EP0107739B1 - Vorhängewand - Google Patents
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- EP0107739B1 EP0107739B1 EP19820109960 EP82109960A EP0107739B1 EP 0107739 B1 EP0107739 B1 EP 0107739B1 EP 19820109960 EP19820109960 EP 19820109960 EP 82109960 A EP82109960 A EP 82109960A EP 0107739 B1 EP0107739 B1 EP 0107739B1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
- E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
- E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
- E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
- E04F13/0801—Separate fastening elements
- E04F13/0803—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements
- E04F13/081—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements
- E04F13/0814—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements with additional fastening elements between furring elements and covering elements fixed by means of clamping action
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
- E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
- E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
- E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
- E04F13/0801—Separate fastening elements
- E04F13/0803—Separate fastening elements with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements
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- This invention relates generally to non-load- bearing curtain walls or wall-paneling systems, and more particularly to an improved wall-paneling or skin system for easy application to an exposed face of an existing wall structure.
- channel-form cap and sill members have heretofore been used to contain and hold the upper and lower edge portions of vertical wall boards and panels
- cap and sill members or channels have usually been attached to the ceiling and floor adjacent the wall to be covered, rather than to the wall itself.
- the floors and ceilings of older buildings are seldom level or truly parallel to one another.
- channel-form cap and sill strips are attached to the ceiling and floor of a room, it is usually necessary to either cut the panels or wall boards to different lengths, or install leveling blocks or shims between the strips and the adjoining ceiling or floor to insure that the ceiling-attached cap strip is parallel to and uniformly spaced above the associated floor-attached, sill strip.
- U.S. Patent No. 3,828,495 to Law discloses a partition wall which comprises a plurality of wall panels secured along their side edges by screw- type fasteners to a multiple part, composite stud or column which includes a pair of relatively spaced apart, longitudinally extending, panel-separating ribs.
- the composite stud or column also includes a perforated or slotted bracket attachment strip which is accessible through a channel or space formed between the panel-separating ribs of the stud and which is arranged to receive and support one or more shelf brackets which project outwardly from the stud between adjacent wall panels.
- U.S. Patent No. 3,958,372 to Benbow also discloses a wall-paneling system in which a plurality of vertically arranged wall panels and U-shaped stud members are removably supported in a pair of upper and lower channel members, and wherein the stud members define outwardly opening channels between the wall panels to receive and support thereon a number of outwardly projecting shelf brackets.
- the primary object of the invention is to provide a curtain wall or wall-paneling system which may be installed in covering relation to either a new or old structural wall with a minimum of labor and erection expense.
- Another object is to provide a wall-paneling system whose supporting frame is composed of vertically spaced apart, horizontally extending upper and lower channel members nailed or otherwise fastened to an existing wall to define upper and lower coplanar channels into which a system of preformed metallic studs and decorative rectangular panels may be readily inserted to cover and decorate the existing wall.
- a further object isto provide an improved panel-separating and securing stud or pilaster for use in the wall-paneling system of this invention.
- a wall comprising:
- a wall paneling system which includes at least one panel-positioning stud (27) comprising an elongated, hollow column of integral, one-piece construction formed with a longitudinally coextensive internal chamber (28) of generally rectangular cross-section and a pair of relativley spaced part, longitudinally coextensive, outwardly projecting ribs (29), said ribs (29) defining on an outer face of said column a pair of transversely spaced part, longitudinally coextensive, entrant corner, panel-receiving seats (35) separated by a longitudinally coextensive, outwardly opening channel (30) communicating with and disposed in generally perpendicularly intersecting relation to the internal chamber (28) of said column; and a peforated, bracket-anchoring strip (31) of rectangular cross-section carried in the internal chamber (28) of said column and accessible through the channel (30) defined by said ribs (29), characterized by a manually-operable, laterally extensible latch (38-43) carried
- the present invention provides a curtain wall, or wall-paneling system for covering and decorating an existing wall 12 within a building or room which also includes a floor surface 13 and a ceiling 14.
