertical frame members of the carrier racks.

Abstract: Spaced panel bearing studs are vertically arranged to receive and support panel members defining a wall surface. The studs are maintained in a spaced apart relation by detachable spacer bars extending therebetween and releasably engaged therewith. The panel members can be adhesively secured to the studs or mechanically secured in place by separate batten strips or by skirt portions formed integral with the panel members. The batten strips and skirts are each provided with tongues having enlarged formations interlockingly engagable with clips detachably mounted on the studs. Axially adjustable extender clips are insertable in the upper ends of the studs for connecting the studs to ceiling channel members.

Abstract: A building dome structure is formed by splicing long rafter sections into rafters and then lifting the rafters into positions extending meridionally between an upper compression ring and a lower tension ring. Then individual purlins are raised into positions between the adjacent rafters and attached thereto by purlin connecting means. Condensate channels along the rafter and purlin members collect condensation from glazing panels which are supported along their marginal edges by the rafters and purlins.

Abstract: Rows of longitudinally spaced channel-like brackets are secured to supporting means for a sheet metal roof or siding and each bracket has spaced side walls with flanges extending downwardly from their tops. A gutter extends through the brackets in each row and is supported by them. A clip overlies the gutter in each bracket and is hooked under the bracket flanges. Sheet metal pans on the roof-supporting means at opposite sides of the gutter have side portions extending upwardly beside the brackets, with their upper marginal areas turned inwardly over the clips and gutter. A cap above the gutter and overlying clips has downwardly extending side flanges overlapping the side portions of the pans. Screws extend down through the cap and into the central portions of the clips, which engage the lower surface of the cap, to fasten the cap to the clips.

Abstract: A planar structural assembly has a series of cells formed by elongate structural members, the cells each receiving a pane or panel. To provide a weather-seal, closed loops of resilient sealing strips extend around the exterior edge of each pane or panel and are mounted on auxiliary members secured to the structural members. The auxiliary members clamp the sealing strips in compression against their panes or panels to ensure the seal there. The contiguous edges of the sealing strips of adjacent cells are locked in place and a seal formed between them by locking or zipper strips.

Abstract: A planar structural assembly has a series of cells formed by elongate structural members, the cells each receiving a pane or panel. To provide a weather-seal, closed loops of resilient sealing strips extend around the exterior edge of each pane or panel and are mounted on auxiliary members secured to the structural members. The auxiliary members clamp the sealing strips in compression against their panes or panels to ensure the seal there. The contiguous edges of the sealing strips of adjacent cells are locked in place and a seal formed between them by locking or zipper strips.