Abstract: A window structure using a structural retainer support for converting a conventional window into a double insulated window. Sealant tape is applied to the inside periphery of the primary conventional window pane. A thin flat retainer is secured to the window adjacent to the sealant tape. The flat retainer has a flange that is integral with the retainer and extends from its midsection and lies parallel to the adjacent flat portion defining a channel therebetween. A second window pane lies in abutting contact with the flange of the retainer while also lying in abutting contact with the sealant strip which is tacky to provide a dead air space between the two window panes. A trim member is latched to the retainer by having a longitudinally extending strip means that latches into a latch means in the channel of the retainer. The trim member exerts pressure on the second window pane to firmly retain the pane against the sealant tape.

Abstract: A sliding door having sliding and fixed door panels with extruded top, bottom and side sections all of an identical first extrusion, and joined at corners to form a rectangular frame, the first extrusion having an interior rectangular closed box portion with side walls and end walls, inner and outer facing walls located in spaced parallel relation from the side walls of the box portion, junction walls extending between the side walls of the box portion, and the inner and outer facing walls, and glass retaining formations connected with the inner and outer facing walls, and having door jambs and an upper cross member formed of an identical second extrusion which defines a receiving channel for the sliding door panel, and having a lower threshold defining a top wall and rail registering with the receiving channel.

Abstract: A structural system that is particularly useful for temporary exhibitions and trade shows by which structures may be quickly and easily assembled, rearranged, and disassembled by simple procedures requiring few or no tools, using a minimum number of components having a high degree of interchangeability. Posts are provided each having a series of preformed holes arranged along its sides with predetermined spacing, and panels are provided each having pairs of alignment pins symmetrically arranged on both faces and adjacent both ends and also having an intermediate hole adjacent both ends thereof, whose longitudinal axes are perpendicular to the faces of each panel. A panel is aligned with a post by inserting the alignment pins adjacent an end of said panel into corresponding holes in the post, and the panel is secured to the post by inserting a fastener through the hole in the panel and into locking engagement with a corresponding hole in the post.

Abstract: A skirting system for enclosing an air space beneath a mobile home is provided and consists of a plurality of insulation material panels that are fitted into upper and lower tracks with VELCRO between the panels to resist separation so as to make it cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Corner members are also installed to finish the skirting system into a streamlined and attractive product.

Abstract: A window main frame, particularly for installation in an inclined roof, is provided with a groove extending into the internal edge surface and adapted to receive the edge of an internal panel member and having a width that is substantially larger than the thickness of the panel member. The panel member abuts against the lateral wall closest to the frame opening and a slit is left between the panel member and the other lateral wall of the groove. The panel member is fixed in the groove by means of spring clamps resting against one lateral wall of the groove, and by a resilient tongue directed towards the other lateral wall of the slit the panel member is pressed against the lateral wall, thereby preventing the panel member from being pulled out of the groove.

Abstract: A building wall comprises channel-shaped uprights and metal-clad insulating panels arranged in alternating sequence so that the interior faces of the panels form parts of the interior walls of the building while the exterior faces of the panels form parts of the exterior walls of the building. Flanges are formed along the vertical edges of the sheet metal outer faces of the panels. These flanges extend into the open sides of the channel-shaped uprights and are situated in facing relationship with the inner faces of the uprights. Vertically aligned lances, struck out from the opposed plates of the channel-shaped uprights, are engaged with L-shaped slots of the flanges of the panels. The lances have camming surfaces which tightly urge the flanges of the panels against the inner faces of the side plates of the uprights so that the flanges and uprights reinforce each other to form a strong, rigid wall structure.

Abstract: A statically self-supporting spatial framework structure for prefabricated buildings. A plurality of metal components are arranged in spaced relationship and provide supports for inner and outer walls or skins to eliminate thermal bridges between the inner and outer walls preclude heat transfer therebetween.

Abstract: An enclosure comprises a plurality of modules arranged in a longitudinal direction. Each module comprises a pair of longitudinally spaced frames separated by wall panels extending along the sides and top of the enclosure. The frames are secured together by tensioned cables which press the frames together and hold the wall panels within channels formed in the frames. Two of the top wall panels are inclined at an oblique angle and have upper and lower longitudinal edges which bear against corresponding edges of adjacent wall panels. Portions of the inclined wall panels and/or adjacent panels are bent to assure proper engagement therebetween. Removable locking plates prevent removal of the inclined wall panels.

