CA1220920A - Device for connecting a wall component to a frame structure - Google Patents
Device for connecting a wall component to a frame structureInfo
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- CA1220920A CA1220920A CA000469172A CA469172A CA1220920A CA 1220920 A CA1220920 A CA 1220920A CA 000469172 A CA000469172 A CA 000469172A CA 469172 A CA469172 A CA 469172A CA 1220920 A CA1220920 A CA 1220920A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
- B61D17/00—Construction details of vehicle bodies
- B61D17/04—Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures
- B61D17/043—Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures connections between superstructure sub-units
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
- B61D17/00—Construction details of vehicle bodies
- B61D17/04—Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures
- B61D17/048—Interior walls, e.g. separation walls between compartments
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B62D27/00—Connections between superstructure or understructure sub-units
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Abstract
TITLE OF THE INVENTION:
DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A WALL COMPONENT TO A FRAME STRUCTURE
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:
Wall components, such as compartment dividers, especially in a railroad car or the like, are secured to a box type frame structure with the aid of an adjustable connecting device. A
spacer rail (3) has a flange and a web extending at right angles to each other. Long holes extend in the web perpen-dicularly to the wall component for securing the spacer rail to the frame structure, after the spacer rail position has been adjusted relative to the frame structure. Screws or screw clamps or the like extend through the long holes. The flange is at least partially coated with an elastic cover. The wall component is secured exclusively to the elastic cover, for example through a hook and loop type connector. These features allow the installation of compartments into new or existing railroad cars in a simple and economical manner with the added advantage of noise damping by the elastic cover.
DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A WALL COMPONENT TO A FRAME STRUCTURE
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:
Wall components, such as compartment dividers, especially in a railroad car or the like, are secured to a box type frame structure with the aid of an adjustable connecting device. A
spacer rail (3) has a flange and a web extending at right angles to each other. Long holes extend in the web perpen-dicularly to the wall component for securing the spacer rail to the frame structure, after the spacer rail position has been adjusted relative to the frame structure. Screws or screw clamps or the like extend through the long holes. The flange is at least partially coated with an elastic cover. The wall component is secured exclusively to the elastic cover, for example through a hook and loop type connector. These features allow the installation of compartments into new or existing railroad cars in a simple and economical manner with the added advantage of noise damping by the elastic cover.
Description
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The invention relates to a connecting device for securing a wall component such as a decorative compartment dividing wall compo-nent to a frame structure such as the box frarne of a vehicle, for example, a railroad car to be divided into a plurality of compart-ments by the wall components.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
The spaces enclosed by railroad cars, aircraft fuselages, buses, and generally of vehicles of various kinds,including boats, which comprise a supporting box frarne are commonly enclosed by wall covering wall components frequently of a decorative type. Similarlyr these spaces are also subdivided with wall covering components to form individual compartments. The covering comFonents include wall covering elements as well as ceiling covering elements and wall components for the mentioned subdivision of a larger space into smaller compartments.
It is customary in connection with railroad cars, to screw wall and ceiling covering components as well as other covering com-ponents, either directly to the supporting structure of the box frame or to an interrnediate wooden furring. Any differences or tolerances from the desired wall location must be cornpensated by the use of numerous wooden shims. It is also known to insert between the box frame and the wall covering components or panels strips of synthetic material, felt, or elastomeric materials
FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The invention relates to a connecting device for securing a wall component such as a decorative compartment dividing wall compo-nent to a frame structure such as the box frarne of a vehicle, for example, a railroad car to be divided into a plurality of compart-ments by the wall components.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
The spaces enclosed by railroad cars, aircraft fuselages, buses, and generally of vehicles of various kinds,including boats, which comprise a supporting box frarne are commonly enclosed by wall covering wall components frequently of a decorative type. Similarlyr these spaces are also subdivided with wall covering components to form individual compartments. The covering comFonents include wall covering elements as well as ceiling covering elements and wall components for the mentioned subdivision of a larger space into smaller compartments.
