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US1738654A
US1738654A US61764A US6176425A US1738654A US 1738654 A US1738654 A US 1738654A US 61764 A US61764 A US 61764A US 6176425 A US6176425 A US 6176425A US 1738654 A US1738654 A US 1738654A
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    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
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    • E04B2001/8414—Sound-absorbing elements with non-planar face, e.g. curved, egg-crate shaped
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
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    • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
    • E04B2001/8423—Tray or frame type panels or blocks, with or without acoustical filling
    • E04B2001/8433—Tray or frame type panels or blocks, with or without acoustical filling with holes in their face
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
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    • E04B2001/8476—Solid slabs or blocks with acoustical cavities, with or without acoustical filling
    • E04B2001/848—Solid slabs or blocks with acoustical cavities, with or without acoustical filling the cavities opening onto the face of the element
    • E04B2001/8485—Solid slabs or blocks with acoustical cavities, with or without acoustical filling the cavities opening onto the face of the element the opening being restricted, e.g. forming Helmoltz resonators

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  • Fig. l is a front elevation of the wall, partly broken away. 7
  • Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. l. I
  • Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.
  • Fig. l is a view similar to Fig. l but showing a modified form of the invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.
  • the improved acoustic control wall may be used in the construction of any room, audi-' torium, or other chamber where it is desired to eliminate echoes and prevent rebound of sound; and the construction is adaptable to either side walls or ceilings, as herein referred to by the general term of wall.
  • the construction includes a usual solid wall 1 and an auxiliary wall 2 spaced slightly in front thereof so as to form; a hollow interior. Openings 3 extend through the wall 2 and convergently taper toward the hollow space between walls 1 and 2, thereby forming funnel openings having their mouths at the outer surface of wall 2 and their restricted inner ends opening into the hollow interior of the construction.
  • the sound waves passing 7 through the funnels are discharged across the hollow intenor of the construction for rebound from the wall 1, but the inner ends of the funnels being materially restricted ractically none of the rebounding sound w1ll escape through the funnels, but will strike the relatively large area of the inner face of wall 2 between the restricted funnel o enings, thereby causing continued reboun of the sound waves in the hollow space between walls 1 and 2.
  • the funnels 3 are square in cross-section, with their larger ends or mouths fitting snugly against one another on all sides and thus positioning the funnels in parallel rows as s own in Fig. 1.
  • the axes of the funnels are inclined relative to the plane of the wall both longitudinally and transversely of the rows, with the axes of the funnels of the next adjacent rows preferably inclined in opposite directions longitudinally of the rows; and o posite sides of the funnels con-' verge at di erent angles to the axes of the funnels as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
  • the angle of rebound of sound waves striking a side of a funnel will be such that further rebound from the opposite wall of the funnel will direct the sound waves inwardly through the funnel and into the hollow lnterior'of the construction, instead of outwardly through the mouth of the funnel and beyond the wall construction.
  • Means may be provided for causing the sound waves passing through the funnels to the hollow interior of the wall construction, to rebound only in the various restricted portions of the hollow interior which surround the respective funnel openings.
  • partitions 6 extend between walls 1 and 2 and divide the hollow interior into a plurality of relatively small compartments communicating with the respective funnels.
  • additional means may be provided in the hollow interior of the Wall for deflecting the sound from the funnel openings.
  • wedges 7 may project from the inner surface of wall 1 with the bases of the wedges of approximately the same size and in alinement. with the restricted funnel openings. The sound waves entering the hollow interior of the construction through the funnels will thus strike the inclined sides of the wedges instead of the flat surface of wall 1, and will therefore rebound at such angles as to cause all of the sound waves to strike the inner surface of wall 2 between the funnel openings instead of escaping through the funnels.
  • eoncavities 8 may be formed in the inner face of'wall 2 between the restricted openings of the funnels.
  • Layers of relatively soft and flexible sounddeadening material such as felt or velvet, may be provided on the inner faces of walls 1 and 2 for further reducing rebound of the sound waves.