- the present wall-paneling system may be employed to remodel and redecorate the interior vertical walls of a retail sales room or other merchandise display room, although it may be used with equal facility to decorate a newly constructed wall.
- the present wall-paneling system comprises a pair of upper and lower channel-form frame members 15 and 16, respectively, which are rigidly secured to the wall 12 in horizontally extending order and in relatively vertically spaced apart, coplanar, parallel relationship.
- Each of the frame members 15 and 16 are formed at longitudinally spaced intervals with fastener-receiving openings 17 through which nails, bolts, rivets and/or screws 18 may be driven to secure the frame members to the adjacent wall surface.
- the lower channel-form frame member 16 may be positioned in direction abutment with the floor surface 13 adjacent the wall 12. However, when an uneven floor surface 13 is encountered, the lower frame member 16 is leveled independently of the floor surface.
- the upper frame member 15 is installed in exacting horizontal disposition parallel to the lower frame member 16. The vertical spacing between the frame members 15 and 16 is predetermined by the height or length of the panels 19 used to form the curtain wall or paneling.
- a valance board or cornice may be used in combination with the curtain wall to cover or hide the area of the wall 12 above the curtain wall.
- each of the upper and lower frame members 15 and 16 possesses a generally J-shaped cross section and is arranged to define a pair of longitudinally extending, opposed channels opening toward one another.
- the outer, downturned web or lip 20 of the upper frame member 15 is substantially wider (deeper) than the corresponding outer, upturned web or lip 21 of the lower frame member 16, whereby to define a deeper channel 22 in the upper frame member 15 and a relatively shallower channel 23 within the lower frame member 16.
- the inner flanges or webs 24 of the upper and lower frame members are of substantially the same width, and are formed at longitudinally spaced intervals therealong with the fastener-receiving openings 17.
- the fastener-receiving openings 17 are preferably located at a level below the outer flange 20 of the upper frame member 15 and above the outer flange 21 of the lower frame member 16 to provide ample access and clearance to drive the fasteners 18 without interference from the outer channel forming lips 20 and 21.
- Each of the upper and lower frame members 15 and 16 are provided at longitudinally spaced intervals therealong with sets of horizontally spaced, stud-locating fingers or clips 25 which may be either welded to, or lanced integrally from the inner flanges 24 of the frame members.
- the relatively opposing end portions of the stud-locating fingers or clips 25 are spaced slightly outwardly from the rear or inner flanges 24 of the frame members 15 and 16 to provide vertically opening sockets to receive and hold the laterally outwardly projecting base flanges 26 of a preformed, metallic pilaster or stud 27.
- Each of the studs 27 possesses the cross sectional configuration shown particularly in FIG. 4 and comprises a generally hollow-form, vertically elongated body of extruded metal formed with a relatively wide, T-shaped internal chamber 28 which extends the full length of the stud.
- Each of the studs 27 is also formed with a pair of longitudinally coextensive, horizontally spaced apart, and outwardly projecting ribs 29 which define a relatively narrow, outwardly opening continuous channel or slot 30 communicating with the internal chamber 28 of the stud.
- bracket attachment strip or bar 31 Removably positioned in the internal chamber 28 of each of the studs 27 is an elongated, substantially flat, bracket attachment strip or bar 31.
- the bracket attachment bar or strip 31 carried in each stud 27 is formed with a multiplicity of vertically spaced, elongated slots or perforations 32 which are sized and shaped to receive the base hooks or lugs 33 formed on shelf brackets or other outwardly projecting article-supporting arms, as indicated by broken lines at 34 in FIG. 6.
- the height or length dimensions of the preformed studs 27 is slightly less than the spacing between the top and bottom walls of the upper and lower frame members 15 and 16.
