Abstract: Proposed is a double-walled formwork element comprising two large-area panels suitable for use as mould shuttering, particularly in the concrete construction industry. The two panels are joined to each other by force-locking, liquid-tight and gas-tight engagement, and form between them a cavity. The invention secures the two layers of shuttering against slippage and ensures the discharge of any leak liquid produced. The invention also enables shuttering systems to be assembled cheaply and simply for constructions of various shapes.

Abstract: A system for attaching fireproofing panels to a poured structure. The panels are made with projecting members. In use, the panels line a form with the projecting members facing inward. When the form is removed, the panels are embedded in the poured structure by virtue of the projecting members. The same bolts are used to secure the panels to the form and to secure the joints between panels after the forms are removed.

Abstract: A fastener for securing panels together has a body made of spring steel member having a rosette fastener and at least one mounting flange. The rosette fastener is secured within a first polymeric panel with the mounting flange engaging the opposite surface of an abutting substrate panel for lockably engaging the substrate and panel thereby holding the two panels together. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fastener includes a pair of flanges which are offset from a central platform of the body in which the rosette fastener is formed.

Abstract: A vehicle panel assembly includes a window panel having at least one surface, at least one attachment member having a flange attached to the panel surface, an adhesive placed between the flange and the panel surface, and a sealing member molded onto the panel surface of the window panel and encapsulating the flange of the attachment member at a temperature sufficient to at least partially cure the adhesive and bond the attachement to the window panel.

Abstract: The invention provides a connecting device for releasably connecting two objects, comprising a base plate fixedly attachable to the first of the objects and at least one projection extending therefrom so as to cooperate with receiving means located on the second object, characterised in that the projection is releasably mounted on the base plate via interengaging means. This arrangement allows accurate and secure alignment of the base plate at any convenient time up to connection of the two objects, particularly during formation or immediately after formation of the first object. The projection can be attached at any subsequent convenient time which means that the first object can be stored, transported and handled without the projection attached. This makes storage, transportation and handling easy and economical. The connecting device is particularly suitable for mounting cladding panels on a framework.

Abstract: With the trim connecting structure in accordance with the present invention, a quarter trim covering a quarter panel and the room inside of side sill comprises a trim body and a side scuff. The trim body is provided with a locking hole with different widths at the upper and lower ends, and the side scuff is provided with a locking claw having a notch so as to be elastically deformed inward in the width direction when the locking claw is inserted into the locking hole. The side scuff is locked into and fixed to the trim body by inserting the locking claw into the locking hole.

Abstract: A pre-fabricated building section made up of gypsum board laminated to either a double or triple layer of a length of U- or C-shaped corrugated cardboard in approximately two foot widths. The completed sections are then used in homes or building constructions. Within the shaped cardboard is a sheet of fireproof foam. Metal stays bolted in place at the ends and corners of corrugated cardboard, used to attach adjacent sections, assist in the rigidity of the resulting section.

Abstract: A structural frame is provided comprising opposed ceiling and floor channels and spaced apart, C-shaped metal studs extending vertically between the channels. Each stud has its single central web positioned transversely relative to the main plane of the frame. Pairs of short brackets are suspended from the webs of adjacent studs in opposed and vertically spaced relation. Each bracket comprises a horizontal V-shaped wall having downwardly extending side walls which form vertical end edges at the end of the bracket adjacent the web. A plurality of hooks extend from these end edges. A pattern of vertical slots is formed in the stud web and the bracket hooks extend into these slots and attach to the web. The bracket is sized to fit snugly between the side walls of the C-shaped stud, to reinforce these walls so that they do not collapse inwardly when loaded.

Abstract: A vehicle door interior assembly has an inner door panel attached to a trim panel with a plurality of pins having splines thereon which are sheared from the pins for absorbing energy to lessen the energy transfer to the vehicle interior during a collision or otherwise. The pins have a shaft with a spear shaped nose section on one end which assists in attachment of the pins to holes in the inner door panel assembly. Finger members attached near the nose section help retain the pins in the holes and are deformed or sheared from the pin shaft should the assembly separate. A water seal is attached to the shaft to prevent moisture from seeping through the holes to the passenger compartment. Under compression, the pins are forced through the holes thus shearing the splines from the shaft and convert kinetic energy of the pin to heat energy.