Abstract: A "dry" two sided vertical structural butt glaze system for window structures wherein a modular frame assembly is fabricated and glazed off-site. The assembly is installed in the window structure from the building interior and is provided with gasket strips which seal the exterior butt joint between adjacent panels of the frame assemblies. Exterior scaffolding and caulking operations are eliminated.

Abstract: A curtain wall comprises a framework of elongate main frame members defining cells in which infill panels are clamped by auxiliary frame members secured to the front of the framework. The panels are sealed in the cells by gaskets on the frame members. To prevent the weight of unclamped panels from distorting the auxiliary members and their securing screws, they rest on support elements projecting forwardly from slots in the transverse main frame members at the bottoms of the cells. The elements may relieve the auxiliary members entirely, or may rest on them when they are secured. Alternatively the panels may rest on the auxiliary members which transmit their weight to the support elements. The support elements and/or further locating elements can act to align the main and auxiliary members and guide the screws during construction.

Abstract: A system for mounting a relatively thick multiple glazed sealed unit to a wooden sash assembly of a standard thickness. The system comprises a peripheral base member inserted between the glazed unit and the sash of the window and a retaining moulding engaged to the peripheral base member and pressing the glazed unit in the sash to hold it in place. A suitable weather strip is applied between the glazed unit and the retaining moulding to prevent air infiltration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a suspended ceiling structure for rectangular filter elements (12,13), comprising a framework with outer (1) and inner (2) U-shaped channels which slidingly fit together and are suspended on tie rods (9) in an upper ceiling. The channels are intended to support skirts (14,15) arranged along the edges of the filter elements, said skirts being received in a sealing fluid (16) which forms an airtight seal for the air which is under the filter elements and is intended to flow through the same. The U-shaped channels are provided with grooves (3,4) at their web portions, the grooves being turned outwards and intended to form attachments for the ceiling tie rods and for elements (24) to be suspended from the framework. The ends (5,6) of each outer channel (1) are bent inwards to retain the inner channel (2) between the shanks and to prevent its withdrawal in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the channels.

Abstract: A cross-like structural joint element having a pair of aligned lateral arms each formed with an anti-slip pedestal projecting from one face; a U-shaped first connector member having a pair of spaced legs projecting perpendicularly from said one face at adjoining ends of the lateral arms, facing surfaces of the legs having inwardly inclined teeth, and a second connector member projecting perpendicularly from the other face of the lateral arms at the adjoining ends; this connector member having a narrow neck portion joining the lateral arms and a wide portion extending from the narrow neck portion.

Abstract: The pane in a windowed fire retardant door is secured to the door by L-shaped metal clips which engage opposite surfaces of the pane and are nailed to the incombustible core of the door. The edges of the pane and of the hole in the door in which the pane is received are trimmed by bead strips that are nailed to the door. Each bead strip comprises a body of quadrangular cross-section of noncombustible mineral material and a plywood lamination bonded to that body over two of its longitudinal sides and a rounded corner at which those sides meet.

Abstract: A system for mounting a relatively thick multiple glazed sealed unit to a wooden sash assembly of a standard thickness. The system comprises a peripheral base member inserted between the glazed unit and the sash of the window and a retaining moulding engaged to the peripheral base member and pressing the glazed unit in the sash to hold it in place. A suitable weather strip is applied between the glazed unit and the retaining moulding to prevent air infiltration.

Abstract: A simplified plastic window framing system for single or multiple glazing comprising combinations of complementary extrusions wherein the outward appearance of the finished mullions and peripheral framing appears to be that of single extrusions. In outward appearance the glazing is retained within recesses formed in the mullions or frame members and separable retaining members. The combination creates a substantially rectangular external appearance to the individual mullions and framing members.The framing members are roughly L-shaped and the mullions are roughly T-shaped in cross section. The retaining members are substantially rectangular or trapezoidal in cross section. As finished units however, the mullions and framing members are both substantially rectangular in cross section with only the co-extruded glass seals slightly protruding from the mullions or framing members.

Abstract: A device, for supporting a heavyweight panel in a curtain wall unit or partition having a rectangular frame, comprises a horizontal support plate adapted to support the panel at its lower edge thereof, and a vertical plate extending downwardly and centrally from the horizontal support plate. At least one projection is disposed on the underside or upper side of the horizontal support plate adjacent to an interior edge thereof for being fitted in at least one opening in an interior part of a lower horizontal frame member. The device also may have a plurality of parallel first reinforcing ribs on an interior face of the vertical plate and a plurality of parallel second reinforcing ribs on an exterior face of the vertical plate.