It is customary in connection with railroad cars, to screw wall and ceiling covering components as well as other covering com-ponents, either directly to the supporting structure of the box frame or to an interrnediate wooden furring. Any differences or tolerances from the desired wall location must be cornpensated by the use of numerous wooden shims. It is also known to insert between the box frame and the wall covering components or panels strips of synthetic material, felt, or elastomeric materials
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1 for providing a certain noise damping and a vibration decoupling between the box frame and the wall covering components.
The butting joints between adjacent wall and ceiling covering components are covered up by moldings of synthetic material or of aluminum, whereby these moldings are normally screwed in place or, as an exception, they are glued in place.
The direct connection of the wall and ceiling covering components to the box frame, if necessary through wooden furrings and the use of covering moldings,is expensive because due to the toler-ances of the box frame it is necessary to individually fit allcovering components~ This fitting work is very labor intensive because wooden furring strips and shims, as well as cover mold-ings must be prepared in various lengths and then secured to the members of the box frame such as columns or roofing ribs or the like in order to compensate for the structural tolerances between the box frame proper and the covering components. All screw holes needed for the securing must be individually drilled during the mounting operation and all the screws are to be driven individ-ually which is very time consuming. Additionally, it is neces-sary to install the above mentioned insulating strips of syntheticmaterial, felt, or elastomeric materials usually by gluing. Even the final work steps of covering up the joints between adjacent covering components and in the corners are very time consuming because the individual moldings must be cut and fitted as required by the particular circumstances. Similar considerations apply ~2~
1 where existing wall components or covering oom~onents are to be replaced because here again substantially the same steps as outlined above are required for the redecorating job and such job is accordingly labor intensive just as the original instal-lation.
Wall and ceiling coveringcom~onents are not only to be replaced when they are damaged, rather, there is a substantial need or interest to refurbish available railroad car stock for the pur-pose of changing not only the decorative aspects of the wall and ceiling covering, but also to change the available space into different compartments so as to adapt the railroad cars to new, individual requirements. It has been recognized, that conven-tional work steps for such redecorating and redesigning of the interior space subdivision is frequently not feasible for eco-nomical reasons, especially in connection with railroad cars.
Another disadvantage of prior art wall covering structures which are directly connected to the supporting structure of the box frame or through wooden furrings is the rigidity of these struc-tures. The rigidity is su~h that body noise vibrations are trans-mitted from the box frame to the wall coverings in spite of theabove mentioned insertion of damping strips. Thus, such vibrations are transmitted more or less without any substantial damping onto the wall covering elements, whereby the respective vibrations are transmitted into the inner compartments of a vehicle as noise.
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1 Yet another disadvantage resulting from the substantial rigidity of prior art systems is seen in that deformations, cracks, and even breakage is hard to avoid when screws are driven, especial-ly into larger covering panels such as entire wall or ceiling sections. Even after installation cracks may occur due to the different expansions of the different materials.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION:
In view of the foregoing it is the aim of the invention to achieve the following objects singly or in combination:
to provide a connecting device especially suitable for the above purposes which will greatly reduce the number of man hours needed heretofore for the installation of wall and ceiling coverings so that even a refurbishing and redesigning of avail-able vehicles, such as railroad cars, will become economically feasible;
to provide an effective vibration damping and noise damping between the box frame and the wall and ceiling covering components or panels;
to construct and place the noise and vibration damp-ing elements in such a manner that they simultaneously can pro-vide a stress compensation or stress equalization between the box frame and the covering panels especially in response to )92~
1 temperature variations so as to avoid cracking and similar problerns encountered heretofore;
to place the noise damping components in such a manner that they simultaneously provide a heat insulation so that, for example, railroad compartments can be heated more efficiently;
to provide connecting elements between the box frame and the wall or ceiling covering which provide for a quick posi-tional adjustrnent of the wall covering components relative to the box frame and which also permit an easy exchange of wall covering components without the need for joint covering moldings or the like.