Abstract: A slatwall assembly having modular channels formed independently of the wallboard material, which channels are slidably adjustable in both a horizontal and vertical manner, and which can be installed in any desired configuration, the slatwall assembly having components which are lightweight and more easy to install than known systems. The modular slatwall assembly has an outer member, an inner support member, and a connector. Each outer member defines a front channel for receiving merchandise display devices and a rear channel. Each inner support member defines a support channel and is fixed in a generally vertical fashion to the inner supports of the wall structure. The outer member and inner support member are slidably connected by a connector having two disc-shaped heads connected by a central post.

Abstract: A metal roof panel attachment system produces a finished roof surface presenting an overall smooth, planar configuration. Adjacent planar panels are attached to secondary support members which form a recessed joint incorporating a concealed drainage channel. Front and rear eave and rake sections are installed at the perimeter of the roof to form a finished, moisture-proof joint between the roof and walls. An outwardly extending flange directs water flow away from the walls of the structure.

Abstract: A facing element (10) includes a honeycomb carrier plate (12) which is clamped, sandwich-like, between two cover plates (14, 16) by clamping anchors (18). On the upper cover plate (14) is affixed by adhesion, a natural stone plate (22). The honeycomb carrier plate (12) projects at two diagonal edges by projections (21, 23) beyond the cover plate (14). At both other edges of the carrier plate (12), pocket-like depressions (25, 27) are formed which, in form and position, are complementary to the projections (21, 23) at the diagonal plate edges. In the plate connection the projections of a facing element engage the pocket-like depressions (25, 27) of two adjacent facing elements so as to form a form-fit connection whereby a strong plate connection is created.

Abstract: A locking device is provided for securing a protective bedliner to the interior of a pick-up truck cargo bed wherein the cargo bed has side walls with inwardly extending horizontal flanges and vertically, downwardly extending flanges spaced from the side walls of the truck. The side walls of the bedliner are provided with a plurality of circular apertures overlapping the bottom edges of the vertical flanges and a locking device is associated with each aperture. Each locking device includes a base plate engageable with the wall of the bedliner around an aperture and a flat planar locking tongue extending perpendicular to the base plate through the aperture. The locking tongue includes a shank portion having first and second substantially parallel edges disposed substantially perpendicular to the base plate and a retainer portion extending laterally from the shank portion substantially parallel to the base plate.

Abstract: A new attachment plate is provided for securing components of panel assemblies to a mounting post, the attachment plate incorporating a securing hook together with a locking tab. The attachment plate includes a projecting hook which mates with a slot in a mounting post structural member. The hook is of a lesser length than the slot in the post, and a further projection as a locking tab is provided on the attachment plate which also enters the slot and restrains reversed relative movement between the plate hook and the post slot, so as to limit or prevent undesired disassembly of a panel from the post. The application of an upward impact to the plate causes a cam surface on the locking tab to contact the upper end of the mounting post slot. This deflects the locking tab out from the slot, to enable removal of the hook from the slot, for panel disassembly from the post. Also provided is a hooked supporting plate incorporating pairs of flexible presser tabs, to compensate for manufacturing tolerances.

Abstract: A device for fitting glass facade elements to a building facade, in which the facade elements are glued to profiled sections which are secured to the building facade by means of fastener devices, such as screws. The invention is characterized in that the device includes three parts, a first part (2; 22) intended to be fastened in the facade, a second part (3; 23) which is intended to be glued to the upper edge of the facade element (1), and a third part (4; 24) which is intended to be glued to the bottom edge of the element (1) . The first part (2) includes an upwardly facing channel (7) which is intended to coact with a downwardly extending tongue (8) belonging to the third part (4; 24), and further includes a downwardly extending tongue (9) which extends parallel with the channel (7) and which is located on a lower level than the channel (7) and which is intended to coact with an upwardly open pocket (10) belonging to the second part ( 3; 23).

Abstract: The improved structures of floorboard include a groove located in the underside of the floorboard, and a fixing block having a flange dimensioned to fit into the groove of the floorboard. The fixing block has a bottom portion intended to anchor in the cement foundation. The fixing block can be made to join with an elastic floor frame fastened to the cement floor. The floorboard can be conveniently and economically fastened to the cement foundation in various forms by means of the fixing block which is detachably fastened to the floorboard.