Abstract: An exterior panel wall assembly comprises a multiplicity of pan-like rectangular panels arranged in closely spaced relation side by side and end to end and joined to a horizontal retainer that is, in turn, fastened to the building structure at the horizontal junctures between side by side pairs of vertically adjacent panels. Each horizontal retainer has a drainage trough for conducting water to the end of the retainer, and a drainage channel member is located at the vertical juncture between each pair of horizontally adjacent panels.

Abstract: Device for assembly of profiles by a groove, tongue fitting, with locking by key, which avoids the risks of tongue and key sliding along groove. The device consists of making one of the male elements, tongue or key, longer than the other, in the direction of the generatrices of groove, and making one of the side surfaces of the longer element concave along the generatrices of groove. The invention allows realization of trellis constructions having oblique bars.

Abstract: An improved wall panel clip includes a retainer plate and a hook member extending from the retainer plate for insertion into a slot to retain a wall panel against an upright. The hook forms a notch having a narrow opening and a wider inner width. The surface of the hook adjacent the narrow opening engages a surface of the upright when the hook is positioned in the slots so that a portion of the upright penetrates into the slot. Engagement of the hook with the surface of the upright resists inadvertent movement of the clip relative to the upright to retain the panel in position on the upright. The clip preferably includes a plurality of such hooks projecting from a spacer plate that extends from the retainer plate.

Abstract: Gypsum panels and the like are attached to "H" studs by a resilient, one-piece wire clip having talons which are anchored in the edge of a panel and a clamping portion which grips a flange of the stud.

Abstract: A panel mounting system and method for mounting panels employing a panel mounting temporary retainer for holding adjacent panels in place during glazing with and curing of structural silicone sealant or other suitable adhesive wherein the retainer is readily accepted by the structural member without the need of drilling and tapping holes in the member and wherein the retainer is readily installed from the interior of the building.

Abstract: A plastic glazing profile for mounting a glass pane in an existing wooden frame comprises a supporting face having at one end thereof an element for fixing a glass pane by means of projections. At its other end the profile comprises a glass pane abutment and opposite thereto a profile abutment edge. The profile abutment edge being the bottom of an abutment edge chamber, is provided with apertures forming outlets for water flowing from a gutter space through bores into said chamber. The profile abutment edge is able to engage a sealing strip through a projecting portion.

Abstract: A system wall or system ceiling comprising a number of supporting girders suspended from the structure of the building and to which slabs are mounted substantially extending perpendicular to the girders, the girders being provided with outwardly or downwardly protruding clamping feet engaging one or more slits, cut into the upper or back side of the slabs.

Abstract: A window construction incorporates a pane or panes of glass retained in a frame by glazing beads inserted between the glass and the frame at the outside of the window and incorporates means for preventing disengagement of the glazing beads other than by breaking the glass. The glazing beads may incorporate oppositely acting retaining formations engageable with at least one co-operating retaining member on the frame, each retaining formation being arranged to be more firmly engaged by movement of the associated bead in a direction to disengage the other formation. In an alternative arrangement the glazing beads may incorporate retaining formations which extend beyond and are retained by the edges of the glass following completion of the glazing process.

Abstract: A device for removably holding a display plate with a pay-out table or like thereon at the front of a game machine body is disclosed. A transversally disposed lower plate retainer has a longitudinal groove, in which the lower end of the display plate is inserted, and notches extending from the front surface of the lower plate retainer to the groove. Hands can be inserted into the notches to grasp the lower edge of the display plate. A top bent portion of a cover plate is inserted in the groove of the lower plate retainer adjacent to the lower edge of the display plate. The cover plate covers the lower plate retainer and has a portion held urged by part of a front door.

Abstract: A panel wall assembly comprises rectangular pan-like panels mounted close together side by side and end to end. Retainers located at all junctures between the panels are fastened to the building structure, and the panels are fastened to the retainers by clips having arms that extend out through slots in the panel flanges. Troughs on each horizontal retainer drain condensate or water that leaks through seals between adjacent panels to drainage slots in the vertical retainers. Gaskets between the retainers and the panel flanges provide additional control of water flow behind the panel faces.

Abstract: A panelling clip for fixing tongue and groove boards comprises a main body 14 to engage against the front face of the re-entrant flanges 26 of a channel 24. An integral plate 18 extends rearwardly from the main body 14 and has laterally projecting tabs 20 with sharp edges 21 to grip the rear faces of the flanges 26. A platform 13 integral with the main body 14 extends forwardly thereform and has downwardly projecting tabs 12. In use tongue and groove boards are placed against spaced parallel channels and clips are fitted and pressed into engagement with the board grooves alternating with the boards.