SU~ RY OF ~HE INVENTION:
According to the invention the wall or ceiling covering panels~
are secured to the box frame by a connecting device which in-cludes a spacer rail having the cross section of an L-or T-sec-tion having a web and a flange extending substantially perpen-dicularly to the web. Long holes are cut into the web for con-nection to a flat mounting member forming part of the box frame.
The flat mounting member may also be a rail extending horizon tally or vertically. A clamping device such as regular screw holts and nuts extends through the mounting member and through the longitudinal hole so that the spacer rail may be adjusted in its position relative to the box frame, whereby any structural 2~9;~
1 tolerances between the box frame and the covering wall component can be equalized or compensated. An elastic cover is secured to the flange portion of the spacer rail for noise damping as well as heat insulating purposes. The covering wall component is then secured to the elastic cover, for example, by a connector. The elastic cover may be a rubber profile or similar elastomeric material which has noise damping characteristcs and which may be snapped onto the flange portion of the spacer rail. Bonding the elastic cover by an adhesive to the flange of the spacer rail is also possible. Since there is no direct connection between the wall covering panels and the box frame except through the noise damping elastic cover, an effective damping of vibrations and a certain heat insulation are achieved.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF T~E FIGURE:
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, it will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the single figure of the accompanying drawings showing a perspective view of the connecting device according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS AND OF
THE BEST MODE OF THE INVENTION:
The outer wall 1, for example, of a railroad car, forms part of a box frame including reinforcing ribs 2 providing a mounting sur-face for securing the wall covering component to the box frame~
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1 The box frame comprising the outer wall 1 and the ribs 2 is more or less rigid and the ribs 2 point into the space of a vehicle such as a railroad car, fuselage or the like. The ribs 2 may extend, as mentioned, vertically or horizontally.
According to the invention the connecting device comprises a spacer rail 3, for example, of a T-cross-sectional configuration with a web 4 and a flange 6 extending substantially perpendi-cularly to the web 4. The web 4 is slidable back and forth along the surface of the rib 2 as indicated by the arrow 4'.
Long holes 5 are provided in the web 4 and connecting means symbolically shown at 5' such as bolts and nuts or clamping screws with wing nuts extend through the hole 5 and through a hole in the rib 2. The connecting means 5' may also comprise, for example, self-tapping screws which can be secured to pre-drilled holes in the rib 2. In any event, loosening of the connecting clamping device 5' permits the adjustment back and forth along the arrow 4' and tightening the device 5' places the spacer rail 3 into a fixed desired position.
The spacer rail 3 is preferably made of standard aluminum sec-tional stock or of synthetic material sectional stock. The sur-face of the flange 6 of the spacer rail 3 facing away from the web 4 is covered according to the invention by a cover member 7 made of elastomeric material such as rubber or the like. Prefer-ably, the edges 7' and 7" of the elastic cover 7 are C-shaped so that they may elastically snap around the edges of the flange 6, thereby avoiding any additional connecting means between the -- 8 ~
)9;~) 1 elastic cover 7 and the flange 6. However, an adhesive bond may also be provided between the elastic cover and the flange 6.
Connector strips 8 of a hook and loop type are secured to the out-wardly facing surface of the cover member 7. These connector strips 8 may be glued or vulcanized to the surface of the cover member 7 already in the factory so that the cover member may be snapped in place together with the connector strips 8. For this purpose the wall covering elements 9 are provided with cloth strips 10 having a surface texture capable of cooperation with the hook and loop strips 8. The cloth strips 10 are secured to the backsides of the wall covering components such as panels 9 in the factory by gluing or as a result of the curing of fiber compound panels. Sufficiently wide strips 8, 10 will compensate tolerances.
Alongside one edge the panels 9 are provided with an off-set edge 9I which provides for an overlap with the non-off-set or flat edge 911 of the next adjacent panel, whereby a decorative depression or groove results which obviates the use of cover-up moldings. The hook and loop strips 8 are spaced from each other by a spacing into which the off-set panel edge 9I fits. An immediate access to the adjustment bolts and nuts 51 is provided by simply pulling off a panel 9 from the hook and loop strips 8 for making any required adjustments in the spacing between the flange 6 and the wall 1.