  • This material preferably extends across the concavities 8 in spaced relation from the bottoms thereof as shown at 9; and the material is also positioned in spaced relation from the inner face of wall 1 as shown at 10, with the wedges 7 projecting through said materiah
  • the material 9 and lO-thus provides means for reducing rebound of sound waves and trapping the sound in the hollow spaces formed in back of the material by the spacing thereof from the bottoms of concavities 8 and the Wall 1.
  • FIG. 4 A simplified modification of the invention is shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
  • the axes of the funnels 3 are perpendicular to the plane of the wall and the funnels taper symmetrically on all sides. of the funnels are preferably hexagonal and nest snugly in ausual honeycomb construction as shown in Fig. 4; and the inner ends of the funnels are so restricted as to present a relatively small area compared to the area of the inner face of wall 2 between the funnel openings, in order to prevent escape of practically all the sound waves which rebound from wall 1.
  • a hollow wall having openings extending through one side thereof and convergently tapering toward the hollow interior of the wall, with all sides of the larger ends of next adjacent openings meeting at angular edges at the outer surface of said side of the Wall, and the restricted inner ends of said openings spaced apart an appreciable distance at the inner surface of said side of the wall.
  • a hollow wall having openings extending through one side thereof and convergent- The mouths v 1y tapering toward the hollow interior of the wall, and members within said hollow interior of the wall in alinemcnt with and con- In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature to this s ecification.

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Deco w, 1929. R. w. JAMES 1,738,654
ACOUSTIC CONTROL WALL Filed Oct. 10. 1925 ROY W. JAMES INVENTOR.
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38, DE GOVINA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOE OF FORM-NINE ONE- e: E5 'E0 MAURICE HAYDIB, 03 L05 ANGELEB, CALIFORNIA ACQUSTIO CONTROL W'AIIII application filed October 10, 1825. Serial No. 813%.
The invention will be readily understood from the following description of the accompanyingdrawings, in which:
Fig. l is a front elevation of the wall, partly broken away. 7
'Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. l. I
Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.
Fig. l is a view similar to Fig. l but showing a modified form of the invention.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.
The improved acoustic control wall may be used in the construction of any room, audi-' torium, or other chamber where it is desired to eliminate echoes and prevent rebound of sound; and the construction is adaptable to either side walls or ceilings, as herein referred to by the general term of wall.
The construction includes a usual solid wall 1 and an auxiliary wall 2 spaced slightly in front thereof so as to form; a hollow interior. Openings 3 extend through the wall 2 and convergently taper toward the hollow space between walls 1 and 2, thereby forming funnel openings having their mouths at the outer surface of wall 2 and their restricted inner ends opening into the hollow interior of the construction. The mouths of next adjacent funnels meet at relatively sharp angles 4 so that the outer face ot wall 2 forms no slurface perpendicular to the plane of the wal It will thus be seen that all sound waves directed against the outer surface of wall 2, will strike the inclined surfaces of the funnels, which will condense the sound and direct the same through the inner ends of the funnels, without rebound of the sound waves from the outer face oi the wall.
The sound waves passing 7 through the funnels are discharged across the hollow intenor of the construction for rebound from the wall 1, but the inner ends of the funnels being materially restricted ractically none of the rebounding sound w1ll escape through the funnels, but will strike the relatively large area of the inner face of wall 2 between the restricted funnel o enings, thereby causing continued reboun of the sound waves in the hollow space between walls 1 and 2.
In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, the funnels 3 are square in cross-section, with their larger ends or mouths fitting snugly against one another on all sides and thus positioning the funnels in parallel rows as s own in Fig. 1. The axes of the funnels are inclined relative to the plane of the wall both longitudinally and transversely of the rows, with the axes of the funnels of the next adjacent rows preferably inclined in opposite directions longitudinally of the rows; and o posite sides of the funnels con-' verge at di erent angles to the axes of the funnels as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. By this arrangement the angle of rebound of sound waves striking a side of a funnel, will be such that further rebound from the opposite wall of the funnel will direct the sound waves inwardly through the funnel and into the hollow lnterior'of the construction, instead of outwardly through the mouth of the funnel and beyond the wall construction.
