US3226898A - Adjustable panel construction - Google Patents

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US3226898A
US3226898A US187627A US18762762A US3226898A US 3226898 A US3226898 A US 3226898A US 187627 A US187627 A US 187627A US 18762762 A US18762762 A US 18762762A US 3226898 A US3226898 A US 3226898A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B9/00—Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation
    • E04B9/34—Grid-like or open-work ceilings, e.g. lattice type box-like modules, acoustic baffles
    • E04B9/36—Grid-like or open-work ceilings, e.g. lattice type box-like modules, acoustic baffles consisting of parallel slats
    • E04B9/363—Grid-like or open-work ceilings, e.g. lattice type box-like modules, acoustic baffles consisting of parallel slats the principal plane of the slats being horizontal
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/08—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of a plurality of similar rigid parts, e.g. slabs, lamellae
    • 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
    • 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
    • E04F13/0812—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 spring action
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/08—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of a plurality of similar rigid parts, e.g. slabs, lamellae
    • E04F10/10—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of a plurality of similar rigid parts, e.g. slabs, lamellae collapsible or extensible; metallic Florentine blinds; awnings with movable parts such as louvres

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  • This invention relates to a construction element provided with two or more profiled stringers with alternately successive projections and recesses for arranging profiled s triplikeelements thereon and therein, and relates also to an intermediate piece for such a construction element.
  • Such a construction element is particularly suitable to be used as a wall, a partition, a panel, a covering plate for walls, roof constructions, etc.
  • the profiled striplike elements used with such construction elements have a standard width.
  • the length of the construction element which has to be manufactured is not always a multiple of the width of a striplike element so that it is necessary to cut a part from one of the striplike elements. Consequently difli culties arise on securing this so treated strip while moreover theentire construction becomes less beautifuL.
  • Another disadvantage of theseknown construction elements is that they run the risk of being deformed as a result of the great tensions occurring in the elements on expansion and shrinkage caused by temperature variations.
  • each stringer consists of two or more parts, an intermediate piece being provided between these two parts or each two parts, the ends of which are situated at a distance from each other, said intermediate piece .engaging partially around or into the stringer ends, and
  • the intermediate piece may consist of a piece of stringer provided with at least one recess for a profiled striplike element, whereby parts of the stringer are cut away from the upper edges of the recess.
  • Another embodiment of the intermediate piece according to the invention is characterized in that it consists of a piece of stringer provided with at least one projection for securing thereon a profiled striplike element, receiving spaces for the side edges of striplike elements extending under this projection.
  • FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a part of a construction element with intermediate piece.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of the intermediate piece of FIG. -1.
  • FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section of a part of the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 shows a view of the intermediate piece of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 shows a cross-section of a stringer.
  • a structural panel comprises a number of striplike panel elements 4 and 7 having finaged edges 5 and 8, respectively.
  • Each panel element 4 is supported with its edge flange 5 parallel to and overlapping and edge flange 8 of an adjacent oppositely disposed panel element 7, so that the alternating panel elements 4 and 7 together form a continuous composite panel, suitable for use, for example, as a shown in FIGURE 1) are disposed end to end with a small gap separating them.
  • Each wall of the U-shaped channel of the support member 1 is provided at the end thereof, which faces the end of the support member 2, with an end recess 9 and a similar end recess 10 is provided in the ends with each wall of the support member 2.
  • the end recesses 9 and 10 extend farther beneath the projection 6, which are located at the ends of the support members 1 and 2, respectively, than the recesses 3 which are formed in the length of each support member.
  • the end recesses 9 and 10 are adapted to receive the opposite edge flanges 5' of an intermediate panel element 4, which is placed across the gap separating the support members 1 and 2.
  • the depth of the end recesses 9 and 10 is such that some relative movement of the support members 1 and 2 towards and away from each other is permitted without the structure panel being placed under strain.
  • the intermediate panel elements 4, which is shown in dotted line position in FIGURE 1 is not securely held in place and in the absence of further structure, would be free to slide in the direction of its edges flanges 5'.
  • the connecting member 11 comprises channel material which is disposed within the channels of the adjacent support members 1 and 2 and extends across the gap between the support members, as shown in dotted lines in FIGURE 1.