Although the figure shows the spacer rail 3 in the form of a T-type rail, it will be appreciated that rails of other cross-:~2;~39~
1 sectional shape may also be used, for example, an L-section may be suitable. The web and the flange may be of the same width as in a simple angle iron or the web may be longer than the flange or vice versa. The spacer rails may be made of aluminum, synthe~
tic material, or any other suitable material, as mentioned.
Since the wall panels 9 are connected to the frame structure exclusively only through the elastic cover 7, the panels 9 are effectively decoupled from vibrations of the box frame 1, 2.
Thus, the transmission of body noise from the box frame to the panels 9 is substantially prevented. Instead of the connecting elements 8, 9 it is possible to use other types of connection between the panels 9 and the cover 7. Clamping connections which permit snapping the panels 9 in place are suitable, for example.
Screws could also be used separately or in addition to the con-nection. However, the connection in combination with the rubber profile of the cover 7 has the advantage that different material expansions as a result of temperature changes are easily compen-sated while nevertheless providing a stable connection. Due to the ability of the panels 9 to move relative to the box frame in the horizontal and vertical direction, deformations and cracks in the panels are avoided.
Another advantage of the invention is seen in that the cover 7 provides an effective cold barrier and thus a heat insulation for the compartment, for example, in a railroad car. Prior to the in-vention the direct connection of the panels to the box frame always had the problem of cold bridges making it more difficult to heat a railroad compartment.
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1 Another advantage of the connections 8, 9 is seen in that panels may be easily replaced by other panels, for example, for redecor-ating purposes. This feature also greatly facilitates the rearrange-ment of the compartments inside a railroad car or the like.
The most important advantage of the invention is seen in that substantially all work steps of the prior art requiring sub-stantial numbers of work hours have been either eliminated or greatly simplified. Thus, the installation time has been markedly reduced. The manufacturing times have also been reduced since all the components 3, 7, 8~ 9, 10 can be produced as standard mass produced items. Thus, equipping new cars or remodelling may be accomplished at substantially reduced costs and this is even applicable to wall structures in trailer type housing, travel trailers, and even in permanent buildings.
Although the invention has been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be appreciated, that it is intended to cover all modifications and equivalents within the scope of the appended claims.
1 for providing a certain noise damping and a vibration decoupling between the box frame and the wall covering components.
The butting joints between adjacent wall and ceiling covering components are covered up by moldings of synthetic material or of aluminum, whereby these moldings are normally screwed in place or, as an exception, they are glued in place.
The direct connection of the wall and ceiling covering components to the box frame, if necessary through wooden furrings and the use of covering moldings,is expensive because due to the toler-ances of the box frame it is necessary to individually fit allcovering components~ This fitting work is very labor intensive because wooden furring strips and shims, as well as cover mold-ings must be prepared in various lengths and then secured to the members of the box frame such as columns or roofing ribs or the like in order to compensate for the structural tolerances between the box frame proper and the covering components. All screw holes needed for the securing must be individually drilled during the mounting operation and all the screws are to be driven individ-ually which is very time consuming. Additionally, it is neces-sary to install the above mentioned insulating strips of syntheticmaterial, felt, or elastomeric materials usually by gluing. Even the final work steps of covering up the joints between adjacent covering components and in the corners are very time consuming because the individual moldings must be cut and fitted as required by the particular circumstances. Similar considerations apply ~2~
1 where existing wall components or covering oom~onents are to be replaced because here again substantially the same steps as outlined above are required for the redecorating job and such job is accordingly labor intensive just as the original instal-lation.
Wall and ceiling coveringcom~onents are not only to be replaced when they are damaged, rather, there is a substantial need or interest to refurbish available railroad car stock for the pur-pose of changing not only the decorative aspects of the wall and ceiling covering, but also to change the available space into different compartments so as to adapt the railroad cars to new, individual requirements. It has been recognized, that conven-tional work steps for such redecorating and redesigning of the interior space subdivision is frequently not feasible for eco-nomical reasons, especially in connection with railroad cars.