- the upper end portion of the stud member 27 is angled into the channel 22 of the upper frame member 15 to engage its base flanges 26 with the stud-locating clips 25 of the upper frame member, and then the stud member is lifted so that its lower end clears the lip 21 and clips 25 of the lower frame member 16. The vertically positioned stud member 27 is then lowered to engage the side flanges 26 with the stud-locating clips or fingers 25 of the lower frame member.
- FIG. 5 and 6 illustrate the stud members 27 in their lowermost, fixed positions within the upper and lower frame members 15 and 16, but it will be seen that the depth of the upper channel 22 in such as to permit the lower end of the stud member 27 to be lifted vertically to a position at which its lower end will clear the lower stud-locating clips 25 and the upper edge of the lip 21, in which position the lower end of the stud may be swung outwardly to disengage the stud entirely from the frame members 15 and 16.
- the outwardly projecting, longitudinally coextensive ribs 29 define on each of the studs 27 a pair of longitudinally coextensive, right-angular, entrant corner seats 35 to receive the longitudinal side edges of the adjacent wall panels 19.
- the thickness of each of the panels 19, at least along its opposite side edges, is approximately equal to the depth of the entrant corner seats 35, so that the outer surfaces of the panels 19 are disposed in substantially flush, coplanar relation to the outer edges of the ribs 29 of the studs 27.
- the relatively spaced apart ribs 29 of the studs function to separate the longitudinal side edges of a pair of adjacent panels 19, thereby providing easy access to the bracket attachment strip 31 by way of the outwardly opening channel 30 formed between each pair of ribs 29.
- the length of the wall panels 9 corresponds to the length of the studs 27, so that the wall panels 19 may be inserted into the upper and lower channels 22 and 23 of the frame members 15 and 16 in substantially the same manner as the studs 27, that is, by first inserting the upper edges of the panels within the upper channel 22 and then elevating the panel 19 to a position at which its lower edge clears the lip 21 of the lower frame member 16, and then lowering the lower end of the panel 19 into the lower channel 23.
- the horizontal spacing between the sets of stud-locating clips 25 on each frame member 15 and 16 is preferably predetermined, so that the studs 27 may be arranged to receive panels 19 of different widths. For example, if the clips 25 are spaced on 12 inch centers, the studs may be positioned to receive and support panels varying in width from approximately 12-60 inches. Regardless of the particular preselected spacing between the sets of clips 25, the studs 27 may be located to receive and support a group of panels 19 of either uniform or varying widths.
- the wall panels 19 may vary widely not only in width, but in their appearance and composition.
- the panels 19 may be formed from colored or mirrored glass, perforated peg boards, plain or slat surfaced plywood, sheet metal laminates, plaster board, or combinations of such materials.
- the decoration and composition of alternating or adjacent panels 19 may be varied to provide alternating colors and surface finishes according to the choice and taste of the interior designer.
- the transverse or cross portion of the internal chamber 28 of the stud includes two relatively adjoining passages or slots 28a and 28b of different widths to accommodate two different sizes of bracket attachment strips or bars 31.
- a relatively thicker, but narrower attachment strip (not shown) may be substituted for the strip 31.
- the relatively thicker substitute strip will have a width substantially equal to that of the narrower slot 28b of the channel 28 and its thickness may be substantially equal to the combined depths of the slots 28a and 28b.
- the length and thickness dimensions, as well as the composition, of the panels 19 may be such that the panels will tend to bow outwardly from the studs 27 in their unsupported intermediate regions.
- the panels 19 may be provided along their back sides, and a distance inwardly from their outer side edges with one or more longitudinally extending catch strips 36 which are formed with grooves or recesses 37 opening toward and adjacent metallic stud 27.
- the studs may be provided with a manually- operated latch or lock mechanism, such as illustrated in FIGS. 7-10 inclusive, to engage with the catch strips 36 and hold the intermediate regions of the panels 19 in tight fitting engagement with the entrant corner seats 35 of the stud.