  • the connecting member 11 is provided with a central recessed portion 12 and two projections 13 in each side wall of the U-shaped channel thereof.
  • the outwardly facing edges of the projections 13 are straight and the inwardly facing edges 14 are beveled, so that the edges 14 form inwardly extending flanges at the two ends of the central recess portion 12.
  • the central recess portion 12 of the connecting element 11 is dimensioned to support the intermediate panel element 4, so that the latter is firmly held in place while relative movement of the support members 1 and 2 is permitted.
  • the base of the channel of the connecting member 11 is provided with a mounting screw 15 to permit the structural panel to be mounted to a supporting surface (not shown).
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 3 distinguishes itself in the first place from that according to FIG. 1 in that two stringers 16, 17 are provided, whereby each of the ends lying at a distance from each other have a projection 18 corresponding to a part of the projections 6. Between these stringer ends there is provided an intermediate piece which has a projection 20 on which a striplike element 7 can be clamped. Receiving spaces 21 and 22 into which the striplike elements 4 can move with their edges more or less far are situated under this projection.
  • the intermediate piece 19 has been secured to a not shown support by means of one or more screws 15.
  • FIG. 3 acts on expansion or shrinkage in a similar way as that according to FIG. 1.
  • the length of the construction element may be modified and adapted.
  • the stringers and the intermediate pieces have approximately a U- or V-shaped profile.
  • the side edges of the striplike elements may be bent in another way as shown and the stringers may also have another profile.
  • the stringers and the striplike elements may consist of metal, preferably aluminium, plastic material or another suitable material.
  • a structural panel comprising .a plurality of panel elements, said panel elements being in the form of shallow, channel-shaped members having inwardly bent longitudinal side walls, a support member comprising at least two aligned support elements having ends which are close to but spaced from each other, and connector elements overlapping the ends of each of said support element, each said support member having alternate projections and recesses along at least one side edge for clampingly retaining and supporting said panels in said recesses with the side walls being upwardly directed and on said projections with the side walls being downwardly directed so that the bent side wall edges thereof overlap the bent side wall edges of the adjacent panel elements, the support elements being free to move relatively to the connecting member and relatively to each other in the direction of their length with the connecting member being so proportioned as to keep the sequence of uniform projections and recesses from being interrupted.
  • each connecting element is provided with at least one recess in which an intermediate panel element is supported, the bent longitudinal side wall edges of the intermediate panel element overlapping the adjacent bent longitudinal edges of the two panel elements disposed nearest the ends of the two support elements, the support elements and the connecting element being formed of channel material, and the connecting element being received in the channel of each support element.
  • each connecting element is provided with at least one recess in which an intermediate panel element is supported, the bent longitudinal side wall edges of the intermediate panel element overlapping the adjacent bent longitudinal side wall edges of the two panel elements disposed nearest the ends of the two support elements, the adjacent ends of the two support elements being provided with recesses into which the bent longitudinal side wall edges of the intermediate panel element may slide on relative movement of the support elements, the support elements and the connecting element being formed of channel material, and the connecting element being received in the channel of each support element.
  • each connecting element is provided with at least one projection on which an intermediate panel element is supported so that the bent longitudinal side wall edges of the intermediate panel element overlaps the adjacent bent longitudinal edges of the two panel elements disposed nearest the ends of the two support elements, said projection of the connecting element being provided with two recesses, each facing towards one of the support elements, each said recess being adapted to receive the adjacent bent longitudinal side wall edge of the panel elements disposed nearest the end of the respective support element, the support elements and the connecting element being formed of channel material, and the connecting element being received in the channel of each support element.

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US3548556A (en) * 1967-03-08 1970-12-22 Hunter Douglas International Ceiling lining,in particular for a suspended ceiling
US4987715A (en) * 1986-03-31 1991-01-29 Chicago Metallic Corporation Parallel beam system
US5729947A (en) * 1993-11-03 1998-03-24 Dawes; Michael Graham Covering
US20060117688A1 (en) * 2002-07-31 2006-06-08 Hauck Robert F Above-joist, integrated deck-gutter system
US7234281B2 (en) * 2002-07-31 2007-06-26 Hauck Robert F Above-joist, integrated deck-gutter system
US20070214737A1 (en) * 2002-07-31 2007-09-20 Hauck Robert F Above-joist, integrated deck-gutter system
US20240125130A1 (en) * 2018-07-16 2024-04-18 Robert Dean Elzner Method of Attaching Molding, Trip, or Panels to Structures
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