Means may be provided for causing the sound waves passing through the funnels to the hollow interior of the wall construction, to rebound only in the various restricted portions of the hollow interior which surround the respective funnel openings. For this purpose partitions 6 extend between walls 1 and 2 and divide the hollow interior into a plurality of relatively small compartments communicating with the respective funnels.
If the restriction of the inner ends of funnels 3, does not prevent escape of the rebounding sound waves to the desired degree, additional means may be provided in the hollow interior of the Wall for deflecting the sound from the funnel openings. As an instance of this arrangement, wedges 7 may project from the inner surface of wall 1 with the bases of the wedges of approximately the same size and in alinement. with the restricted funnel openings. The sound waves entering the hollow interior of the construction through the funnels will thus strike the inclined sides of the wedges instead of the flat surface of wall 1, and will therefore rebound at such angles as to cause all of the sound waves to strike the inner surface of wall 2 between the funnel openings instead of escaping through the funnels.
In order to retard and quickly eliminate rebounding of the sound waves which are trapped between walls 1 and 2, eoncavities 8 may be formed in the inner face of'wall 2 between the restricted openings of the funnels. By this arrangement the sound Waves strike the sides of the concavities which are angularly disposed, thereby reducing rebound and providing additional meansfor preventingescape of the sound through the funnels.
Layers of relatively soft and flexible sounddeadening material such as felt or velvet, may be provided on the inner faces of walls 1 and 2 for further reducing rebound of the sound waves. This material preferably extends across the concavities 8 in spaced relation from the bottoms thereof as shown at 9; and the material is also positioned in spaced relation from the inner face of wall 1 as shown at 10, with the wedges 7 projecting through said materiah The material 9 and lO-thus provides means for reducing rebound of sound waves and trapping the sound in the hollow spaces formed in back of the material by the spacing thereof from the bottoms of concavities 8 and the Wall 1.
A simplified modification of the invention is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In this construction the axes of the funnels 3 are perpendicular to the plane of the wall and the funnels taper symmetrically on all sides. of the funnels are preferably hexagonal and nest snugly in ausual honeycomb construction as shown in Fig. 4; and the inner ends of the funnels are so restricted as to present a relatively small area compared to the area of the inner face of wall 2 between the funnel openings, in order to prevent escape of practically all the sound waves which rebound from wall 1.
I claim:
1. A hollow wall having openings extending through one side thereof and convergently tapering toward the hollow interior of the wall, with all sides of the larger ends of next adjacent openings meeting at angular edges at the outer surface of said side of the Wall, and the restricted inner ends of said openings spaced apart an appreciable distance at the inner surface of said side of the wall.
2. A hollow wall having openings extending through one side thereof and convergent- The mouths v 1y tapering toward the hollow interior of the wall, and members within said hollow interior of the wall in alinemcnt with and con- In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature to this s ecification.
R Y WALTER JAMES.
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US2717312A (en) * 1951-08-03 1955-09-06 Int Standard Electric Corp Radio beam antenna arrangements
US3124798A (en) * 1954-06-11 1964-03-10 Reflection-free damping structure for
US3132714A (en) * 1962-01-02 1964-05-12 Aerojet General Co Acoustic panel
US3269484A (en) * 1963-09-24 1966-08-30 Lighter Stephen Acoustic absorbing structure
US3734234A (en) * 1971-11-08 1973-05-22 Lockheed Aircraft Corp Sound absorption structure
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US2464006A (en) * 1944-04-28 1949-03-08 Philco Corp Radio wave absorption device
US2717312A (en) * 1951-08-03 1955-09-06 Int Standard Electric Corp Radio beam antenna arrangements
US3124798A (en) * 1954-06-11 1964-03-10 Reflection-free damping structure for
US3132714A (en) * 1962-01-02 1964-05-12 Aerojet General Co Acoustic panel
US3269484A (en) * 1963-09-24 1966-08-30 Lighter Stephen Acoustic absorbing structure
US3734234A (en) * 1971-11-08 1973-05-22 Lockheed Aircraft Corp Sound absorption structure
WO2012150896A1 (en) * 2011-05-05 2012-11-08 Scania Cv Ab Device for damping of sounds and motor vehicle comprising such a device
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