Abstract: A wall stone plate fixing attachment for fixing stone plates securely on a wall, comprising a position base fixed on a wall surface, a position head of a perferably hexagonal shape having a female-thread to engage a male-thread of the position base and an outer end surface bored with position holes, and a securing nail having a vertical wall to fit in a groove of a stone plate and a post with a distal portion and an intermediate small-diameter portion cut with a central slot so that the distal end can recover its original condition after compressed to pass through the holes in the position head to secure the securing nail with the position head so as to secure the stone plate with the securing nail.

Abstract: A vehicle headliner includes a preformed headliner substrate which can be of molded construction and which includes an upper surface facing the roof of a vehicle. Attached at a plurality of locations on the upper surface of the headliner are magnets bonded to the upper surface of the headliner and positioned for engaging contact with aligned metallic vehicle roof structure once installed. In one preferred embodiment, the magnets are flexible extruded magnetic strips positioned to at least partially surround a relatively large aperture formed in the headliner such as one defining a sunroof opening. In a preferred embodiment of the invention also, the magnetic strips are attached to the headliner using a cushioning material such as a foam to provide acoustical damping for the headliner.

Abstract: There are disclosed building enclosure assemblies consisting of panel members, a support means and a clip attachment means, for the construction of fixed or demountable, full or partial, interior or exterior walls, ceilings and floorings, which can meet code-mandated fire-rating and loading requirements, and in which differently sized and shaped panel members can be articulated to one another through the cooperative assembly of the panel members with the support means and clip attachment means.

Abstract: In a construction method of boardlike building elements each having a groove formed in its upper edge face in the lengthwise direction thereof, the boardlike building elements are fixed to the wall surface of a building body in arranged form by fixing each first fixture to the building body such that the horizontal segment of each first fixture extends perpendicularly to the wall surface, inserting each second straight fixture in the downward direction in a slit which is formed in a distal edge portion of the horizontal segment of each first fixture in parallel to the wall surface, and fitting the lower edge of each second fixture in the upper edge groove of each boardlike building element, whereby the upper portion of each boardlike building element is fixed to the building body.

Abstract: A system for the preparation and installation of building exterior panels is presented which is both economical and practical. In the described embodiments, edge mounting members having anchor teeth are assembled on all four sides of a laminated aluminum panel having routed out edges. Anchor sockets having anchor teeth indents adapted to mate lockingly with the anchor teeth of the edge mounting members are affixed to the building frame in a mating relation to the edge mounting members and in a location to accept the panel. The panel is snapped into engagement with the anchor sockets locking the anchor teeth into the anchor teeth indents obtaining a permanent attachment. Individual panels may be replaced in case of damage.

Abstract: An anchor-board construction system suitable for incorporation into the interior of buildings and homes is disclosed for use as a cladding to replace conventional plaster based wall board similar to that known in the trade as GYPROCK, having one surface thereof incorporating a layer of protruding attachment hooks. These hooks can accept and retain decorative and functional surface finish units embodying a looped or other suitably "piled" posterior surface portion, for attachment to the hooks. For use, within a building as a wall system, the novel anchor boards are secured into position as an underlying wall layer, and a selected form of area finish embodying a complementary attachment surface is secured thereto simply by pressing into place. The area finish can be carpet tiles, wallpaper or fabric with looped backing or wood paneling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anchoring system and method for installing exterior materials to a building structure particularly suited for when the exterior materials are to be placed at a distance from the building structure. The anchoring system utilizes a separator rod having two ends wherein one end is secured within a nut joint embedded in the exterior material and the other end is attached to an anchoring device anchored to the building structure. The anchoring device has a speed nut which accepts the other end of the separator rod, allowing the rod to advance into the anchoring device but which inhibits movement of the separator rod out of and away from the anchoring device in a rachet fashion.

Abstract: An exterior wall panel as the basic component of a curtain wall for a multi-storied building. The wall panel includes a steel frame and fastening means for securing the frame to steel girders of a building. Mounting means to secure the wall panel to the exterior side of the steel frame include fastening means which removably interconnect the wall panel and the steel frame. The wall panel may comprise a plurality of panel segments to which steel furring strips attach. An interior wall panel may be secured to the interior side of the steel frame.