- the lock or latch is composed of a pair of superposed, substantially flat, but relatively rotatable rectangular plates 39 and 40.
- the width of the plates 39 and 40 correspond to the widths of the slots 28a and 28b, respectively, formed in the studs 27.
- the foremost or stationary plate 39 is formed with a central circular opening 41 which rotatably receives an outwardly pressed, circular, disk-like boss 42 formed in the central portion of the movable latch plate 40.
- the central disk-like boss 42 of the movable latch plate 40 is formed with a rectangular opening or slot 43 into which the tip of a screwdriver or similar flat headed tool may be inserted and twisted to rotate the latch plate 40 relative to the plate 39.
- the lock or latch assembly 38 is sized to be slidably received within the slots 28a and 28b of the stud 27 when the front and rear plates 39 and 40 occupy their superposed but parallel positions as indicated by full lines in FIG. 7.
- the lock assembly 38 is supported within the stud 27 in registry with a pair of laterally opening slots 44 formed in the side walls 45 of the central portion of the stud.
- the relatively stationary, forward plate 39 of the latch assembly 38 is held in position with respect to the side slots 44 of the stud 27 by being sandwiched between two segments of the perforated bracket attachment strip or bar 31.
- the latch assembly 38 in its unlocked condition with the forward and rear plates 39 and 40 disposed in superposed parallel relation, the latch assembly 38 may be slidably received in the internal chamber or channel 28 of the stud and stacked between two segments of the bracket attachment bar 31 in registry with the laterally opening slots 44 of the stud 27.
- the movable latch plate 40 of the lock assembly 38 may be rotated or pivoted to extend its ends through the slots 44 and into the locking engagement with the catch strips 36 of the panels simply by introducing the blade portion of a screwdriver through the access slot or channel 30 of the stud and into the rectangular slot 43 of the latch plate 40, and rotating the blade of the screwdriver 90°.
- the latch plate 40 of the lock assembly 38 may be moved to its unlocked position in parallelism with the stationary face plate 39, so as to disengage the latch plate 40 from the catch strips 36 of the panels 19.
- the present invention provides a versatile, easily installed curtain wall or wall-paneling system which features readily insertable and removable panel sections and vertical studs.
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DE8282109960T DE3272923D1 (en) | 1982-10-28 | 1982-10-28 | Curtain wall |
EP19820109960 EP0107739B1 (de) | 1982-10-28 | 1982-10-28 | Vorhängewand |
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EP19820109960 EP0107739B1 (de) | 1982-10-28 | 1982-10-28 | Vorhängewand |
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EP0107739B1 true EP0107739B1 (de) | 1986-08-27 |
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GB2210075B (en) * | 1987-09-18 | 1991-11-20 | Am & S Europ | Improvements in or relating to the assembly of metal-framed buildings |
GB2212829A (en) * | 1987-11-24 | 1989-08-02 | Goodwood Products Limited | Decorative cladding sheet and rail for walls |
FR2721053B1 (fr) * | 1994-06-10 | 1996-08-02 | Fabrication Diffusion | Installation de pose de panneaux sans fixation visible, notamment pour l'habillage de murs et/ou la mise en place d'étagères ou d'équipements suspendus et outil pour la mise en place d'une telle installation. |
AT405200B (de) * | 1995-06-30 | 1999-06-25 | Artweger Industrie Gmbh | Vorgesetzte wandverkleidungen, verfahren zu deren herstellung und montageprofil hiefür |
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US3101817A (en) * | 1961-08-11 | 1963-08-27 | Radek John | Wall panel structure |
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US3828495A (en) * | 1973-01-02 | 1974-08-13 | W Law | Partition with concealed slotted standard |
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DE2634774C2 (de) * | 1976-08-03 | 1982-12-16 | Hunter Douglas Industries B.V., 3008 Rotterdam | Wand- oder Deckenverkleidung aus Lamellen |
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