Abstract: A plastic window framing for single or double glazing and single or multiple panes. The frames comprise mullions, glass stops, nailing fins and expansion strips extruded from modified polyolefins that are weather and ultraviolet degradation resistant. The glass stops and expansion strips are co-extruded integral combinations of a hard rigid plastic support and a very flexible sealing portion. Since both the hard rigid portion and the flexible sealing portion of the extrusions are of the same weather and ultraviolet resistant plastic, the plasticizer being the addition for flexibility, the entire framing including the seals can be exposed to the external environment and the mullions can be of relatively simple configuration.The mullions are symmetrical about perpendicular planes longitudinal with the extrusion. The mullions of identical cross-section can be used for vertical and horizontal members of the frame including intermediate mullions between panes.

Abstract: A demountable glass stop assembly for use in non-bearing partition wall glazing systems, comprising in combination a pair of elongate members preferably formed by extrusion, each of the elongate members being substantially U-shaped in cross-section, a first elongate member having a laterally extending planar arm terminating in a hook at the end thereof, the second elongate member having a detent hook at the end of a leg thereof complementary with and adapted to engage the hook of the first elongate member, and having a protuberance extending from a portion thereof, and a glazing spline of an elastomeric material having a notch provided therein engaging the protuberance of the second elongate member, and having means for engaging a glass pane placed between the first and second elongate members, thereby providing a resilient biasing force urging the second elongate member away from the first elongate member and thereby maintaining the hook of the first elongate member engaged with the detent hook of the second

Abstract: A steel pallet comprises overlying deck-board panels (14, 116) and transversely directed stringer elements (12, 114). The elements are interconnected through one-piece spring steel clips (46, 112) mounted to the deck-board panels (14, 116) and received through transverse slots (18, 20; 134) in the stringer elements (12, 114).

Abstract: A system wall or system ceiling comprising a number of supporting girders suspended from the structure of the building and to which slabs are mounted substantially extending perpendicular to the girders, the girders being provided with outwardly or downwardly protruding clamping feet engaging into one or more slits, cut into the upper or back side of the slabs.

Abstract: A thermally improved expanded store front system is disclosed including vertical mullions and horizontal members. The vertical mullions comprise a structural mullion portion which is securely attached to the sill and head members and an exterior mullion half removably secured by anchor means to said structural mullion. The mullions when assembled are adapted to receive clip means which secure the horizontal members in place without the need for screws thereby allowing the members to expand and contract without undue stress. The vertical mullions and horizontal members, which are cut to predetermined lengths may be easily spliced for typical multi-story applications.

Abstract: A glass retaining clip includes a plastic anchor adapted for push-in insertion into a pierced hole, one leg of the clip having a threaded aperture therethrough to receive a screw fastener which is adapted to engage the adjacent leg whereby the legs can be forced apart forcing the adjacent leg to move into abutment against a glass window panel mounted into one side of a body window opening.

Abstract: A system for improving the heat insulating characteristics of existing wall structures, which wall structures include panels and panel edge supporting frames with pockets in a jamb face thereof receiving an edge of the panels. The system includes an elongated stop element having a base adapted to be secured to the jamb face and extended into the pocket after the existing panel has been removed therefrom. The stop element includes a flange extending outwardly of the jamb face to form a supportive side wall of a new glazing pocket adapted to receive an edge portion of a new insulating type panel. An elongated flange element is adapted to be secured on the existing frame in spaced alignment with the flange of the new stop element to form an opposite side wall for the new glazing pocket for securing the new insulating panel in place.

Abstract: An inexpensive picture frame assembly including a one-piece substantially rectangular frame member having means for detachably receiving a plurality of decorative strips on the outer face thereof and locking means for mounting paintings or the like of various thicknesses for display in the frame member.

Abstract: An assembly kit has a hollow structural element having at least one groove inwardly of a face thereof and open to the hollow of this structural element, and a recess communicating with the groove and open at the face of this structural element. Another structural element is positionable on the first-mentioned hollow structural element and has another groove which is smaller than the groove of the hollow structural element. A connecting element is provided, which has one portion insertable in the one groove of the hollow structural element, and another portion insertable in the other groove of the other structural element so as to connect the above structural elements with one another. The connecting element has also a third portion insertable in the recess of the hollow structural element so as to prevent the connecting element from moving inwardly of the hollow of the hollow structural element.