Abstract: A clip for mounting a panel which comprises a first clipping member and a second clipping member. The first clipping member is attached to a panel adjacent to an edge of the panel and the second clipping member is secured to a building structure. The first and second clipping members have a male member and a female member for receiving therein the male member thereby slidably to interengage the clipping members to secure the panel to the building structure. The male member has a stepped distal edge so that the male member is snugly received within the female member.

Abstract: An improved horizontal support member for a demountable wall system which decreases the number of pieces which must be cut and folded, and subsequently assembled, to form a frame to which the gypsum board panels of the wall are assembled while increasing the strength and stability of the wall. The support member is formed from an elongate sheet of metal by making a series of longitudinal cuts in the metal and then folding the cut metal edges along lines which are substantially parallel to the longitudinal cuts to form first and second bars. The space between longitudinal cuts acts as a spacer to maintain the first and second bars in spaced, substantially parallel relationship.

Abstract: A fastening arrangement is provided for attaching components such as headliners, overhead consoles, or the like to vehicles. The arrangement includes a shaped slot in a first member which has a retaining end, a releasing end, and a neck with inclined protrusions therebetween, and a fastener attached to a second member and having an engaging leg portion constructed to be securely inserted directly and normally into the retaining end of the slot. Once installed, the fastener is securely held in the slot, but is releasable by forcing the engaging leg portion of the fastener past the inclined protrusion into the releasing end of the slot, whereat the component can be removed for servicing or repair. Also, a headliner is provided including a central portion with a perimeter, and a folded edge portion connected to the perimeter that presents a finished side along the perimeter so that the headliner can be installed into the vehicle roof without subsequent parts required to cover the perimeter.

Abstract: An anchor-board construction system suitable for incorporation into the interior of buildings and homes is disclosed for use as a cladding to replace conventional plaster based wall board similar to that known in the trade as GYPROCK, having one surface thereof incorporating a layer of protruding attachment hooks. These hooks can accept and retain decorative and functional surface finish units embodying a looped or other suitably "piled" posterior surface portion, for attachment to the hooks. For use, within a building as a wall system, the novel anchor boards are secured into position as an underlying wall layer, and a selected form of area finish embodying a complementary attachment surface is secured thereto simply by pressing into place. The area finish can be carpet tiles, wallpaper or fabric with looped backing or wood paneling.

Abstract: An improved interior cover is provided for an air conditioner having a cabinet and front grille, the cabinet is mounted in an aperture in a wall of a building. The improved interior cover consists of an enclosure member sized to fit over the front grille and front portion of the cabinet of the air conditioner. A mechanism is for removably securing the enclosure member to the front grille/front portion of the cabinet of the air conditioner, while another mechanism is for thermally sealing the enclosure member to a front surface of the wall of the building about the aperture so as to prevent cold air and wind infiltration to enter the building through the aperture.

Abstract: A refractory brick wall system for towers and the like which includes an outside casing and a plurality of bricks laid up in a pattern on the inside of the casing. Tie-back devices secure the bricks to the casing and allow for relative horizontal and relative vertical movement between the bricks and the casing. A plurality of shelves are fixed to the inside of the casing at vertically spaced intervals to provide support for the bricks in vertical sections thereof. A lightweight, insulating refractory material is cast between the casing and the bricks. The bricks themselves are shaped with ring and groove sides for interlocking of the bricks in a laid-up wall construction thereof.

Abstract: A weldable abrasion resistant ceramic brick is formed with spaced recesses extending angularly into the brick to undercut a surface thereof and interlock with a weldable insert having angularly extending projections mating with and insertable into the recesses. Each recess may be defined by a wall inclined into the undercut for camming an aligned projection into the undercut. The insert and brick may be interlocked and thereafter welded to a substrate, or the insert may first be welded to the substrate and thereafter interlocked with the brick. The invention is particularly useful with comparatively thin abrasion resistant wear plates that heretofore could not be welded satisfactorily to a substrate.

Abstract: A method of mounting a gypsum wallboard in which the wallboard has a tear-resistant material partially adhered to the back face, with small slots in the material located at unadhered areas, through which small suspension clips are inserted. The clips include a hanger leg for hanging the clip on horizontal channels, which are part of the wall framing system.