Another disadvantage of prior art wall covering structures which are directly connected to the supporting structure of the box frame or through wooden furrings is the rigidity of these struc-tures. The rigidity is su~h that body noise vibrations are trans-mitted from the box frame to the wall coverings in spite of theabove mentioned insertion of damping strips. Thus, such vibrations are transmitted more or less without any substantial damping onto the wall covering elements, whereby the respective vibrations are transmitted into the inner compartments of a vehicle as noise.
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1 Yet another disadvantage resulting from the substantial rigidity of prior art systems is seen in that deformations, cracks, and even breakage is hard to avoid when screws are driven, especial-ly into larger covering panels such as entire wall or ceiling sections. Even after installation cracks may occur due to the different expansions of the different materials.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION:
In view of the foregoing it is the aim of the invention to achieve the following objects singly or in combination:
to provide a connecting device especially suitable for the above purposes which will greatly reduce the number of man hours needed heretofore for the installation of wall and ceiling coverings so that even a refurbishing and redesigning of avail-able vehicles, such as railroad cars, will become economically feasible;
to provide an effective vibration damping and noise damping between the box frame and the wall and ceiling covering components or panels;
to construct and place the noise and vibration damp-ing elements in such a manner that they simultaneously can pro-vide a stress compensation or stress equalization between the box frame and the covering panels especially in response to )92~
1 temperature variations so as to avoid cracking and similar problerns encountered heretofore;
to place the noise damping components in such a manner that they simultaneously provide a heat insulation so that, for example, railroad compartments can be heated more efficiently;
to provide connecting elements between the box frame and the wall or ceiling covering which provide for a quick posi-tional adjustrnent of the wall covering components relative to the box frame and which also permit an easy exchange of wall covering components without the need for joint covering moldings or the like.
SU~ RY OF ~HE INVENTION:
According to the invention the wall or ceiling covering panels~
are secured to the box frame by a connecting device which in-cludes a spacer rail having the cross section of an L-or T-sec-tion having a web and a flange extending substantially perpen-dicularly to the web. Long holes are cut into the web for con-nection to a flat mounting member forming part of the box frame.
The flat mounting member may also be a rail extending horizon tally or vertically. A clamping device such as regular screw holts and nuts extends through the mounting member and through the longitudinal hole so that the spacer rail may be adjusted in its position relative to the box frame, whereby any structural 2~9;~
1 tolerances between the box frame and the covering wall component can be equalized or compensated. An elastic cover is secured to the flange portion of the spacer rail for noise damping as well as heat insulating purposes. The covering wall component is then secured to the elastic cover, for example, by a connector. The elastic cover may be a rubber profile or similar elastomeric material which has noise damping characteristcs and which may be snapped onto the flange portion of the spacer rail. Bonding the elastic cover by an adhesive to the flange of the spacer rail is also possible. Since there is no direct connection between the wall covering panels and the box frame except through the noise damping elastic cover, an effective damping of vibrations and a certain heat insulation are achieved.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF T~E FIGURE:
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, it will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the single figure of the accompanying drawings showing a perspective view of the connecting device according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS AND OF
THE BEST MODE OF THE INVENTION:
The outer wall 1, for example, of a railroad car, forms part of a box frame including reinforcing ribs 2 providing a mounting sur-face for securing the wall covering component to the box frame~
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1 The box frame comprising the outer wall 1 and the ribs 2 is more or less rigid and the ribs 2 point into the space of a vehicle such as a railroad car, fuselage or the like. The ribs 2 may extend, as mentioned, vertically or horizontally.
According to the invention the connecting device comprises a spacer rail 3, for example, of a T-cross-sectional configuration with a web 4 and a flange 6 extending substantially perpendi-cularly to the web 4. The web 4 is slidable back and forth along the surface of the rib 2 as indicated by the arrow 4'.