Abstract: An elongated, hollow stud, or wall support member, is formed of sheet material, and has at least one longitudinally extending planar wall. The wall is formed with a longitudinally extending series of rectangularly formed holes, the holes being so aligned as to each receive a wall panel retainer so disposed therein as to effect an abutting relationship between the edges of two adjacent wall panels. The retainer has a spring tensioned clip portion removably insertable through the holes to project interiorly of the wall stud, and further has terminally formed, sharply pointed teeth, disposed exteriorly of the hole to engage an edge portion of a wall panel. Such imbed themselves in the material of the wall panel.

Abstract: A wall construction includes a framework of mullions supporting one or more glazing panels and the mullions comprise an elongated inside member having an outwardly facing outer wall with an inwardly extending portion offset from the center of the outside wall which is formed with a longitudinal recess in an outer face thereof. An elongated glazing element having an outer wall spaced outwardly of the outer wall of the inside member is provided to form one or more glazing pockets on laterally opposite sides of the mullion for receiving the edge portions of the glazing panels. The glazing element includes a tongue extending inwardly from the outer wall toward the recess in the inside vertical structural member. Fastening means is provided for securing the outside glazing element and the inside structural member together from the inside of the building and includes insulating spacer blocks seated in the recess and extending into a groove in the tongue of the glazing member with the sealed fasteners.

Abstract: A prime window assembly is disclosed, wherein the assembly comprises a window pane and a frame assembly surrounding the pane. The frame assembly includes a frame and a removable glazing member. The frame has a first molding which receives the window pane, with the pane generally cushioned by bedding compound. The frame also has a second molding for engaging one end of the glazing member. Finally, the frame has hook engaging means located between the first and the second moldings.The glazing member has a retaining flange at one edge for engaging the second molding on the frame, and a glazing bead on the opposite side of the glazing member for contacting the pane. A hook-shaped flange extends away from the glazing member in a position to be hookedly interengaged with said hook engaging means in the frame when the window pane is placed under load, such as by high winds.

Abstract: A thermal barrier system for panel installations comprises at least one gutter member attachable to a structure. The system further comprises a face member and a thermally insulative coupler member. The coupler member has an intermediate body portion to which are attached a pair of resilient legs which are rotatable into lockable engagement with a pair of slots defined in the gutter member. A second pair of resilient legs are attached to the intermediate body portion of the coupler member and are configured to snap into locking engagement with a pair of slots defined in the face member. The coupler is disengageable from the gutter and face members by a reverse rotation. Gaskets for engaging a panel between the face member and the gutter member are attached to the face member and the gutter member.

Abstract: Universal window structure which may be used as a single hung window, as a hopper window and as a right or left hand glider window without alteration is disclosed. Mulling means for securing a plurality of the window structures together, retaining clips for securing a screen thereto, false muntin structure, hurricane clips and piggyback storm window structure therefor and window trim structure for use therewith are specifically disclosed along with unique glazing strips, an insert for supporting sash balance structure, sealing strips and corner inserts, sash pivot structure, lock structure, sash guide and tilt release structure and hopper lock means for retaining the window sash in a plurality of separate tilted hopper positions. The frame of the window structure is constructed to permit rapid, accurate assembly with a minimum of low tolerance parts and to this end includes frame jamb adaptor extrusions.

Abstract: A structural framework for a building, to be assembled from prefabricated parts, comprises a skeleton of columns and struts supporting wall elements which are framed by upper and lower struts and by columns spanned by these struts. Both the struts and the columns have faces formed with longitudinal slots receiving coplanar strips of rubber or other preferably thermally insulating material which project into the opening bounded thereby and coact with retainers on the columns and/or struts for holding the wall elements in position. Especially with wall elements in the form of windows, the retainers may be fixed sills set back from the slots of opposite strut or column faces. In other instances, the retainers may comprise brackets slidably engaging in the strut and/or columm slots and anchor lugs on the wall elements engageable with these brackets.

Abstract: A relocatable wall mounting system is disclosed making use of a half-clip which, when mounted adjacent to a like half-clip at the abutting edges of wallboard panels, forms a spring clip attachment for engaging a slot in a support member to attach the panels to the support member. The half-clip has: a first shoulder section adaptable to be driven into the end of the wallboard panel; a base section extending from the shoulder section; a second shoulder section connected to the base section and extending in the direction of the end to be driven into the panel; and a curved spring arm extending outwardly and curving arcuately in the direction of the end to be driven into the panel.