Abstract: Simulated marble panels and the like are mounted in place by an anchor which includes an elongated pin having a pointed remote end with an anchor plate secured to its opposite base end. The anchor plate has a plurality of perforations extending completely through it so that it may be positioned in a recess in the panel and permanently mounted to the panel by means of a bonding agent applied to the recess which flows through the perforations in the anchor plate and covers the anchor plate when it forms an integral bond with the panel. The pin may then be secured to a substrate in any suitable manner.

Abstract: A fixing element for securing a facing panel to a masonry and anchorable in an undercut of a drilled hole formed in the facing panel, has an expansion member with an expander cone, formed at an end thereof and a shank portion extendable beyond the rear surface of the facing panel and projecting into the masonry. Holding elements is formed on the shank portion to reliably fix the shank portion in the masonry, and an expansible sleeve is displaceable over the expander cone for anchoring the fixing element in the undercut of the hole drilled in the facing panel.

Abstract: A heat shield configuration for structures carrying hot fluid, especially metal components of gas turbine systems and combustion chambers, includes adjacent mushroom-shaped ceramic material heat shield elements being mutually spaced apart defining expansion gaps therebetween, each of the heat shield elements having a surface-covering polygonal cap portion being flat or curved with straight or curved outer edges and a shank portion with an end facing away from the cap portion, the ends of the shank portions having beads formed thereon. A support structure on which the heat shield elements are anchored at a distance defines a space between the support structure and the heat shield elements to be subjected to fluid through channels formed in the support structure. Clamps secure the beads to the support structure and additional devices are provided for supporting the heat shield elements against the support structure.

Abstract: The holding means serves for securing facade panels of stone, ceramic glass, metal sheet or the like, and has at least one screw element projecting transversely from the panel rear side and having a screw thread. To permit a simple accurate assembly as free from joint gaps as possible a support plate attachable by adhesion to the panel rear side is provided in the form of a lightweight component of expanded glass, expanded clay, polystyrene, polyurethane foam material, expanded slate, vermiculite, pressed glass fibres or the like, possibly with addition of binder. Said plate includes glass fabric layers which are preferably fixed to both outer sides and increase the flexural stiffness. Incorporated on one side into the support plate is a holding plate to which a screw element preferably in the form of a threaded bush and extending through the support plate is fixed.

Abstract: An anchor-board construction system suitable for incorporation into the interior of buildings and homes is disclosed for use as a cladding to replace conventional plaster based wall board similar to that known in the trade as gyprock, having one surface thereof incorporating a layer of protruding attachment hooks. These hooks can accept and retain decorative and functional surface finish units embodying a looped or other suitably "piled" posterior surface portion, for attachment to the hooks. For use, within a building as a wall system, the novel anchor boards are secured into postion as an underlying wall layer, and a selected form of area finish embodying a complementary attachment surface is secured thereto simply by pressing into place. The area finish can be carpet tiles, wallpaper or fabric with looped backing or wood paneling.

Abstract: A demountable wall system having studs and component parts capable of being used as a fully reinforced or edge grip system simply by turning the studs over. The studs are provided with cut-outs for receiving either the angled member of a suspension clip or receiving the ends of horizontal support members between a retaining member extending outwardly from the stud representing the cut-out portion of the stud and the surface of the stud. In both configurations, a gypsum board panel is supported by the suspension clip, which includes a gang nail plate which is driven into the panel, having the angled member thereof resting either directly in the cut-out of the stud or on a horizontal bar member which rests on the stud.

Abstract: A gypsum wallboard suspension system in which the wallboard has a tear-resistant material partially adhered to the back face, with small slots in the material located at unadhered areas, through which small suspension clips are inserted. The clips include a hanger leg for hanging the clip on horizontal channels, which are part of the wall framing system.

Abstract: A gypsum wallboard suspension system in which the wallboard has a tear-resistant material partially adhered to the back face, with small slots in the material located at unadhered areas, through which small suspension clips are inserted. The clips include a hanger leg for hanging the clip on horizontal channels, which are part of the wall framing system.