Long holes 5 are provided in the web 4 and connecting means symbolically shown at 5' such as bolts and nuts or clamping screws with wing nuts extend through the hole 5 and through a hole in the rib 2. The connecting means 5' may also comprise, for example, self-tapping screws which can be secured to pre-drilled holes in the rib 2. In any event, loosening of the connecting clamping device 5' permits the adjustment back and forth along the arrow 4' and tightening the device 5' places the spacer rail 3 into a fixed desired position.
The spacer rail 3 is preferably made of standard aluminum sec-tional stock or of synthetic material sectional stock. The sur-face of the flange 6 of the spacer rail 3 facing away from the web 4 is covered according to the invention by a cover member 7 made of elastomeric material such as rubber or the like. Prefer-ably, the edges 7' and 7" of the elastic cover 7 are C-shaped so that they may elastically snap around the edges of the flange 6, thereby avoiding any additional connecting means between the -- 8 ~
)9;~) 1 elastic cover 7 and the flange 6. However, an adhesive bond may also be provided between the elastic cover and the flange 6.
Connector strips 8 of a hook and loop type are secured to the out-wardly facing surface of the cover member 7. These connector strips 8 may be glued or vulcanized to the surface of the cover member 7 already in the factory so that the cover member may be snapped in place together with the connector strips 8. For this purpose the wall covering elements 9 are provided with cloth strips 10 having a surface texture capable of cooperation with the hook and loop strips 8. The cloth strips 10 are secured to the backsides of the wall covering components such as panels 9 in the factory by gluing or as a result of the curing of fiber compound panels. Sufficiently wide strips 8, 10 will compensate tolerances.
Alongside one edge the panels 9 are provided with an off-set edge 9I which provides for an overlap with the non-off-set or flat edge 911 of the next adjacent panel, whereby a decorative depression or groove results which obviates the use of cover-up moldings. The hook and loop strips 8 are spaced from each other by a spacing into which the off-set panel edge 9I fits. An immediate access to the adjustment bolts and nuts 51 is provided by simply pulling off a panel 9 from the hook and loop strips 8 for making any required adjustments in the spacing between the flange 6 and the wall 1.
Although the figure shows the spacer rail 3 in the form of a T-type rail, it will be appreciated that rails of other cross-:~2;~39~
1 sectional shape may also be used, for example, an L-section may be suitable. The web and the flange may be of the same width as in a simple angle iron or the web may be longer than the flange or vice versa. The spacer rails may be made of aluminum, synthe~
tic material, or any other suitable material, as mentioned.
Since the wall panels 9 are connected to the frame structure exclusively only through the elastic cover 7, the panels 9 are effectively decoupled from vibrations of the box frame 1, 2.
Thus, the transmission of body noise from the box frame to the panels 9 is substantially prevented. Instead of the connecting elements 8, 9 it is possible to use other types of connection between the panels 9 and the cover 7. Clamping connections which permit snapping the panels 9 in place are suitable, for example.
Screws could also be used separately or in addition to the con-nection. However, the connection in combination with the rubber profile of the cover 7 has the advantage that different material expansions as a result of temperature changes are easily compen-sated while nevertheless providing a stable connection. Due to the ability of the panels 9 to move relative to the box frame in the horizontal and vertical direction, deformations and cracks in the panels are avoided.
Another advantage of the invention is seen in that the cover 7 provides an effective cold barrier and thus a heat insulation for the compartment, for example, in a railroad car. Prior to the in-vention the direct connection of the panels to the box frame always had the problem of cold bridges making it more difficult to heat a railroad compartment.
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1 Another advantage of the connections 8, 9 is seen in that panels may be easily replaced by other panels, for example, for redecor-ating purposes. This feature also greatly facilitates the rearrange-ment of the compartments inside a railroad car or the like.
The most important advantage of the invention is seen in that substantially all work steps of the prior art requiring sub-stantial numbers of work hours have been either eliminated or greatly simplified. Thus, the installation time has been markedly reduced. The manufacturing times have also been reduced since all the components 3, 7, 8~ 9, 10 can be produced as standard mass produced items. Thus, equipping new cars or remodelling may be accomplished at substantially reduced costs and this is even applicable to wall structures in trailer type housing, travel trailers, and even in permanent buildings.
Although the invention has been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be appreciated, that it is intended to cover all modifications and equivalents within the scope of the appended claims.
Claims (13)
1. A device for connecting a wall or ceiling component to a frame structure for forming a wall or ceiling defining a given plane, comprising substantially flat mounting means forming part of said frame structure, a sectional, longitudinal member having a web extending in parallel to said flat mounting means and a flange extending substantially perpendicularly to said web, long holes in said web, said long holes having a long axis extending substantially perpendicularly to said given plane, connecting means passing through said long holes into said flat mounting means, whereby the spacing of said flange from said frame struc-ture is adjustable prior to tightening said connecting means, elastic cover means provided for said flange, and hook and loop type securing means operatively interposed between said wall or ceiling component and said elastic cover means for connecting said wall or ceiling component to said frame structure exclu-sively through said elastic cover means, said hook and loop type securing means comprising first strip means secured to said elastic cover means and second strip means secured to a backside of said component for cooperation with said first strip means in attaching said component to said elastic cover means.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein said elastic cover means comprise noise damping material for reducing noise passing through said wall.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein said sectional longi-tudinal member is a T-section whereby said web is connected to said flat mounting means, and wherein said flange of the T-sec-tion extends substantially in parallel to said given plane defined by said frame section.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein said elastic cover means comprise an elastic coating substantially only on one side of said flange, said one side facing away from said frame struc-ture, and wherein said securing means connect said wall component to said elastic coating.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein said sectional longitudi-nal member is made of synthetic material.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein said sectional longitudi-nal member is made of aluminum.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein said elastic cover means comprise a rubber coating on said flange.
8. The device of claim 1, further comprising adhesive means for bonding said elastic cover means to said flange.
9. The device of claim 1, further comprising clamping means for securing said elastic cover means to said flange.
10. The device of claim 9, wherein said elastic cover means comprise an elastomeric section having substantially a C-shape, whereby ends of the C-shape form said clamping means and reach around the edges of said flange for securing said elastic cover means to said flange.
11. The device of claim 1, wherein said wall components are compartment partition walls in a railroad car.
12. A device for connecting a wall or ceiling component to a frame structure for forming a wall or ceiling defining a given plane, comprising a frame element having a first web extending substantially perpendicularly to said given plane and substan-tially horizontal, a mounting element having a second web and a flange, said second web extending in parallel to said first web, said flange extending substantially in parallel to said given plane, long holes at least in one of said first and second webs for adjust-ing a spacing between said frame structure and said flange, releas-able and tightenable connecting means extending through said long holes and into the respective other web for said adjusting, elastic cover means covering said flange at least on a flange surface facing away from said frame structure so that the elastic cover means are interposed between said wall or ceiling component and said flange, first hook and loop strip means secured to said elas-tic cover means with a spacing between said first strip means, said wall or ceiling component having second strip means secured to a backside of said wall or ceiling component for cooperation with said first strip means in attaching said wall or ceiling com-ponent having an off-set edge fitting into said spacing, whereby pulling off any wall or ceiling component provides direct access to said connecting means for said adjusting.
13. The device of claim 12, wherein said wall or ceiling component also has a flat edge overlapping said off-set edge of a neighboring wall or ceiling component.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DEP3344995.3-21 | 1983-12-13 | ||
| DE19833344995 DE3344995A1 (en) | 1983-12-13 | 1983-12-13 | CONNECTION BETWEEN FAIRING ELEMENTS AND A VEHICLE BOX |
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| CA1220920A true CA1220920A (en) | 1987-04-28 |
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| CA000469172A Expired CA1220920A (en) | 1983-12-13 | 1984-12-03 | Device for connecting a wall component to a frame structure |
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