Abstract: A decorative structure comprising a structural member, and a decorative member composed of a plurality of layers laminated on one another and including a reinforcing layer, wherein the structural member and the decorative member to each other are coupled together by means of a portion of the structural member and a portion of the decorative member, the portion of the structural member and the portion of the decorative member being held in engagement with each other, the portion of the reinforcing layer being at least in part formed by a portion of the reinforcing layer, such portions of the structural member and decorative member forming a groove and protrusion or mortise and tenon joint or being fastened together by a mechanical fastening element such as a screw, a bolt or a stud.

Abstract: The invention offers a suspended ceiling without an exposed framework. Lugs mounted on the back of the panel snap into a downward pointing "C" shaped channel which are mounted to the ceiling joists. This allows for ease of installation, removal for cleaning, and for easily changing the finish of the ceiling while maintaining a very short distance. Pre-spaced mounts for the channels ensure ease of installation with a minimum of work and skill and ensure a close fit of the panels. Optionally, an electrical system can be employed which places an outlet within easy reach of every ceiling panel. Panels equipped with an electrical device including lighting fixtures, fans, speakers, smoke alarms, or home security sensors can thus be easily installed and readily moved as the furnishings of the room change, with seasonal variations, or just to add a bit of variety.Because no external frame is used, the invention also permits the use of non-rectangular panels which allows the user to custom design his ceiling pattern.

Abstract: A locking element for a wall facade structure which facilitates accuracy and strength of construction.

Abstract: A decorative panel assembly which are adapted to be mounted on a mounting surface such as a wall surface, wherein a decorative panel is attached to the mounting surface by means of a magnetic securing device. The decorative panel is provided with pairs of legs from which an engaging portion is horizontally protruded. The securing device is also provided with a fin or a groove which is adapted to be engaged with the engaging portion of the decorative panel, thereby allowing the decorative panel to be mounted to the mounting surface by means of the securing device.

Abstract: A flexible assembling partition system includes a plurality of octagonal block units assembled with one another, at least a sheathing frame member for covering all side extensions formed on each block unit, and a plurality of face members each face member embedded in each block unit serving as a finishing, decorative illuminative surface for each block unit, thereby forming a partition structure easily optionally assembled or disassembled.

Abstract: A gypsum wallboard suspension system in which the wallboard has a tear-resistant material partially adhered to the back face, with small slots in the material located at unadhered areas, through which small suspension clips are inserted. The clips include a hanger leg for hanging the clip on horizontal channels, which are part of the wall framing system.

Abstract: In a curtain wall comprising a plurality of panel members (4) and panel columns (1), the panel members (4) are connected with the panel columns (1) through the supporting members (16) which are detachably mounted on the panel columns (1) to make it possible to position the panel members (4) along the panel columns (1) in a vertical direction by moving only the supporting members (16) along the panel columns (1) without moving the panel members (4) which are considerably heavy articles, so that the building worker can easily position the panel members (4) along the columns (1) in positioning operation of the panel members (4) without moving the considerably heavy panel members (4), which makes it possible to save considerable amounts of time and labor in mounting operation of the panel members (4) on the building side.

Abstract: In a natural stone plate having holding elements provided on the side facing away from the visible side, said holding elements are attached to the stone plate by means of a glass solder. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass solder is approximately equal to that of the stone plate. Further, the holding elements are disposed on the stone plate at points of attachment determined according to static requirements.

Abstract: A closure device for access openings having a face plate attractively complementing the surface in which said opening occurs and manufally driven spring biased latching mechanisms for securing the device in closing relationship to such opening. Optional gasket means and insulative batt enhance the versatility of the device.

Abstract: An automotive window assembly of the type having a stationary window assembly insertable onto a peripheral flange of a rabbet flanged window aperture which is formed in an automotive vehicle body. The window assembly is designed to be adhesively secured to the automobile body after being mounted on the peripheral flange. The window assembly includes a plurality of cup-shaped retention elements which have inner sides fixedly secured to the inner pierpheral surface of the window assembly. Each retention element has a resilient outer side, and a generally perpendicular, outwardly extending stem joined at one end thereof to the resilient outer side of each of the plurality of retention elements. The stem is inwardly deflectable about the joint formed at the one end thereof and the resilient outer side of the cup-shaped retention element.